CICERO – Several area high school girls track and field athletes will make their way to Middletown next weekend for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships.
Some of those berths were earned earlier in the season, but others got them Thursday at Cicero-North Syracuse’s Bragman Stadium during the Section III state qualifying meet.
A local showdown in the Class C 100-meter hurdles had Marcellus junior Madison Foy win in 14.50 seconds to the 15.13 of Westhill’s Emma Murphy, with Bishop Ludden’s Alexi Sheen fourth in 16.31.
Both Foy and Murphy will compete in the state meet and Foy will have a shot at a medal in the 400 hurdles after winning that race in the qualifier in 1:03.58 nearly three seconds clear of Hamilton’s Claire Filipowicz (1:06.41). Murphy got fourth in the long jump going 18 feet 1 inch.
No one could catch Skaneateles standout Lucy Fleckenstein in the Class C 1,500-meter run as she finished in four minutes 50.25 seconds to hold off the 4:51.61 of Fabius-Pompey’s McKenna Johnson. Fleckenstein added a fourth in the 800 going 2:28.66.
Solvay’s Serenity Williams easily reached the state meet in the Class C pentathlon, her 3,014 points well above the qualifying standard of 2,536 as she was second here to the 3,104 of Westmoreland’s Emma Szarek.
Jernessa Donaldson took third in the shot put throwing it 37’7 1/4” just ahead of Westhill’s Jael Hill (36’1”) in fourth place as Gabrielle Willsey was seventh going 32 feet and Emma Marshall ninth with 31’8” to go with a seventh (86’4”) in the discus.
Kyira Davis was fifth in the 200-meter dash in 27 seconds flat just ahead of Marcellus’ Harmony Frost (27.05), Davis adding a sixth in the 100-meter dash in 12.87.
Marcellus got second in the Class C 4×800 relay as Corrine Aldrich, Madison Foy, Dorothy McMahon and Emmi Rossiter posted 4:06.78 behind only Sauquoit Valley’s 4:03.55.
Westhill had Mallie Alt clear 9’6” for fourth place in the pole vault as Ava Baty topped 9’6’ for fourth place. The Warriors also were fourth in the 4×800 relay in 10:20.17 as Ludden took fifth place with 10:37.19 to go with a seventh in the 4×400 in 4:23.59.
In Class A West Genesee had Eliana Freeman earn third place in the discus with a heave of 102 feet and Amelia Jennings third in the shot put going 34 feet. Mikenna Komuda gained fifth place in the high jump clearing 5 feet and Zaida Talev topped 7’6’ for sixth place in the pole vault.
Rebecca Dickey, Lily Pellegrino, Claire Griffin and Chloe Fietze finish fourth in the 4×800 relay in 10:45.86. The Wildcats were eighth in the 4×100 in 53.34 seconds with Komuda, Talev, Anieal Brill and Leah Sayre.
