Photos: Dutch Sail Fast In Sectionals, Girls Hold Onto A Slim Lead
On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Guilderland indoor team battled other division 1 teams in the Section 2, division 1 sectional championships held at Hudson Valley Community College. Guilderland girls, with 129 points, have a 14 point lead over Saratoga as they wait for the throwers to go, on Feb. 3, at Shenendehowa, boys are seventh with 29 points.
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Grab and go: Guilderland’s Trevor Whitney, left, puts his hand onto the baton as he receives it from his teammate Ethan Solomon in the second leg of the 4-by-200-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 1:39.88.
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Long strides: Guilderland’s Langston Threatte drives off his foot after the last step towards the pit in the triple jump event. Threatte finished in fourth with a distance of 38 feet, 8.75 inches.
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Ready to fly: Guilderland’s Jeanne Lu stares at the bar as she makes her approach during her first attempt at 4 feet, 2 inches. Lu finished in 11th with a height of 4 feet, 2 inches.
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Down the stretch they come: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart comes racing down the track as she battles Colonie’s Lilly Palmer in the final leg as they come toward the finish line in the 4-by-200-meter relay. Barnhart made up a ton of ground to bring home the title for the Dutch with a time of 1:51.33.
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Sailing over: Guilderland’s Ashon Oliver clears the last hurdle in his semifinal heat by finishing second with a time of 8.89 seconds then went on to the finals where he finished fifth overall with a time of 8.79 seconds.
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All out effort: Guilderland’s Chase Whitney clears the hurdle in his semifinal heat. Whitney finished 17th overall with a time of 9.94 seconds.
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Looking ahead: Guilderland’s Alaina Dipierro looks towards the finish line in her semifinal 55-meter hurdle race. Dipierro finished 10th overall with a time of 10.55 seconds.
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Guilderland’s Luca Cummings extends his arm to reach for the baton as teammate Noah Johnson puts it out as Aakash Iyer looks on. The 4-by-800 meter relay team finished 4th with a time of 8:43.09.
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Back bender: Guilderland’s Avery Kerr soars easily over the bar during her attempt at five feet even. Kerr won with a height of 5 feet even.
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Here you go! Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell reaches out the baton towards her teammate Alexa Kosier for the last leg of the 4 by 800 meter relay. The relay team finished in third with a time of 10:00.27.
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Flying quickly over the hurdles as Guilderland’s Parker Steele in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles on Saturday evening. Steele won with a time of 8.61 seconds and finished second in the long jump with a distance of 16 feet, 8 inches.
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Pumping his arms: Guilderland’s Trevor Whitney sprints hard down the final stretch in the 300-meter run. Whitney finished third with a time of 38.19 seconds.
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Big leaps: Guilderland’s Aliyah Famodu leaps from the board to start her attempt in the triple jump. Famodu finished in 9th with a distance of 30 feet, 11.75 inches and finished second in the pole vault with a height of 9 feet even.
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On her toe: Guilderland’s Maryn Vrooman sprints down the track as she races in her 300-meter heat. Vrooman finished seventh with a time of 45.23 seconds.
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Floating on air: Guilderland’s Kendall Barnhart stares down her lane as she sprints fast in her 300-meter heat. Barnhart won with a time of 42.27 seconds and also finished third in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.59 seconds.
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Tag team: Guilderland’s Alex Goldman (1) and Graham Clarke (5) run close to Bethlehem's Keiran McNay at the start of their heat in the 1600-meter run. Goldman finished 19th overall with a time of 5:04.10 and Clarke finished 21st overall with a time of 5:04.96.
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Running his pace: Guilderland’s Jack Kransley crosses the finish line to start another lap in his heat in the 1600-meter run. Kransley finished 25th overall with a time of 5:14.55.
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Big push: Guilderland’s Jasmyn Grant pushes off hard from her left foot as she leaps towards the pit in the triple jump. Grant finished third with a distance of 34 feet, 11.50 inches and finished 7th in long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 6.75 inches.
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Going for it: Guilderland’s Kirsten Barnhart extends as far as she can go as she flies in the air towards the pit in the triple jump. Barnhart won the event with a distance of 36 feet even and finished third in the long jump with a distance of 16 feet, 6.50 inches.
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Gaining ground: Guilderland’s Braelyn Cornell crosses the finish line to start another lap in the 1500-meters. Cornell battled to finish 5th with a time of 4:55.80.
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Running hard: Guilderland’s Tara Iyer (11) and Kara Whiteside (6) run together as they take the turn after crossing the finish line in the 1500-meter run. Iyer finished 14th overall with a time of 5:19.47 and Whiteside finished 17th overall with a time of 5:29.45.
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Drafting: Guilderland’s Will Smitas runs right behind Saratoga’s Jacob Bernd as they run down the track in their 600-meter heat. Smitas finished fifth overall with a time o f 1:30.77.
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Battling hard: Guilderlands Addison Vellekoop has the lead in her 600-meter heat as she tries to stay in front of Shaker’s Leonni Griffin. Vellekoop finished third overall with a time of 1:40.27
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Flying Dutchman: Guilderland’s Taj Burnett leaps from the board as he soars towards the pit in the long jump. Burnett finished 9th with a distance of 18 feet, 4.50 inches.
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Riding the line: Guilderland’s Eryn Tynan runs along the inside of the lane as she runs a lap in the 3000-meter run. Tynan finished in 5th with a time of 10:54.49.
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Her race: Guilderland’s Lily Hubbard comes off the turn during a lap in her 3,000-meter run. Hubbard finished 13th overall with a time of 12:08.94.
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Going far: Guilderland’s Thomas Dwyer soars from the board as he puts all his effort into his jump during his second attempt in the long jump. Dwyer finished 11th with a distance of 17 feet, 6.50 inches.
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Neck and neck: Guilderland’s Ethan Solomon (4) and Trevor Whitney (5) race down the track next to Bethlehem’s Jason Black in the seventh heat in the 55-meter dash. Solomon finished 19th overall with a time of 7.21 seconds and Whitney finished 11th overall with a time of 7.10 seconds.
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Working hard: Guilderland’s Octavius Flowers sprints as fast as he can as teammate Kendall Barnhart, in back, cheers him on in the eighth heat in the 55-meter dash. Flowers finished 10th overall with a time of 7.07 seconds.
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Competing: Guilderland’s Liam Melchoir heads towards the turn behind a Shen runner during the 1,000-meter heat. Melchoir finished 14th overall with a time of 2:55.87.
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All together now: Guilderland’s Addison Vellekoop (1), Alexa Kosier (4), and Rebecca Kleiber (11) all break away from the starting line in their 1,000-meter run. Vellekoop finished 2nd with a time of 3:04.23, Kosier finished 18th with a time of 3:28.99, and Kleiber finished 10th with a time of 3:19.83.
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Coming in hot: Guilderland’s Saida Assabahi sprints down the track in the finals of the 55-meter dash. Assabahi finished second with a time of 7.52 seconds.