Valley Sports ReportMARATHON — Senior Chase Hine and junior Hayden Montanye turned in top-10 performances to lead Waverly to a third-place finish here Saturday at the rugged Marathon Cross-Country Invitational, while freshman Evan Preshur was Tioga's top runner.
Corning won the team title in the boys unseeded race with 44 placement points, well ahead of runner-up Ithaca, which had 124 points. Waverly tallied 141 points, Watkins Glen was fourth with 149, and Chenango Forks was fifth with 179 points. Tioga was 24th with 659 points.
Hine placed fourth in a time of 18:00, and Montanye finished 10th in 18:45.
Junior Drayton DeKay was 38th in 20:08, while sophomore Colton Santalucia was 46th in 20:33, junior Garret Akins was 72nd in 21:29, and sophomore Jack Shaw was 96th in 22:10.
Preshur finished 126th in 23:45 to lead the Tigers, while junior Carter Allen was 165th in 25:53, and freshman Andrew Mills was 171st in 26:07.
Freshman Mason Rink (27:19) and sophomore Logan Bensley (27:29) finished 178th and 179th, respectively, for Tioga.
GIRLS
Junior Miah Correll was the top Valley finisher in the girls race, placing 29th in a tie of 24:34, and senior Taylor Sinsabaugh was 52nd in 26:38.
Junior Maddie Burrowes was Tioga's lone competitor, finishing 93rd in a time of 37:35.
MODIFIED
Avery Hine ran to a third-place finish in the girls modified race, clocking in at 10:54 to pace the Wolverines, while Braelynn Smith was 16th in 11:54, and Shawna Granger was 22nd in 12:15.
Addalynn Thomas finished 39th in 13:17 for Waverly, and Isabella Palanza was 49th in 14:29.
Waverly finished third out of six teams.
On the boys side, Joseph Dorsey led Waverly with a 40th-place finish in a time of 11:51, while Colton Fassett (12:25) and Parker Brunk (12:27) were 53rd and 54th, respectively.
Skyler Decker finished 71st in a time of 13:49, while Wyatt Sinsabaugh was 75th in 14:06, and Marshall Williamson was 84th in 14:38.
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IN PHOTO: Waverly's Chase Hine. ... VSR STOCK PHOTO.
