The East Syracuse Minoa girls track and field team dominated its three-team meet Wednesday against Fulton and Cortland, with the girls Spartans dusting the Red Raiders 113-28 and the Purple Tigers 112-29.
Julia Perrotta provided a highlight when she cleared 10 feet in the pole vault, one of the best efforts in Section III this spring, along with a winning triple jump of 33’1”.
Rhiannon Butchko cleared 4’8” in the high jump, with Sara Bourdon throwing the shot put 30’6 ½” and Sophia Jackson tossing the discus 78’8”.
On the oval, Rachael Ladd was first in the 1,500-meter run (5:35.4) and 3,000-meter run (12:01.7). Sophie Hartz won the 100-meter dash in 13.7 seconds, with titles also going to Lailani Carrion in the 200-meter dash (27.6 seconds) and Rylie King in the 400-meter dash (1:09.5) as the Spartans claimed the 4×100 (51.9 seconds) and 4×400 (4:43.6) relays.
The boys meet was closer on both fronts, but ESM still defeated Fulton 81-60 and got past Cortland 96-45, with two wins apiece from Myles Riggins, Elijah Buck and Ermin Alemic.
Riggins went 11.6 seconds in the 100 sprint after taking the 110 hurdles in 16.2 seconds, while Buck had a discus throw of 107’6” after heaving the shot put 43’9 ¾”. Alemic soared 40’ ½” in the triple jump after a top long jump of 19’4”.
Elsewhere, Nick Berg ran the mile in 4:44.9, with Conner Hillman speeding to a time of 1:02.1 in the 400 hurdles. Alemic, Riggins, Rocky El and Michael Parks went 45.8 seconds in the 4×100 as Berg, Josh Cain, Andrew Crone and Marcus Evans won the 4×400 in 3:47.3.
Meanwhile, Fayetteville-Manlius found it difficult to keep up with Liverpool in last Wednesday’s three-team meet that also featured Henninger at LHS Stadium.
The F-M girls handled the Black Knights 125-15, only to fall 79-62 to the Warriors, who had also finished ahead of them in a 1-2 effort during the April 26 Chittenango Invitational.
Claire Walters still had a tremendous meet for the F-M girls, starting with her helping Susan Bansbach, Maddy Duggleby and Phoebe White as the Hornets tore to a time of 9:38.7 in the 4×800 relay.
In the 1,500-meter run, Walters roared to a victory in a season-best 4:39.6, following it up with an 800-meter title in 2:19.1 and, to cap it off, a win in the 3,000-meter run in 10:06.7.
Fiona Mejico chimed in by winning the 400 hurdles in 1:10.5, with Bansbach taking the 400 sprint in 1:02.1. Mejico, Bansbach, White and B Jolly claimed the 4×400 relay in 4:13 flat as Liverpool swept all the field events.
F-M’s boys also found a fair amount of success against Liverpool, even if the Hornets lost 80-61 to the Warriors while beating Henninger 97-38 to salvage the split.
Ryan Serp won the 110 hurdles in 15.7 seconds and later went 1:02.9 to claim the 400 hurdles, while Corey Gallagher was victorious in the 100 sprint in 11.6 seconds.
Sam Otis ran 3,200 meters in 9;44.5, with Garrett Brennan taking the mile in 4:25 flat. Peyton Geehrer, Nolan Chiles, Matt Tripp and John Meskos were victorious in the 4×800 in a swift 8:24.3.
Christian Brothers Academy swept both sides of last Wednesday’s league meet with Marcellus, with the 90-51 girls victory featuring a distance racing sweep from Olivia Morganti, who claimed the 800, won the 1,500 in 5:18.6 and the 3,000 in 11:15.2.
Cory Knox added titles in the 100 hurdles (17.5 seconds) and 400 hurdles (1:12.4) before unleashing a first-place long jump of 15’1” as Skye Ryan threw the shot put 29’7” and the discus 83’7”. Beatrice Gurgol claimed the triple jump, going 32’7” as CBA also won the 4×800 relay in 10:53.0.
The CBA boys toppled Marcellus 82-55 with Jaden Buckingham first in the 100 in 12.0 seconds and the 200 in 24.4 seconds, Buckingham also helping the Brothers’ 4×100 relay team prevail in 48.0 seconds.
Joel Gaffney matched Buckingham’s 24.4 in the 200 while winning the 400 sprint in 53.7 seconds. Dan Melvin (800, 2:20.6), Caleb Krueger (mile, 4:51.0) and Adam Kantor (3,200, 11:23.9) swept the distance races. Gaffney and Melvin helped CBA take the 4×400 relay in 3:45.6 as Marcus Howard won the long jump, going 18’2”.
