Photos: Dutch Dominate On The Track, Girls Take CNY Title
On Saturday, Dec. 28, the Guilderland Indoor track team traveled to Utica College to battle against 27 other schools in the CNY Holiday Classic. Both the girls’ and boys’ squads showed their talents as the girls won with 180 points and the boys took second with 70.
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Plotting his move: Guilderland’s Alex Goldman drafts behind Albany’s Cameron Volk as they run in the 3200-meter run. Goldman finished 12th with a time of 10:19.13.
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Getting his man: Guilderland’s Joshua Melchior runs down the backstretch as he looks to get past Shaker’s Isaac Deyoe in the 3200-meter run. Melchior finished 15th with a time of 10:39.48.
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Light footed: Guilderland’s Jack Larson flies from the board as he soars in the long jump event. Larson finished in second with a distance of 21 feet, 5 inches.
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Fly like an eagle: Guilderland’s Taj Burnett flies in the air after leaping from the board during his second attempt in the long jump. Burnett finished in 14th with a distance of 18 feet, 3.50 inches.
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Big push: Guilderland’s Parker Steele leaps from the board as she soars in the air during her first attempt. Steele finished in third with a distance of 17 feet, 4 inches.
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Going all out: Guilderland’s Kirsten Barnhart flies through the air as she pushes off from the board during her first attempt. Barnhart won the long jump event with a distance of 17 feet, 7.50 inches.
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Three’s company: Guilderland’s Julia Beyer battles with Saratoga’s Reagan Owens (1) and Alison Pritchard (3) in the early portion of the 3000-meters. Beyer finished third with a time of 10:42.74.
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Working together: Guilderland’s Tara Iyer comes around the turn as she leads her teammate Jane McCoy during the early portion of the 3000-meters. Iyer won with a time of 10:39.49 and McCoy finished in 6th with a time of 11:42.16.
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Quick feet: Guilderland’s Octavius Flowers comes off the turn at full speed as he sprints towards the finish line in the 400-meter dash. Flowers finished second with a time of 52.65 seconds.
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Flying with ease: Guilderland’s Ryan Rainka soars over the bar with ease in the high jump. Rainka finished 10th with a height of 5 feet, 2 inches.
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Duo of speed: Guilderland’s Saida Assabahi sprints down the final stretch as her teammate Lauren Burnash in the 400-meters. Assabahi won with a time of 57.05 seconds and Burnash finished second with a time of 59.89 seconds.
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In the zone: Guilderland’s Will Smitas gets out in front of Saratoga’s Walker Chapman (2) and Saranac’s Noah Thayer (4) at the start of the 1000-meter run. Smitas won with a time of 2:35.69.
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Drifting to pass: Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell starts to go to the outside of Shaker’s Charlotte Dunkel in the early portion of the 1000-meters. Cornell finished 3rd with a time of 3:03.44.
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Clearing not a problem: Guilderland’s Jeanne Lu leaps up and sores easily over the bar during her attempt. Lu finished 7th with a height of 4 feet, 6 inches.
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Concentration in the air: Guilderland’s Arianna Mills stares at the bar as she soars in the air in her first attempt in the pole vault. Mills finished in 5th at a height of 8 feet even.
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Powerful push: Guilderland’s Tatum Cramer starts to get up to full speed as she competes in the six heat of the 55-meter dash. Cramer finished in second with a time of 7.52 seconds.
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Good pace: Guilderland’s Graham Clarke runs down the main straight with no pressure near him in the 600-meters. Clarke finished in 5th with a time of 1:29.44.
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Holding off the competition: Guilderland’s Kara Whiteside sprints down the backstretch as she stays in front of a slew of runners in the early lap of the 600-meters. Whiteside finished in 6th with a time of 1:46.23.
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Braids a-flying: Guilderland’s Danika Kosier stays close to Cato-Meridian’s Maggie Brown in the early part of the 600-meters. Kosier finished 12th with a time of 1:49.10.
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Letting it fly: Guilderland’s Calleigh Del Pozzo uses her power to let the shot fly from her right hand during her first attempt. Del Pozzo finished 4th in shot put with a distance of 31 feet, 1.25 inches.
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Hugging the line: Guilderland’s Ben Mayer runs along the inside of the track as he makes the turn in the early laps of the 1600-meters. Mayer finished in 13th with a time of 4:53.69.
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Picking them off one by one: Guilderland’s Alexa Kosier paces herself in the early part of the 1500-meter run. Kosier won the event with a time of 4:55.24.
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Game face: Guilderland’s Teagan Davis comes around the turn in front of Shen’s Eva Bronzell in the early part of the 1500-meters. Davis finished 7th with a time of 5:09.16.
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Swinging her arms: Guilderland’s Lily Hubbard comes around the turn ahead of Scotia-Glenville’s Leah Hamm and others in the 1500. Hubbard finished 10th with a time of 5:31.71.
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Battle on the outside: Guilderland’s John Wang hugs the line as Shaker’s Adithya Singh runs next to him in the first lap of the 800-meters. Wang finished in 10th with a time of 2:12.84.
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Dominant run: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop powers around the turn during the second lap in the 800-meters. Vellekoop won with a time of 2:14.88.
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Fighting off two: Guilderland’s Rachel Gilbert starts to use her final kick as she stays out in front of Stillwater’s Bridget Coon and Saratoga’s Caroline Hennessy in the 800-meters. Gilbert finished second with a time of 2:31.11.
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Up and over: Guilderland’s Langston Threatte leaps and clears the final hurdle in the 55-meter hurdles. Threatte finished 8th with a time of 8.47 seconds.
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Easy peasy: Guilderland’s Parker Steele soars over the final hurdle to stay in front during her heat in the 55-meter hurdles. Steele won with a time of 8.44 seconds.
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Final kick: Guilderland’s Mason Panicciolli comes out of the final turn at full speed as he competes in the 300-meters. Panicciolli finished 26th with a time of 41.94 seconds.
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Coming right at you: Guilderland’s Maryn Vrooman looks ahead as she heads towards the turn on the first lap of the 300-meters. Vrooman finished 9th with a time of 44.96 seconds.
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Seeing double: Guilderland’s Alex Goldman extends the baton with his right hand to teammate Joshua Melchior for the second leg in the 4x800 relay as the other Guilderland relay team hands off too. The “A” relay team finished 9th with a time of 9:06.68.
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Confident exchange: Guilderland’s Julia Beyer gives the baton with her right hand to teammate Alexa Kosier for the second leg in the 4x800 relay. The relay team won the event with a time of 9:38.55.
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On the move: Guilderland’s Octavius Flowers feels the baton hit his hand from teammate Tommy Dwyer for the second leg in the 4x200 relay. The relay team finished second with a time of 1:33.31.
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Nonstop moving: Guilderland’s Parker Steele easily gives the baton to her teammate Tatum Cramer for the third leg in the 4x200 relay. The relay team won with a time of 1:43.61.
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Feeling for the baton: Guilderland’s Fiona McCarthy peers back towards teammate Abigail Mullen for the baton that is extended by Mullen in the 4x400 relay. The relay team finished fourth with a time of 4:19.04.