×

Blue Bombers track teams fall to Saranac Lake on the road

Lake Placid’s Colton Kondrat competes in the 400 hurdles event in Saranac Lake on May 2. (News photo — Parker O’Brien)

SARANAC LAKE — The Lake Placid and Saranac Lake track and field teams on May 2 competed against one another for the first time this season in a tri-school meet that also featured Moriah/Boquet Valley.

Competing on their home track, the Red Storm boys and girls teams both came away with wins over both Lake Placid and Moriah/Boquet Valley. The Saranac Lake boys topped the Blue Bombers 106-21, while topping Moriah/Boquet Valley 118-20.

The Red Storm girls also swept the meet, defeating Moriah/Boquet Valley 115-16 and Lake Placid 83-48.

On the boys’ side, Saranac Lake had a near-sweep of events against the Blue Bombers, taking first in each discipline except for the 3,200-meter race, which was won by Lake Placid’s Aidan Fay.

Highlights for Saranac Lake included Liam Nobles winning four individual events — the 200, 110 hurdles, long jump and triple jump — and Jake Kollmer narrowly edging out Fay in the 1,600 event. Kollmer also won the 800 and ran a leg in the 1,600 relay, alongside Elijah Schenk, Soren Wolford and Sam Madden.

Wolford also won the 100 dash and ran a leg in the 400 relay, alongside Schenk, Alden Cecunjanin and Everest Wolford. The Red Storm’s 3,200 relay team of Madden, Sam Bickford, Will Tromblee and Keaton Daley also topped the field. Bickford won the 400 and Austin Shoemaker placed first in the 400 hurdles.

Saranac Lake’s Dustin Burke swept the throwing events with a 40-foot, 7.5 throw in the shot put and a 123-1 toss in the discus. In the high jump, the Red Storm’s Alden Cecunjanin edged out Lake Placid’s Theo Harris. Moriah/Boquet Valley’s Jackson Hooper had the best high jump result in the meet.

The victory put the Saranac Lake boys right on track toward the Section VII title, after falling for just the second time this season Tuesday evening. The Red Storm lost to Beekmantown.

While the girls’ results were a little closer, the Red Storm took home eight of the 16 events.

Lake Placid’s Kai McKinnon won three events, including the 1,500 and 3,000. She also ran a leg in the 3,200 relay, alongside Erenstone, Harley Cohen and Pia Morrelli. Saranac Lake’s Cadence Kennedy, an eighth-grader, finished in second place in both the 1,500 and 3,000.

The Blue Bombers 1,600 relay team of Morrelli, Zarela Gulli, Alexandria Smith and Clara Boutelle also picked up a win.

Lake Placid’s Lily Jones won the shot put event with a toss of 26 feet, 8 inches, which edged out Saranac Lake’s Lena DeDivitis by 3 inches.

The Red Storm’s Addi Ash had a solid meet, winning two individual events. Ash won the 110 and the 400-meter hurdles.

Bourgeois won the long jump with a leap of 13-3 and ran a leg in the 400 relay, which consisted of Zuleyka Oliveras, Raiana Baumann and Maddy Stavenhagen.

Saranac Lake’s Georgia McMinn won the high jump with a 4-4 leap and Alice LaDue placed first in the triple jump with a jump of 26-8. The Red Storm’s Clementine Guenette narrowly edged out Lake Placid’s Holly Erenstone in the 800.

Cora Hotchkiss topped the discus field for the Red Storm with a personal record throw. Hotchkiss is nearing the school’s discus record.

Moriah/Boquet Valley’s Julianna Riemersma won all three events for her team. Riemersma won the 100, 200 and 400-meter. Saranac Lake’s Bourgeois finished in second place in the 200 in 29.6 seconds and 100 in 14.3. Lake Placid’s Morrelli was second in the 400 in 1:07.7.

Starting at $1.44/week.

Subscribe Today