Delaney: MacMillan adjusting from Alaska
The warm temperatures around the area Thursday were an issue in Camden, where the Tri Valley League girls track and field teams were competing in the league championships.
As I was driving into Camden, a bank reading on Route 13 was 87 degrees just before 5 p.m. I don't know if that was true. According to weather web sites I checked later, afternoon temperatures in Camden didn't go that high.
Regardless, the hot sun was an issue for the distance runners. VVS's Lauren MacDonald, who is not a fan of warm weather, won two events and was second in another. Before the meet, MacDonald told herself the conditions would be the same for everyone and she had to gut it out. MacDonald won the 1,500, ran a leg of VVS's winning 4x800 relay and was second in the 3,000.
"Today I felt good," MacDonald said. "The last couple laps of the 3,000 were brutal."
Camden's Jessica Farley, who won three events and was named track athlete of the meet, was not bothered by the warm weather. Farley is a sprinter.
"The weather was beautiful," Farley said. "This is perfect to run in. I do better when it's warm."
Holland Patent's Jessica MacMillan might have the biggest adjustment to warm conditions. The sophomore moved to Central New York from Anchorage, Alaska last year. MacMillan won the 400 hurdles with a time of 68.6 seconds, one-tenth of a second off her own school record. MacMillan's father Joe is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and was transferred to Griffiss in August.
"I'm used to the 50s so this is extra hard," MacMillan said.
MacMillan qualified for states in four events when she was in Alaska. Here, she will go for one or two.
"The competition here is tougher," she said.
As I was driving into Camden, a bank reading on Route 13 was 87 degrees just before 5 p.m. I don't know if that was true. According to weather web sites I checked later, afternoon temperatures in Camden didn't go that high.
Regardless, the hot sun was an issue for the distance runners. VVS's Lauren MacDonald, who is not a fan of warm weather, won two events and was second in another. Before the meet, MacDonald told herself the conditions would be the same for everyone and she had to gut it out. MacDonald won the 1,500, ran a leg of VVS's winning 4x800 relay and was second in the 3,000.
"Today I felt good," MacDonald said. "The last couple laps of the 3,000 were brutal."
Camden's Jessica Farley, who won three events and was named track athlete of the meet, was not bothered by the warm weather. Farley is a sprinter.
"The weather was beautiful," Farley said. "This is perfect to run in. I do better when it's warm."
Holland Patent's Jessica MacMillan might have the biggest adjustment to warm conditions. The sophomore moved to Central New York from Anchorage, Alaska last year. MacMillan won the 400 hurdles with a time of 68.6 seconds, one-tenth of a second off her own school record. MacMillan's father Joe is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and was transferred to Griffiss in August.
"I'm used to the 50s so this is extra hard," MacMillan said.
MacMillan qualified for states in four events when she was in Alaska. Here, she will go for one or two.
"The competition here is tougher," she said.
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