In Canton on Wednesday afternoon
All photos Courtesy of Jay Berkman
On Wednesday afternoon the Canton Central Track and Field teams hosted the Ogdensburg Blue Devils in a dual meet which proved to be very favorable for the Bears. The girls outscored the Devils 132 to 59 while the boys continued to show their dominance in the sport with a 117 to 77 victory.
For the girls there were many first place victories. The team of Julia Seegar, Lena Frank, Lexi Stuntz and Aurora Casserly won the 3200 meter relay in a time of 11:16 nipping their own teammates Johanna Tupper, Mysa Moumen, Hannah Ames and Bennett Schmitt by 5 seconds. Both teams raced past OFA by over two minutes. The boys race saw a similar trend as Canton’s “B” team including Aiden Rodriguez-Doyle, Kaden Worthley, Noah Gendebien and Will Andes (8:54.80) was victorious over the “A” group (9:04.80) which included Kolton Worthley, Rylan Lee-Powell, Daniel Armendariz-Huang and Lucas Watts as OFA did not enter a team.
Other first place finishes on the day included Stella Shipman in the 100 hurdles, 100 dash and 400 hurdles. Freshman Hannah Ames won the 1500, Freshman Aurora Casserly won the 400, Lexi Stuntz won the 800, Natasha Rossiter lead the way in the 200 and also threw the farthest in the discus while Julia Seegar won the long and high jumps, and Grace Magurk was champion in the shot put. In the other two relay events the team of Olivia Bourdette, Lorelei Harper, Daphne LaPierre and Natasha Rossiter won the 4 x 100 and the 1600 meter relay team consisting Hannah Ames, Stella Shipman, Johanna Tupper and Bennett Schmitt took home first place honors. On the afternoon the Canton girls took first place in 15 of the 16 events.
The other boys first place finishers included; Griffen Scafidi-Mcguire in the 1600 and 800 meter runs, Noah Gendebien in the 400, Talan Green in the triple and high jumps, while Cole Straight launched a personal best 35′.00.5 in the shot put and a 94’10” throw in the discus, narrowly beating Placid Shipman’s personal best 93’02” toss in the event. Winning relay for the boys included a photo finish by Rylan Lee-Powell, Daniel Armedariz-Huang, Duncan Harper and Will Andes in the 1600 relay over teammates Rodriguez-Doyle, Kaden Worthley, Noah Gendebien and Lucas Watts 3:51.40 to 3:51.60 and the 400 meter relay which medaled included; James Trombley, Ryan Faunce, Caleb Wilkinson and was anchored by Talan Green.
Coach Greg Kiah commented on the day, ” This was a great day of training for our team. The boys 4 x 400 was a dogfight with a photo finish. Will (Andes) may have been the hero for holding off Aiden (Rodriguez-Doyle) at the line and Placid Shipman was smiling from ear to ear having almost won the discus with a huge personal best!!”
Coach Bill Porter commented, ” It was a very positive day for our team. Coach Shannon Shannon’s hurdlers continue to be among the top performers in Section X while Coach Lauren Guilfoil’s distance crew just keeps getting better and better!”
The Bears will be back in action at Saturday’s Salmon River Invitational.
Complete results on the day courtesy of Coach Conrad Stuntz are below.