HAMILTON – Competing for the second time in five days, the Cazenovia boys indoor track and field team tied for third amid a field of 17 at Wednesday’s John DiMao Memorial Invitational at Colgate University’s Sanford Field House.
With 64 points, the Lakers equaled the total of Norwich, just behind the 67 from runner-up Clinton as Central Valley Academy, with 87 points, finished on top.
Connor Frisbie, clearing 5 feet 6 inches, was second to Norwich’s Lucas Craddock (6’3”) in the high jump and got third in the triple jump with a best attempt of 39’6:
Jaden Kaplan, in 1:08.95, was second to CVA’s Tanner Warren (1:07.51) in the 500-meter run, also taking eighth in the 45-meter dash in 6.31 seconds and eighth (6.31) in the 50-meter hurdles.
In the distance medley relay, the Lakers had Evan Molloy, Wyatt Scott, Caleb Gilmore and Branden McColm go 12:10.98, second to Norwich’s 11:37.83.
On his own, McColm got third in the 800-meter run in 2:09.50 and rose to fifth in the 1,500-meter run in a clocking of 4:32.97.
Killian Blouin, in the pole vault, earned second place, clearing 9’6” as Gilmore (7’6”) was eighth. Alex Ramirez had a fifth-place weight throw of 40’5 1/4” as Scott went 17’1 1/4” in the long jump for seventh place.
Scott, Charlie Compeau, Aidan Jurgens and Matt Tugaw were sixth in the 4×200 relay in 1:47.74 as Judah Ossont, Tristan Fields-Bradley and Lucky Prior joined Tugaw for seventh (4:09.85) in the 4×400 relay.
Chittenango finished 10th in both the boys and girls portions of the DiMao meet, each side earning 24 points.
Nearly half the points for the boys Bears came from winning the 4×200 as Robert Pierce, Joseph Lin, Tom Navin and Caleb LeBlanc combined for a time of 1:42.92 to edge the 1:43 flat from Clinton.
That same quartet got fourth place in the 4×400 in 4:00.89 as Owen Law, competing in the high jump, earned fifth place by topping 5’3”.
On the girls side for Chittenango, Sophia DiGennaro, Jordan Wagner, Evelyn Wynkoop and Laura Powers were third in the distance medley relay in 14:34.85. Wagner also took third in the long jump with 14’6 1/2”.
Allie Bartoszek went 9.29 seconds in the 50-meter hurdles to finish fifth, adding a seventh (29’3”) in the triple jump. Ava McLean was eighth in the 1,500 in 5:50.94 as the Bears took eighth in the 4×200 in 2:04.80 and Miranda Danaher was 10th in the shot put.
