Despite the chilly temperatures, Lansing athletes posted some strong performances and even walked away with several "champion t-shirts."  The girls team was runner-up to Elmira Notre Dame who bested them by just three points and the boys team was 3rd.  Complete results here.

Some Lansing highlights:

• Both the boys (Daniel Dedrick, Dylan Rooney-Monger, Thomas Wells, Tom Stallone) and girls  (Kelly Miller, Abby Brown, Abigail Silva, Loveta Geesey) 4x800 teams of Lansing were victorious.
• Loveta Geesey won the 3000m run with a new personal best.
• Kiara Tornusciolo was victorious in the pole vault with teammate Elena Gaffney vaulting to a PR and 6th place.
• Kristen Johnston took the win in the high jump with teammate Sydney Burke jumping to third place.
• Trent Thibault and Daniel Dedrick placed 2-3 in the 3200m run with new personal records for each of them.  Trent's time of 10:41.52 is currently the second best Division 2 time by an 8th grader in the state and 4th best time by an 8th grader across all divisions.  This race after Daniel and Trent has run to a 3-4 finish, respectively, in the 1600.  Trent's time of 5:00.18 is also the current second best Division 2 time by an 8th grader in the state and the 7th best time by an 8th grader across all divisions.
• Kinsley Jacobs took second place in the 1500m run with teammate Kathleen Sullivan crossing the line in 4th place.
• Kinsley also ran to a new personal best and runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles with teammate Elena Gaffney racing to 4th place.
• The girls 4x400 team (Elena Gaffney, Caoilainn Tully, Kinsley Jacobs, Elise Jackson) ran to a new season best time and finished as runners-up to Marathon.
• Kiara Tornusciolo was runner-up in long-jump while Sydney Burke jumped to 5th place.
• The boys 4x400 team (Rowan Caldwell, Dylan Rooney-Monger, Charlie Watts, Tom Stallone) ran to a new season best time and third place.
• Asa Bartholomew ran two breakthrough 110m hurdle races, qualifying for finals and posting a big personal best and scoring with his 3rd place finish.
• Rowan Caldwell hit a big personal best in long jump, scoring in 3rd place.
• Tom Stallone raced to a new personal best in a competitive 800m run, placing 5th.
• Asa Bartholomew triple jumped to a new PR and 5th place.
• Xander Tavares threw a new discus personal best and scored for the Bobcats with a 5th place finish.
• Rowan Fox raced to a new personal best in the 400m hurdles, placing 5th.
• Kenzie Hunter made it to finals in the 100m dash, placing 6th overall with a new personal best.
• Kristen Johnston and Sydney Burke both qualified for the finals of the 100m hurdles with Kristen racing to a 6th place finish to score for the team.
• Abby Brown ran to a new personal best in the 800m run and placed 6th.
• Elise Jackson made her season debut with a 6th place finish in the 400m dash.
• Rowan Caldwell ran to a 6th place finish with a new personal best in the 400m dash.
• Owen Emmick scored for the team with his 6th place finish in pole vault.
• The girls 4x100 team (Kenzie Hunter, Raid Lyerla, Flynn Ivery, Natalia Kilts) raced to a new season best time and 6th place.

The boys and girls track and field teams of Lansing both improved their records to 6-0 on Monday night, winning against both Whitney Point and Southern Cayuga.  Final scores:
Girls:
Lansing 126, Whitney Point 13
Lansing 106, S Cayuga 33
Southern Cayuga 55, Whitney Point 36

Boys: 
Lansing 128, Whitney Point 11
Lansing 125, S Cayuga 13
Southern Cayuga 43, Whitney Point 42

It was a LONG night, but Lansing saw some very strong performances in Johnson City!  Results are still being rolled out from the meet director: keep checking here for the most updated results.

Some Lansing highlights:

• Aidan Gallagher won the pole vault, clearing 13'10" and punching his ticket to the 2022 State Championship meet with this super standard.  This is also the 8th best vault in school history.  Aidan also was runner up in the long jump and placed 5th in triple jump.
• Kiara Tornusciolo won the pole vault and teammate Elena Gaffney placed 6th.
• Kinsley Jacobs won the steeplechase.
• Kristen Johnston was runner-up in the high jump.
• Zachary Hwang was runner-up in the pole vault.
• Elena Gaffney placed 3rd in the 400 hurdles.
• The girls 4x400 team (Elena Gaffney, Abby Brown, Domenica Reeve, Kinsley Jacobs) placed 6th.
• The boys 4x800 team (Stephen Geise, Thomas Wells, Dylan Rooney-Monger, Parker Vooris) placed 6th.
• The girls 4x100 team (Kenzie Hunter, Raid Lyerla, Flynn Ivery, Natalia Kilts) made it to the finals and placed 7th.
• Sydney Burke placed 7th in her first ever pentathlon, earning the 7th best point total in school history.
• The boys 4x400 team (Charlie Watts, Tom Stallone, Stephen Geise, Rowan Caldwell) place 8th.

The wind was gusting and the rain and snow started flying by the end!  At times it felt more like winter spring!  

This meet was scored both as an invitational and as dual meets  (due to our cancelled meet two weeks ago as well as the replacement of the scheduled dual meet with this rescheduled invitational).  Lansing girls and boys both placed second overall at the invitational.  Complete results available here.

Dual meet scores:
GIRLS (4-0)
Lansing (95) wins over Moravia (39)
Lansing (121) wins over Groton (9)
Lansing (101) wins over Marathon (35)
Lansing (107) wins over Union Springs (28)
BOYS (4-0)
Lansing (108) wins over Moravia (54)
Lansing (106) wins over Groton (25)
Lansing (97) wins over Marathon (26)
Lansing (103) wins over Union Springs (19)

After a cancellation and postponement of two different meets, we finally saw our first competition of the season!  Mother Nature was on our side with blue skies and mild temperatures as Lansing hosted Dryden and Groton in an unscored meet aimed at getting our athletes who have been working hard through spring break the opportunity to make some quality times and marks.

Full results here.

We are so grateful to our parent photographers!  Photo credit to Cassy Rooney-Monger, Jami Johnston, and the Dedricks.