NORWICH – The Norwich track and field teams continued their dominance in a dual meet on the track Tuesday afternoon as both the boys and girls defeated the Oneonta Yellowjackets by a large margin.
The Purple Tornado boys’ team took the meet by a final score of 102-39, winning all but three events in the meet.
In the three events the Yellowjackets claimed first place in, Paul Zimmer came across the finish line first in two. Zimmer took both of the long distance events – the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. Oneonta’s 4x100 meter relay team finished the event first with a time of 50.9.
Norwich’s Gabe Gawronski was the top winner for the meet taking home a first place finish in three individual events and was the member of the 4x400 meter relay team that dominated the track. Gawronksi, who ran the last leg of the relay, finished the event in a relaxed pace as the Tornado were nearly a 300 meters ahead of the second place team.
Gawronski ran a 53.5 in the 400 meter race and finished the 800 meter run in 2:16. He also participated in the high jump during the meet, clearing a final height of 5 feet-10 inches.
The Tornado’s Eric Conant, another member of the 4x400 meter relay team, continued to shine as the top sprinter on the team. Conant grabbed first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.4 seconds and added the 200 meter to his winning sheet, crossing the finish line at 23.1 seconds.
Griffin Mills and Noah Buffalini joined Gawronski and Conant for the 4x400 meter team that finished the event with a time of 4:05. Mills jumped 19 feet-7.5 inches to come away with first place in the long jump while Buffalini cleared 7 feet in the pole vault.
Norwich’s Zack Lowe was also a two-event winner for the home team, stealing both of the throwing events. Lowe launched the discus 135 feet-3 inches for the top distance in the event. He also tossed the shot put at 48 feet-10 inches to claim first, scoring the home team more points in the win.
Other winners for Norwich included the 4x800 meter relay team of Stanton Baker, Nolan Reid, Julian Roque and Makaio Sutton that finished the event in 9:18.6, Jacob Russell in the 110 meter hurdles (18.5 seconds), Nik Barber in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02) and triple jump winner Eli Craddock with a distance of 38 feet-two inches.
The Norwich girls’ team finished first in all three relay events. The 4x100 team (Angela Carlson, Riley Marsh, Sydney Coggins, Hailey Coalabelli) sprinted to a time of 51.9 seconds as the first team to cross the finish line for the meet event.
With nearly the same team in both the 4x400 and 4x800 meter teams, the Lady Tornado claimed first place in the two events. The 4x400 meter team, made of up of Lucie Martin, Katie Gawronski, Nicole Jeffrey, Hailey Colabelli came in with a time of 4:19.10 while the 4x800 meter team finshed at 11:34.90. Martin, Gawronski and Jeffrey were joined by Andrienne Vedder for the longer relay event.
Jeffrey was the winner of the 1500 meter events with a time of 5:31.4, finishing well ahead of the rest of the participants in the event. Martin raced in the 800 meter event and took home first with a time of 2:35 while relay teammate Colabelli won the 400 meter race at 1:02.2.
In one of her individual events, Gawronski also came away with a win for the Norwich team. The Tornado junior ran a time of 1:08.2 in the 400 meter hurdles, an event she competed in at the New York State Championships at the end of the last season. She is planning to return to the state meet for the event again this year.
Miranda Cole, a Norwich freshman, tore up the track in the sprint races as she won both the 100 and 200 meter events. Cole finished first in the 100 with a time of 13.1. In double the amount of distance, Cole ran almost the exact same 100 meter split, coming in at 26.7 for the 200 meter dash.
Norwich’s Shakria Alexander matched her teammate Lowe as she came out the winner in both throwing events. Alexander threw the discus 89 feet-4 inches while also claiming first in the shot put.
Jada Reynolds took the 3000 meter events with a time of 13:26.6 while Riley Marsh sprinted through the 100 meter hurdles and finished the event in 18 seconds.
The Lady Tornado took two of three jumping events. Taylor Hansen won the triple jump event, landing in the pit at 31 feet-4.5 inches. Teammate Angela Carlson won the high jump with a height of 4 feet-10 inches.
Oneonta’s Morgan Jipson won the long jump while her Yellowjacket teammate Naomi Cook finished the pole vault at a height of 6 feet-6 inches.
Norwich’s girls won their side of the meet with a score of 97-44. The Purple Tornado travel to Whitesboro on Friday for an invitational meet. The will host the 14th annual REK Meet on May 3.
Boys-Norwich 102, Oneonta 39
100m Eric Conant Nor 11.4; 200m Eric Conant Nor 23.1; 400m Gabe Gawronski Nor 53.5; 800m Gabe Gawronski Nor 2:16; 1600m Paul Zimmer One 4:58; 3200m Paul Zimmer One 10:57.3; 110HH Jacob Russell Nor 18.5; 400IH Nik Barber Nor 1:02.0; 4x100m Oneonta 50.9; 4x400m Norwich (Noah Bufalini, Griffin Mills, Eric Conant, Gabe Gawronski) 4:05; 4x800m Norwich (Stanton Baker, Nolan Reid, Julian Roque, Makaio Sutton) 9:18.6; Long jump Griffin Mills Nor 19-7.5; Triple jump Eli Craddock 38-2; High jump Gabe Gawronski Nor 5-10; Pole vault Noah Buffalini Nor 7-0; Discus Zack Lowe Nor 135-3; Shot put Zack Lowe Nor 48-10
Girls- Norwich 97, Oneonta 44
100m Miranda Cole Nor 13.1; 200m Miranda Cole Nor 26.7; 400m Hailey Colabelli Nor 1:02.2; 800m Lucie Martin Nor 2:35.0; 1500m Nicole Jeffrey Nor 5:31.4; 3000m Jada Reynolds Nor 13:26.6; 100HH Riley Marsh Nor 18.0; 400IH Katie Gawronski Nor 1:08.2; 4x100m Norwich (Angela Carlson, Riley Marsh, Sydney Coggins, Hailey Coalabelli) 51.9; 4x400m Norwich( Lucie Martin, Katie Gawronski, Nicole Jeffrey, Hailey Colabelli) 4:19.1; 4x800m Norwich( Lucie Martin, Katie Gawronski, Andrienne Vedder, Nicole Jeffrey)11:34.9; Long jump Morgan Jipson One 15-9.75; Triple jump Taylor Hanson Nor 31-4.5; High jump Angela Carlson Nor 4-10; Pole vault Naomi Cook One 6-6; Discus Shakira Alexander Nor 89-4; Shot put Shakira Alexander Nor 89-4.