SYRACUSE – Before they entered the heart of their respective schedules, the Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool track and field teams would get a glimpse of each other at Tuesday’s Westhill Spring Break Invitational.
And both sides would emerge with winning performances, especially the Northstars, whose girls team claimed several events, including two from Lilly Capria.
In the triple jump, Capria’s top attempt of 33 feet beat out the 32’10” from Tully’s Emma Byrne, with Ava Schiff seventh. Then, in the high jump, Capria was the only competitor to clear 5 feet as Grace Murray (4’6”) was sixth.
The Northstars’ 4×400 relay quartet of Kate Putman, Marissa Navarra, Grace Murray and Hannah Boyle went 4:06.61, more than 16 seconds ahead of Baldwinsville’s 4:23.37.
C-NS also won the 3×100 shuttle hurdles, finishing in 55.48 seconds to Liverpool’s second-place 57.10. The boys Warriors were fourth in the 3×110 shuttle hurdles in 1:01.83.
In the invitational 400-meter dash, Kate Putman was second in 58.75 seconds and Hannah Boyle third in 1:00.45. Marissa Navarra was fourth in the 1,500-meter run in 5:00.04.
Liverpool broke through in the girls 100-meter dash, where Sophia Jarosz won in 13.10 seconds to edge the 13.18 from C-NS’s Jaydin Mackey. Allie Cary added a shot put victory with a throw of 32’9” that beat teammate Janea Hamilton-Brown’s second-place 32’2 ½” as the Northstars’ Cha’Nya Jones finished sixth.
Mia Wright was third in 13.23 for the Warriors as Mackey took third in the 200-meter dash in 27.02 seconds, edging Wright’s 27.14 in fourth place. Jarosz, Lena Young, Sophie Hoy and Emily Aiello were third in the 4×400 in 4:25.38.
Beatrize Gugol went 32.67 seconds in the 200-meter hurdles, getting third place as Kaitlyn Burt (33.47) was sixth. Addison Ziegler was fourth in the 800-meter run in 2:32.30 and Hoy fifth (14’7”) in the long jump.
To win the high jump for Liverpool, Bennett Robb had to clear 5’8” with fewer misses than C-NS’s Trevon Walker, who settled for second place.
The Warriors’ Michael Purvis finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:59.22, trailing only the 10:28.97 from Pulaski’s Luke Tighe. Joe Guindy was third in the discus, heaving it 98’7” to go with a sixth (38’10 ½”) in the shot put.
Ryan Hagan took third in the invitational 3,200-meter run in 9:17.30, with Nick Dailey fifth in the 200 hurdles in 29.03 seconds.
C-NS had Gavin McAllister win the pole vault, clearing 10 feet, with Liverpool’s Declan Fahy fourth at 8’6”.
Carlton Garnes went 20’2” in the long jump, second to the 20’10” from Jamesville-DeWitt’s Caleb Smith as Liverpool’s Ny’Quez Madison was fourth with 19’3”.
Then, in the triple jump, Garnes went 41’3”, just behind Baldwinsville’s Owen Weaver (41’7”) as Trevon Walker was fifth with 37’6” and Anthony Johnson sixth with 36’10”.
clearing Ashton Murdock gave C-NS a third-place time of 4:46.22 in the 1,600-meter run, with the Warriors’ Austin Ziegler sixth in 4:50.26. Gavin McAllister was fifth in the 800 in 2:03.45.
