Varsity track & field had a final 2021 gathering at Myers Park on Thursday -- and XC summer training is now underway!  Athletes are encouraged to join Finger Lakes Fleet both for training and on Strava if they are looking for summer running accountability and/or to email Coach Scheffler for Tompkins County Pole Vault Club summer vaulting information.

The top finishers from each of the seven class championships gathered at Marathon's track to compete against each other in the first ever Section IV Showcase.  Complete results available here.  Lansing's top finishers included:

Kyle Reid, 2nd place, High Jump
​Kiara Tornusciolo, 2nd place, Pole Vault
Sirus Desnoes, 3rd place, Long Jump
Aidan Gallagher, 4th place, Pole Vault
Girls 4x800, 4th place
Miles Kimball, 5th place, 110 Hurdles
Boys 4x100, 6th place
Boys 4x800, 6th place
Sirus Desnoes, 6th place, High Jump
Emmy Jackson, 6th place, 1500m

The top 2 finishers in each event at these championships earned a ticket to compete in the Section IV Showcase where they would face the top two finishers from the Section IV A, B, C-2, D-1, D-2, and D-3 Championships.  Lansing top finishers included:

Morgan Somchanhmavong, 100m & 200m Champion
Emmaline Jackson, 1500m Champion
Kiara Tornusciolo, Pole Vault Champion
Boys 4x800, Champion
Girls 4x800, Champion
Miles Kimball, 110m Hurdles Runner-Up
Boys 4x100, Runner-Up
Kyle Reid, High Jump Runner-Up
Sirus Desnoes, Long Jump Runner-Up
Aidan Gallagher, Pole Vault Runner-Up
Mackenzie Stark, 800m Runner-Up
Kinsley Jacobs, 2000m Steeplechase Runner-Up
Sydney Burke, High Jump Runner-Up

In addition, the following athletes earned Sectional All-Star Status:

Uche Igwe, 100m & 200m
Connor Watts, 400m
Aidan Hathon, 1600m
Daniel Dedrick, 3200m
Miles Kimball, 400m Hurdles
Boys 4x400
Sirus Desnoes, High Jump
Drew Zemanick, Discus
Colton Stauffeneker, Shot Put
Loveta Geesey, 3000m
Hana Thibault, 100m & 400m Hurdles
​Girls 4x400
Paige Howard, Long Jump
​Kiara Tornusciolo, Triple Jump

Complete results here.

Photo credit: John Brenner

This year, the IAC Championships were not team scored, with athletes striving to reach All-Star individual status.  Lansing had many athletes achieve personal records as well as earn a spot on the podium.  Complete results available here.

Photo credit (Day 2, boys): John Brenner

Lansing Track & Field took a smaller squad than usual to this invitational with the prom happening the same day.  Several athletes earned personal records and four athletes were event champions: 

Aidan Gallagher, Pole Vault
Elise Jackson, 800m
Emmy Jackson, 1500m
Kinsley Jacobs, 2000m steeplechase

Complete meet results here.

Photo credit: John Brenner

Full results here.

Photo credits: John Brenner, Cassy Rooney-Monger

Full results here.

Team scores:
Boys
Tburg 73 vs Lansing 67
Tburg 72 vs Dryden 69
Lansing 72 vs Dryden 67
 
Girls
Tburg 102 vs Lansing 37
Tburg 102 vs Dryden 30
Lansing 67 vs Dryden 61

Full results here.

Photo credit to John Brenner, Cassy Rooney-Monger, and Karin Silva.

Both the boys and girls teams won decisively over Southern Cayuga and Whitney Point in Meet #2 of the season.  Full results here.

(No spectators allowed at this meet...and thus we were missing our devoted parent photographers! More photos next meet!)