High school roundup: Shenendehowa sweeps indoor track team titles

PHOTOGRAPHER: Erica Miller

Saratoga’s Charlie Liebers and Shenendehowa’s Jaron Meyer compete in the 50-meter hurdles Saturday.

SCHENECTADY — Shenendehowa swept the team titles Saturday at the Suburban Council indoor track and field championships at Union College.

Jacob Pishkula won the long jump and Casey Gribben was best in the pole vault to lead the Shenendehowa boys.

James Cocca of Averill Park won the shot put and weight throw, and AJ Weinstein of Columbia won the triple jump and high jump. Schenectady prevailed in the 4×800 with a group that included Millrose Games-bound Maazin Ahmed.

The Shenendehowa girls got individual wins from Rachel Sterle in the 300, Jennifer McClintock in the 1,000, Hannah Crounse in the high jump, Kelly Hamlin in the long jump, Michaela Schaffer in the triple jump, Chidalu Anameze in the shot put and Chidera Anameze in the weight throw.

Alana Carroll of Averill Park cleared 13 feet on her third attempt to establish an all-time Section II best in the pole vault. Lena Calkins of Mohonasen cleared 11 feet.

Niskayuna took two of the three relays.

BOYS

Team scores

Shenendehowa 95, Saratoga Springs 64, Columbia 57, Schenectady 43, Shaker 41, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 40, Averill Park 30.5, CBA 28, Bethlehem 23.5, Mohonasen 20.5, Guilderland 14, Albany 12, Colonie 11.5, Ballston Spa 10, Niskayuna 6.

Individuals/Relays

45 — Orville Ivey Jr (CBA), 5.70; Kaleb Fretto (Moh), 5.75; Mingrui Liu (Shen), 5.79; 300 — Dante Albanese (Colum), 38.58; Lamont Walters (Sch), 38.97; Naseem Kimble (Sch), 39.68; 600 — Rece Gobel (BH), 1:30.57; Peter Moller (Sara), 1:30.64; Patrick Healy (Shak), 1:32.09; 1,000 — Ezra Ruggles (Sara), 2:41.20; Nick Hunziker (BH), 2:44.68; Marty Dolan (Nisk), 2:44.98; 1,600 — Evan Brennan (BH), 4:35.24; Tim Dwyer (BS), 4:39.68; Max Heller (Alb), 4:40.14; 3,200 — Tyler Berg (BH), 10:03.62; Sean O’Brien (Guild), 10:13.73; Aidan Waite (Sara), 10:20.21; 50H — Jeremy Chen (Shak), 7.10; Charlie Liebers (Sara), Jaron Meyer (Shen), 7.60; 4×200 relay — Columbia (Bobby Fredericks, Nic Stagnitta, Alec Wright, Anthony Cozzy), 1:43.2; Schenectady, 1:43.3; Mohonasen, 1:43.4; 4×400 relay — Saratoga (Charlie Liebers, Noah Flanders, Tom Bradley, unavailable), 3:44.7; Columbia, 3:48.1; Schenectady, 3:48.7; 4×800 — Schenectady (DJ Warney, Maazin Ahmed, Isaac Menis, Mis’kas Kirstein), 9:01.6; Saratoga, 9:05.3; Shenendehowa, 9:08.3.
High jump — AJ Weinstein (Colum), 5-10; Nick Flanagan (Colo), 5-8; Tanner Makowski (Guild), 5-6; Pole vault -Casey Gribben (Shen), 14-0; Keegan Skinner (CBA), 13-6; Adrien Hoing (Sara), 11-6; Long jump — Jacob Pishkula (Shen), 21-5; Reynaldo Reid (Shak), 20 1/4; Jackson Haskins (Shen), 19-2 1/4; Triple jump — AJ Weinstein (Colum), 42-9; Riese Ninstant (Shak), 42-6 1/4; Colin Tower (Shen), 42-1 1/4; Shot put — James Cocca (AP), 53-1; Mike Shields (Shen), 47-0; Kyle Gregor (Shen), 46-9 1/2; Weight throw — James Cocca (AP), 61-10 1/2; Andrew Stein (BC), 52-7 1/2; Dylan Blowers (Shen), 49-9 1/2.

