Both of the Baldwinsville indoor track and field teams would flourish on Sunday during the Section III state qualifying meet at SRC Arena, winning events on the boys and girls sides.
As a result, a large contingent of Bees athletes will make their way to Staten Island’s Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on March 3 to take part in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships.
On the boys side, Kieran Sheridan was part of a pair of victories. On his own, Sheridan went one minute, 24.10 seconds in the 600-meter run to edge Faith Heritage’s Hans Matzal (1:24.30) by two-tenths of a second.
Then, in the 4×400 relay, B’ville easily won as Sheridan, joined by Greg Porceng, Michael Lawrence and Evan DaPrano, won in 3:36.56, with runner-up Jamesville-DeWitt (3:50.05) more than 13 seconds behind.
It was Adam Davis prevailing in the 1,000-meter run, his time of 2:41.35 just enough to hold off Homer’s Grant Stokoe (2:41.65) as Connor McManus finished fourth in 2:43.07.
Davis and McManus, paired with Ben Timmons and Sam Kellner, went 8:20.20 in the 4×800 relay, putting them in second place as Liverpool prevailed in 8:17.53.
Cameron Majchrzak advanced to the state meet by winning the shot put thanks to a top toss of 45 feet 3 inches, just ahead of Hannibal’s Hunter Donhauser, who threw it 43’1 ½” as Majchrzak also got fifth place (44’6”) in the weight throw. Nate Jaquint finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 5’10”.
Moving to the girls sectional state qualifier, Karen Ekure, in 42.55 seconds, beat out Jamesville-DeWitt star Alexandria Payne (42.77 seconds) to win the 300-meter dash, also finishing third in the 55-meter dash in 7.49 seconds as Lauren Addario was fifth in 7.53 seconds, though Addario was the fastest qualifier in 7.40 seconds.
B’ville also was victorious in the 4×200 relay, where Ekure and Addario, joined by Maria Henwood and Peyton Fleming, went 1:48.19 to top Corcoran (1:48.26) by seven-hundredths of a second.
Adrianna Straughter was victorious in the long jump, unleashing a top leap of 17 feet 10 ¼ inches to beat out Liverpool’s Marissa Baskin, who went 17’7 ½”. Straughter also got second place in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.58 seconds behind Payne, who won in 8.45 seconds.
Danielle Marsell put up a top weight throw of 42’1”, second overall to Rome Free Academy’s Sarah Crockett (46’8”). Maya Hewitt, clearing 8 feet, finished fifth in the pole vault, while Addario was fifth in the triple jump with 35’7 ½” and Anna Demer was eighth in the 600 in 1:44.12.
