Photos: Guilderland Girls Bring Home A National Championship
On Saturday and Sunday, June 17 and 18, the Guilderland track and field teams traveled to Philadelphia to compete at the New Balance Nationals on the historic Franklin Field track on the campus of University of Pennsylvania against the best in the country over a four-day event.
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Quick over: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr glides over the hurdle in the 100-meter hurdle portion of the pentathlon on Saturday morning. Kerr finished 16th in the event with a time of 16.73 seconds for 627 points.
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Eyes ahead: Guilderland’s Parker Steele clears the hurdle in the championship 100-meter hurdles. Steele finished 47th with a time of 14.92 seconds.
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Cutting the air: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr flies towards the pit in the long jump portion of the pentathlon. Kerr finished 14th with a distance of 15 feet, 11.50 inches for 522 points.
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Getting up: Guilderland’s Elizabeth Liu leaps up to clear the bar in the rising stars high jump event on Saturday morning. Liu finished 30th with a height of 5 feet, 1.25 inches.
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Big push: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr brings her shot with momentum as she prepares to throw it in the shot-put portion in the pentathlon. Kerr finished 15th with a distance of 24 feet, 10 inches for 372 points.
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Big effort: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr leaps up high to clear the bar in the high jump portion of the pentathlon. Kerr finished 11th with a height of 5 feet, 0.25 inches for 655 points.
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Big leap: Guilderland’s Kirsten Barnhart jumps from the board in the rising stars long jump event. Barnhart finished 41st with a distance of 16 feet, 5.25 inches.
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Taking the lead: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr gets ahead of Saratoga’s (Kinetic team) Genevieve Duchaussee in the 800-meter portion of the pentathlon. Kerr won the event with a time of 2:19.48 for 831 points and she finished 15th overall with 3007 points.
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Eyeing for a clean exchange as Guilderland’s Saida Assabahi looks at Kendall Barnhart’s hand as she gives Barnhart the baton in the championship preliminary in the four by 100-meter relay. The relay team finished 10th overall with a time of 47.78 seconds.
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Battling with the competition: Guilderland’s Brady Conboy battles with his competitors in his heat in the rising stars distance medley relay. The relay team finished 41st overall with a time of 3:53.61.
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Leading a small group: Guilderland’s Alexa Kosier runs the anchor leg as she makes the final turn in the rising stars 1600-meter sprint medley relay. The relay team finished 19th overall with a time of 4:19.74.
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Going neck and neck: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart makes the turn after getting the baton from Saida Assabahi, in the middle back, as Barnhart battles Purple TC’s Rachel Forsyth in the 400-meter portion of the championship 1600-meter sprint medley relay (200m, 200m, 400m and 800m). Guilderland’s relay team won the school’s first national championship with a new meet record of 3:37.66.
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Best of the best: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop raises her arms up as she crosses the finish line and breaks the tape nearly two seconds in front of Motor City Track from Detroit, Michigan in the championship 1600-meter sprint medley relay. Guilderland’s relay team won the school’s first national championship with a new meet record of 3:37.66.
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All smiles: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart, center, comes over to hug her teammate Addison Vellekoop after Guilderland won the championship 1600-meter sprint medley relay as Saida Assabahi approaches as well.
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Exhausting hug: All four members of Guilderland’s sprint medley relay, Saida Assabahi, Addison Vellekoop, Kendall Barnhart, and Megan Swan embraced each other on the inside part of the track after winning in the championship 1600-meter sprint medley relay.
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Off the ground: Guilderland’s Joe Kosier comes off the first turn during his second lap of the middle school 800-meter run. Kosier finished 41st overall with a time of 2:17.10.
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In the mix: Guilderland’s Amaris Macasaddug runs in a group of runners in the middle school 800-meter. Macasaddug finished 41st overall with a time of 2:34.11.
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Leading the way: Guilderland’s Kara Whiteside makes the turn in front as she starts the second lap in the middle school 800-meters. Whiteside finished 14th overall with a time of 2:23.77.
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Coming in for a landing: Guilderland’s Tatum Cramer sails through the air after leaping from the board in the championship long jump. Cramer finished 28th overall with a distance of 18 feet, 0.50 inches, she also finished 12th overall in the rising stars triple jump with a distance of 37 feet, 1.75 inches.
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Running with the best: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop battles alongside two of her competitors in the championship 800-meters. Vellekoop finished 11th overall with a time of 2:09.00.
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Synchronized exchange: Guilderland’s Isabella Lagios hands off the baton to her teammate Parker Steele in the rising stars four by 400-meter relay on the same foot. The relay team finished 38th overall with a time of 4:11.82.
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And she’s off: Guilderland’s Saida Assabahi breaks cleanly away from her blocks in the start of the championship four by 400-meter relay. The relay team finished 11th overall with a time of 3:51.87 and a personal best.
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Proud champs: Bringing back the school’s first national championship in the championship 1600-meter sprint medley relay are, from left, Saida Assabahi, Megan Swan, Addison Vellekoop, and Kendall Barnhart.