Norwich track and field takes second at Ed Wadas Invitational
WHITESBORO – Norwich’s star-studded boys and girls varsity track team continues to excel, taking home second place finishes for both sides this past weekend.
Norwich brought home multiple top-podium finishes on either side, posting a multitude of personal best marks in the process. Winning the Ed Wadas Invitational for the boys in 2017 was New Hartford with 106 points – while Norwich would finish second with 83 team points, besting Henninger at 61 points for third place.
The Tornado girls would finish second behind their 2017 champion Rome Free Academy at 145 points. The Norwich girls slid to second with 69 points, edging out Central Valley Academy at 59 points for third.
“The big highlight was that we placed second as a team for boys and girls, at a meet with some really good teams from section III,” said Norwich head coach Shaun Horan.
The boys side got started with some fireworks, as Norwich’s speedster Zack Race was bested in the 100m dash during the preliminary round, by Nasir Jones of Henninger at 11.34 compared to Race’s 11.49. Race would avenge the first round defeat in the finals with a first place finish, running an 11.17 second race – defeats Jones, who ran an 11.18 second time. Norwich’s Eric Conant would pull up a solid fourth place finish in the event, running an 11.72 second race.
Race and Conant would return to the track, to again finish first and fourth. Both Norwich sprinters dashed their way to personal best times in the 200m race – Race finishing in first with a 22.30 and Conant finishing in fourth with a 23.62 second time.
But wait, there is more.
The Tornado boys not only continued their stellar performances in the sprinting races – but extended their success into the mid-distance and distance races as well.
Scott Tomanocy hit a personal best time in the 400 meter dash, running a 53.69 second race, placing him sixth overall.
Impressively, Norwich’s Gabe Gawronski continued the trend into the 800 meter run – finally edging his way under the two minute mark – a longtime goal of Gawronski’s. Not only did Gawronski hit a seasons-best time, he earned a first-place finish in the 800m, running a 1:59.21, and officially was the only runner out of 28 to run under the two minute mark.
Noah Bufalini smashed some goals in the 1600m race, placing fifth overall in the event, with once again, a personal best time of 4:54.70.
Although, not a personal best time, Ky’sawn Veale pushed himself to a fourth place finish in the 110m hurdles – running a 17.30 second time. Connor Nial would run his first official race of the season in ‘his’ event, racing to a seventh place spot in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.88 – Nial suffered an early season injury delaying his 2017 debut.
Perhaps one of the most impressive feats of the day, Norwich senior Ben Ericksen fought his way to a second place finish in the 3000m steeplechase. Not only did Ericksen claim eight team points in doing so, he bettered his own Norwich High School record in doing so, running a 10:09 in the process.
In pursuit of claiming a spot on the wall, Norwich’s 4x100 meter relay team – David Berger, Zack Race, Ky’sawn Veale and Eric Conant – hit a PR time, snagging a second place finish. The Tornado sprinters took one step closer in closing in on the school record, running a 45.04.
Horan elected to point out, that although not all personal best times, all three of the boys relays placed second in the Section III Invitational – with the 4x400 meter team of Scott Tomanocy, James Heath, Zack Race, and Ben Ericksen running a 3:43.73, and the 4x800m team of Connor Nial, Noah Bufalini, Michael Cardoza, and Gabe Gawronski running a 8:42.49.
The field events, notably were not Norwich’s strongpoint on the weekend – that however, doesn’t mean personal best marks were not met.
Norwich’s Conant returned to his 2016 form with a massive jump of 19’8” landing him in fourth place overall – trailed by teammate Ky’sawn Veale who placed fifth with a jump of 19’3”. Veale would also claim an eighth place finish in the triple jump, jumping a 38’6” jump.
Tornado high jumper, Zack Clipston managed to round out the evening for the boys, climbing inside the top-ten in the high jump. Clipston managed to place seventh on the weekend, clearing 5’4”.
