Chenango County Indoor Track at Section IV Winter Classic

Robert Jeffrey
Sun Sports Contributor
Sports@evesun.com

CORTLAND – While the frigid temperatures within Central New York continued to fall, athletes from Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton, Norwich and Unadilla Valley hit the track on the campus of SUNY Cortland as a flock of athletes faced some stark competition during the Section IV Winter Classic on Wednesday, December 27.

On the boys side for BGA, Abel Keve scored in the 55 meter dash with a sixth place finish in a time of 7.10 seconds. Eian Hall recorded a tenth place finish in the 600 meter dash with his time of 1:51.71 minutes. Hall later made another appearance in the results with a seventh place finish in the triple jump in a bound of 34 feet five inches. Nate Henry placed eighth in the shot put with his throw of 30 feet 11.50 inches.

As for the girls from BGA, Kristen Chambers scored in the 55 meter hurdles with her fourth place finish in the event with a time of 10.32 seconds. In the shot put, Kaia Fuller placed sixth with her throw of 26 feet even.

The Unadilla Valley Storm boys hit the track hard as they kicked the meet off with a sixth place finish in the 4x400m relay in which the quartet of Ben Avolio, Dawson Carson, Jordan Mirabito and Austin Vandyke ran a time of 4:28.61. Josh Nogaret placed third in the 3200m race as the long winded harrier ran a time of 11:09.32. Andy Grace placed seventh in the 1000m run pacing to a time of 3:11.47, Grace later claimed a ninth place finish in the 1600 meter race with his time of 5:25.78. Austin Vandyke placed fifth in the 600 meter dash with a time of 1:39.41. Ben Avolio took first place in the 300 meter dash with a time of 38.62. Jordan Mirabito placed seventh in the same event with a time of 40.47, Mirabito also placed fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 34 feet eight inches. Peter Burghardt placed ninth in the triple jump with his performance of 31 feet seven and one quarter inches. Dawson Carson placed tenth in the high jump, clearing a height of four feet eight inches.

As for the UV girls, the 4x400m relay team placed fourth as the squad of Paige Catena, Katelyn Dixson, Isabel Mendoza, and Sierra Schrag finished with a time of 5:08.77 minutes. Sadie Dibell placed fourth in the 3000m run in a time of 13:48.22. In the 1000m race, Sierra Schrag and Rebecca Rufino finished within seconds of each other as they both placed eighth and ninth respectively. Schrag ran a time of 4:00.65 while Rufino finished just behind her teammate in a time of 4:02.29. Schrag later in the meet placed second in the high jump clearing a height of four feet six inches. Stephanie Montgomery placed tenth in the 55 meter dash in a time of 8.37 seconds. Isabela Mendoza claimed a second place finish in the 600 meter dash in a time of 1:56.87, Mendoza later ran a 48.48 in the 300m dash to place sixth. Paige Catena placed eighth in the 1500m run with her time of 6:14. Molly Avolio placed fourth in the shot put with her throw of 28 feet one and a half inches.

For the Norwich Purple Tornado boys, their start to the meet was a healthy one as the squadron of Nik Barber, Justin Bates, James Heath and Alex Taylor placed second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:12.94. Julian Roque placed sixth in the 1000 meter run with a time of 3:11.16. Alex Taylor placed seventh in the 600 meters with a time of 1:43.52. Ryan Sanford placed seventh in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 10.74 seconds and later placed tenth in the triple jump with a leap of 31 feet four and one quarter inches. Stanton Baker placed sixth in the 1600m run with a time of 5:20.47 seconds. In the distance medley relay, the foursome of Baker, Barber, Bates and Roque placed third in a time of 13:09.44. Barber also tied for fifth in the high jump as he cleared a height of five feet.

For the NHS girls, Adrienne Vedder placed seventh in the 600 meters with her time of 2:02.50, Vedder later placed ninth in the 1500 meters with her time of 6:25.40. Riley Marsh placed tenth in the 55 meter hurdles with her time of 10.77 seconds.

While BGA and UV track teams are inactive for the remainder of the winter break, The Norwich Purple Tornado indoor track team returns to action Friday as several NHS athletes are set to compete at the New Balance Armory in New York City for the nationally recognized Marine Corps Holiday Classic. The meet is set to begin at 9:00am and is scheduled conclude at 9:00pm, live results can be found in real time on www.armorytrack.com.

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