SIDNEY – The boys and girls of the Greene varsity track and field team traveled over to Sidney for the annual Section IV Class C Meet, last Thursday, May 26., at Sidney high school.
Out of the seventeen teams which were present for the meet, the boys would finish in fourteenth with only two-points scored. The eventual winner on the boys side would be Dryden who locked up the team win with 112-points.
The Lady Trojans wouldn’t fair much better as a team overall, as they would score just two-points, ending them in sixteenth place. The winner on the girls side was Newark Valley with 87-points.
Despite the low team scoring, their were some standout efforts made individually by both the boys and girls.
Boys:
• 400 meter dash saw the winning time go to Tor Wildenstein of Dryden with a 49.78. However, Greene's Nolan Scofield would run a 1:03.44 for a seventeenth place finish.
• In the 400 meter hurdles and with a time of 1:00.07, Jonny Polo Rankin of Tioga would earn the win. However, Greene's Greg Wynter would see some success with a seventh place finish, running a 1:03.69.
• 800 meter run saw the winner from Chenango Forks, Kevin Withers, run a winning time of 2:02.88. While Greene's Scofield would secure a twelfth place finish with a time of 2:19.70.
• Tor Wildenstein of Dryden would earn another win in the 200 meter dash with a blazing time of 22.68. Greene would see two of their sprinters, Jacob Arboit and Kevin GAO finish in twenty-first and twenty-fourth respectively with times of 26.34 and 26.43.
• The 4x400 meter relay saw Greene finish in a respectable ninth place when they ran a time of 4:01.73. The winning team from Dryden would edge out Notre Dame for the win, with a time of 3:35.20.
• Pole vault is where Greene would finally see some points role in when The Trojans Chris Klecha would clear the monster height of 11'0.1” for a fifth place finish. Jack Murphy of Trumansburg would earn the win in the event however, when he cleared 13'. Kevin GAO of Greene would land in eleventh place with a height of 9'06”.
• Discus would see Jacob Morrison of Unatego earn the win with a throw of 139'03”. The Trojans would see Jacob Arboit finish in twentieth with a throw of 93'9”, and Phil Nelson in thirty-second with a throw of 65'07”.