Empire State Games
Local athletes will be trekking down the New York State Thruway to the Poughkeepsie area for the on July 27 until July 31.
The athletes will compete for the Adirondack Region in scholastic and open divisions and will take on athletes from five different regions of the state.
The scholastic division is for athletes still in high school and the open division is for athletes out of high school.
The other regions are Western, Central, Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island.
The opening ceremonies are July 27 at Marist College in Poughkeepsie and events will take place throughout the lower Hudson Valley region, wrapping up on July 31.
Here is a list of local competitors arranged by sport.
Archery
John McCullen of Guilderland in open mens all-around; Helen McCullen of Cohoes in open womens all-around; Edna McCullen of Guilderland open womens coach; Alex Mason of East Berne in scholastic mens all-around; and Jacob Ostrander of Westerlo in scholastic mens all-around.
Athletics (Track-and-field)
Gered Burns of Altamont in open mens 800-meter run; Nelson English of Guilderland in open mens 100-meter dash; Dan Haggerty of Guilderland in open mens 3,000-meter steeplechase; Scott Hannay of Westerlo in open mens javelin; Robert Irwin in open mens 10,000-meter run; Dan Olson of Voorheesville in open mens high jump; Clare OConnell of Guilderland in open womens shot put; Heather Weldon of Guilderland in open womens javelin; Brian Rhodes-Devey of Slingerlands in scholastic mens 5,000-meter run; and Sarah Hannay of Westerlo in scholastic womens javelin.
Basketball
Steve Dagostino of Guilderland in open mens; Jason James of Slingerlands in open mens; Kaitlin Foley of Slingerlands in open womens; Andrew Catellier of Voorheesville in scholastic mens; Nicholas Duncan of Voorheesville in scholastic mens; and Greg Klopfer of Voorheesville in open mens.
Baseball
Nicholas Polsinelli of Guilderland in scholastic mens.
Boxing
Mike Faragon of Guilderland in open mens light welterweight division.
Canoe/kayak
Jesse Chartier of Voorheesville; William Dergosits of Rotterdam; Maclin Norra of Berne; Lawrence Staubach of Altamont; Chad Staubach of Altamont; Rhiannon Darrone of Berne; Rebecca Dergosits of Rotterdam; and Jill Dergosits of Rotterdam, coach.
Cycling
Matthew Purdy of Voorheesville in open mens all-around; Chuck Quackenbush of Slingerlands in open mens all-around; Andy Ruiz of Voorheesville in open mens all-around.
Diving
Kaitlyn Dameron of Guilderland in open womens one-meter and open womens three-meters.
Fencing
Analise Peleggi of Slingerlands in scholastic womens.
Field hockey
Julia Ostrowski of Guilderland in scholastic womens.
Gymnastics
Steven Swider of Guilderland in open mens all-around; Dana Goodknight of Altamont in open womens all-around; and Brenda Goodknight of Altamont, scholastic womens coach.
Ice hockey
Joe Buicko of Altamont, scholastic mens; Tim Montgomery of Guilderland in scholastic mens; Matthew Tyksinski of Altamont, scholastic mens, and John DeRubertis of Rensselaer, scholastic mens coach.
Lacrosse
Mike Camardo of Altamont, scholastic mens; Shane Mahar of Slingerlands, scholastic mens; Robert McIver of Altamont, scholastic mens; Kayla Best of Guilderland, scholastic womens; Valerie Feldman of Guilderland, scholastic womens; Theresa Ladouceur of Slingerlands, scholastic womens; Kelsey Schwan of Guilderland in scholastic womens; Emily Szelest of Slingerlands in scholastic womens; Lynn Tran of Guilderland in scholastic womens; and Kaitlyn Vennard of Guilderland, scholastic women's
Shooting
Thomas Stark of Voorheesville in open mens skeet and Robert Tigue of East Berne in open mens trap.
Soccer
Philip Venditti of Voorheesville, open mens; Amy Loughridge of Guilderland, open womens; Jennifer Mihok of Guilderland, scholastic womens.
Swimming
Timothy Degroff of Feura Bush in open mens 200-meter backstroke; Kaite Linehan of Guilderland in open womens 100-meter breaststroke; Becca Stern of Slingerlands in open womens 50-meter freestyle; Nathan Foley of Slingerlands in scholastic mens 200-meter freestyle; Stephanie Bintz of Altamont in scholastic womens 100-meter backstroke; and Brittney Ginsburg of Slingerlands in scholastic women's 100-meter flystroke.
Syncronized swimming
Traci Jill Bologna in open womens team.
Volleyball
Susan Spierre of Guilderland, open womens; Adrian Michalski of Voorheesville, scholastic mens; Ian Michalski of Voorheesville, scholastic mens; and Lauren Passarelli of Voorheesville, scholastic women's
Wrestling
Mike Cubillos of Guilderland in open mens Greco-Roman 152-pound weight class; Don Favro of Guilderland in open mens freestyle 139-pound weight class; Matt Cubillos of Guilderland in scholastic mens Greco-Roman 106-pound weight class; Ian Desol of Guilderland in scholastic mens Greco-Roman 154-pound weight class; Kyle Hussey of Guilderland in scholastic mens Greco-Roman 275-pound weight class; Kevin ONeill of Guilderland in scholastic mens freestyle 192-pound weight class; and Joshua Wronski of Slingerlands in scholastic mens Greco-Roman and freestyle 192-pound weight class