Town of Amherst Championships
North boys, Amherst girls win team titles

Williamsville North's Emily Curry clears the high jump in a personal-best 5-feet to win the event for the Lady Spartans at the Town of Amherst Championships held Monday, May 21 at Amherst High School. North finished second in team scoring with 130.5 points. Photo by John Rusac Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com

For the fourth straight year, Williamsville North has the best outdoor boys track team in the Town of Amherst.

The Spartans edged Amherst, 139-127, at the Town of Amherst Championships held on Monday, May 21 at Amherst High School. Williamsville East (108), Sweet Home (92), and Williamsville South (25) rounded out the team scoring.

In the girls' competition, Amherst broke Williamsville South's three-year stranglehold on the team title, winning with 140.5 points. South finished fourth with 70.5 points. North placed second (130), Sweet Home was third (91) and East came in fifth (56).

Listed are student-athletes who scored points. Names and times for several of the girls' races were unavailable before press time.

Sweet Home's Rob Sartini finished fourth in the long jump at the Town of Amherst Championships held Monday, May 21 at Amherst High School. Sartini leaped 18-6.5. Sweet Home finished fourth in team scoring with 92 points. Photo by John Rusac Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com

Boys

100

Amherst's Willie Jones (11.2); North's Greg Losi (11.3); Amherst's Bertrum Smith (11.3); South's Emmanuel Lewis (11.5); North's Alex Weiser (11.5); Amherst's DeShawn Hough (11.5).

110 hurdles

East's Greg French (15.1); Hough (15.2); Amherst's Viron Hale (15.7); North's Matt Losi (15.9); North's Steve Oehler (16.0); East's Simon Park (16.9)

200 Smith (23.3); Heim (23.3); Lewis (24.1); Weiser (24.2); Sweet Home's Cord Daniels (24.4); North's Brian Davis (24.4)

400

Heim (52.7); French (52.8); Amherst's Elliott Bible (54.4); Amherst's Matt Krajna (56.2); North's Art Collins (56.6), South's Russ Scheiss (56.6)

400 hurdles

East's Sean Lanighan (58.1); Hough (58.8); Oehler (62.5); Park (63.2); South's Huron Hill (67.6); South's Jordan Lawson (67.7)

800

East's Colin Begy (2:02.9); Amherst's Dave Szymkowiak (2:03.1); North's Geoff Hurley (2:12); North's Max Eisenbaum (2:13); Sweet Home's Tim Heavern (2:14); Sweet Home's Ryan Hughson (2:14)

1600

Szymkowiak (4:48); East's Andy McDonald (4:51); Hurley (4:55); South's Paul Mangold (4:56); North's Mike Thielman (4:57); Sweet Home's Mike Bakowski (5:03)

3200

Sweet Home's Jacob Hagen (10:09); Sweet Home's Ryan Poley (10:37); Hurley (10:45); Thielman (10:48); Amherst's Andrew Wong (11:05); Sweet Home's Isaac Hagen (11:09)

Discus

Sweet Home's Nick Christman (117-7); Sweet Home's Andrew Hopkins (116); Sweet Home's Andrew Elise (106-9); Amherst's Dion Merrill (102-4); East's Mike Alcazaren (95-2); North's Rick Weiss (93-2)

High jump

Amherst's Willie Jones (6-4); North's Art Collins (6-0); Heim (5-10); North's Kurt Schlewitt (5-8); Sweet Home's Dan Miranda (5-6); Hale (5-4)

Long jump

North's Greg Losi (20-10.5); North's Matt Losi (20-5.75); Jones (19-3.75); Sweet Home's Rob Sartini (18-6.5); Hale (18-3); East's Zinan Cheng (18-2.5)

Pole vault

North's Kyle Siskar (11-6); North's Tom Calandra (10-0); East's David Taubman (9-6); Amherst's Joe Calato (9-0); North's Reid Jones (9-0); Sweet Home's James Thompson (8-6)

Shot put

Sweet Home's Andrew Hopkins (51-5); Christman (44-2); Weiss (43-1.75); Amherst's Dion Merrill (41-7.75); Sweet Home's Chris Akromas (40-3.5); Davis (38-1.75)

Triple jump

North's Matt Losi (42-7); North's Greg Losi (42-4.5); French (39-8); Amherst's David Robinson (39-7); Lawson (38-9); Cheng (38-4.5)

4x100 relay

Amherst's team of Smith, Hough, Robinson, and Jones placed first with a time of 45.1. North's team placed second with East's team placing third.

