NTL / IAC CROSS COUNTRY: BRONSON SISTERS LEAD ATHENS TO FOURTH-PLACE LARGE SCHOOL FINISH AT OWEGO INVITE (9 PHOTOS) (2022-09-24)


WAVERLY’S VAUGHN FINISHES 7TH IN SMALL SCHOOL RACE; ATHENS’ VOUGH WINS LARGE SCHOOL MODIFIED RACE; WAVERLY PLACES THIRD

Valley Sports Report
OWEGO — Sophomore Sara Bronson finished third, and senior Emma Bronson was 10th to pace Athens to a fourth-place finish in the Large School Division here Saturday at the Owego Cross Country Invitational.

 “We were really happy with how today went,  the kids ran well in very competitive, deep fields,” said Athens coach Mike Bronson. “We had a lot of kids run PRs or near PRs. Today showed we are making progress.”

U-E won the Large School team title with 71 placement points, while runner-up Horseheads had 80 points, third-place finisher Owego had 82 points, and Athens tallied 108. Elmira finished fifth with 112 points.

Sara Bronson clocked in at 19:27.3, and Emma Bronson finished in 21:13.8, while junior Thea Bentley was 18th in 21:57.2, and junior Emily Henderson was 32nd in 24:03.7.

Freshman Olivia Cheresnowsky finished 46th in 25:04.6, and senior Abby Prickitt was 49th in 25:28.7.

Small School Division
Junior Elizabeth Vaughn ran to a seventh-place finish to lead an incomplete Waverly in the Small School Division race.

Vaughn clocked in at 20:48.4, while sophomore Harper Minaker was 13th in 21:32.3, freshman Mackenzie Chamberlain was 22nd in 22:22.4, and junior Haylie Davenport was 59th in 26:39.8.

Junior Lexy Ward was Tioga’s lone runner, finishing 60th in a time of 26:45.9.

MODIFIED GIRLS
Large School Division
Seventh-grader Alisa Vough won the Large School Division modified race in a time of 11:06.6, more than 51 seconds faster than the runner-up.

Abigail Conklin was 36th for the junior Wildcats in a time of 16:46.5.

Small School Division
Waverly finished third in the Small School Division modified race, led by Trinity Mayo, was placed 10th in 12:12.

Taylor Sinsabaugh placed 15th in 12:20 for the junior Wolverines, while Miah Correll was 27th in 13:26.2, Destiny Harbst was 34th in 13:57.6, and Ashlee Fehrenbach (14:29.8) and Maddison Harvey (14:37.9) finished 42nd and 43rd, respectively.

Isabella Minaker was 53rd in a time of 15:47, while Karis Hayes was 56th in 16:48, and MaKaylah Knickerbocker was 59th in 19:09.2.

Kendall Ward was Tioga’s top finished, placing 38th in a time of 14:25.2, while Lacey Ward was 45th in 14:58.2, and Maddie Burrowes was 47th in 15:08.5.