Potsdam Tracks Wins in All 12 Events, Beats Canton

Potsdam's Ethan Kelley (right) has a slight lead with a
teammate in the boys 1600 meter race. Kelley won the
event and participated in the winning 4 x 800 meter
relay team. Joe Bartlett won the 110- and
400-meter hurdles events. Tyler Belleau won the
400 and participated in the winning 4 x 100 relay.
Buckley of Canton placed second in the 110- and
400-meter hurdles.
(Ryan Bercume photo)
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N-N FLYERS WIN 12 EVENTS TO
DEFEAT CANTON TRACK 171-66

Norwood-Norfolk's Connor Levison won the 110- and
400-meter hurdles, while also running on the winning
1600-meter relay team. The Flyers won 12 events, led by
Josh Eng's four wins (600, 1600, 3200 and 3200 relay) to
beat Canton 171-66. Jake Wellings won three events: long
jump, triple jump and 400 relay. (Eric Foote
photo)
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Runners from Canton and Norwood-Norfolk sprint hard to
the finish line in a tight heat of the boys 110-meter
dash. Canton's McLaughlin won the event. The
Bears' LaPointe won the high-jump at 5-feet, 4-inches.
Norwood-Norfolk's Preston Mason set a league-best mark
this season in the discuss with a toss of 131 feet 11
inches. Teammate Cody Dominque won the 200 and 400
meters, then participated in a winning 400-meter relay,
helping to lead the Flyers to a 171-66 victory at
Norfolk.
Crawford Sets New School
Hurdles Mark in O.F.A. Win

Ogdensburg’s Nick Crawford clears a hurdle and
sprints to the finish line in 15.3 seconds to establish
a new school record in the 110-meter hurdles. Ogdensburg
defeated Massena 161-77 and Salmon River 180-39 to sweep
the boys' tri-meet. The Raiders placed second, beating
the Shamrocks 154-41.
(Eric Foote photo)
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Complete Results

A Massena competitor in the long jump against the
Shamrocks and Blue Devils in the opening meet at
Ogdensburg. O.F.A.'s Zach Grenier won the event.
Massena's best was freshman Andrew Brush who placed
third. In addition to his record-setting run in the
110-meter hurdles, O.F.A.'s Nick Crawford also won the
400 hurdles, high jump and triple jump. Alex Wood
won the 1,600 and 3,200. Christian Lesperance won
the 100 and 200.
MALONE OPENS SEASON WITH
STRONG WIN VS. TUPPER LAKE
April 19:
The Franklin Academy Boys Track Team got off to a good
start vs. Tupper Lake on Thursday afternoon with a
183-34 victory. Coach Matt Tessier said, "This meet
turned out to be a great opportunity for FA to figure
out where the training deficiencies are at this time as
we head into future meets next week and beyond."
Malone won almost every event individually, but just a
few standout performances were evident with the wind and
with Tupper Lake's team being a small team, some events
were just FA against FA. Throughout the
meet, several Malone athletes who were not expected to
place beat their own teammates who scored points.
This is a positive for the team as it works to solidify
who will compete in which events over the course of the
season. Event by event, the Huskies won the
4x800 with Corey Lamere, Conor Gordon, Doug Fitzgerald
and Morgan Marlow. The 110 hurdles was won by
Geiger of Tupper Lake in 18.3 with Malone taking 2nd
through 4th scoring spots. Jamiel Stapleton led
the Huskies at 19.8. Harvey Smith won the 100m
against a headwind in 11.6 seconds, followed by Aaron
Sharlow FA, Boyer of TL, Bailey Fellion FA and Grayson
of Tupper. In the Triple Jump, Curtis Blow
started to return to form of three years ago with 36'10"
for the win, 2nd and third were personal bests by Joe
Perry at 36'2.5" and John Picaro at 35'0.5" for a sweep.
The shot put was won by indoor champ Mike Sharrow in
43'4", second was Duncan Marshall at 34'9"m, third was
Boyer of Tupper and the fourth was Charland of FA in
personal best 31'. Watkins and Decosse, who were
not expected to place, threw 34'3 and 31'3 respectively
to get noticed for the next meet. The
Huskies' distance team was strong as usual with 1-2-3 in
the 1600m behind Morgan Marlow, Conor Gordon and Corey
Lamere. The same three paired up for the 3200m,
with Gordon 10:03.6, Marlow, and Lamere the top[ thrree.
In the 1600m, outdoor personal bests were run by Mike
Haas 5:04, Dylan Lavoie 5:05 and Patrick Gordon at 5:07;
all three could have broken 5:00 without the wind.
In the 4x100m, FA ran 47.5 with bad handoffs and against
the wind. Harvey Smith (4th in the state
and Federal competition last year)returned to the track
to run 51.9 in the 400m with Curtis Blow and Brennan
Gervais taking 2nd and 3rd. John Picaro ran
his first 400H and broke under the minute barrier at
59.8. Said Coach Tessier, "This makes him a
good candidate to challenge (Nick) Crawford of OFA this
season." Geiger of Tupper was second followed by
Jamiel Stapleton and Brady Monette. The 800m was
won by Doug Fitzgerald, 2nd to Bach Schanck and 3rd to
Patrick Gordon. In the event, Lavoie and Decosse
also ran well enough to place and be considered scoring
options for the next meet. The 200m was won
by Bailey Fellion in 25.9, Brennan Gervais was 2nd at
26.5, Boyer of Tupper 3rd and Joe Perry took 4th at
27.4, while teammate Zach Lamica also ran well at 26.9.
The 4x400 relay had five FA teams. Malone's Smith,
Gordon, Picaro and Fitzgerald cruised to an easy
victory. In the remaining field events, Mike
Sharrow threw a personal best of 119'11.75 inches in the
discus, while Charland also had a personal best at 100
ft,, followed by Marshall at 82 ft. Curtis Blow rode
his triple jump success to win the high jump at a
personal best 5'6", with Sharlow and Stapleton reaching
5'4" each. The long jump featured Sharlow at
18'1", Fellion at 16'1", Geiger of Tupper and Blow at
15'11". Also, unexpected leaps of 17'3" from
Stapleton and 16'4" from Joe Perry would have been 2nd
and 3rd places.