SECTION IV BOYS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: FOURSOME OF JUNIORS LEAD WAVERLY TO IAC TEAM TITLE AT QUINNEY INVITATIONAL (24 PHOTOS) (2019-12-22)

Valley Sports Report
CORTLAND "” Junior Jayden Rose was a double-winner, and juniors Caden Wheeler, Collin Wright, and Alex Gadow each had a trio of top-three finishes to lead Waverly to the team title in the IAC Division here Saturday at the Quinney Indoor Track & Field Invitational at SUNY Cortland.

Rose won the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:47.13. He also teamed with sophomore Nate Ackley, senior Brandon Bubniak, and jWright to win the 3,200-meter relay in a time of 9:06.14.

Wheeler won the long jump with a leap of 21-feet, 4 1/3-inches, and senior Isaac Chandler was fourth at 19-feet. He finished second in the 300-meter dash in 38.36 seconds, and sophomore Sam VanDyke was sixth in 40.35 seconds.

Wheeler also teamed with VanDyke, 8th-grader Ralph Johnson, and freshman John Price to finish third in the 800-meter relay in a time of 1:44.72.

Bubniak, Wright, Vandyke, and junior Alex Gadow teamed to finish second in the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 3:56.51.

Wright finished third in the 3,200-meter run in a time of 10:18.71.

Gadow finished third in the shot put with a heave of 34-feet, 2 1/2-inches, and sophomore Hunter Elston was 11th in 26-feet, 3-inches. Gadow was also third in the triple jump with an effort of 36-feet, 1/2-inch, and junior Skyler Dengler was fifth at 30-feet, 2-inches.

Johnson finished fourth in the 55-meter dash in 7.08 seconds, and Price was 12th in 7.94 seconds.

Bubniak finished fourth in the 600-meter run in a time of 1:35.7, and sophomore Matt Atanasoff was sixth in 1:51.39.

Ackley finished fourth in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 4:53.97, and sophomore Gavin Schillmoeller was 11th in 6:01.63.

Waverly returns to action Saturday at the Winter Classic at SUNY Cortland.

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IN PHOTO 1: Waverly's Jayden Rose. ... PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHELA BUBNIAK.