Photos: Blackbirds Swarm At Sectionals
On Tuesday, May 27, the Voorheesville track squad competed in the Section 2, Group 4 track sectionals at Stillwater High School. The girls finished third with 72 points and the boys came in 12th with 14 points.
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Eyeing the spot: Blackbirds’ Kiva Cederbaum stares out into the field as he prepares to start spinning to release his disc. Cederbaum finished 20th with a distance of 77 feet, 3 inches.
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Max effort: Blackbirds’ Cooper Sheldrick deeply exhales as he spins in preparation to release his disc. Sheldrick finished 25th with a distance of 61 feet, 9 inches.
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Easily over: Blackbirds’ Marlie Grant looks at the bar as she pushes her pole away to clear the bar with inches to spare. Grant finished third with a height of 8 feet even.
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Kicking ahead: Blackbirds’ Haley Murphy looks ahead at the next hurdle as she clears the current one. Murphy finished 7th with a time of 19.11 seconds.
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Picking up speed: Blackbirds’ Salma Sayahi hands the baton over to Savannah Schmidt to regain the lead for the third leg of the 4x800-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 9:52.98.
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Coming down quick: Blackbirds’ Madelyn Gee sprints down the track as she battles a Greenwich runner in the 100-meter dash. Gee finished 18th with a time of 14.40 seconds.
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Big push: Blackbirds’ Gus Dawson-Beilby breaks from the blocks in his 100-meter dash heat. Dawson-Beilby finished 5th with a time of 11.66 seconds.
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Picking them off: Blackbirds’ Jenna Curl pumps her arms as she goes around the turn during a lap in the 1500-meter run. Curl finished 12th with a time of 5:55.51.
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Big splash: Blackbirds’ Cailyn Deeb comes down for a landing into the pit sending the sand everywhere. Deeb finished 13th with a distance of 13 feet, 11.75 inches.
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Running with a smile: Blackbirds’ Shayla Hyman (1) and Savannah Schmidt run down the front stretch with a big lead in the 1500-meters. Hyman finished in second with a time of 4:58.95 and Schmidt won with a time of 4:58.57.
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Pacing himself: Blackbirds’ Jake Molloy comes around the turn as he starts another lap in the 1600-meters. Molloy finished 11th with a time of 5:41.90.
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Running on the edge: Blackbirds’ Judah Buckley runs along the inside line as he starts another lap in the 1600-meters. Buckley finished 12th with a time of 5:45.90.
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Hard turn: Blackbirds’ Hayden Heckler sprints fast around the final turn during his heat in the 400-meter dash. Heckler finished 18th with a time of 1:03.58.
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Hover turn: Blackbirds’ Ben Purington pumps his arms as he comes around the final turn at full speed in the 400-meters. Purington finished 14th with a time of 59.95 seconds.
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Letting it fly: Blackbirds’ Brianna Hillman watches her disc fly from her hand after she releases it during her first attempt. Hillman finished in 5th with a distance of 73 feet, 3 inches.
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Group battle: Blackbirds’ Alannah McCarthy starts around the turn alongside a small group of runners in the 800-meters. McCarthy finished 7th with a time of 2:37.57.
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Strong finish: Blackbirds’ Avery Grant looks ahead as she uses a late kick towards the finish line in the 800-meters. Grant won with a time of 2:18.87.
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Kicking it on the turn: Blackbirds’ Joe Cocci starts around the turn as he stays in front of a runner in the 800-meters. Cocci finished 19th with a time of 2:27.94.
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Preparing that kick: Blackbirds’ Mason Curl looks at the runners ahead of him as he starts around the turn in the 800-meters. Curl finished 3rd with a time of 2:01.01.