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February 20, 2012

Seven area athletes qualify for states

Anonymous Staff Report The Daily Star Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:30 AM EST

Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton teammates Chris Puerilie and Julia Knapp won titles during the Section Four Indoor Track State Qualifiers on Friday at Cornell University in Ithaca.

Puerilie, a senior, won the shot put with a distance of 43 feet, 10.75 inches, easily beating Dryden senior Evan Whitted's second-place performance of 42-5.75.

Freshman Knapp took first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.08 seconds. Horseheads junior Arianna Scaptura placed second in 9.17.

Knapp won one of three semifinal heats in 9.34 to reach the final with the second-best time. The Daily Star selected Knapp as its Female Athlete of the Year for outdoor track and field in 2011.

Puerilie and Knapp qualified for the state championships, which run March 3 at Cornell.

Five other area athletes qualified for states with runner-up finishes Friday.

Oneonta High junior Aaron Murphy placed second in the triple jump at 42-4.25. He joined OHS teammates Taylor Hitchcock and Theresa DiMartin as state qualifiers. Eighth-grader Hitchcock finished second in the 3,000 (11:01.31) and DiMartin tied for second in the high jump (4-10).

Seniors Kristine Reed of Walton and Asia Revis of Sidney also qualified. Reed placed second in the 1,000 with a program-record time of 3:06.66. Revis had a second in the shot put (34-0.5).

SECTION FOUR STATE QUALIFIERS

Results of area athletes in the top 10 from the Section Four Indoor Track State Qualifiers at Cornell on Friday.

BOYS

55 meters: 6, Eddie Cotton (11, Gilbertsville-Mount Upton) 7.01.

300: 8, Brandon Miles (12, Unadilla Valley) 38.77; 9, Eddie Cotton (11, GMU) 38.88.

600: 10, David Blomquist (12, Unadilla Valley) 1:30.34.

1,000: 4, Ben Gollin (11, Oneonta) 2:41.57; 6, Rob Burnett (11, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton) 2:50.64; 10, Tim Kilmer (11, Walton) 2:53.67.

1,600: 5, Connor Fuller (12, BGA) 4:34.07.

3,200: 6, Levi Anderson (12, Oneonta) 10:09.39.

55 hurdles: 4, Kevin Flaherty (12, Walton) 8.20.

800 relay: 7, Unadilla Valley (David Blomquist, Ryan Chapman, Kody Homann, Brandon Miles) 1:42.85; 8, BGA (Kevin Sutton, Nick Raymond, Daniel Norris, Brent Fuller) 1:43.89.

3,200 relay: 6, BGA (Noah Ives, Rob Burnett, Devon Rivera, Connor Fuller) 9:01.35; 10, Oneonta (Levi Anderson, Alex Fox, John Gell, Tom Talbot) 9:31.54.

Shot put: 1, Chris Puerilie (12, BGA) 43-10.75.

Long jump: 7, Eddie Cotton (11, GMU) 20-0.5; 9, Kody Homann (11, Unadilla Valley) 18-11.5.

Triple jump: 2, Aaron Murphy (11, Oneonta) 42-4.25.

High jump: 8, Mat Robinson (10, Oneonta) 5-3.

Pole vault: 6, John Gell (11, Oneonta) 11-0.

GIRLS

55 meters: 4, Shelby Cleaveland (11, Oneonta) 7.74; 8, Nikiah Gaydorus (10, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton) 7.90.

300: 9, Kim Kehr (10, Walton) 46.42.

1,000: 2, Kristine Reed (12, Walton) 3:06.66; 7, Daphne Knapp (8, BGA) 3:17.80; 8, Missy Emilio (10, Oneonta) 3:18.81.

1,500: 4, Taylor Hitchcock (8, Oneonta) 5:15.37.

1,500 racewalk: 5, Kaitlyn Herzog (12, Unadilla Valley) 9:36.37.

3,000: 2, Taylor Hitchcock (8, Oneonta) 11:01.31.

55 hurdles: 1, Julia Knapp (9, BGA) 9.08; 6, Jennifer Jelic (11, Oneonta) 9.92.

800 relay: 6, BGA (Nikiah Gaydorus, Christina Bochicchio, Stephanie Knowles, Katrina Ross) 2:00.51; 9, Sidney (Jill Livingston, Emma Egli, Paige Jump, Hannah Wood) 2:04.07.

1,600 relay: 4, Oneonta (Missy Emilio, Jennifer Jelic, Alexandra Sakoulas, Lauren Ward) 4:23.24; 8, BGA (Chloe McElligott, Nikiah Gaydorus, Daphne Knapp, Julia Knapp) 4:39.36.

Shot put: 2, Asia Revis (12, Sidney) 34-0.5; 4, Sam Mullineaux (11, Sidney) 32-2.0; 7, Kim Kehr (10, Walton) 28-11.5.

Long jump: 9, Kim Scofield (12, Oneonta) 14-11.5.

Triple jump: 3, Kim Scofield (12, Oneonta) 33-9.25.

High jump: T2, Theresa DiMartin (12, Oneonta) 4-10.