Photos: States Await For Dutch Athletes
On Sunday, Feb. 5, Guilderland, Voorheesville, and Berne-Knox-Westerlo competed in many events against the top Section 2 athletes at the McDonough Sports Complex on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College. After all the events were completed, Guilderland qualified for six individual events and one relay team event, to compete at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on March 4.
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Lounging: Guilderland’s Nithia Gutta flies from the board as she stretches for her third step in the girls triple jump event. Gutta finished in 12th with a distance of 32 feet, 6.50 inches.
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Landing mad: Guilderland’s Olivia Hilton looks down at the pit as she comes down from her last step. Hilton finished in 8th with a distance of 34 feet, 3.50 inches.
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Reaching out: Guilderland’s Kadija Sano stretches her body out after lifting off her last step in the triple jump. Sano finished in 4th with a distance of 35 feet, 6.50 inches.
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Big steps: Guilderland’s Kirsten Barnhart leaps off the board on her way to take her two other steps in the triple jump. Barnhart finished in third with a distance of 35 feet, 10.75 inches.
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Hurdle battle: BKW’s Arlen Wright, center, battles Shenendehowa’s Jason Colindres and Guilderland’s TJ Casavant in the third heat of the boys’ 55-meter hurdles preliminaries. Wright finished overall in 10th with a time of 8.79 seconds and Casavant finished in 18th with a time of 9.42 seconds.
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Intensity: BKW’s Katie Stevens sprints down the track as she battles Niskayuna’s Kaleigh West in the 10th heat of the girls 55-meter dash. Stevens battled in the finals to finish seventh overall with a time of 7.70 seconds.
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Floating: Guilderland’s Brady Convoy battles Albany’s Patrick Ponzo, III and Shenendehowa’s Zane Ives in the seventh heat in the boys’ 55-meter dash. Convoy finished 22nd overall with a time of 7.21 seconds.
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Going along: Guilderland’s Tara Iyer makes the turn during her lap in the girls’ 3000-meter run just in front of Columbia’s Shea Fajen. Iyer finished in 14th with a time of 11:23.55.
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Running her race: Voorheesville’s Mariem Sayahi makes the turn in front of Saratoga’s Tong Ang in the 3000-meters. Sayahi finished in sixth with a time of 10:43.23.
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Squeaking by: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr leaps through the air as she clears the bar in the high jump. Kerr finished in 10th with a height of 4 feet, 10 inches.
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Clear sailing: Guilderland’s Elizabeth Liu flies in the air over the bar in the high jump. Liu finished in sixth with a height of 4 feet, 10 inches.
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Battle upfront: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart, center, and Parker Steele clear the hurdles in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles. Barnhart finished fourth with a time of 9.11 seconds and Steele, qualified for states, finished first with a time of 8.86 seconds.
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Down the stretch they come: Guilderland’s Megan Swan (5) and Tatum Cramer (3) battle Niskayuna’s Kaleigh West and Petrina Zborovszky in the finals of the 55-meter dash. Swan finished second, qualifying for states, with a time of 7.57 seconds and Cramer, qualified for states in long jump, finished fifth with a time of 7.66.
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Leading the way: Guilderland’s Aakash Iyer leads Shenendehowa’s Jonathan Wolf in the last few laps in the 3,200-meter run. Iyer won, qualifying for states, with a time of 9:49.20.
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Exchange time: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr, left, gets the baton from teammate Maryn Vrooman in the preliminaries of the 4 by 400-meter relay. The relay team finished third overall with a time of 4:26.11.
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Getting air: Guilderland’s Aliyah Famodu raises up during one of her attempts in the girls pole vault. Famodu finished in fourth with a height of 8 feet, 6 inches.
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Flying Dutch: Guilderland’s Jack Lawson flies from the board as he approaches the pit in the finals in the boys long jump. Lawson finished in sixth with a distance of 19 feet, 7.25 inches.
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At the line! Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop, Bethlehem’s Charlotte O’Meara, and Shaker’s Kaleigh Higgins all are close together at the finish line in the girls’ 1000-meter run. Vellekoop won, qualified for states and qualified in the 600-meters, with a time of 2:59.17.
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Go, go, go! Guilderland’s Megan Swan hands the baton over to teammate Kendall Barnhart in the finals of the girls 4 by 200-meter relay. The relay team won, qualifies for states, with a time of 1:49.08.