SARATOGA ATHLETES EARN INDIVIDUAL VICTORIES AT SECTION 2 CHAMPIONSHIP

COLONIE — Seventeen athletes from Saratoga Springs earned victories at the 2023 Section 2 Group 1 Championships at Colonie High School on May 24.

The Saratoga girls squad placed second as a team (146 points), trailing only Guilderland (183 points). The Saratoga boys team placed second, finishing with 135 points. The Shenendehowa boys squad was first with 141 points as a team.

The Ballston Spa girls squad placed seventh as a team, totaling 30 points, while the Scotties’ boys team placed 11th with a total of 10 points.

Saratoga’s Sheridan Wheeler won both the 400-meter hurdles and the 2,000-meter steeplechase, while McKinley Wheeler earned wins in the 3,000-meter run and as part of the Blue Streaks’ 4x800 relay team. The relay squad also included Anya Belisle, Heidi Berglund, and Alycia Hart.

Emily Bush won the 1,500meter run, while Amelia McBain won the pole vault. On the boys’ side, Saratoga’s Joao Dos Anjos Neto also took home first place in the pole vault, and Evan Rando placed first in the pentathlon.

The Blue Streaks’ 4 x 400 relay squad of Charles Dybala,

Andrew Hope, Aidan Slavett, and Connor Varian placed first, while the 4 x 800 relay team of Thomas Isenovski, Hope, Luke Dacey, and Owen Blaisdell also came away with a victory.

See below for top finishers from both schools:

SARATOGA GIRLS

(2nd place, 146 points)

Sheridan Wheeler won both the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.57) and the 2,000-meter steeplechase (6:38.05), finishing second in the 3,000-meter run (10:00.67). McKinley Wheeler took first place in the 3,000-meter run (10:00.30), second in the 1,500-meter run