The only thing that disappointed was the weather.

Competing in conditions that felt more like early December than the first Saturday in May did not stop some of the area's best track and field athletes from setting course records during the 17th annual Cooperstown Invitational.

The powerhouse Cooperstown boys team won its fourth straight C-town Invitational title, led by senior Josh Edmonds' record-breaking performance in the 3,200 and two first place finishes from fellow senior Chris Goodspeed.

Goodspeed was named athlete of the meet after winning the 400 meters (51.7); 400 hurdles (59.6) and placing third in the pole vault (10-6). Edmonds won both the 1,600 (4:31.2) and the 3,200 in 9:40.0. Edmonds' time in the 3,200 broke a 15-year-old record of 9:44.9 set by Dave Garner of Walton in 1991. Edmonds was named runner of the meet.

The Redskins also took home first place medals in the 800, Brian Reis (2:04.4); discus, Kyle Bronson (135-4); high jump, Mike Tandle (5-8); and the 3,200 relay team of Chris Leon, Kris Reynolds, Will Tirrell and Reis (8:49.5) also won. CCS finished with 137 points, while second place Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton had 86 and third place Cobleskill-Richmondville 71.

"We finished 1-2 in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200," Cooperstown boys track coach Don Howard said. "Our distance crew remains the rock from which we continue to build."

Howard added that Reis is becoming a top quality scorer and was one of the top performers of the invitational.

Milford's Danny Baxter also had an impressive day, missing a 21-year-old school record in the triple jump by one quarter of an inch while winning the triple jump, and placing second in the 110 hurdles and third in the 400 hurdles. Baxter's winning triple jump was 39 feet, nine and 3/4 inches, while the school record is 39 feet, 10 inches, set by Jon Adee in 1985. Baxter also had personal bests in both hurdle races.

"We were really excited with what Danny was able to accomplish," said Milford track coach Dave Prouty.

Prouty also pointed to the performance of senior Josh Graves, who threw farther than 100 feet in the discus for the first time to finish sixth, as a highlight of his boys' team performances. Milford finished seventh in the 14-team field.

"Every point we got, we had to work extremely hard for," said girls track coach Connie Herzig. "The kids stepped up to every challenge, and this was a total team effort."

CCS beat out Sidney for second place by just three points, and the Warriors got 40 points from superstar Katelyn Guerriere alone. Guerriere broke her own Invitational records in winning the 100 hurdles and triple jump, while Cooperstown was scrapping for every top six finish they could muster.

Morgann Clark was CCS's only individual competitor to place second with a throw of 87-1 in the discus. Clark also took fifth in the shot put. The 1,600 relay team also placed second.

Junior Becky Fisher took third and freshman Anna Weber fourth in both hurdle races; Jessie Walrath was third in the discus and Andi Lyons fourth in the discus; Chloe Strange took sixth in the 1500 despite being seeded ninth; and senior Dana Leonard ran a personal best in the 800 to finish fifth. Herzig said distance runners Audrey Henkels, Rebecca Adikes and Mary Catherine Harmon all ran personal best time in their races as well.

"We just battled all day," Herzig said. "I'm extremely proud of the way we competed."

B-G-A won the girls meet with 111 points.

The Milford girls had just one girl place, with eighth grader Chandler Prouty throwing a personal best in the discus to take sixth. Head coach Dave Prouty said his 4x100 relay team of Natasha Roseboom, Maria Arnot, Morgan Dutcher and Prouty ran a season best as well.

Notes: The Cooperstown boys team has now won 11 of 17 C-town Invitational titles, while the CCS girls placed in the top three for the first time in four years.