Boys Team Results:
New Hartford 106, Norwich 83, Henninger 61, VVS 54, Rome Free Academy (RFA) 44, Camden 44, Tully 42, APW 30, West Canada Valley 26, Whitesboro 24, Oriskany 20, Oneida 17, Proctor 15, Holland Patent 14, Central Valley Academy 4, South Lewis 4, Sauquoit Valley 1.
With the Norwich boys showing their dominance this past weekend, it only seemed fitting for the girls to follow suit and attempt to outshine them – and perhaps they did, qualifying one for the New York State meet among many other personal best times.
“Caroline Stewart had a great day,” said coach Horan.
Stewart managed to second in both the long and triple jump events – qualifying for the NYS meet in the long jump with her season-best mark of 17’2.75”. Stewart would land a second in the triple jump as well, with a mark of 34’8.5”.
Fellow sprinter and jumper, Emily Shattuck, impressed on the track this weekend. Shattuck managed to find the podium in all four of her races – the 100m, 200m, long jump, and 4x100m relay. Shattuck improved her preliminary time in the 100m dash from a 13.65 to a finals time of 13.57 – placing her fifth in the event officially, while tying for fourth due to time.
The 200m dash saw Shattuck bolt her way to a fourth place finish with a time of 27.75. Shattuck managed to trail Stewart in the long jump, grabbing a third place finish with her best jump of the day at 16’5”.
Hailey Colabelli decided to join the party when she stepped onto the track for the 400m dash. Colabelli ran a personal best time in the event – en route to a fourth place finish – running her time in 1:02.55.
The Tornado’s 800m runners continued to show major improvements – highlighted by Katie Gawronski claiming a fourth place finish with a personal best time of 2:30.05. Gawronski might have senior Meghan Komendarek to thank for providing that extra push, as Komendarek ran a 2:33.17 in the event, placing fifth – a season’s best time for the senior.
Nicole Jeffrey capped off a birthday weekend by racing her way to a third place overall finish in the 1500m run. Jeffrey claimed a third place in the event – by none-other than hitting a personal best time – running a 5:08.51.
Riley Marsh would emerge for the lady Tornado, bounding her way to yet another personal best time on the 100m hurdles. Marsh hit her mark, claiming a seventh overall finish on the weekend, off her time of 18.73.
The Tornado lady sprinters followed suite of the boys, racing to a second place overall finish in the 4x100m relay. Norwich’s girls squad – Delilah Geislinger, Caroline Stewart, Alison Mikalunas, and Emily Shattuck – placed second behind Rome Free Academy who ran a 50.33 second race compared to Norwich’s 52.31 time.
The girls 4x800m relay team – Hailey Colabelli, Katie Gawronski, Nicole Jeffrey, Meghan Komendarek – all runners who hit earlier personal best times, decided they would hit one more to cap off the day. The relay team for Norwich ran a season-best time of 10:26.17, and better yet, did so by placing second overall in the event.
“All four members of the 4x800 (meter relay team) had outstanding individual races,” said coach Horan.
Norwich’s senior thrower, Kara Evans, held down the fort for the Tornado throwers – claiming podium finishes in both the shot put and discus events. Both finishes came by way of personal best marks, as Evans landed in sixth place in the shot put with her personal best throw of 29’10” – all before launching the discus for a second place finish. Evans second place finish in the discus came through a massive new personal best throw of 102’11”.
Girls Team Results:
Rome Free Academy (RFA) 145, Norwich 69, Central Valley Academy 59, Camden 56.5, Proctor 44, New Hartford 36, Holland Patent 34, Oneida 29.5, APW 28, Whitesboro 27, New York Mills 25, Oriskany 24, West Canada Valley 12.
Norwich’s boys and girls varsity track and field teams return to competition on Tuesday, May 2, at 4 p.m. when they travel to Windsor for a dual meet. This coming Friday, May 5, at 4 p.m. the Tornado track and field team will be hosting their annual REK track meet in Norwich.
