CALEDONIA — Jess Huber didn't like her lane in the girls' 200-meter Division II final Saturday, but she placed third and lowered the Section VII record anyway.
The Beekmantown junior was one of six area athletes to claim a combined eight medals on the second and final day of the NYSPHSAA Track and Field Championships at Caledonia-Mumford High School.
The top six finishers in each division receive medals, as do the top eight in the Federation for each event.
Huber was toward the outside of the track in the 200.
"I hate lane six," she said. "You're ahead of everyone on the turn, so you're feeling fine. And then it comes up and bites you in the (butt)."
Huber set the section record of 25.7 seconds at last year's meet. She bettered that in Friday's semifinals and then beat that time Saturday with a 25.26.
"I was just trying to keep my legs going," she said of Saturday's final straightaway. "I couldn't make them go any faster, but I was trying."
Huber later placed seventh in the Federation (overall) 200.
Kyla Kenyon of Tupper Lake increased her medal total to four. The senior crossed the line in 15.68 in the 100 hurdles Division II final and took seventh in the 400 hurdles Federation race. Her time of 1:03.56 trimmed four hundredths off of her Section X record from a day earlier.
Harvey Smith, a sophomore from Malone's Franklin Academy, registered a fourth-place finish in the boys' 400 Federation final with a time of 49.97.
Ticonderoga's Jay Hebert described his fourth-place finish in the Division II 110 hurdles as "amazing."
The freshman, who had qualified for the outdoor state championships for the first time, ran a 14.98.
"Coming in fourth here, that's more than I could ever hope for right now," Hebert said. "That was awesome."
He said he didn't get a great start but made up for it later. Knowing that the higher-seeded runners are placed in the inner lanes, Hebert could tell he was having a strong race.
"When I was beating the guy in lane three, I knew I must've been cruising," he said.
Peru junior Dan Lennon made the podium for the second straight day and had a much smoother race. After losing a shoe in his best event, the 3,200, Friday, he kept them both on in the 1,600 and finished in 4:19.30. He had to run in the first heat, but his time held up for fifth in Division II.
"I figured it would actually be an advantage, not getting mixed up with everybody in the fast heat (or) getting boxed in a lot," he said, noting that his 10th place in the Federation standings narrowly missed the podium. "So that's pretty exciting for next year."
Lennon finished the meet with three medals.
His Peru teammate, Bryce Schnaars, took ninth in the Division II high jump Saturday, clearing 6 feet.
Amanda Gadway of Franklin Academy earned her second medal of the meet with a fourth-place showing in the girls' Federation discus throw. She recorded a distance of 117 feet, 9 inches.
Saranac's Victoria Phaneuf threw 34-11¾ to place eighth in the Division II shot put, and Alexandra Farrington was also eighth in the Division II pentathlon with 2,425 points.
Email Courtney Lewis at: clewis@pressrepublican.com
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