Even before it warmed up and fully dried out, and it bore more of a resemblance to spring, area high school girls track and field teams finished their regular-season work in their various leagues.
Westhill and Skaneateles both had chances to claim regular-season league titles, but only the Warriors were able to finish on top as it beat Homer 100-40 to complete a 5-0 run through the OHSL Liberty American division.
Sweeping the field events against Homer, Westhill had Lennah Abraham throw the discus 109 feet 7 inches and the shot put 30’3”, with Brigid Heinrich second in both events.
Lauren Bendall cleared 9 feet in the pole vault ahead of Ella Markham (8’6”), with Margaret Hunt and C.C. Allen both topping 4’6” in the high jump. Ashley Heffernan went 16’4 ½” in the long jump and Lauren Marshall won the triple jump with 29’11 ¾”.
On the oval, Heffernan won the 100 hurdles in 16.9 seconds, with Haylei Coolican going 2:36.5 in the 800-meter run. Angie Mesa-Espinosa won the 100-meter dash in 13.1 seconds. Katherine Evans took the 400-meter dash in 1:07.3, and helped the Warriors’ 4×100 relay team win in 51.5 seconds.
When Skaneateles challenged its Lakers namesakes for OHSL Liberty National division honors, it was Cazenovia prevailing 99-42 to earn its eighth regular-season league championship in the last 10 years.
Still, Emme Conan won two sprints for Skaneateles, going 13.0 seconds in the 100 and matching the 27.4 from Cazenovia’s Savannah Johnson in the 200. Hope Cross-Jaya won the 800 in 2:37.1 as Graeson Landsberg won the 400 hurdles in 1:11.4.
Cazenovia piled up points in field events, except for the shot put, where Skaneateles’ Sharia Dart won with a toss of 28’6”, two inches ahead of Edan Howard (28’4”), who also finished second in the discus with 74’4”.
Though no league title was at stake, Solvay and Jordan-Elbridge engaged in a close girls battle last Wednesday afternoon, with the Bearcats edging the Eagles by a single point, 71-70.
Kyra Crossett led Solvay with three individual titles, clearing 4’6” in the high jump and also getting first place in the 100 hurdles (17.8 seconds) and 400 hurdles (1:20.1).
Sabrina Garnett threw the shot put 30’11 ¾” and the discus 82’2” to win both events, with Allison Dooher going 14’ 11 ½” in the long jump and 32’3” in the triple jump. Serenity Thomas got first place in the 100 sprint in 13.2 seconds.
As for J-E, Vassianna Klock was first in the 800 (2:32.3) and 1,500 (5:25.0), with Hannah Fichter winning the 3,000-meter run in 13:20 flat. Kyra White cleared 7’6” for first place in the pole vault.
Fichter, Klock, Coral Uhle and Abby Burns won the 4×800 in 11:11.0, with the Eagles also taking the 4×400 in 4:43.7, but Solvay was victorious in the 4×100 in 54.9 seconds.
In boys track, J-E salvaged a split by defeating Solvay 84-54, led again by Marion Quigley, who claimed three titles, going 20’5” in the long jump and clearing 5’9” in the high jump while taking the 110 hurdles in 15.8 seconds.
Lee Jewell won twice, in the mile (5:21.0) and 3,200 (11:50.0), while Kenny Williams went 2:10.5 in the 800. Zach Barber had a top triple jump of 38’8” and Derek Quigley cleared 9’6” in the pole vault.
Solvay, for its part, had Justin Scott take first in the 100 (11.1 seconds) and 200 (23.4 seconds), with Justice Shirley taking the 400 hurdles as Eljiah Wright threw the shot put 39’8” and Mike Pelllizari tossed the discus 101’1”.
Westhill’s boys won 98-42 over Homer, with Tom Howard running the 100 in 11.7 seconds and the 200 in 24.2 seconds as Elliot Rouse went 18’8” in the long jump and cleared 5’4” in the high jump.
Evan Ballard, second in the shot put, won the discus by throwing it 118’3” as Andrew Centore had a top triple jump of 38’4 ¾”. Brian Kenny was first in the 400 sprint in 57.5 seconds as Dan Washburn won the 400 hurdles in 1:05.4.
Meanwhile, Skaneateles lost, 107-34, to Cazenovia, unable to win field events, but having Caleb Bender take the mile in 4:43.4 and the 3,200 in 10:26.4 as Nick Paciorek won the 400 hurdles in 1:01.8. Bender, John Norris, Matt Persampieri and Connor Gell were victorious in the 4×800 in 8:51.9.
