Photos: Guilderland Girls Win First Sectional Title, Send 11 To State Quals
On Wednesday, May 24, the Guilderland track competed in the Section 2, Class 1 sectionals at Colonie High School. It came down to the last event for the Dutch to claim their first ever Sectional title and the Dutch did just that, taking the title with 183 points. The Boys team finished eighth with 19 points. Guilderland will send 11 to Thurs and Fri State Qualifiers at Shen.
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Making a splash: Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell clears the barrier and into the pool in the girls 2000-meter steeplechase. Cornell finished in fourth with a time of 7:38.59.
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Water all around: Guilderland’s Deena Del Pozzo lands in the pool as the water splashes around her. Del Pozzo finished in ninth with a time of 8:24.35.
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Flying Dutch: Guilderland’s Billy Bogue soars through the air as he leaps from the board in the long jump. Bogue finished in 14th with a distance of 18 feet, 10.50 inches.
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Looking down: Guilderland’s Alex Balzersen pushes off the barrier as he descends towards the pool in the boys 3000-meter steeplechase. Balzersen finished in 16th with a time of 12:04.38.
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Cutting the cold air: Guilderland’s Angelina Reish looks at the bar as she sails over it in her second attempt. Reish finished in 10th at a height of 6 feet 6 inches.
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Clearing over: Guilderland’s Pravalika Gutta leaps over the hurdle in the 100-meter hurdle portion of the pentathlon. Gutta won the event with a time of 17.43 seconds and fourth overall in the pentathlon with 2075 points.
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Punching the air: Guilderland’s Olivia Hilton pushes off from her right foot as she easily clears the bar in the high jump. Hilton finished in 8th at a height of 4 feet, 8 inches.
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Rain couldn’t stop her: Guilderland’s Parker Steele clears the last hurdle in the 100-meter hurdles. Steele won the event with a time of 15.11 seconds and third in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 1:05.20.
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Kicking the air: Guilderland’s TJ Casavant leaps over the hurdle in the 110-meter hurdle portion of the boys pentathlon. Casavant finished in third with a time of 17.64 seconds and 8th overall in the pentathlon with 2024 points.
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Just missing: Guilderland’s Aliyah Famodu releases her pole as she bumps the pole off in her first attempt. Famodu finished in fourth with a height of 8 feet even.
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Take it: Guilderland’s Eryn Tynan hands the baton to her teammate Alexa Kosier for the final leg in the 4x800-meter relay. The relay team finished in third with a time of 9:45.93.
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Running through puddles: Guilderland’s Lim Melchior extends his right arm to hand the baton to hand it off to his teammate Joe Kosier. The relay team finished in fifth with a time of 8:44.00.
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Down to the wire: Guilderland’s Megan Swan sprints as fast as she can in the 100-meter dash. Swan finished in second with a time of 12.47 seconds.
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In the pack: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop (4) and Rebecca Klieber (14) compete in a small pack on the outside of the track in the 1500-meter run. Vellekoop finished in third with a time of 4:40.56 and Klieber in 15th with a time of 5:18.10. Vellekoop came back to win the 800-meter run with a time of 2:12.85.
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Water spray: Guilderland’s Will Smitas (3) feels the drops of water hit his face as he competes in the 1600-meter run. Smitas finished in fifth with a time of 4:38.45.
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Hard push off: Guilderland’s Tatum Cramer sprints hard away from her starting blocks in the 4x100-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 49.10 seconds.
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Down the stretch: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart, center, sprints down the front stretch in the 400-meter dash as teammate Saida Assabahi follows behind. Barnhart won with a time of 57.57 seconds and Assabahi in third with a time of 1:00.43.
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Pumping his arms: Guilderland’s Keenan Carter sprints down the track as he nears the finish line in the 400-meter dash. Carter finished in 16th with a time of 55.81 seconds.
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Full out stretch: Guilderland’s Tatum Cramer leaps from the board as she flies through the air to land in the pit. Cramer won with a distance of 17 feet, 11.75 inches and finished in second in the triple jump with a distance of 37 feet even.
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Coming in for a landing: Guilderland’s Kirsten Barnhart looks at the pit as she starts to descend during her first attempt. Barnhart finished in fifth with a distance of 16 feet, 7 inches.
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Up and over: Guilderland’s Ashton Oliver clears the hurdle easily during his run in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Oliver finished in 12th with a time of 1:05.37.
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Big push: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr prepares to throw her shot during her second attempt in the shot put portion in the pentathlon. Kerr finished second in the event with a distance of 7.26-meters and won the pentathlon with 2596 points.
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Clean sweep: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart, center, Megan Swan, and Tatum Cramer all battle nearing the finish line in the 200-meter dash. Barnhart won with a time of 25.37 seconds, Swan second with a time of 25.43, and Cramer third with a time of 25.83 seconds.
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Angry run: Guilderland’s Trevor Whitney sprints hard towards the finish line in the 200-meter dash. Whitney finished sixth with a time of 22.65 seconds.
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Running loosely: Guilderland’s Aakash Iyer drafts off the Albany runner during the early portion of the 3200-meter run. Iyer finished in second with a time of 9:32.01.
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Twisting of her hips: Guilderland’s Sara Baker spins around during her delivery in the finals in the discus. Baker finished in third with a distance of 86 feet, 10 inches.
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Take and go: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop turns and runs after getting the baton from teammate Saida Assabahi in the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 3:56.64.
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Battling and splashing: Guilderland's Finn Burke runs next to his competitiors in the 800-meter run. Burke finished in fifth with a time of 2:02.62.
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Celebration time: The Guilderland girls track team went crazy after receiving their plaque after winning the championship with 183 points to beat Saratoga.