When Cicero-North Syracuse senior Kate Putman receives a formal honor from New York State Senator John Mannion on March 2 before heading to the indoor track and field state championship meet, there’s more to celebrate.

That’s because Putman went to New York City and, on Feb. 11, emerged victorious in the 1,500-meter run during the 115th annual Millrose Games in New York City and, in doing so, set a new Section III record in that event.

Putman knew the facility well, having come to the Nike Track and Field Center at the Armory on Jan. 21 and won the 1,600-meter event in four minutes, 45.90 seconds.

Exactly three weeks later, Putman ran 4:45.31 in the 1,600, beating Mastic Beach’s Zariel Macchia by more than two seconds and claiming this national title.

All of which was a prelude to Wednesday’s Section III state qualifier at SRC Arena, where Putman and C-NS rolled to several more victories on both the girls and boys sides, with Liverpool also finding some success thanks to Allie Cary and Ny’Quez Madison.

In the girls 1,500, Kate Putman finished in 4:43.01, beating the 4:47.39 from Fayetteville-Manlius’ Izzy Sullivan. Then, in the 4×800 relay, Kate and Gabby Putman joined Katy Harbold and Hannah Boyle to win in a swift 9:20.41.

Gabby Putman jwon the 1,000-meter run in 2:58.84while Liverpool’s Taylor Page, finishing third in 3:00.70, earned herself a berth in the state meet, too, Katy Harbold taking fifth in 3:07.85.
Morgan Hayes went 8.74 seconds to beat Aaliyah McDonald (8.80) and Jasmine Ayre (8.89) for second in the 55 hurdles.

In the 4×400 relay, C-NS had Hannah Boyle, Sophia Graham, Grace Murray and Marissa Doty win in 4:08.63 as no one else broke the 4:10 mark and Liverpool (4:26.63) finished sixth. Graham took fifth in the 600-meter run in 1:45.06.

Marissa Doty’s 41.73 seconds in the 300-meter dash was second to the 40.97 from Skaneateles’ Kyla Palmer. Marissa Navarra was fourth in the 3,000-meter run in 10:46.23.

Jasmine Ayre had a second-place long jump of 17’1” as Hayes was sixth with 16’6 1/2”, with Hayes fourth (36’8 3/4”) and Ayre fifth (35’2 1/2”) in the triple jump.

On the boys side for Liverpool, Ny’Quez Madison swept both jumping events. Madison’s personal-best 22’6” nearly half a foot ahead of the field, with C-NS’s Trevon Walker (20′ 3 3/4”) in sixth place.

Moving to the triple jump, Madison went 43’11 1/2” on his third attempt after two fouls, again prevailing as, for the Northstars, Anthony Johnson (40’2 1/2”) got sixth place.

To lead Liverpool’s girls, Cary had a winning shot put toss of 37 feet 6 ½ inches to the 36’9 1/2” from Jamesville-DeWitt’s Hailey Webber, who beat Cary, 43’4 1/4” to 41’4 1/2”, in the weight throw.

Liverpool also had its 4×200 relay team of Sophia Jarosz, Mikayla Greene, Cailtyn Guilfoil and Maddie Devendorf go 1:50.22, second to East Syracuse Minoa’s 1:48.92 as C-NS was fifth in 1:53 flat. Page, Addison Ziegler, Kaitlyn Hotaling and Meghan Moyer were fourth in the 4×800 in 10:16.72.

Sweeping the sprints on the boys side, C-NS, in the 55 hurdles had, Carlton Garnes prevail in 7.84, edging the 7.89 from teammate Camron Ingram.

Davine Bennett prevailed in the 55-meter dash, needing 6.56 seconds to beat Nottingham’s Curtis Dennis (6.57) by one-hundredth of a second.

Joe Main threw the shot put 44’2 1/2” for fourth place, a new personal mark. The Northstars were seventh in the 4×400 relay in 3:42.90.

Roman Murray, Jacob Makhlouf, Michael Purvis and Josh Vang were second for Liverpool in the 4×800 relay in 8:37.59, beating C-NS (8:44.01) in third place as Murray also was seventh in the 1,000 in 2:56.19.