On Thursday, May 2, the Canton modified track team participated in a meet at OFA . The athletes all competed well on this warm and breezy day. Canton competed against Ogdensburg, Malone, and Massena.
John Mitchell placed third in the boys 55 meter hurdles with a time of 11.30 seconds.
Canton had several competitors in the boys 200 meter dash. Andrew Downing placed tenth with a time of 31.18 seconds. Placing 11th was Zachary Lyndaker with a time of 32.07 seconds. Finn O’Brien was right behind with a time of 32.27 seconds, placing 12th. Parker Smith placed 13th, running the race in 32.78 seconds. Placing 14th was Carson White with a time of 32.82 seconds. Cedric Harper placed 16th with a time of 33.30 seconds. Elijah Williams ran the race in 37.12 seconds, placing 18th. Ayden Hoyt ran the race in 40 seconds, placing 19th.
In the girls 200 meters, Sola Oakley placed first with a time of 31 seconds. Melanie Ward placed second with a time of 31.10 seconds. In fourth was Parker Gallagher with a time of 33.62 seconds. JessieJean Coffin ran the race in 34.33 seconds, placing sixth. Dilek Eissenstat placed seventh with a time of 34.52 seconds. Ella Bradish-Hayes placed eighth, running the race in 34.79 seconds. Aeva Richard placed tenth with a time of 35.78 seconds.
In the girls 1500 meter run, Jillian Richardson placed first with a time of 6:15. In third was Addison Ragan, running a 6:36. Sophia Choi placed fourth with a time of 6:43.
In the boys 100 meter dash, John Mitchell placed third with a time of 14.46 seconds. Andrew Downing placed sixth, running the race in 15.34 seconds. Elijah Williams placed tenth with a time of 18.14 seconds. Ayden Hoyt placed 11th, running the race in 19.28 seconds.
In the girls 100, Elizabeth Metcalf placed second with a time of 14.95 seconds. Sola Oakley placed 3rd, running the race in 15.07 seconds. Placing sixth was Melanie Ward who ran the race in 15.37 seconds. Parker Gallagher placed seventh with a time of 15.43 seconds. Ella Bradish-Hayes placed tenth, running the race in 16.26 seconds.
In the boys 400, Cedric Harper placed sixth with a time of 1:12. Zachary Lyndaker ran a 1:14, placing seventh. Parker Smith placed eighth with a time of 1:18. In ninth was Finn O’Brien with a time of 1:20.
Aeva Richard placed fourth in the girls 400 with a time of 1:22.
In the girls 200 meter hurdles, Parker Gallagher placed fifth with a time of 43.92 seconds.
Cedric Harper placed second in the boys 800 meter run with a time of 2:48. In third was Carson White with a time of 2:52.
Dilek Eissenstat placed first in the girls 800 meters with a time of 3:07. Addison Ragan placed third, running a 3:19. Sophia Choi placed fourth with a time of 3:21.
The Canton boys 4×100 relay team placed fourth with a time of 1:03.
There were three girls 4×100 teams placing second, fourth, and fifth.
In the boys high jump, Finn O’Brien placed third with a height of 4 ft. 4 in. In fifth was Andrew Downing, who jumped a height of 4 ft. 2 in. John Mitchell placed seventh with a height of 3 ft. 10 in. Carson White jumped 3 ft. 8 in. and placed ninth.
In the boys long jump, Carson White placed seventh with a distance of 11 ft. 10 in.
Elizabeth Metcalf placed second in the girls long jump, jumping 10 ft. 11 in. Melanie Ward placed fifth with a jump of 10 ft. 3 in. In sixth was Sophia Choi with a distance of 9 ft. Ella Bradish-Hayes had a jump of 8 ft. 8 in.
Zachary Lyndaker placed third in boys triple jump with a distance of 24 ft. 8 in.
In girls triple jump, Elizabeth Metcalf placed first with a distance of 24 ft. 4 in.
In seventh place in boys discus was Ayden Hoyt, throwing 47 ft. 3 in. John Mitchell placed eighth with a throw of 46 ft. 4 in.
In girls shot put, JessieJean Coffin placed fifth with a throw of 14 ft. 9 in.
Canton placed third overall and will compete again next week, on May 10th, at Franklin Academy.