Norwich brought home multiple top-podium finishes on either side, posting a multitude of personal best marks in the process. Winning the Ed Wadas Invitational for the boys in 2017 was New Hartford with 106 points – while Norwich would finish second with 83 team points, besting Henninger at 61 points for third place.
The Tornado girls would finish second behind their 2017 champion Rome Free Academy at 145 points. The Norwich girls slid to second with 69 points, edging out Central Valley Academy at 59 points for third.
“The big highlight was that we placed second as a team for boys and girls, at a meet with some really good teams from section III,” said Norwich head coach Shaun Horan.
The boys side got started with some fireworks, as Norwich’s speedster Zack Race was bested in the 100m dash during the preliminary round, by Nasir Jones of Henninger at 11.34 compared to Race’s 11.49. Race would avenge the first round defeat in the finals with a first place finish, running an 11.17 second race – defeats Jones, who ran an 11.18 second time. Norwich’s Eric Conant would pull up a solid fourth place finish in the event, running an 11.72 second race.
Race and Conant would return to the track, to again finish first and fourth. Both Norwich sprinters dashed their way to personal best times in the 200m race – Race finishing in first with a 22.30 and Conant finishing in fourth with a 23.62 second time.
But wait, there is more.
The Tornado boys not only continued their stellar performances in the sprinting races – but extended their success into the mid-distance and distance races as well.
Scott Tomanocy hit a personal best time in the 400 meter dash, running a 53.69 second race, placing him sixth overall.
Impressively, Norwich’s Gabe Gawronski continued the trend into the 800 meter run – finally edging his way under the two minute mark – a longtime goal of Gawronski’s. Not only did Gawronski hit a seasons-best time, he earned a first-place finish in the 800m, running a 1:59.21, and officially was the only runner out of 28 to run under the two minute mark.
Noah Bufalini smashed some goals in the 1600m race, placing fifth overall in the event, with once again, a personal best time of 4:54.70.
Although, not a personal best time, Ky’sawn Veale pushed himself to a fourth place finish in the 110m hurdles – running a 17.30 second time. Connor Nial would run his first official race of the season in ‘his’ event, racing to a seventh place spot in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.88 – Nial suffered an early season injury delaying his 2017 debut.
Perhaps one of the most impressive feats of the day, Norwich senior Ben Ericksen fought his way to a second place finish in the 3000m steeplechase. Not only did Ericksen claim eight team points in doing so, he bettered his own Norwich High School record in doing so, running a 10:09 in the process.
In pursuit of claiming a spot on the wall, Norwich’s 4x100 meter relay team – David Berger, Zack Race, Ky’sawn Veale and Eric Conant – hit a PR time, snagging a second place finish. The Tornado sprinters took one step closer in closing in on the school record, running a 45.04.
Horan elected to point out, that although not all personal best times, all three of the boys relays placed second in the Section III Invitational – with the 4x400 meter team of Scott Tomanocy, James Heath, Zack Race, and Ben Ericksen running a 3:43.73, and the 4x800m team of Connor Nial, Noah Bufalini, Michael Cardoza, and Gabe Gawronski running a 8:42.49.
The field events, notably were not Norwich’s strongpoint on the weekend – that however, doesn’t mean personal best marks were not met.
Norwich’s Conant returned to his 2016 form with a massive jump of 19’8” landing him in fourth place overall – trailed by teammate Ky’sawn Veale who placed fifth with a jump of 19’3”. Veale would also claim an eighth place finish in the triple jump, jumping a 38’6” jump.
Tornado high jumper, Zack Clipston managed to round out the evening for the boys, climbing inside the top-ten in the high jump. Clipston managed to place seventh on the weekend, clearing 5’4”.
