Indoor Track

Indoor Track Team Returns

     Last night the boys’ indoor track and field team ventured out to Onondaga Community College for its first meet of the season. It was a meet that gave everyone their own special outlook on what they needed to work on for the rest of the season. The night was highlighted by an impressive second place finish by the 4 x 200 meter relay team and the fact that the team lost their bus driver. Last night was the first of two relay meets where all events have times combined for a final score. After a great night, many runners earned their varsity letter and even a trip to the sectional championships in the post-season.

Homer’s Joe Settineri running the 1200 meter portion of the DMR.

     The night started with the 55 meter hurdles with Robby Johnson and Paddy Fox officially starting the indoor track season. Johnson finished eighth overall in the hurdles with a 9.71 as his time while Fox exceeded all expectations for his race and finished fifteenth with a time of 10.96 seconds. The pair finished sixth overall out of all hurdlers with a combined time 20.67 seconds. The 55 meter dash was next on the track. Josh Thompson and Nikolai Grihin represented Homer in this event. Thompson finished sixteenth with a time of 7.16 seconds and Grihin finished thirtieth with a time of 7.57 seconds. The two finished twelfth in the meet with a combined time of 14.73 seconds.

     The 4 x 400 meter relay was next. The runners that participated in this event were Ryan Parker, Josh Sands, Lucian St. John, and Tighe Gugerty. The team finished seventeenth overall with a time of 4:26.67. The next event on the track was the Distance Medley Relay. The DMR is composed of a 1200 meter run, a 400 meter sprint, an 800 meter run, and a 1600 meter run. Joe Settineri, Logan Grihin, Tyler Hatfield, and Freideric Handelmann were the runners for each respective part of the event. All four of the relay members put up incredible times for the team to finish in the top ten.

     The 4 x 200 was the highlight of the evening for the boys’ team. Josh Thompson, Nikolai Grihin, Collin Lake, and Nick Yarnell all did a stellar job. The team finished second in the Central New York Indoor Track Association (CNYITA) event with a time of 1:41.73 and earned the team eight points. Each team member also earned a varsity letter for their efforts. The 4 x 800 was next to run. Tighe Gugerty, Michael Morse, Josh Sands, Freideric Handelmann all had a great run and contributed to a solid eighth place finish.

   The Sprint Medley Relay was the final running event of the night with Robby Johnson, Paddy Fox, Lucian St. John, and Tyler Hatfield participating in the event. The SMR is composed of one 400 meter run, two runners competing in a 200 meter run, and an 800 meter run. The SMR team finished eleventh with a time of 4:30.58.

     Last but not least were the field events. Tim Russel and Luke Sears competed in the shot put with throws of 32’-11” and 31’-01” respectively. In Long Jump, Michael Morse jumped a distance of 14’ 2.25” while his teammate Christian Pittsley did better with a distance of 17’ 11.25”. Christian also broke the sophomore class record with his jump. The pair finished thirteenth with their combined distances. Triple Jump once again became the event everyone waited for to end.  Collin Lake finished with a distance of 35’ 9.25” and Nick Yarnell finished with a distance of 38’ 10.75”.