Photos: Bulldogs And Birds Battle On The Track
On Saturday, Jan. 31, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Voorheesville indoor track teams battled in the Section 2, Division 4 championships in hopes to take one step closer to making the state competition at Hudson Valley Community College. The Bulldogs won four sectional championships, the girls finished 12th and the boys came in third while Voorheesville also took home four sectional championships; the girls finished second and boys finished fifth.
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Pushing long: Bulldogs’ Will Tobia lunges while taking his second and third step in his second attempt in the triple jump. Tobia finished fourth with a distance of 37 feet, 4.50 inches.
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Curving it over: Bulldogs’ Kallie Bates leaps up as she looks to arc her body to clear the bar in the high jump. Bates finished sixth with a height of 4 feet, 4 inches.
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Bending back: Bulldogs’ Lilianna Hotaling leans back on her pole as she stares at the bar in an attempt to clear it.
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Spiking the landing: Blackbirds’ Marlie Grant starts to push her pole away as she soars over the bar in the pole vault. Grant finished second with a height of seven feet even.
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Big reach: Bulldogs’ Kole Irwin reaches his left arm back as his teammate Aggelos Lefkaditis stretches out with the baton for the last leg in the 4x200-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 1:41.51.
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In an early battle: Bulldogs’ Ella Roether looks down at the hand of her to give the baton to teammate Emily Jackson for the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay. The relay team finished sixth with a time of 2:08.72.
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Happy placement: Blackbirds’ Gabby Curley looks as she places the baton into Madelyn Gee’s hand for the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay. The relay team finished 4th with a time of 2:03.56.
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Getting up: Bulldogs’ Ella Roether leaps up high off the floor as she starts to curl her body to attempt to clear the bar in the high jump. Roether won the event with a height of 4 feet, 10 inches.
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Clipping by: Bulldogs’ Gavin Quinn just clears the hurdle in the semifinals of the 55-meter hurdles. Quinn finished 15th with a time of 11.39 seconds.
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Kicking over: Bulldogs’ Tucker Horn kicks his right leg over the hurdle as he competes in the 55-meter hurdles. Horn finished 16th with a time of 11.54 seconds.
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Slicing through the air: Bulldogs’ Gisele Crevates flies over the second to last hurdle in her 55-meter semifinal. Crevates finished 6th with a time of 11 seconds in the finals.
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Easy handoff: Blackbirds’ Joe Cocci hands the baton to Judah Buckley up close to one another for the third leg in the 4x800-meter relay. The relay team finished 5th with a time of 10:01.02.
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Starting to pull away: Blackbirds’ Shayla Hyman starts to hand over the baton to teammate Alannah McCarthy for the next leg in the 4x800-meter relay. The relay team won with a time of 10:38.79.
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Clearing fast: Bulldogs’ Saige Hellwig gets over the second to last hurdle in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles. Hellwig finished 4th with a time of 10.49 seconds.
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Pumping his arms: Bulldogs’ Shane Huber starts around the turn on his first lap in the 300-meters. Huber finished 23rd with a time of 46.36 seconds.
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Coming off the turn: Blackbirds’ Matteo Dambrocia starts to pick up speed as he exits the turn towards the finish line in the 300-meters. Dambrocia finished 11th with a time of 41:07 seconds.
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Anger run: Blackbirds’ Gus Dawson-Beilby comes off the turn with his game face as he looks towards the finish line in the 300-meters. Dawson-Beilby finished 2nd with a time of 39.19 seconds.
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Big lead: Bulldogs’ Kole Irwin comes around the turn as he leads in his heat in the 300-meters. Irwin won with a time of 37.85 seconds and also won the 55-meter dash.
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Strong finish: Blackbirds’ Madelyn Gee comes off the turn and heads to the finish line in the 300-meters. Gee finished 7th with a time of 48.32 seconds.
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Running shoulder to shoulder: Blackbirds’ Mason Curl (2) and Bulldogs’ Keegan Bates (9) battle down the front stretch as they run in the 1600-meter. Curl won with a time of 4:52.91 and Bates in 9th with a time of 5:45.99.
