Caz boys track wins at OHSL Liberty meet

By Phil BlACkwEll

What started in the regular season continued for the Cazenovia boys track and field team as the post-season got underway.

Earning 229 points, the Lakers nearly lapped the field at last Monday’s Onondaga High School League Liberty Small School Championships at Marcellus, with Skaneateles second by earning 118 points.

Branden McColm went 1,600 meters in four minutes, 50.30 seconds and went 1-2 with Will Austin (4:53.75), and would also prevail in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, going 11:05.37 to pull away. In the 800, McColm was second in 2:08.53, beaten by

Jaden Kaplan’s winning 2:07.02.

Connor Frisbie won multiple events, going 16.88 seconds to take the 110 high hurdle as Sean Wilcox was third in 17.72, while also winning the triple jump by going 40 feet 9 inches, Wyatt Scott third in 37’6 1/4”.

In the long jump, Frisbie was second with 19’1 1/4”, just 1/4 of an inch behind Skaneateles’ Max Paciorek (19’1 1/2”), with Braden Carnahan fifth at 18’6 1/4”.

Kaplan returned in the 4x400 relay helping Dan Raymond, Eliot Comeau and Tristian Field-Bradley take the 4x400 relay in 3:40.61, beating the field by nearly seven seconds.

J.P. Hoak went 11.86 seconds in the 100-meter dash to edge Marcellus’ An- drew McCaffrey (11.90), with Finn Worthington fourth (12.24). In the 400-meter dash, Raymond prevailed in 52.49, Comeau taking third in 53.97 and Tristan Field-Bradley fifth in 54.92 as Hoak was second in the 200-meter dash in 24.20 seconds, with Worthington (24.82) sixth.

McColm, Austin, Caleb Gilmore and J.D. Dolly prevailed in the 4x800 relay in 8:47.54, beating out Phoenix (8:51.61). Hoak, Worthington, Wyatt Scott and Charlie Compeau were third in the 4x100 relay in 47.25 seconds.

Killian Blouin was second in the pole vault with 10’6” to McCaffrey’s 11 feet as Gilmore (8’6”) was seventh. Comeau topped 5’8”in the high jump, second to Skaneateles’ Max Paciorek (5’10”) as

Frisbie was fourth, Sam Wilcox throwing the discus 111’6” for second place to Skaneateles’ Will Feeney (119’9”) as Aidan Bailey was eighth.

Will Schimer went 1:05.88 for second place in the 400 hurdles as Gabe Sanchez got sixth place in 1:08.49. Owen Woodworth picked up 1,740 points for fourth place in the pentathlon, with Hoak sixth in the shot put with 35’9”. Jake Woolbert, in 11:09.34, edged out Chris Kelly (11:09.70) for third in the 3,200-meter run.

Moving on from this, Cazenovia saw McColm win the steeplechase at Friday’s Cicero-North Syracuse Invitational, his time of 10:45.97 the only one under the 11-minute mark.