LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games short track speedskating event concluded Sunday, Feb. 8, with athletes competing in 1,500, 777, and 500-meter races in Lake Placid’s 1932 Jack Shea Arena.
In the Division 1 Heartland Women’s 1,500-meter, Sasha Mensa (Avon, Conn.), 16, claimed first with a time of 2 minutes, 51.411 seconds. In the men’s Division 2 Heartland final, Hugo Arthur Kelly’s (New Canaan, Conn.) time of 2:51.703 won the 15-year-old gold.
Serhiy Lifyrenko (Flushing, N.Y.), 39, finished first in the Division 9 Masters A 1,500-meter event, crossing the finish line in 2:44.688. In the following Division 7 Open 1,500-meter race, Kate Stewart (Cazenovia, N.Y.), 63, finished with an official time of 3:08.651.
The Division 5 Scholastic A title was won by Leilani Fuller (West Hartford, Conn.), 12, who finished her 1,500 meters in 2:53.135.
Theodore Tucholski’s (Delmar, N.Y.) time of 2:53.135 earned the eight-year-old a gold in the Division 3 Pre-Scholastic B event, the day’s only 777-meter race. The next race, the Division 8 Master B 1,000-meter, was won by Max Pometun (Havertown, Pa.), 49, with a time of 2:09.383.
Canadian Amaliia Bushareb (St. Catharines, Ont.), 15, completed her 1,000-meter race in 2:01.652, placing first in the Division 6 Scholastic B group.
To round out the day, Sam Winter (New Canaan, Conn.), 10, finished his nine laps in 2:01.214 to claim the top spot in today’s Division 4 Pre-Scholastic A 1,000-meter competition.
Complete results can be found HERE.