Athletes represent Guilderland all over the state
GUILDERLAND A plethora of athletes from Guilderland High School competed in state competitions this past weekend.
They competed locally and in far-flung places such as Ithaca, Buffalo, and Rochester.
Guilderland senior Dana Goodknight tied for fifth in two events at the state gymnastics meet held at Rush-Henrietta High School in the Rochester area on Saturday.
Goodknight finished fifth in the all-around and in the uneven bars at the meet. She scored 36.75 in the all-around and had 9.325 on the uneven bars.
The Section II team finished eighth and included Guilderland gymnasts Toni Whitbeck, Alexa Patnaude, and Kristi Russell.
David Slingerland competed on the intersectional relay team at the state indoor track-and-field meet at Cornell University.
Slingerland and his team placed sixth in a time of 9:12.96.
Vadim Yafayev represented the Guilderville swim team at the state meet held at Erie County Community College in Buffalo. The Guilderland junior finished fifth in a time of 1:5.59 in the 200-yard individual medley.
It was a tougher time for the three wrestlers representing Guilderland at the state meet held at the Times Union Center in Albany on Friday and Saturday.
Ian DeSol, Mike Cubillos, and Kyle Hussey did not place in the state since none of them finished in the top six.
Hussey and Cubillos advanced to the second day of the tournament, but were eliminated in their first matches in the wrestlebacks on Saturday. Hussey won his first-round match in the 275-pound weight class on Friday, but lost his quarterfinal match by pin. He won his first wrestleback match on Friday.
DeSol and Cubillos lost their first-round matches in the 119-pound and 145-pound weight classes respectively.
Cubillos won his first consolation match on Friday but lost on Saturday, to eliminate him from the tournament. DeSol lost his consolation match and did not make it to the second day.
The meets wrapped up the winter sports season at Guilderland.
Spring sports practices and tryouts began on Monday.