MARATHON – Boy and Girl athletes from four school in Chenango County raced at the Section IV Class D Championship meet Wednesday afternoon and the Lady Storm finished in in third with 50 points. Their point total was the most scored by a county team at the meet.
Both the Lady Blackhawks of Oxford and Trojans of Greene finished with 23 points. The Oxford track and field team complied their 23 points for an eighth overall standing at the event while the boys of Greene placed 10th.
Individually, Julia Oglesby of Unadilla Valley once again claimed the top spot on the podium in four different events, repeating her performance from the MAC Championships a week earlier.
Oglesby won the same events for the second week in a row – the high jump, long jump, 200 meter and 100 meter dash – but there was something special about the time of one of her events.
Her time in the 100 meter dash, the shortest race of the meet, was recorded at 12.56 seconds. As Oglesby streaked down the lane for the event, she secured a new UV High School record Thursday afternoon.
Joining Oglesby on the podium for the results of the long jump was Oxford’s Jadyen Munson, placing fourth with a distance of 15 feet-6 inches.
Just missing her chance to snag team points was Bainbridge-Guilford’s Macie Leizear. Leizear however, recovered quickly and claimed points in the triple jump, finishing fifth.
Also placing in the triple jump was Oxford’s Katelyn Ingraham and Munson. Ingraham leaped to fourth place while Munson placed just one spot higher, landing in the pit at a distance just over 33 feet.
Molly Avolio of the Storm placed second in the shot put with a toss of 32 feet-10 inches. Avolio was edged out of first place by Gilberstville-Mount Upton’s Kathryn Hawkins.
On the boys side of the long jump, Bobcats’ Nick Petrutoni leaped to a distance of 18 feet-10 inches, edging out Greene’s Coy Austin for third place. The two were seperated by almost two inches.
Austin and his Trojan teammate Wynter battled it out on the track as they hurdled the 110 meter straight away. The two Greene athletes finished in a time under 18 seconds for the event as Austin finished two spots ahead of Wynter, who grabbed the final points spot.
In the 100 meter dash, Austin ran a 11.77 in the preliminaries and qualified for the finals. With just a few events in between, he raced again and came in eighth for the straight away race.
Wynter hurdled one lap around the track, crossing the finish line at 1:03.32 to secure fourth place for the race.
Battling in the same event was B-G’s Triston Wilson. Wilson finished two spots behind Wynter for sixth.
