South girls place third at Western New York Relays
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter

Although young, Williamsville South's girls indoor track team is ready to make an impact this season and that was apparent at the Western New Relays held last Saturday at Fredonia State College.

The Lady Billies took third in the girls competition with 42 points.

"The girls got to see that despite their age, it doesn't mean they can't compete with older girls," said South coach Sam Hasan. "It's going to be their time now."

The South girls took five second places and one fifth.

In the 55-meter hurdle relay, sophomore Allie Van Buren and eighth-grader Kailyn Arcury took second with an 18.33. Arcury set a personal record with a 9.25. Van Buren ran a 9.08.

The sprint medley of Van Buren, Arcury and sophomores Skye McCellan and Amanda Breymeier placed second in 4:33.44.

In the 1500 racewalk, sophomore Jenny Mooney and freshman Allison Ferenczy placed second in 18-03.5.

The 4x400 relay of Mooney, junior Ashley Ferenczy, Breymeier and Van Buren took second in 4:19.1.

Arcury and Breymeir placed second in the high jump in 9-2.

In the shot put, seniors Jennifer Lopez and Lindsey Porter placed fifth with a 58-10.5.

The 4x800 relay of senior Colleen Hurtubise, freshman Elisa Frazier, and sophomores MC Aungst and Meagan Monroe ran a personal best time of 11:05.57. Frazier and Aungst ran personal best splits of 2:37 and 2:45, respectively.

The double 4x160 relay of sophomore Rachel Zucker, freshman Beth Syracuse, McCellan and Ashley Ferenczy ran a 3:18.9. The distance medley relay of Frazier, sophomore Rachelle Moyer, Allison Ferenczy and Hurtubise came in ninth in 14:17. Moyer, Zucker, Syracuse and sophomore Rachael DiVita ran the 4x200 relay in 2:06. In the triple jump, Porter leapt a personal record 27-9.5. Porter and Lopez just missed on scoring points, taking eighth in 54-10.75.

The South boys did not score points but performed well.

Juniors RJ Grampp and Nicholas Hoffman triple jumped, 35-4 and 31-10, respectively.

The 4x200 relay of Hoffman, freshman Sammy Hasan, sophomore Nate Hall and freshman Harrison Sinatra ran a time of 1:56.62. The double 4x160 relay of Hoffman, Hasan, freshman Nicholas Helmick and Sinatra finished in 3:09.1.

The distance medley of senior Alex Podvezko, sophomores Bruce Hibler and Peter Galbo and junior John Stark ran a time of 12:04.9. The same four ran the 4x800 and just missed a personal record, running a 9:07.13.

Galbo ran personal best splits in the 4x800 (2:15.07) and distance medley (2:16.4).

"The boys have improved," said coach Hasan. "It may not show in the team scoring but their times have gotten better since the beginning of the season."

Combined with the girls, South finished sixth overall.

Williamsville East

Two indoor track team records fell in the 400 meter distance.

Colin Begy ran the race in 54.5 seconds and eighth-grader Kala Allen blazed to a 63.7 split.

The Flames' best team effort was a first place finish in the 55-meter hurdle relay led by senior Greg French and junior Simon Park.

The East boys finished 10th with 13 points. Combined with the girls, East finished 17th.

Sweet Home

The boys were tied fourth with 28 points.

Top performances from the boys came from Ken Anaya and Josh Blango (second in 55 hurdle relay); Josh Blango and Matt Cross (second in triple jump relay); Chris Akromas and Ryan Wilson (third in shot put relay) and Ken Anaya and Sean Sanders (third, high jump relay).

On the girls side, the 4x800 relay of Katie Niblock, Elyse Cramer, Colleen Kozlowski, and Laura Delsignore came in fifth. The same four took sixth in the distance medley relay. The girls finished 19th. Combined with the boys team, Sweet Home took ninth.