ENDICOTT – Records were broken, some shattered by the Norwich Track and Field team at the Section IV State Qualifier meet on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at Union-Endicott High School.

The Norwich 4x400 meter girls’ relay team of Hailey Colabelli, Katie Gawronski, Nicole Jeffrey and Lucie Martin broke a record that previously stood for 19 years on Thursday afternoon. The foursome, however, missed qualifying for the New York State Championship meet by two-tenths of a second and just one place.

Relay team member Gawronski did qualify for the 400 meter hurdles event, breaking her previously set record and placing second with a time of 1:06.25. Gawronski will return to the state championship meet after making her first appearance a year ago in the same event where she placed eighth at Cicero-North Syracuse.

Joining her at the championships, which will be held at Middletown High School on June 7 and 8, is brother Gabe Gawronski. Gabe placed first in the 400 meter dash, crossing the finish line ahead of all other participants in the event and in a time below 50 seconds. Gawronski’s time of 49.94 was nearly a second faster than the second place finisher, Nathan Wilsoncroft of Horseheads (50.8 seconds).

Gabe was a member of the 4x400 meter boys’ relay team that simply shattered the record set just a few years ago. Gawronski, Eric Conant, Noah Bufalini and Griffin Mills have eyed the school’s benchmark all season long and with their time of 3:26.18 on the second day of the qualifying meet, they replace the names on the record board. The foursome also captured the top spot on the podium, securing their trip the state championship meet.