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Vestal hurdler Tim Smith a public school state track champion

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
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Vestal senior Tim Smith was celebrated Friday as a top finisher on Day 1 of state track & field championships at Middletown High School.

Smith ran 54.55 seconds in the Division 1 (large school) 400-meter hurdles race. That was second behind David Davitt, a junior from Archbishop Stepanic of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (54.24), but tops among public school participants_ thus, a state title.

Section 4’s depth was in evidence for boys’ pole vault competition, headed by Vincent VanMaaren of Delhi and Moss Dengler of Ithaca, each clearing 14 feet, 6 inches to place third and fourth overall, respectively. VanMaaren was second in D2 _ with Owego’s Gabe Snyder (14-0) a spot back _ and Dengler second in D1.

Vestal High School runner Tim Smith.
Vestal High School runner Tim Smith.

Vestal’s Michael Chernova was ninth overall at 13-6.

Panayiota Anastos of Maine-Endwell was runner-up by darn-near the narrowest of margins in the D2 girls shot put. Anastos putted 37-9¼ on her fourth of six attempts, only to be headed by a 37-10 from Kaylee Oswald of Wellsville.

Waverly’s quartet of Kayleb Bechy, Jerrell Sackett, Micah Chandler, Ralph Johnson teamed for a 42.03 in the D2 boys 400 relay, back of a 41.82 by UPrep Rochester.

Carlea Davis of Dryden qualified No. 2 for DII girls 100 hurdles, her 15.9 in the prelims trailing a 15.29 by Linnea Neureuther of Springville. Likewise a No. 2 DII qualifier is Dayzin Legare in the boys 100. He ran 10.73 to a 10.55 by Jadon Spain of James I. O’Neill.

But a bit later? Legare topped D2 200 prelims with a 21.63, with Waverly’s Ralph Johnson sixth at 22.12.

Liam Cody of Vestal ran fourth in the boys 800 on the strength of a 1:53.71. Last to finish was the girls 3,000, in which Corning’s Sarah Lawson’s 9:47.87 was good for fourth.

Horseheads’ Tess Eisner finished fourth in D1 in the girls long jump (17-6¼).

The meet is to resume 10 a.m. Saturday.

DAY 1 FINALS

Boys Division I

400m: 1-Jake Palermo (Hilton) 47.89; 8-Gyasi Ruffin (Corning) 49.51.

400m hurdles: 1-David Davitt (54.24); 2-Tim Smith (Vestal) 54.55.

400m relay: 1-Iona Prep 41.55; (Binghamton disqualified).

1,600m relay: 1-Washingtonville 1:41.28; 8-Corning (Joseph Caruso, Nicholas Schneider, Anthony Mendoza, Gyasi Ruffin) 3:26.58.

Shot put: 1-Braiden Pulver (Shenendehowa) 55-8; 9-Noel Morales (Union-Endicott) 44-1½.

Discus: 1-Kyle Ball (Queensbury) 164-9; 8-Cabe Hogue (Corning) 138-7.

Long jump: 1-Laduke Harris (William Floyd) 22-11¾; 15-Zuri Ruffin (Corning) 20-4 ½.

Triple jump: 1-Ryan Antwi (Central Islip) 46-11½; 10-Hugo Mazzali (Corning) 42-8.

Boys Division II

400m: 1-OJ Singletary (UPrep-Rochester) 47.5 52.18.

400m hurdles: 1-Neil Howard (Taconic Hills) 53.21; 14-Gabe Decker (Norwich) 59.41.

400m relay: 1-UPrep Rochester 41.82; 2-Waverly (Kayleb Bechy, Jerrell Sackett, Micah Chandler, Ralph Johnson) 42.03; 8-Johnson City (Felix Morales, Julius Noel, Tameem Abdul'qahhar, Dayzin Legare) 43.72.

1,600m relay: 1-Bishop Loughlin 3:21.34; 15-Waverly (Treyton Moore, Micah Chandler, Charlie Larrabee, Jarrell Sackett) 3:34.2.

Shot put: 1-Matthew Auble (Warsaw) 59-3½; 10-Brayden Eastman-Willens (Sidney) 45-8½.

