Photos: Dutch Battle With Other US Best
This past weekend, members of the Guilderland indoor track team competed against other elite runners throughout the country in the New Balance Nationals in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Down the stretch they come: Guilderland’s Grace Kachadurian, left, and Fiona McCarthy battle Nariah Harley, from New Jersey, in the middle school 60-meter dash. Kachadurian finished 44th in the nation with a time of 8.33 and McCarthy finished 97th with a time of 8.84.
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Coming to you: Guilderland’s Maryn Vrooman sprints hard down the track in the freshman 60-meter dash. Vrooman finished 76th with a time of 8.38.
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In sync: Guilderland’s Evynn Burnett battles Sydney Coleman, of Haverford TC, in their preliminary heat in the freshman 60-meter dash. Burnett finished 81st with a time of 8.46.
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One step at a time: Guilderland’s Shlok Prabhushettar comes off the turn as he battles in the middle-school 800-meter run. Prabhushettar finished 44th with a time of 2:20.92.
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Working together: Guilderland’s Lily Hubbard, 17, and Jane McCoy, 10, follow one another as they come off the turn in the middle-school 800-meters. Hubbard finished in 66th with a time of 2:37.26 and McCoy finished 72nd with a time of 2:39.38.
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Pumping her arms: Guilderland’s Eryn Tynan comes around the turn as two competitors try to catch Tynan in their freshmen 800-meter heat. Tynan finished 36th with a time of 2:24.90.
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Long strides: Guilderland’s Kara Whiteside comes around the turn during one of her laps in the freshmen 800-meter heat. Whiteside finished 59th with a time of 2:27.66.
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In a battle: Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell runs along in a crowd of competitors in the freshmen 800-meters. Cornell finished 8th in the nation with a time of 2:20.42.
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Going fast: Guilderland’s Trevor Whitney releases the baton to his teammate Brady Conboy for the third leg in the championship 4x200-meter relay. The relay team finished 47th with a time of 1:31.93.
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Let’s go! yells Guilderland’s Alexa Kosier as she sees Saida Assabahi break from the blocks in the start of the championship 4x200-meter relay. The relay team finished 14th with a time of 1:43.41.
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Hair flying: Guilderland’s Aakash Iyer hands over the baton after finishing the 1200-meter portion of the boys’ championship distance medley relay to Octavius Flowers for the 400-meter portion. The relay team finished 27th with a time of 10:34.98 and a school record.
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Off and running: Guilderland’s Alexa Kosier gives the baton to Braelyn Cornell as they compete in the championship distance medley relay. The relay team finished in 39th with a time of 12:55.92.
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Go, go, go: Guilderland’s Will Smitas gets the baton from Brady Conboy so that Smitas can run the last leg in the championship sprint medley relay. The relay team finished 36th with a time of 3:40.10.
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Getting ready: Saida Assabahi, Parker Steele, Kendall Barnhart, and Addison Vellekoop jog down the track after being introduced in the final heat in the girls’ sprint medley relay as their teammates cheer them on from the rail.
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Locked in: Guilderland’s Parker Steele and Kendall Barnhart both look at the baton they exchange during the third leg of the championship sprint medley relay. The relay team finished 8th in the nation with a time of 4:03.05 and a school record.
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Breezing over: Guilderland’s Parker Steele easily clears the penultimate hurdle in the preliminaries in the 60-meter hurdles. Steele finished 45th with a time of 9.04 seconds.
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Full out sprint: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart sprints hard around the turn as she competes in the championship 400-meter run. Barnhart finished 35th with a time of 57.41 seconds and she also ran in the 200-meter where she finished 56th with a time of 25.59 seconds.
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Flying far: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr leaps from the board as she soars through the air in the long jump portion in the championship pentathlon. Kerr had a distance of 15 feet, 1.25 inches and finished 15th with 3039 points and a school record.
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Breaking her own record, Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop runs fast around the turn in the championship 800-meter run. Vellekoop finished 30th with a time of 2:13.35 and broke her own school record.
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Into her grasp: Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell wraps her hand around the baton as her teammate Alexa Kosier hands it off in the championship 4x800-meter relay. The relay team finished 11th in the nation with a time of 9:27.05.
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Hair going in different directions: Guilderland’s Sadia Assabahi turns and takes the baton from teammate Parker Steele as they compete in the championship 4x400-meter relay. The relay team finished in 38th with a time of 4:04.30.