Boys Team Results:
New Hartford 106, Norwich 83, Henninger 61, VVS 54, Rome Free Academy (RFA) 44, Camden 44, Tully 42, APW 30, West Canada Valley 26, Whitesboro 24, Oriskany 20, Oneida 17, Proctor 15, Holland Patent 14, Central Valley Academy 4, South Lewis 4, Sauquoit Valley 1.
With the Norwich boys showing their dominance this past weekend, it only seemed fitting for the girls to follow suit and attempt to outshine them – and perhaps they did, qualifying one for the New York State meet among many other personal best times.
“Caroline Stewart had a great day,” said coach Horan.
Stewart managed to second in both the long and triple jump events – qualifying for the NYS meet in the long jump with her season-best mark of 17’2.75”. Stewart would land a second in the triple jump as well, with a mark of 34’8.5”.
Fellow sprinter and jumper, Emily Shattuck, impressed on the track this weekend. Shattuck managed to find the podium in all four of her races – the 100m, 200m, long jump, and 4x100m relay. Shattuck improved her preliminary time in the 100m dash from a 13.65 to a finals time of 13.57 – placing her fifth in the event officially, while tying for fourth due to time.
The 200m dash saw Shattuck bolt her way to a fourth place finish with a time of 27.75. Shattuck managed to trail Stewart in the long jump, grabbing a third place finish with her best jump of the day at 16’5”.
Hailey Colabelli decided to join the party when she stepped onto the track for the 400m dash. Colabelli ran a personal best time in the event – en route to a fourth place finish – running her time in 1:02.55.
The Tornado’s 800m runners continued to show major improvements – highlighted by Katie Gawronski claiming a fourth place finish with a personal best time of 2:30.05. Gawronski might have senior Meghan Komendarek to thank for providing that extra push, as Komendarek ran a 2:33.17 in the event, placing fifth – a season’s best time for the senior.
Nicole Jeffrey capped off a birthday weekend by racing her way to a third place overall finish in the 1500m run. Jeffrey claimed a third place in the event – by none-other than hitting a personal best time – running a 5:08.51.
Riley Marsh would emerge for the lady Tornado, bounding her way to yet another personal best time on the 100m hurdles. Marsh hit her mark, claiming a seventh overall finish on the weekend, off her time of 18.73.
The Tornado lady sprinters followed suite of the boys, racing to a second place overall finish in the 4x100m relay. Norwich’s girls squad – Delilah Geislinger, Caroline Stewart, Alison Mikalunas, and Emily Shattuck – placed second behind Rome Free Academy who ran a 50.33 second race compared to Norwich’s 52.31 time.
The girls 4x800m relay team – Hailey Colabelli, Katie Gawronski, Nicole Jeffrey, Meghan Komendarek – all runners who hit earlier personal best times, decided they would hit one more to cap off the day. The relay team for Norwich ran a season-best time of 10:26.17, and better yet, did so by placing second overall in the event.
“All four members of the 4x800 (meter relay team) had outstanding individual races,” said coach Horan.
Norwich’s senior thrower, Kara Evans, held down the fort for the Tornado throwers – claiming podium finishes in both the shot put and discus events. Both finishes came by way of personal best marks, as Evans landed in sixth place in the shot put with her personal best throw of 29’10” – all before launching the discus for a second place finish. Evans second place finish in the discus came through a massive new personal best throw of 102’11”.
Girls Team Results:
Rome Free Academy (RFA) 145, Norwich 69, Central Valley Academy 59, Camden 56.5, Proctor 44, New Hartford 36, Holland Patent 34, Oneida 29.5, APW 28, Whitesboro 27, New York Mills 25, Oriskany 24, West Canada Valley 12.
Norwich’s boys and girls varsity track and field teams return to competition on Tuesday, May 2, at 4 p.m. when they travel to Windsor for a dual meet. This coming Friday, May 5, at 4 p.m. the Tornado track and field team will be hosting their annual REK track meet in Norwich.
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