HOUGHTON, NY – The Salamanca girls’ track and field team returned home from the Section VI 9th and 10th Grade Championships with one in their ranks in freshman Jamila Nelthrope.
Running the 300 meter dash, Nelthrope finished in first place with a time of 0:43.79. She also took second place in the 55 meter dash at 0:7.69 and fifth in the pole vault at 6-9.
“She has that unique combination of speed and power and has tremendous potential to get to the next level,” said Salamanca head coach Laurie Lafferty-Jones. “She has the grit it requires to compete in this event because she refuses to give up and that is so exciting to watch only being a freshman.”
Kaylin Lemon had her best meet of the season in the 1500 meter dash. Competing as the only eighth grader in the event, Lemon posted a personal best time of 5:45.83, moving into the No. 2 spot in Salamanca’s Top Ten standings. She also ran a 0:34.18 in the 1,000 meter, placing eighth overall and improving her PR by over four seconds.
Kylynne Day had a stellar day in the throws, smashing her personal best in the shot put by over a foot, throwing 25-07. She placed fifth among all 10th graders in Section VI and also moved into No. 3 on Salamanca’s Top 10. Day also threw her best in the weighted throw with a 22-04.75 placing fourth overall in the 10th grade championships and now No. 5 in the teams Top 10.
Daisy Lichy ran close to her best time in the 300 meters (56.89) and Corey Day ran the 300 as well as a freshman improving her time by nine seconds (1:06.27). Corey Day has potential on the track, and we are looking to get her to embrace the training part of things.
The 4×200 Relay team of Jaelynn Cooper, Corey Day, Daisy Lichy and Lemon posted 2:25.44 which is the second best of our season. All the girls had personal best times in their 200 splits.
Boys Track and Field – Section VI 9th and 10th Grade Championship
HOUGHTON, NY – Out of Salamanca’s 16 individual entries, eight were personal best performances and seven changes and or additions were made to the school’s top ten.
The first on the track for the boys were the 55m sprinters. Freshman Kyle Dibble ran for a personal record in the and also later in the 600m. Eighth grader Zayivious Hope also sprinted for a PR in the 55m.
Aiden George knocked off four seconds and finished in ninth place out of 22 athletes in the 1,000m run. Freshman Knox Johnson would run his best time in the 600m, taking off another second. Another freshman, Denver Parsons decided to focus on just the 1,600 meter run this weekend, knocking off 11 seconds and moved to the No. 4 spot on Salamanca’s Top Ten.
Freshman Zander Milks would compete in his first varsity meet of the year. Milks sprinted his way to the No. 10 spot in the 300m on the school top ten, also finishing with a 14-04 in long jump, good enough for the No. 8 spot on the top ten.
The Warriors had an outstanding 3200 meter relay performance from George, George Parsons, Darren Hayes and Parsons. The freshman 800 meter relay team of Hope, Johnson, Jayden Romero, and George sprinted for the third fastest team time of the season.