Discus: 1-Matthew Auble (Warsaw) 182-11; 12-Mac Patterson (Chenango Valley) 132-5; 18-Aleksander Smietana (Norwich) 117-9.

Long jump: 1-Manuel Sepulveda (East Rochester) 22-6¾; 11-Xavier Scott (Dryden) 21-3¼; 18-Izek Richards (Edmeston/Morris) 20-2¼.

Triple jump: 1-Jurrel Hall (West Hempstead) 48-10¼; 8-Xavier Scott (Dryden) 42-11.

Overall

800m: 1-Julian Rime (Clarkstown South) 1:52.68; 4-Liam Cody (Vestal) 1:53.71; 19-Finlay Oliver (Oneonta) 1:58.97.

3,200m: 1-Collin Gilstrap (Monroe-Woodbury) 9:04.72; 17-Emerson Comer (South Kortright) 9:24.14; 18-Marcus Homa (Corning) 9:24.19.

Pole vault: 1-Neil Howard (Taconic Hills) 15-6; 2-Luke Beattie (Warwick Valley) 15-3; 3-Vincent VanMaaren (Delhi) 14-6; 4-Moss Dengler (Ithaca) 14-6; 8-Gabe Snyder (Owego) 14-0; 9-Michael Chernova (Vestal) 13-6.

Girls Division I

400m: 1-Anissa Moore (Hempstead) 55.72; 14-Wyoming Trudeaux (U-E) 1:02.16.

400m hurdles: 1-Harriet Healey (Ballston Spa) 1:02.01; 15-Eliza DeRito (Ithaca) 1:06.46.

400m relay: 1-North Babylon 48.16; 9-Binghamton (Cormari Wachuku, Deanna Agyapong, Mikayla Amar-Ward, Amiah Brissett) 50.33.

1,600m relay: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 1:57.76; 12-Corning (Leila Ianovici, Faith Tubbs, Megan Kirk, Osa Uyinmwen) 2:04.71.

Shot put: 1-Julie Thomas (Commack) 43-2¾; 12-Saniya VanDuyne (Binghamton) 30-10½.

Discus: 1-Allie Carey (Liverpool) 130-10.

Long jump: 1-Camryn Cole (Webster Schroeder) 18-8; 4-Tess Eisner (Horseheads) 17-6 1/4.

Triple jump: 1-Corintia Griffith (Webster Schroeder) 40-6¼; 7-Tess Eisner (Horseheads) 37-3.

Girls Division II

400m: 1-Victoria Guerrier (West Hempstead) 55.65; 13-Gracie Gorrell (UV) 59.47.

400m hurdles: 1-Gloria Guerrier (West Hempstead) 59.74; 7-Eleanor Lees (Delhi) 1:07.23.

400m relay: 1-Bronxville 3:59.15; 13-Sidney (Abdieliz Laboy Diaz, Alex Neubert, Elaina Neubert, Dejah Taylor) 4:09.65.

Shot put: 1-Kaylee Oswald (Wellsville) 37-10; 2-Panayiota Anastos (M-E) 37-9¼; 6-Aisling King (CV) 35-4 1/4.

Discus: 1-Juliana Juras (Marlboro) 132-10; 5-Riley Lindsay (Harpursville-Afton) 114-6; 12-Panayiota Anastos (M-E) 102.4.

Long jump: 1-Mary Grace Col (Island Trees) 15-7½; 2-Taylor Dalton (Owego) 16-0½.

Triple jump: 1-Nyla Blake-Soden (Dalton School) 38-3¾; 10-Kristen Johnston (Lansing) 35-0½.

Overall

800m: 1-Angelina Napoleon (Allegany-Limestone) 2:03.97; 9-Vicky Mordvinova (Elmira) 2:11.59; 16-Brynn Hogan (SV) 2:17.20.

3,000m: 1-Karrie Baloga (Cornwall) 9:24.86; 4-Sarah Lawson (Corning) 9:47.87; 9-Tsadia Bercuvitz (Ithaca) 9:57.8; 34-Reagan Burnham (Dryden) 10:59.93.

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