by Mike Millson
The Cazenovia varsity boys outdoor track team rose to the occasion during the Section III state qualifier Meet held at Richard J. Nastasi Track at Cicero North Syracuse High School last Thursday night, winning three events.
Early in the meet, the Lakers’ 4×800 meter relay team of Branden McColm, Cooper Hughes, Michael Senehi, and Cassidy Gilmore surprised everyone, running 12 seconds faster than at sectionals, to take first place in a school record time of 8:20.06. Gilmore ran an incredible 2:00.73 anchor leg.
Andrew Kent won both the 200 and 400 meters, with Kent challenged in the 400 for perhaps the first time this season and responding well.
Tully freshman Ryan Rauber made a race of it, but Kent won convincingly with a time of 49.36 seconds, breaking a school record held by Ric Thomas since 1986. Kent was not challenged in the 200, though, and won with a time of 22.59 seconds.
Conor Frisbie set a personal record in the pentathlon, scoring 2453 points to take seventh place, while the 4×400 meter relay team of Dan Millson, Thomas Insel, Jaden Kaplan, and Gilmore had a fifth place finish with a time of 3:37.93.
To round out its work in the relays, the Lakers’ 4×100 meter relay team of Millson, J.P. Hoak, Elijah Clement and Andrew Lee came in sixth place with a time of 46.17 seconds.
Gilmore, Hughes, Kent, McColm, and Senehi will compete at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship meet this Friday, also at C-NS, as a result of their first-place finishes in the qualifier meet.
