Robillard wins shot put, Mary Becker places third
By Dick Sterling
Tupper Lake athletes seem to be getting better and better when it comes to throwing a shot put. At last Friday’s Section 10 indoor track and field meet, the seventh of the season, at St. Lawrence University, in Canton, Luke Robillard came up with a throw that was over two feet farther than anyone else in the competition. Luke’s winning throw was measured at 43-feet, 5-inches, a personal best, and was good for 10 team points for the Lumberjacks.
His teammate, Cooper Cuttaia, finished sixth (35-feet, 10 ¼-inches), and was good for another three team points.
Ladyjack thrower Mary Becker, keeps getting better and better with each competition. Mary came up with an impressive toss of 27-feet, 1 ½-inches, good for third place in girl’s shot put. Amelia Pratt placed eighth in the same event with a throw of 25-feet, 1-inch.
Tupper Lake boys finished the meet in fourth place with 69 points, trailing only Potsdam (105), Massena (98) and Malone (75) in the 11-team field. The Ladyjacks finished with 10 points, seven of them from Mary and Amelia.
Other Jacks with impressive finishes, or who set personal best or scored team points included: The Tupper Lake boys 4x800 relay team of Nathan Barkley, Carter Dechene, Jonah Kendall and Garrett Wormuth, who placed fifth with a time of 9:30.68; three Jack sprinters were quick in the 60-meter dash. Robillard finished 11th (7.92 seconds), Liam McClain was 14th (7.95 seconds) and Brock Fleishman finished 15th (8.00 seconds); Maddie Arey earned a team point with an eighth place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (12.01 seconds), Lyla Robillard was 13th in the same event (12.94 seconds); Wormut finished seventh in the boys 60-meter hurdles (10.92 seconds); The Jacks 4x200 relay team of Cuttaia, Fleishman, McClain and Robillard earned a third place finish (1:44.02); Kendall finished fifth in the 1,600-meter run (5:02.64); Rain Skiff placed seventh in the 600-meter run (1:51.71) and 10th in the 300-meter dash (48.61 seconds).
In addition, Cohen Gerstenberger continued his impressive showings at the weekly meet. Cohen finished second in the 300-meter dash (38.57 seconds) , third in long jump (18-feet, 7 ¼-inches and second in triple jump 39-feet, 3 ½-inches, missing first place by less than one inch; Sean Bujold finished 10th in the 300-meter dash (43.04 seconds); Kendall placed fifth in the 1,000-meter run (3:01.15); and McClain finished fifth in high jump (5-feet, 2-inches).
Track and Field Head Coach Hannah Klossner was happy with the Lumberjacks effort. “I’m very proud of the athletes this week. We are spending this week gearing up for sectionals. We are hoping to score the most team points we can and getting as many athletes to the state meet. It was a great meet and a special moment we got to honor our seniors. All of these athletes have made an impact on the team this year and they will be greatly missed. Thank you seniors for all of your hard work and dedication to the program,” said Coach Klossner.