Gawronski sheds a full second off personal best in 600 meter race

STATEN ISLAND – Five members of the Norwich boys indoor track and field team returned home from the New York State Championships with a broken record and personal bests from the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Complex on Staten Island.

Breaking the school record for the final time this season was the Norwich Boys 4x200 relay team as the four athletes placed 17th out of 23 teams in the event. The team of Eric Conant, Gabe Gawronski, Nik Barber and David Berger finished the event with a time 1:33.98 that replaced the previous record breaking time (1:34.07) by nine hundredths of a second.

Conant continued his day by running in the 55 meter dash. Running the straight away of the track, the Norwich senior raced to a time of 6.81 seconds. Out of 38 participants in the event, Conant placed 29th overall.