SYRACUSE – Top indoor track and field athletes from Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool would park themselves atop the standings of many different events during Wednesday’s Westhill Invitational at SRC Arena.
Kate Putman again led the Northstars, winning twice. In the featured 600-meter run, Putman, in one minute. 38.04 seconds, held off the 1:38.65 from Sknaeateles star Kyla Palmer as Gabby Putman was fourth in 1:42.57.
Later, in the 1,500-meter run, Kate Putman went 4:41.82 to pull away from the 4:53 flat from Gabby Putman as Liverpool had Taylor Page take sixth place in 5:17.22. Sophia Graham (5:25.85) was eighth for the Northstars.
A regular 600 was contested, too, and the Northstars’ Katy Harbold won in 1:44.53 to the 1:45.98 for CBA’s Grace Fletcher as the Warriors’ Addison Ziegler was seventh in 1:50.04.
Harbold also took second in the 1,000-meter run in 3:08.64, just ahead of the Liverpool duo of Addison Ziegler and Meghan Moyer as Ziegler was third in 3:22.52 and Moyer (3:25.10) was fourth, with Kaitlyn Hotaling sixth in 3:25.58.
In the rarely-held shuttle hurdles, C-NS saw Jasmine Ayre, Grace Murray, Jaydin Mackey and Kalli Congden go 39.31 seconds to prevail over Westhill’s 39.46. Liverpool was fifth in 42.86.
Kaleigh Bosimenu topped 8’6” for second in the pole vault Grace Murray was third in the triple jump with 31′ 3/4”, while Jasmine Ayre took fourth in the long jump with 15’1” as Murray (14’3 3/4”) finished seventh. Maria Sanfilippo was fifth in the weight throw with 31’11 3/4”.
Liverpool’s girls were victorious in the 4×400 relay, where Page, Sophia Jarosz, Ashlyn Brown and Jailyn Parrotte pulled away in 4:27.16, more than 11 seconds clear of Baldwinsville (4:28.95) as C-NS was third in 4:39.31.
The Warriors’ Allie Cary swept both throwing events, unleashing a top weight throw of 39’3 1/4”, nearly two feet ahead of the field, and claiming the shot put with 34’6” as Trinity Howard was ninth in the weight throw and 10th in the shot put. Cailtyn Guilfoil was seventh in the 55-meter dash in 7.89 seconds.
In the 4×200 relay, Liverpool,, in 1:55.98, edged C-NS (1:56.41) for fourth place. Layla Pearl Collins earned sixth in the pole vault, clearing 7 feet, while Beatrize Gurgol got eighth in the triple jump (30’1 1/4”)
On the boys side, Liverpool had Ny’Quez Madison beat the field in the triple jump, his 41’10 1/4” more than three feet ahead of the field that included C-NS teammates Anthony Johnson (fourth, 36’6”) and Zuriel Dickerson (sixth, 35’11 1/4”).
Josh Vang was fourth in the 1,600-meter run in 4:49.06 as Jacob Makhlouf (4:54.80) edged Brady Ruediger (4:55.59) for sixth place.
Madison topped 5’6” in the high jump for fifth place as Daunte Wright was seventh for the Warriors in the triple jump with 35’6” and Roman Murray took sixth in the 1,000 in 2:49.38.
C-NS saw the boys shuttle hurdles team of Carlton Garnes, Trevon Walker, Camron Ingram and Xander Provost win in 36.95 seconds to Horseheads’ second-place 37.45. Ingram also took third in the 55 hurdles in 8.59 as Walker was sixth in 8.82.
Davone Bennett had already won the 55 sprint in 6.74 seconds to the 6.85 from B’ville’s Brandon Levin as Liverpool had Shameer Bradwell, in 6.88, beat Garnes (6.92) for fourth and Sajan Mishra (6.93) was sixth.
In the 4×200, the Northstars’ 1:39.67 beat out the Warriors (1:40.63) for third place, while Jackson Petzoldt, Jacob Klasen, Dan Henry and Rocco Albanese were second in the 4×400 in 3:48.89 ahead of Liverpool (4:07.42) in sixth.
Joe Main got third in the shot put for C-NS with 38’9” as Liverpool’s Anthony Cerio (36’8”) was ninth. Dan Henry cleared 8 feet for fourth in the pole vault as Petzoldt (7’6”) tied for sixth, with Tyler Graham fifth in the 1,600 in 4:51.04. Liam Adams was eighth in the 600 in 1:31.46.
