Saratoga, Ballston Spa Athletes Claim Section 2 Indoor Track Championships

SCHENECTADY —

Numerous athletes from the Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa varsity indoor track teams took home championship wins at the Section 2 Indoor Track Championship Meets at Union College on Jan. 28 and 29.

Eight athletes from Saratoga won Section 2 Division 1 titles across five events. Sheridan Wheeler won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the 3,000-meter run, while Amelia McBain won the sectional title in the pole vault.

The Blue Streaks’ team of Anya Belisle, McKinley Wheeler, Heidi Berglund, and Emily Bush won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the 4 x 800 relay. Genevieve Duchaussee won the Section 2 Division 1 Girls Championship in the shot put, and Mason Talarico won the Section 2 Division 1 Boys Championship in the 1,600-meter run.

Ballston Spa saw six athletes win Section 2 Division 2 Championships in a total of six events.

Scotties’ senior Isaiah Hannah captured the Section 2 Division 2 Boys Championship in both the 45-meter dash and the 50-meter hurdles, while Harriet Healey won sectional titles in both the 300meter dash and the 600-meter run.

Healey was also a part of the Scotties’ sectional-winning 4 x 200 relay team, along with Petrina Zborovsky, Anna Zito, and Livia Wiltsie. Madalyn Wilson won the Section 2 Division 2 Girls Championship in the 1,500-meter race walk.

See below for a list of top finishers from both schools:

SARATOGA GIRLS

The team of Anya Belisle, McKinley Wheeler, Heidi Berglund, and Emily Bush won the Section 2 Division 1 Championship in the 4 x 800 relay (10:06.35).

Amelia McBain won the Section 2 Division 1 Championship in the pole vault (12’ 3”), also placing fifth in the 50-meter hurdles (8.37) and the triple jump (34’ 0.5”).

Sheridan Wheeler took home the Section 2 Division 1 title in the 3,000-meter run (10:12.33), with McKinley Wheeler in second (10:21.72) and Berglund fifth