SCHENECTADY — Numerous athletes from the Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa varsity indoor track teams took home championship wins at the Section 2 Indoor Track Championship Meets at Union College on Jan. 28 and 29.
Eight athletes from Saratoga won Section 2 Division 1 titles across five events. Sheridan Wheeler won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the 3,000-meter run, while Amelia McBain won the sectional title in the pole vault.
The Blue Streaks’ team of Anya Belisle, McKinley Wheeler, Heidi Berglund, and Emily Bush won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the 4 x 800 relay. Genevieve Duchaussee won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the shot put, and Mason Talarico won the Section 2 Division 1 Boys Championship in the 1,600-meter run.
Ballston Spa saw six athletes win Section 2 Division 2 Championships in a total of six events.
Scotties’ senior Isaiah Hannah captured the Section 2 Division 2 Boys Championship in both the 45-meter dash and the 50-meter hurdles, while Harriet Healey won sectional titles in both the 300-meter dash and the 600-meter run.
Healey was also a part of the Scotties’ sectional-winning 4 x 200 relay team, along with Petrina Zborovsky, Anna Zito, and Livia Wiltsie. Madalyn Wilson won the Section 2 Division 2 Girls Championship in the 1,500-meter race walk.
See below for a list of top finishers from both schools:
Saratoga Girls
The team of Anya Belisle, McKinley Wheeler, Heidi Berglund, and Emily Bush won the Section 2 Division 1 Championship in the 4 x 800 relay (10:06.35). Amelia McBain won the Section 2 Division 1 Championship in the pole vault (12’ 3”), also placing fifth in the 50-meter hurdles (8.37) and the triple jump (34’ 0.5”).
Sheridan Wheeler took home the Section 2 Division 1 title in the 3,000-meter run (10:12.33), with McKinley Wheeler in second (10:21.72) and Berglund fifth (10:59.59).
Genevieve Duchaussee won the Section 2 Division 1 title in the shot put (33’ 11”). McKinley Wheeler placed third in the 1,500-meter run (4:49.77), with Sheridan Wheeler in fourth (4:50.27).
Bush finished second in the 1,500-meter run (4:43.59) and third in the 1,000-meter run (3:04.70). Duchaussee placed third in the 300-meter dash (43.74) and seventh in the 600-meter run (1:45.92). Belisle finished fourth in the 1,000-meter run (3:05.55) and eighth in the 600-meter run (1:47.77), while Natalie Wilding took eighth in the 1,000-meter run (3:22.72).
Claire Braxton finished third in the pole vault (8’ 0”), while Leah Harden and Sloane Mulcahy tied for fourth in the high jump (4’ 8”). Lily Collins placed 10th in the 300-meter dash (47.85).
Saratoga Boys
Mason Talarico won the Section 2 Division 1 Championship in the 1,600-meter run (4:31.52). Owen Blaisdell took second place in the 1,000-meter run (2:46.26), while the team of Aidan Slavett, Nathaniel Providence, Alex Lansford, and Charles Dybala finished second in the 4 x 400 relay (3:54.80).
Ethan Straughter placed second in the long jump (19’ 8.75”) and sixth in the 45-meter dash (5.92), while Connor Varian finished third in the 300-meter dash (40.18). Thomas Isenovski took third place in the 3,200-meter run (10:13.42), with Hudson Shaw fifth (10:19.03) and Max Vogel in 10th (10:55.35).
Joao Dos Anjos Neto finished third in the pole vault (12’ 0”) and fifth in the long jump (18’ 6.5”), while Michael Briscoe placed fourth in the pole vault (10’ 0”). Dybala was fourth in the 600-meter run (1:34.30), with Gianangelo Lanza in sixth (1:36.41).
Caleb Yuhasz took sixth in the 1,600-meter run (4:56.32), while Evan Rando placed seventh in both the high jump (5’ 2”) and triple jump (37’ 1”). Samuel Bernd placed fourth in the shot put (39’ 3.5”), while Luke Dacey finished 10th in the 1,000-meter run (2:59.28).
Ballston Spa Girls
Harriet Healey won the Section 2 Division 2 Championship in the 300-meter dash (43.40) and the 600-meter run (1:45.53), also winning as part of the Scotties’ 4 x 200 relay team with Petrina Zborovsky, Anna Zito, and Livia Wiltsie (1:57.03).
Madalyn Wilson won the Section 2 Division 2 crown in the 1,500-meter race walk (10:26.67), also taking third in the 3,000-meter run (11:32.65). Wiltsie took third in the 45-meter dash (6.43), with Zborovsky fourth (6.47).
Zborovsky also placed seventh in the long jump (13’ 3.5”), with Ashley Beck sixth (14’ 0.75”). Zito finished seventh in the 50-meter hurdles (9.37) and ninth in the 300-meter dash (47.65).
Sarah Himmelwright finished second in the 1,500-meter racewalk (10:39.22), with Amy Taylor in third (10:39.46).
Ballston Spa Boys
Isaiah Hannah won the Section 2 Division 2 Championship in the 45-meter dash (5.74) and the 50-meter hurdles (7.18). Hannah, along with Kala’l Makanani, Alijah Burgess, and Michael Stamper, placed second in the 4 x 200 relay (1:45.07).
Makanani also finished second in the 300-meter dash (39.93) and ninth in the long jump (17’ 0.5”). Stamper placed third in the 45-meter dash (5.93), while Silas Bashant took fifth place in the 600-meter dash (1:35.56) with Jacob Armer (1:36.25) in eighth.
Armer also finished 10th in the 1,000-meter run (2:57.38), while Joseph Sabatino took seventh place in the high jump (5’ 2”). Joseph Fodera finished eighth in the 1,600-meter run (5:00.69), with Matthew Meerdink in 10th (5:07.48).
