Archive: Sports

On Friday the 11th, a squad of 14 Lansing girls traveled to Mane-Endwell for the Rotary Invitational. This event featured 25 teams from the central New York region. Top performances were turned in as freshman Chloe Ryan took second in the 100m dash with a season best performance of 12.9 seconds. Junior Ryann Cretney competed in the 1500m run with a third place finish and a season best performance of 4:54.7. Cretney turned in a season best in the 800m run as well with a fifth place finish and a time of 2:25.01.

Junior Christine Fuchs made her return to the track with a season best performance in the 800m run with a time of 2:32.5. The 4x800m relay team of Christine Fuchs, Katy Bland, Ryann Cretney, senior Tiffany Lind took fourth in a time of 10:24.5; senior Rachel Bland had a season best performance of 4’4” in the high jump. Senior Kendal Dean also competed in the high jump with a mark of 4’6”; senior Natalie Usack and freshman Katy Bland both ran provisional marks for the state qualifier meet in the 400mH with times of 1:14.8 and 1:13.3, respectively.

On Saturday the 12th, 10 Lansing girls competed at the Groton Invitational. The top performer was Katie Stout with a 28’8” throw in shot put. This throw earned her second place and was above the provisional mark for the state qualifier meet. Lexi Payton turned in a season best in the 1500m run. Times are currently unavailable.

Monday the 17th, freshman Katy Bland accompanied seniors Ryann Cretney and Colleen Trowbridge to the IAC’s Pentathlon and Steeplechase meet at Waverly High School. Cretney, despite tripping over another athlete in the water pit, took 2nd place and set a new school record in the steeplechase with a time of 7:21.45. Bland and Trowbridge took third and sixth respectively in the pentathlon.

Bland earned her points with a first place finish in the long jump with a mark of 13’ 9.36”, a second place finish in the 800m run with a time of 2:40.69, and a sixth place finish in the high jump with a mark of 4’4”. Trowbridge took third in the shot put with a mark of 26’ 10.8”, sixth in the long jump with a mark of 12’ 7.92”, and shocked the field with a winning time in the 800m run of 2:35.24! All three girls fought hard in this day of competition.

The girls will be fighting for their 11th straight IAC’s championship this Thursday and Friday at Dryden high School.

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