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Storm track takes on indoor sectionals

Saranac Lake’s Liam Nobles soars through the air during one of the horizontal jumps at the Section VII Indoor Track and Field Championships at SUNY Plattsburgh on Saturday. (Provided photo)

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake indoor track and field team competed in the Section VII Championships on Saturday at SUNY Plattsburgh, and posted some respectable individual results.

Red Storm senior Jake Kollmer won the 1,600 meter, while fellow senior Liam Nobles won the long jump and the triple jump. Addi Ash, also a senior, and Gracen Foster, a junior, both had stand out days, setting a school record in the 600 meter and shot put, respectively.

Red Storm coach Cy Ellsworth said in a statement.

In the team scoring, the Red Storm boys placed fifth overall with 56 points as the Peru Nighthawks were the overall winners with 146.5. The Saranac Central Spartans were second with 115.5 points and the Beekmantown Eagles were third with 112.

On the girls side, Saranac Lake was sixth with 25 points and the Spartans were first with 211 points. The Eagles finished second with 99 points and the Nighthawks were third with 93.

Kollmer, who recently signed his letter of intent to the University of New Hampshire, kicked off the day by winning the 1,600 with a time of 4 minutes, 32.09 seconds, which set a Saranac Lake indoor school record held by Peter Fogarty (4:39.9) in 2020.

Ellsworth said.

Nobles followed up by winning the long Jump with a jump of 21 feet, 2 inches and winning the triple jump with a jump of 45-1. His effort in the triple, broke his Section VII record and school record, which was previously set at 44-9.

Ellsworth said.

On the girls side, Ash placed second overall in the 600 with a time of 1:46.53, which was good enough to set Saranac Lake’s indoor school record, originally set by Lydia Wamsganz (1:47.74) in 2022.

Ellsworth said.

Saranac Lake’s Molly Butler (2:00.6) placed ninth in 600, while Raiana Baumann (2:04.2) was 12th. Saranac Central’s Sienna Boulds won the event in 1:43.22.

Ash also led the way for the Red Storm girls in the 300 meter dash, placing 11th in 48.4. Teammates Ally Bourgeois (49.06) was 12th and Maddy Stavenhagen (53.73) was 19th.

In the throws events, Foster finished second in the girls shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 9.5 inches setting our indoor school record held by Mia Sanford (31-8) in 2022.

Ellsworth said.

Saranac Lake’s Brook Burke also had a solid outing, placing fourth with a 28-9.5 toss. Teammate Trinity Martelle was seventh with a throw of 26-6. AuSable Valley’s Emma Pelkey won the girls shot put with a throw of 33-5.5.

Burke was the lone Red Storm thrower in the girls weight throw event. She took ninth place with a toss of 26 feet.

On the boys side, Miles Frazer led the Red Storm with a third place finish in the shot put, tossing the ball 43-10.5.

Ellsworth said.

Burke placed fourth overall with a 41-7 toss, and teammate Sam Duprey was seventh with a throw of 38-7.5. Peru’s Elliot Supley won the shot put event with a throw of 52-10.

In the boys weight throw, Dustin Burke led Saranac Lake with a toss of 44-10. Jonah Ducatt (36-04) was fifth and Brandon McGinnis-Theis (31-03) was 12th.

Up next, the Red Storm will return back to SUNY Plattsburgh at 10 a.m. on Saturday for the State Qualifiers meet. The winner of each event will automatically qualify for the NYSPHSAA Indoor Track and Field State Championships on Saturday, March 8 at the Ocean Breeze Athletics Complex on Staten Island.

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