ITHACA – Thomas Reilly and Caroline Stewart made it into the Norwich High School history books when the Tornado men and women’s Indoor Track teams participated in the Doug Quinney Invitational at Cornell University this past weekend.

Reilly broke the NHS Indoor Track record for shot put, hitting the 51 feet, six inches mark, while Stewart broke two records. She hit a new long of 33 feet, five inches in the triple jump and a new high of four feet, eight inches, in the high jump competition.

The Tornado throwers had a particularly good day. Along with Reilly placing first in shot put, Katelyn Shaver took second in the women’s shot put competition, with a throw of 35 feet, 10 inches and David Bernstein placed second in the men’s shot put, with a throw of 45 feet, four inches.

“Thomas and David have taken first and second in every meet this year, no one else is even close in Section 4,” said Norwich throwing coach Thomas Stoddard. “Katelyn Shaver has placed second on three occasions, only losing to Alexis Daniels, who was last year's State Champion in shot put.”

Stoddard believes that the three Tornado throwers have performed well enough this year to merit a trip to the New York State Tournament. He said, “All three (throwers) have a really good chance of going to States, which would be the first time Norwich has every taken three throwers to States. All three would tell you that it is the result of a dedicated commitment to the weight room, especially focusing on the Olympic lifts.” He continued, saying, “They deserve it. Tons of training went into making them some of the best throwers in the state.”

Other standouts for Norwich in the Invitational were; Ben Erickson, who placed fourth in the men’s 3200 meter race, with a time of 10:14.15; Emily Shattuck, who placed sixth in the women’s long jump competition, nailing a jump of 15 feet, nine inches; and the men’s 1600 meter relay team, composed of David Berger, Noah Bufalani, James Heath and Eric Conant, who placed sixth with a time of 3:56.50.

The Tornado women placed ninth overall, while the men finished an impressive third place, with 43 total points. Corning were the overall winners of both the men and women’s sections. The women finished with 126 points, while the men scored 102 total points.