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In line: Bulldogs’ Tristan Quinn runs in between two Maple Hill runners as he runs during a lap in the 1600-meters. Quinn finished 7th with a time of 5:31.40.
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Splitting the gap: Blackbirds’ Alannah McCarthy looks to squeeze through the small opening between three runners as she runs another lap in the 1500-meters. McCarthy finished 8th with a time of 5:36.93.
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Good pace: Blackbirds’ Joe Cocci starts to run into the turn as he starts another lap in the 600-meters. Joe Cocci finished 19th with a time of 1:55.93.
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Flying Blackbird: Voorheesville’s Eric Guilmette starts around the turn as he looks to pick up speed to pass other runners in the 600-meters. Guilmette finished 3rd with a time of 1:30.95.
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Last lap passes: Bulldogs’ Joaquin Abraham starts to pick up speed as he starts around the turn in the 600-meters. Abraham finished 6th with a time of 1:33.64.
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Working together: Blackbirds’ Blake Ambhul (1) and Veronica Perry (3) come down the front stretch as they compete in the 600-meters. Ambuhl finished 19th with a time of 2:20.60 and Perry in 20th with a time of 2:20.91.
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Competing hard: Blackbirds’ Mary Genovesi looks down the track as she tries to keep the Holy Trinity runner behind her in the 600-meters. Genovesi finished 13th with a time of 2:04.82.
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Pacing themselves: Blackbirds’ Judah Buckley (10) and Mason Curl (2) run together as they both compete in the 3200-meters. Buckley finished 7th with a time of 11:58.86 and Curl didn’t finish.
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Flying Bulldog: BKW’s Emily Jackson jumps from the board as she soars into the air towards the pit in the long jump. Jackson finished 14th with a distance of 10 feet, 10 inches.
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Big push: Bulldogs’ Lorelei Kuhn pushes off the board hard as she soars towards the pit in the long jump. Kuhn finished 14th with a distance of 10 feet, 10 inches.
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Casual stroll: Blackbirds’ Savannah Schmidt comes down the front stretch after lapping a runner during the 3000-meters. Schmidt won with a time of 10:58.12.
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Pulling away: Blackbirds’ Salma Sayahi runs down the front stretch of the track as she looks to stay close to her teammate Savannah Schmidt in the 3000-meters. Sayahi finished 2nd with a time of 11:57.96.
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Quick speed: Bulldogs’ Nick Quay stares towards the back wall as he sprints down the track in his 55-meter dash heat. Quay finished 12th with a time of 7.41 seconds.
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Early battle: Bulldogs’ Aggelos Lefkaditis battles two other competitors in his 55-meter dash semifinal. Lefkaditis finished 3rd in the semis with a time of 7 seconds and in the finals finished 4th with a time of 6.97 seconds.
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Turning on the speed: Blackbirds’ Brenna Tannatta stares ahead of her as she uses her burst of speed in the 55-meter heat. Tannatta finished 12th with a time of 8.60 seconds.
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Coming down fast: Bulldogs’ Madeliene Rose uses her speed as she passes her competitors in her 55-meter dash heat. Rose finished 10th with a time of 8.29 seconds.
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Maximum effort: Blackbirds’ Gabby Curley sprints down the track as she competes in the 55-meter dash heat. Curley finished 16th with a time of 8.69 seconds.
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Leader of the pack: Blackbirds’ Shayla Hyman starts around the turn ahead of the pack during the second lap of the 1,000-meters. Hyman won with a time of 3:19.35.
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Inching closer: Blackbirds’ Chloe Kinzel battles Schuylerville’s Meaghan Lynch as they go down the track in the 55-meter dash final. Kinzel finished second with a time of 7.85 seconds.
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Turn and go: Bulldogs’ Gavin Quinn takes the baton from Anson Wright for the second leg in the 4x400-meter relay. The relay team finished 8th with a time of 4:56.52.