3rd Annual REK Invitational today
NORWICH – The 3rd annual REK Friends Forever Invitational Track and Field Meet continues to grow, and today at 5 p.m., Norwich hosts the eight-team event that has a strong local flavor.
Participating along with the hosts are Greene, Oxford, Sherburne-Earlville, Unadilla Valley, Morris, Waterville, and Cincinnatus, and it will kick off with the traditional 100-meter memorial walk to honor 2000 NHS graduates Rachel Nargiso, Emily Collins, and Katie Almeter, for whom the invitational is named. “There is a good message behind the track meet,” said Norwich co-head track and field coach Phil Curley. “It’s more than just running: It’s getting together to celebrate youth, and reflect how precious that is and appreciate that.”
Trophies will be awarded to the first-place boys and girls teams. Among the individual awards are ribbons for the top five place-winners in each event, and a plaque presented to the most outstanding male and female perfomer of the meet. “It’s a competitive atmosphere, but at the same time it is friendly,” Curley said. “We want this to be a pleasurable experience and we want teams to come back. I have really enjoyed the coaches and athletes from the previous two years.”
An athletic event to celebrate the lives of Almeter, Nargiso, and Collin was mulled for several years before the inaugural track meet in 2006. Almeter was a state track and field champion her senior season at Norwich High School and the school record-holder in multiple events. She was also best friends with Nargiso and Collins. The threesome died tragically in a crash in November of 2000 on the campus of Colgate University in Hamilton.
Participating along with the hosts are Greene, Oxford, Sherburne-Earlville, Unadilla Valley, Morris, Waterville, and Cincinnatus, and it will kick off with the traditional 100-meter memorial walk to honor 2000 NHS graduates Rachel Nargiso, Emily Collins, and Katie Almeter, for whom the invitational is named. “There is a good message behind the track meet,” said Norwich co-head track and field coach Phil Curley. “It’s more than just running: It’s getting together to celebrate youth, and reflect how precious that is and appreciate that.”
Trophies will be awarded to the first-place boys and girls teams. Among the individual awards are ribbons for the top five place-winners in each event, and a plaque presented to the most outstanding male and female perfomer of the meet. “It’s a competitive atmosphere, but at the same time it is friendly,” Curley said. “We want this to be a pleasurable experience and we want teams to come back. I have really enjoyed the coaches and athletes from the previous two years.”
An athletic event to celebrate the lives of Almeter, Nargiso, and Collin was mulled for several years before the inaugural track meet in 2006. Almeter was a state track and field champion her senior season at Norwich High School and the school record-holder in multiple events. She was also best friends with Nargiso and Collins. The threesome died tragically in a crash in November of 2000 on the campus of Colgate University in Hamilton.
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