Valley Sports ReportSAYRE — Senior Abby Burgess and sophomore Alissa Vough were triple-winners to lead Athens to wins over Sayre and Northeast Bradford here Tuesday afternoon in NTL girls track & field action, and Sayre senior Emma Cole was a double-winner.
"I think we had a really good meet," said Athens coach Mike Bronson. "I definitely saw progress from last week. We had some people try some different events to try and figure out where they best fit.
"I was really happy to see how a lot of the freshmen girls performed," he noted. "Stella Unger ran a really nice 800 to win, Bili Wennie, Latavia Catwell, and Eden Fedorchak give us some good depth in the sprints, and Charlotte Delamater is making good progress in the shot and disc.
"I thought our more experienced girls did a nice job of competing tonight, we tried to not overload them too much since we are competing again on Thursday at the Kirby Relays."
"Abby Burgess and Lizzie Gorsline both ran nice controlled races," he added. "Ava Hughes and Alissa Vough both stayed under control, but both ran faster than last week. Elizabeth Denlinger looked good in the pole vault jumping over 8-foot, 6-inches, and Maleah Hadlock and Annika Lezak both had good nights throwing."
The Wildcats amassed 120 points in the win, while the Panthers had 36, and the Redskins tallied 10 points.
Burgess won the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.88 seconds, while freshman Bilikula Wennie was second at 14.08 seconds, and junior Kaitlyn Leonard was third at 14.73 seconds. Sayre's Lilyana Colon was 10th in 15.7 seconds.
Burgess won the 200-meter dash in 27.24 seconds, and Wennie was second in 29.41 seconds. Colon was eighth in 33.18 seconds.
Burgess teamed with Leonard, sophomore Savannah Boyles, and Wennie to win the 400-meter relay in a time of 54.91 seconds.
Vough won the 1,600-meter run in a time of 5:45.01, while senior Ava Hughes was second in 5:52.54, and freshman Stella Unger was fourth in 5:56.51.
Vough and Hughes also finished 1-2 in the 3,200-meter run, with Vough clocking in at 14:20.64, and Hughes finishing in 14:20.75.
Hughes and Vough teamed with Unger, and sophomore Marlene Roelle to win the 3,200-meter relay in a time of 11:37.99.
Cole won the discus with a toss of 83-feet, 8-inches, while sophomore Maleah Hadlock (63-feet, 9-inches) and sophomore Annika Lezak (60-feet, 2 1/2-inches) finished second and third, respectively, in the discus for the Wildcats, and freshman Charlotte Delamater was fourth at 59-feet, 4 1/2-inches.
Cole won the shot put with a heave of 27-feet, 2 1/2-inches, while Hadlock finished second at 25-feet, 11-inches, Delamater was third at 24-feet, and Athens sophomore Cynthia Inthavongca was fourth at 21-feet, 8-inches.
Unger won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:45.75, and Marlene Roelle was third in 2:48.19.
Boyles won the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 57.76 seconds.
Leonard won the triple jump at 28-feet, 5-inches, and freshman Latavia Catwell was second in 24-feet, 10 1/4-inches.
Senior Elizabeth Denlinger won the high jump at 4-feet.
Denlinger also won the pole vault at 8-feet, 6-inches, and senior Fiona Coniglio was second at 6-feet, 6-inches.
Athens senior Lizzie Gorsline won the 400-meter dash in 1:07.6, and freshman Eden Fedorchak was second at 1:11.22.
Lezak won the javelin with a throw of 92-feet, 10-inches, while senior Alivia Learn was second at 71-feet, 7-inches, junior Mya Smith was third at 66-feet, 9-inches, and junior Ella Yeager was fourth at 58-feet, 4-inches. Colon was ninth at 39-feet, 3-inches.
Junior Haylie Horton, senior Karolin Roelle, freshman Eden Fedorchak, and Marlene Roelle teamed to win the 1,600-meter relay in a time 4:55.07
Denlinger was second in the long jump at 12-feet, 10 1/2-inches, and Leonard was third at 12-feet, 10 1/4-inches.
Athens and Sayre return to action Thursday at the Ron Kirby Relays at Canton.
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PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.