GIRLS

Team scores

Shenendehowa 121 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 96, Niskayuna 63, Guilderland 41.3, Mohonasen 35, Saratoga Spring 31, Colonie 23, Shaker 22.3, Schenectady 22, Averill Park 19, Albany 16, Bethlehem 5, Columbia 1, Troy .3.

Individuals/Relays

45 — Renee Manosh (BH), 6.44; Justina Musa (Guild), 6.46; Raia James (BH), 6.55; 300 — Rachel Sterle (Shen), 44.64; Raia James (BH), 44.91; Renee Manosh (BH), 45.46; 600 — Aine Haugh (Alb), 1:43.29; Kathryn Tenney (Colo), 1:44.35; Hannah Lewis (BH), 1:45.14; 1,000 — Jennifer McClintock (Shen), 3:!5.20; Skyler Smith (Nisk), 3:17.00; Matti Muller (Moh), 3:!7.40; 1,500 — Rory Graham (BH), 4:55.15; Jamisen Vendetti (BH), 4:57.18; Sydney Smith (Nisk), 4:57.71; 3,000 — Liyat Kebbede (Nisk), 10”43.60; McKinley Wheeler (Sara), 10:49.95; Ella Kurto (Sara), 10:59.13; 50H — Ify Ojukwu (Guild), 8.28; Shaina Smith (Shen), 8.48; Allyn Madden (BH), 8:50; 4×200 relay — Burnt Hills (Raia James, Hannah Lewis, Renee Manosh, Grace Holzman), 1:52.6; Schenectady, 1:56.7; Niskayuna, 1:57.7; 4×400 — Niskayuuna (Julia Doriski, Hailey Walthers, Grace Minkin, Sydney Smith), 4:23.1; Burnt Hills, 4:28.8; Colonie, 4:29.2; 4×800 — Niskayuna (Samantha Padula, Victoria Padula, Skyler Smith), unavailable), 10:13.4; Mohonasen, 10:22.4; Saratoga, 10:36.9.
High jump — Hannah Crounse (Shen), 5-0; Anna Evans (Sara), 4-10; Abby Mack (Shen), 4-10, tie second; Pole vault — Alana Carroll (AP), 13-0; Lena Calkins (Moh), 11-0; Emily Racana (Moh), 10-0; Long jump — Kelly Hamlin (Shen), 16-3 1/2; Kristina Koes (Nisk), 16-1 3/4; Michaela Schaffer (Shen), 15-4; Triple jump — Michaela Schaffer (Shen), 35 3/4; Shakura Murray (Sch), 34-1 1/4; Samantha Tricozzi (BH), 32-9; Shot put — Chidalu Anameze (Shen), 35-11; Journey Myricks (Shak), 34-5 1/4; Olivia DiCarlo (Guild), 33-5 3/4; Weight throw (Shen), 42-3 1/4; Journey Myricks (Shak), 36 3/4; Nadia Khan (Shak), 33-2 3/4.

OCEAN BREEZE

STATEN ISLAND — Xavier Washington of Colonie won the varsity Blue Division 200-meter dash (24.03) at the Ocean Breeze Invitational in Staten Island.

Colonie’s Josh Kemp (48-6 1/2) and Mike Lavigna (47-8 3/4) placed third and fourth, respectively, in the varsity Red weight throw.

WRESTLING

SYRACUSE — Shenendehowa went 0-2 at the inaugural New York State Public High School Athletic Association Dual Meet Championships at Onondaga Community College.

Shenendehowa lost Division 1 matches against Fulton (38-28) and Hilton (46-22) which ended its bid to reach the semifinals.

Warrensburg reached the Division 2 semifinals and lost to Canisteo-Greenwood (49-36). Warrensburg earlier defeated Locust Valley (45-24) and Peru (46-23).