QUEENSBURY
,
N.Y.
- The local track and field season may be over, but the Spoto sisters continue
to tear up the summer circuit.
Amanda Spoto, about to enter
her senior year at St. Joseph Hill, took two gold medals with two personal-best
throws at the Empire State Liberty Track and Field Tour championships at
Queensbury HS.
Competing in the young women
division, she started her day with a 41 feet, 2.5 inch throw for the shot put
gold medal, and threw the discus 126-4 for the second gold.
A three-time Advance All Star,
she is set to launch an attack to be the greatest combination shot and discus
thrower in
Island
interscholastic history.
Her younger sisters also fared
well in the youth division.
Brittany
won the javelin with a 94-9 toss, and later placed second in the long jump
(14-4).
Ashley Spoto was second in the
shot put with a 25-1 throw.
The Empire State Liberty Track
and Field Tour championships replace the now defunct Empire State Games, a
long-time fixture on the summer track and field circuit.
