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NORWICH – It is safe to say that the 2017 Norwich boys and girls varsity track and field team is quite good.
After dominating most of the MAC League at the Quinney Invitational this past Saturday, April 22, in Sidney – Norwich wasted no time in returning to competition form when they hosted a three-way meet with Oneonta and Chenango Forks, Tuesday, April 25.
“We had a lot of great performances which obviously helped us with the wins,” said Norwich head coach Shaun Horan. “Overall, the Norwich athletes were very positive. Our athletes were incredible when it came to cheering on teammates, the 4x400 was by far the loudest event of the night.”
Norwich rolled over the Yellowjackets and Blue Devils handing them team losses for the boys of 81-60 and 83-58, respectively – while the Tornado girls defeated Oneonta and Chenango Forks 86-55, and 117-22, respectively.
It might officially be safe to say, that junior Zack Race is the fastest sprinter to ever step on a Norwich track.
Zack Race tied the hand-timed school record in the 100 meter dash, and broke the facility record with his 10.8 second race on Tuesday. Race took home an obvious first home finish, while Norwich’s Eric Conant and David Berger rounded out a solid sweep of the event.
“The old facility record was actually a tie between Barry Benjamin and a few other fast guys from different schools,” said coach Horan of Zack’s record-breaking day.
Barry Benjamin of Norwich (1983), Droomgoole of Chenango Valley (1983), and Austin Flowers of Ithaca (1988) all previously held the facility record at 10.9 seconds in the 100m dash, hand-timed.
En route to a stellar performance on the track, Race also smashed his own NHS school record in the 200 meter dash – posting his fastest hand timed race of 21.9 seconds for a first place finish, and downing the facility record as well, which was previously held since 1988, by Austin Flowers of Ithaca at 22.5 seconds.
Horan elected to point out five personal best performances from his squad of athletes – among many other fantastic outings.
• Ky’sawn Veale, PR time in the 110 hurdles with a time 16.8 seconds and a near PR in triple jump.
• David Berger, tied his PR height in pole vault at 9’6”
• Zack Clipston, PR jump in high jump at 5’6”
• Caroline Stewart, had a seasons best jump in triple jump at 35’3.75”
• Emily Shattuck, had a seasons best 200m dash time at 27.9 seconds
Along with the top-five PR performances, five out of six of the relay teams hit solid marks – with the five all earning first place finishes.
• 4x100m boys relay: James Heath, Eric Conant, Ky’sawn Veale, and Zack Race
• 4x100m girls relay: Delilah Geislinger, Alison Mikalunas, Hailey Colabelli, and Emily Shattuck
• 4x400m relay boys: Scott Tomanocy, Noah Bufalini, Connor Nial, and Gabe Gawronski (seasons best time)
• 4x400m relay girls: Meghan Komendarek, Katie Gawronski, Delilah Geislinger, and Halie Colabelli (seasons best time)
• 4x800m relay boys: Chris Barton, Noah Bufalini, Ben Ericksen, and Gabe Gawronski (seasons best time)
Below are the first place finishers in each event, each matchup between the three schools was scored as a separate meet.
 
Norwich Girls 86 defeats Oneonta 55
• 100m, Shattuck of Norwich at 13.2
• 200m, Shattuck of Norwich at 27.9
• 400m, Colabelli of Norwich at 1:04.0
• 1500m, Jeffrey of Norwich at 5:39.6
• 3000m, Jeffrey of Norwich at 11:56.2
• 100m HH, Lynch of Oneonta at 16.9
• 400m IH, French of Oneonta at 1:13
• 4x100m, of Norwich at 53.2
• 4x400m, of Norwich at 4:32
• 4x800m, Oneonta at 10:45.8
• Long Jump, French of Oneonta at 16’6.5”
• Triple Jump, Stewart of Norwich at 35’3.75”
• High Jump VanderSommen of Oneonta at 4’10”
• Pole Vault, Miller of Oneonta at 7’0”
• Shot Put, Evans of Norwich at 28’10”
• Discus, Evans of Norwich at 100’6”
 
Norwich Girls 117 defeats Chenango forks 22
• 100m, Shattuck of Norwich at 13.2
• 200m, Shattuck of Norwich at 27.9
• 400m, Colabelli of Norwich at 1:04.0
• 1500m, Jeffrey of Norwich at 5:39.6
• 3000m, Jeffrey of Norwich at 11:56.2
• 100m HH, Klockowski of Norwich at 18.7
• 400m IH, Gawronski of Norwich at 1:16
• 4x100m, of Norwich at 53.2
• 4x400m, of Norwich at 4:32
• 4x800m, of Oneonta at 10:45.8
• Long Jump, Stewart of Norwich at 16’3.5”
• Triple Jump, Stewart of Norwich at 35’3.75”
• High Jump, Stewart of Norwich at 4’6”
• Pole Vault, Eddy of Norwich at 6’6”
• Shot Put, Evans of Norwich at 28’10”
• Discus, Evans of Norwich at 100’6”
 
Norwich Boys 81 defeats Oneonta 60
• 100m, Race of Norwich at 10.8
• 200m, Race of Norwich at 21.9
• 400m, Tomanocy of Norwich at 54.3
• 1600m, Ericksen of Norwich at 5:04.2
• 3200m, Miller of Oneonta at 10:41.3
• 110m HH, Veale of Norwich at 16.8
• 400m IH, Morell pf Oneonta  at 1:05.2
• 4x100m, of Norwich at 45.4
• 4x400m, of Norwich at 3:40.5
• 4x800m, of Norwich at 8:31.4
• Long Jump, Conant of Norwich at 18’11.5”
• Triple Jump, Veale of Norwich at 38’3.25”
• High Jump, Depauw of Oneonta at 5’8”
• Pole Vault, Virelli of Oneonta at 10’6”
• Shot Put, Williams of Oneonta at 45’6”
• Discus, Gould of Oneonta at 114’0”
 
Norwich Boys 83 defeats Chenango Forks 58
• 100m, Race of Norwich at 10.8
• 200m, Race of Norwich at 21.9
• 400m, Walling of CF at 54.2
• 1600m, Ericksen of Norwich at 5:04.2
• 3200m, Ames of CF at 11:24
• 110m HH, Veale of Norwich at 16.8
• 400m IH, Carley of CF at 1:04.0
• 4x100m, of Norwich at 45.4
• 4x400m, of Norwich at 3:40.5
• 4x800m, of Norwich at 8:31.4
• Long Jump, Conant of Norwich at 18’11.5’
• Triple Jump, Veale of Norwich at 38’3.25”
• High Jump, Clipston of Norwich at 5’6”
• Pole Vault, Pezzino of CF at 10’6”
• Shot Put, Eherts of CF at 46’1”
• Discus, Paulhamus of CF at 121’0”
 
Norwich boys and girls track and field returns to competition on Friday, April 28, when the team travels to Whitesboro, NY for the Ed Wadas Invite.