Whitfield, Velez-Olmo, Roth shine at Super 8 meet
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SALAMANCA -- Nick Whitfield and Ledreth Velez-Olmo of Fredonia each won an individual event and were part of a winning relay at the Super 8 Meet of Champions on Friday night.
Abby Roth, also of Fredonia, stood atop the podium, too.
It was a good night for the Hillbillies.
Whitfield won the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet, 1 inch; Velez-Olmo claimed the 400 meters (51.23); and they were joined on the first-place 1,600-meter relay team that also included Jayden Yerico and Matt Linder. Their time was 3:32.15.
Roth, meanwhile, turned in a leap of 32-11.25 to claim first place in the triple jump and teammate Julia LeBaron was second with a 32-11.24.
In other results, Whitfield placed third in the high jump (5-9) and sixth in the 100 meters (11.69), just ahead of Linder (11.80), who was also third in the 200 meters (23.23) and third in the long jump (19-6.25). Eighth-grader Mariella Russo was second in the high jump with a personal-best 4-11; Gigi Ferro finished fifth in the high jump with a 4-7; and Alex Field was sixth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.67).