Homer Senior Lara Pluemer making height in High Jump
This last Wednesday the Homer Track and Field team participated in their second dual meet of the season against Cortland and Fowler. The annual meet took place in Cortland for the first time in a few years. The boys’ team came into the meet 1-1 after a loss to Mexico and a win against Fulton. The girls’ team on the other hand came in undefeated with high expectations for the meet.
The meet started out with the boys’ 4 x 800 event. Homer’s top 4 x 800 team consisted of Jayden Gavidia, Luke Tesoriero, Alex Fisher, and Jeremy Morris as anchor. The team won the race at a time of 9:01.9 with almost a half track lead. The girls’ 4 x 800 team consisted of Erin Leach, McKayla Crawford, and Jade Auchmoody. The girls’ won the event with a time of 11:29.7.
Next on the track were the boys’ 110m and the girls’ 100m Hurdles. Robby Johnson won the 110 Hurdles event with a season best time of 18.8 seconds. Jekeytha Adkins placed first in the event with a 17.1 seconds. Sabina Clark and Hannah Agate placed second and fifth respectively. Following the hurdles was the 100m dash. Homer had two standout performers in Dylan Shattuck and Emily Harrington. Shattuck claimed fourth and Harrington finished sixth.
The boys’ 1600 and the girls’ 1500 brought some of Homer’s biggest gains in team scoring. Luke Tesoriero won the 1600 with an impressive 5:00. Freideric Handelmann and Kory Platt finished third and fourth respectively. Jade Auchmoody won the 1500 with a 5:07.9 while McKayla Crawford and Kennedy George finished third and fifth.
The boys’ 4 x 100m team was up next. Dylan Shattuck, Devon Drake, Jeremy Morris, and Jayden Gavidia made up the team as they went on to win with a time of 46.3 seconds. The girls’ team, which it consisted of Emily Harrington, Hannah McEvoy, Lucy Connery, and Jekeytha Adkins, finished third in their 4x100m. The 400m dash bring some impressive times on the boys’ side and the girls swept the event. Nick Yarnell placed second in the 400m with an impressive time of 53.9 seconds and qualified for sectionals. John Osterhoudt placed fifth with a time of 57.4 seconds. Erica Stevens and Laura Dart placed first and second in the 400m increasing the girls’ lead over Cortland and Fowler. Erica won with a time of 63.9 seconds, and Laura with a time of 66.8 seconds.
The 400m hurdles were next as the rain finally started to fall. Robby Johnson pulled off the sweep in the hurdle events with an exciting win and a season best of 70.0 seconds. The girls’ team swept again as Erin Leach and Mary Keefe placed first and second. Erin had a great race with a time of 73.0 seconds. The 800m run was next, even though the conditions were getting worse. Kory Platt and Luke Tesoriero placed fourth and fifth. Platt edged Tesoriero by a mere eight tenths of a second. Jade Auchmoody won her third running event of the day in the 800m with a time of 2:30.6. Auchmoody won the 1500 and was a member of the 4 x 800m earlier in the meet. Grace Gugerty came in second while Taryn Waligurski finished fourth.
The boys’ 200m dash was to be the final event of the night before the officials called the meet. Dylan Shattuck placed second with a time of 24.2 seconds, and Jeremy Morris finished right behind him in fifth. The running events weren’t the only events that had big headlines though. Both teams would still hang onto their leads in the field events.
In the shot put Andrew Schrauben placed fourth with a throw that was almost 33 ft. Dan Schenck also placed sixth in the event. Brynn Hyde placed second in the shot put with a length of 27” 1’. Lydia Brown and Hannah Agate placed third and fourth respectively. Evan Lewis and Andrew Schrauben placed third and fourth in the discus. Lewis had a throw of 81” 6’. Brynn Hyde, Hannah Agate and, Katie Ryan finished second, third, and fourth respectively in the discus.
Austin Smith won the pole vault with a height of nine feet. Cody Hubert came in at seven feet with a fifth place finish. Jade Auchmoody won her fourth event of the night in the pole vault with a height of eight and a half feet. The Homer boys’ swept the high jump with Austin Smith winning with a height of 5-6 and Jayden Gavidia in a close second. Austin won the high jump and the pole vault in terrible conditions. Emily Harrington won the high jump with a height of 4-10 with Laura Dart and Lara Pluemer right behind her. Jekeytha Adkins placed second the long jump with a length of 14-11 with Meghan Rahner in fifth. Nick Yarnell won the Long Jump with a length of 17-1 with Devon Drake in a close third.
The weather held up for more than half the meet until a down pour started. This left the girls’ 200m dash, both 2 mile events, both 4 x 400 events, and the triple jump all unfinished. The race was called as a result of the rain. In the end both teams swept against their opponents in the meet. However, the team hasn’t been able to get a break with the weather as every meet this season has been either rainy or freezing outside. The boys extended their record to 3-1, which is the first time the boys’ team has had a winning record in two years. The girls’ team continues to be undefeated in Dual Meets.The Homer Track and Field team will be at their next dual meet on Wednesday against JD and ESM at home.
The Final Score:
Boys:
Homer 72- Cortland 42
Homer 72- Cortland 42
Homer 65- 52
Girls:
Homer 66- Cortland 39
Homer 88- Fowler 17
