Local athletes copete in 30th Empire State Games





WESTCHESTER COUNTY — About 6,000 athletes converged in parts of Westchester County to compete in the 30th Hugh L. Carey Empire State Games.

Athletes from six regions of the state — Adirondack, Western, New York City, Hudson Valley, Central, and Long Island — took part in the Olympics-style event.

Local athletes competed as part of the Adirondack Region in scholastic and open (post high school) divisions in many of the 28 different sports at the event.

Opening ceremonies were last Wednesday at Kensico Dam in Valhalla and the final events were finished on Sunday.

One of the highlights of the games was the performance of Beth Miller from Voorheesville. Miller dominated the cycling event in the open women’s category. She won two gold medals and a silver medal during the four-day event.

Here are the final results for the local athletes listed by sport. Medals are italicized.

Archery

John McCullen of Altamont, ninth in open men’s all-around.

Athletics

Gered Burns of Altamont, bronze, open men’s 800 meters; Dan Olson of Voorheesville, gold, open men’s high jump; Maxwell Desieno of Voorheesville, 10th in open men’s hammer throw; Scott Hannay of Westerlo, bronze, open men’s javelin; Sarah Hannay of Westerlo, eighth in open women’s javelin; Jonathan Aziz of Guilderland, sixth in scholastic men’s 1,500 meters; Greg Hannay of Westerlo, fifth in scholastic men’s javelin; and Briana DelBene of Altamont, 10th in scholastic women’s discus.

Baseball

Jake Colavito of Guilderland, Nick Ranalli of Guilderland, Andrew Simpson of Guilderland, and C.J. Sohl of Guilderland, fourth in scholastic men’s.

Boxing

Clare O’Connell of Altamont, gold, open women’s Super Heavyweight class.

Canoe/Kayak

Chad Staubach of Altamont and Jesse Darrone of Berne, bronze, open men’s canoe pair 500 meters; Justin Staubach of Albany and Jesse Chartier of Voorheesville, bronze, open men’s canoe pair 500 meters; Becky Dergosits of Schenectady, fifth in heat, open women’s kayak single 500 meters; Larry Staubach of Altamont and David Taylor of Alplaus, fifth in heat, kayak pair 500 meters; Mitchell Jeune of East Berne and Maclin Norray of Berne, fifth in heat, kayak pair 500 meters; Kristen Norray of Berne and Dergosits, fifth in heat, kayak pair 500 meters; Dergosits and Victoria Dow of Selkirk, sixth in open women’s kayak pair 500 meters; Chad Staubach, fifth, open men’s canoe single 500 meters; Holly Bisbee of Burnt Hills, Dow, Norray, and Dergosits, bronze, open women’s kayak quad 500 meters; Maclin Norray, sixth in heat, open men’s kayak single 200 meters; Darrone, sixth, open men’s canoe single 200 meters; Dergosits, silver, open women’s kayak single 200 meters; Maclin Norray and Taylor, sixth in heat, open men’s kayak pair 200 meters; Larry Staubach and Jeune, fifth in heat, open men’s kayak pair 200 meters; Darrone and Justin Staubach, fifth, open men’s canoe pair 200 meters; Chartier and Chad Staubach, silver, open men’s canoe pair 200 meters; Dergosits and Bisbee, silver, open women’s kayak pair 200 meters; and Jeune, Maclin Norray, Larry Staubach, and Taylor, bronze, open men’s kayak quad 500 meters.

Cycling

Chuck Quackenbush of Slingerlands, 20th, open men’s 10-mile time trial; Quackenbush, 37th, open men’s 74-mile road race; Quackenbush, 49th, open men’s 31-mile criterium; Beth Miller of Voorheesville, gold, open women’s 10-mile time trial; Miller, gold, open women’s 55-mile road race; Miller silver, open women’s 20-mile criterium.

Diving

Kirstie Russell of Feura Bush, eighth, scholastic women’s one-meter; Russell, fourth, scholastic women’s three-meters.

Fencing

Brian Cucinelli of Slingerlands and Alexander Siy of Feura Bush, fifth, scholastic men’s team.

Gymnastics

Dana Goodknight of Altamont, 14th in open women’s all-around; Connie Kung of Slingerlands, 26th, in open women’s overall; Goodknight and Kung, silver, all-around team; Kara Goodknight of Altamont, 10th, scholastic women’s all-around; Goodknight, silver, scholastic women’s all-around team; and Goodknight, bronze, scholastic women’s vault.

Lacrosse

Aaron Cahill of Guilderland, Rory Nunamacher of Guilderland, and Christopher Stillman of Guilderland, fourth, scholastic men’s; Amanda Best of Guilderland, Lauren Cagino of Guilderland, Bridget Daley of Guilderland, Abbey Fashouer of Guilderland, Chelsey Newman of Guilderland, and Danielle Tetreault of Guilderland, fourth, scholastic women’s.

Shooting

Thomas Stark of Voorheesville, silver, men and women’s skeet; Robert Tigue of East Berne, fourth in men’s trap; Tigue, silver, men’s and women’s trap.

Softball

Cyrilla Suker of Voorheesville, Alison Meacham of Guilderland, and Amber Maisonet of Slingerlands, silver, open women’s.

Soccer

Jenn Mihok, of Guilderland, bronze, open women’s; Frank Campagnano of Guilderland and Tony Campagnano of Guilderland, gold, scholastic men’s.

Swimming

Nathan Foley of Slingerlands, seventh, open men’s 200-meter freestyle; Foley, fifth, open men’s 400-meter freestyle relay; Foley, silver, 800-meter open freestyle; Foley, fifth, open men’s 800-meter freestyle relay; Stephenie Bintz of Altamont, 14th in heat, open women’s 50-meter freestyle; Bintz, 15th in heat, open women’s 200-meter breaststroke; Bintz, 12th in heat, open women’s 100-meter backstroke; Foley, bronze, open men’s 400-meter freestyle; Bintz, sixth, open women’s 400-meter medley relay; Foley, sixth, open men’s 400-meter medley relay; Jared Fish, of Albany, 15th in heat, scholastic men’s 100-meter breaststroke; Reynalyn Canchela of Albany, 18th in heat, scholastic women’s 200-meter freestyle; Brittney Ginsburg of Slingerlands, 14th in heat, scholastic women’s 100-meter butterfly; Canchela, 17th in heat, scholastic women’s 100-meter butterfly; Erin Dewey of Guilderland and Canchela, sixth, scholastic women’s 400-meter freestyle relay; Fish, sixth, scholastic men’s 400-meter freestyle relay; Dewey, 12th in heat, 200-meter individual medley; Ginsburg, sixth, scholastic women’s 800-meter freestyle relay; Fish, 16th in heat, scholastic men’s 50-meter freestyle; Fish, 13th in heat, scholastic men’s 200-meter breaststroke; Ginsburg and Dewey, sixth, scholastic women’s 400-medley relay; Canchela, 17th in heat, scholastic women’s 100-meter freestyle; Ginsburg, 13th, scholastic women’s 200-meter butterfly.

Tennis

Joey Milstein of Guilderland, sixth, scholastic men’s.

Volleyball

Arielle Smith of Voorheesville, fifth, scholastic women’s.

Wrestling

Roger Sawyer of Guilderland, gold, open men’s Greco-Roman 167-pound weight class; and Keith Domermuth of Westerlo, lost in prelimary of scholastic men’s freestyle 275-pound weight class.

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