Home track advantage? Niagara Wheatfield didn’t need it.
The Falcons remained atop the Niagara Frontier League by cruising to their third consecutive girls championship Wednesday. They tallied 200 points, best second-place Niagara Falls by 78 in the team standings.
Lockport placed third with 88 points, Grand Island was fourth with 50 and Kenmore East’s 39 points was good enough for fifth.
Niagara Wheatfield’s Brielle Peterson was a double winner, taking the 400-meter dash in 1:00.21 and then won the 800 in 2:21.56. Teammate Teaghan Brady also won a pair of events, taking the 3,000 (10:53.62) and the 2,000 steeplechase (8:00.34).
Marisa Rickard won the 100 hurdles in 16.31 seconds, nearly a full second faster than the rest of the field. Gianna Glovack captured the NFL discus title for the third consecutive year with a toss of 126 feet, 6 inches, besting Lewiston-Porter’s Casey Fetzner (119-5).
Glovack placed second in the shot put (34-8.5), behind Grand Island’s Brooke Christensen (37-0.5), who won the event last season. Sydney March won the 1,500 (5:00.55) and placed second in the 800 (2:28.5), one of the team’s seven second-place finishers.
The Falcons also won the 4x400 relay (4:15.97) and the 4x800 relay (10:45.85).
Niagara Falls’ Innocense Scott went home with two championships, taking the 100 and 200. Scott ran 12.89 seconds in the 100 to beat teammate Natilya Dewberry (13.14), while winning the 200 in 26.41.
Jhonnea Harris won the long jump with a leap of 17-11, while Kyasia Hall won the pentathlon with 2,482 points. The Wolverines also won the 4x100 relay in 51.80, nipping Niagara Wheatfield by 0.09 seconds.
Lockport’s Avianna Hunt won the pole vault (8 feet), topping teammates Catherine Kearney and Sarah Tracz, who both vaulted 7 feet.
Kenmore East wins tight boys race
Three teams, seven points.
That was the margin for the NFL boys championship. Kenmore East prevailed with 119 points, topping Niagara Wheatfield’s 113 and Niagara Falls’ 112.
Lockport finished fourth with 75 and Kenmore West and Lewiston-Porter tied for fifth with 53.
Kenmore East had four champions and four runners-up, while Niagara Wheatfield had two champions and six second-place finishers. Niagara Falls had a meet-best five champions.
Niagara Wheatfield’s Roland Ferguson won the triple jump with a leap of 20 feet, 7 ¼ inches. He also took third in the high jump (5-8), losing to Lewiston-Porter’s Ryan Parker (first) and Kenmore West’s Dshawn Lipford (second) on jumps.
Jonah Goldman won the shot put with a 44-0.5 heave for the Falcons. Niagara Wheatfield also took second in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, while Josiah Rivera was second in the 400 (51.62), Mason Sabo was second in the triple jump (39-2.5) and Harrison Barrett was second in the pentathlon (2,319).
Lew-Port’s Leo Clark had a dazzling performance, becoming the only individual to win three events. Clark won the 800 in 1:56.32, beating Niagara Wheatfield’s Nicholas Morgan by 0.37 seconds.
Clark then won the 1,600 in 4:29.16, beating the rest of the field by nearly 20 seconds. He also won the 3,200 in 9:56.82, nearly 13 seconds better than everyone else.
Niagara Falls’ James Smith won the 400 in 51.54, topping Rivera by 0.08 seconds. Dylan Hinks won the triple jump with a leap of 40-6.25 and Iziah Downs-Dodge won the pentathlon with 2,324 points.
The Wolverines also won the 4x400 (3:30.4) and 4x800 (8:45.88) relays. Lockport won the 4x100 relay in 45.55 seconds.
Ehren Pettapiece was Lockport’s lone individual champion, claiming the discus with a toss of 132-6. Pettapiece also finished second in the shot put (42-8.75).
Tray Thompson was second in the 100 (11.49) for the Lions, falling to Kenmore East’s A.J. Battaglia by 0.02 seconds. Nathan Couturier was second in the pole vault (11 feet).
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