4x400 relay

East's team of Begy, Heim, French, and Lanighan placed first with a time of 3:35.6. Sweet Home's team placed second and Amherst's team took third.

4x800

Sweet Home's team of Bakowski, Ryan Hughson, Poley, and Jacob Hagen placed first with a time of 8:33.3. East's team placed second and South's team placed third.

Girls

100

Amherst's Allison Rogers (12.0); East's Kala Allen (12.6); South's Allie Van Buren (12.57); South's Skye McClellon (12.82); Sweet Home's Marissa Criswell (12.9); Sweet Home's Rebecca White (13.0)

100 hurdles

North's Sarah Mikulski (15.1); South's Van Buren; North's Ashley Redino (15.9); South's Cassiana Hyppolite; Sweet Home's Faith James; North's Amy Loud (17.2)

200 Amherst's Rogers (25.5); Van Buren (26.3); Allen (26.9); Criswell (27.2); North's Jessica Little (27.6); Loud (28.3)

400

South's Van Buren (60.5); North's Kim Dohn (61.56); Allen (62.2); North's Meredith Kirby (62.84); North's Lauren Triantafillou (65.9); South's Amanda Breymeier (68.5)

400 hurdles

Amherst's Sarah Lister (68.5); North's Redino (1:10.9); Amherst's Brittany Horvath (1:15); Amherst's Mikaela Maddock (1:16.3); North's Shelbey Gray (1:16.6); South's Hyppolite

800

Sweet Home's Megan Niblock; Amherst; Sweet Home's Katie Niblock; Amherst; East's Caroline Steele (2:32.8); Sweet Home

1500

Amherst's Brenna Symoniak (5:02.1); Amherst's Arielle Januszkiewicz (5:02.8); Sweet Home's Megan Niblock; Sweet Home's Katie Niblock; North's Kim Schueler (5:26.5); South's Jenny Mooney

3000

Amherst's Symoniak (11:19.1); Amherst's Erin Cotter (11:43); Sweet Home; South; Amherst's Diane Herzog; North's Natalie Worley (13.12)

Discus

North's Emily Curry (96-6); South's Jennifer Lopez (82-8); Amherst's Stephine Woods (82-2); Sweet Home's Maygan Voros (82-8); South's Lindsey Porter (70-10)

High jump

North's Curry (5-0); South's Amanda Breymeier (4-10); North's Schueler (4-8); East's Amy French (4-8); Amherst's Harris (4-6)

Long jump

Sweet Home's Bianca Smiley (15-10.5); North's Redino (15-9.25); East's Rosie McAfee (15-1.75); East's Kristen Ostanski (15-0.75); North's Raven Baxter (15.5);

Pole vault

North's Sarah Khan (7-6); Amherst's Michelle Niblock (7-6); North's Amanda Sheriff (7-3); North's Sana Khan (6-6)

Shot put

Sweet Home's Voros (28-11.5); East's Kaitlin Roseti (28-5); Amherst's Laura Caty (27-10); South's Lopez (27-8.5); Amherst's Woods (26-9.25)

Triple jump

Sweet Home's Megan Niblock (33-11); North's Kirby (32-8.5); Sweet Home's Rebecca White (32-6.5); Sweet Home's Smiley (31-9.5); North's Curry (31-9.5)

4x100 relay

Amherst's team of Stephine Woods, Nasya Watson, Ariella Korn, and Rogers placed first with a time of 51.7. East's team placed second with North's team placing third.

4x400 relay

North's team of Triantafillou, Kirby, Bauman, and Dohn placed first with a time of 4.22.3. Amherst's team placed second with East's team placing third.

4x800

Amherst's team of Celia Alterio, Lister, Januszkiewicz, and Symoniak placed first with a time of 10:18.6. North's team placed second with Sweet Home's team placing third.