Before it went to Canastota for last Thursday’s Section III Class B-2 championships, the Cazenovia boys track and field team claimed another crown in last Saturday’s Clinton Junkyard Relays.
Fresh off its OHSL Liberty small-school meet win three days earlier, the Lakers, with 122 points, tied New Hartford for the top spot. Chittenango finished fifth with 83 points.
One local battle came in the 110 high hurdles, with the Lakers’ Justin Gagnon, in 15.90 seconds, edging the Bears’ Devin Myers (16.01) for the top spot, though Myers, Jeremy Warters and Jan Hartman got first-place points for Chittenango.
Angelo Annotto, in addition to his throwing skills, won a special 4×100 for 180 pound-plus athletes, pairing with Josh Maxwell, Christan Edelstein and Cameron Killiany to win in 50.04 seconds over New Hartford (50.81), with Chittenango fourth in 53.67 seconds.
Annotto also stood out in the javelin throw, his heave of 116 feet 8 inches second among individuals and part of a victory with Maxwell and Kyler Hathaway as their throws added up to 330 feet, well clear of second-place Clinton’s 311’11”. In the tire toss, Annotto again finished second with a best attempt of 40’6”.
Going 1-2 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, the Lakers had Noah DeRochie prevail in 10:34.9 over Jared Smith’s 10:39.2
Dalton Sevier, Justin Ossont and Dylan Albicker were second (108 feet) to Clinton (113’10”) in the triple jump, while Sevier was second in the individual high jump, clearing 6 feet as he, with Kyler Hathaway and Jason Olkowski, were third on the team side.
Sam DeLeon, clearing 11’6” in the pole vault, was topped only by Oneida’s Luke Lombardi (13 feet) as Sevier topped 10 feet and the Lakers were fourth overall, with Carter Ruddy, Cassidy Gilmore and Shaun Zampetti fourth in the shot put light relay toss.
Gagnon, Maxwell, DeLeon and Jack McNerney were second in the 4×100 in 46.47 seconds to Solvay’s 45.86, with the Lakers fourth in the 4×200 and 1,600 sprint medley and fifth in the long jump.
The Lakers were sixth in the varsity 1,000 sprint medley, but won the freshman version as Elijah Clement, Cassidy Gilmore, Andrew Lee and Andrew Kent went 2:13.53 to prevail over New Hartford (2:15.83) and the field.
Chittenango won the mile relay, Dave Gratien claiming the individual race in 4:50.71 over DeRochie (4:59.88) and Mike Senehi (5:00.62) as Gratien, Nate Dziedzic, Codey Cumber and Jan Hartman got team honors in 20:46.89 and Cazenovia was third.
Also for the Bears, Caleb Prenoveau, Ersilio Cerminaro, Dylan Price and Nate Lampman paired up to win the 4×800 relay in 8:20.07, more than half a minute ahead of the field, with Cazenovia (9:11.52) in fifth place.
Lampman, Prenoveau, Dylan Price and Tristam LaFountaine won the distance medley relay in 11:32.79, again chased by Cazenovia (12:32.23) in fourth place. Cerminaro and Gratien were second in the steeplechase in 21:55.50.
Dakota Diable, Callum Reed and Nate Vivelo were third in the shot put with throws adding up to 108’5”. Chittenango was third in the sprint medley (4:06.76) and sixth in the 4×400.
