By: Tim Birney / April 20, 2021
ATHENS — The Athens girls and boys both posted dominant wins over Canton
and Northeast Bradford here Tuesday afternoon in NTL track & field
action at Alumni Stadium.
Senior Emma Roe, junior Hannah Walker,
and freshman Mya Thompson were quad-winners, and sophomore Emma Bronson
and freshman Emily Henderson were triple-winners to lead the Lady
Wildcats to a 114-20 win over NEB, and a 110-32 win over Canton.
Senior
Asher Ellis and junior Justin Lynch were triple-winners to lead a
balanced boys team to a 97-44 win over Canton, and a 107-24 win over
NEB.
GIRLS
Athens 110, Canton 32
Athens 114, NEB 20
The Lady Wildcats won 15 of 18 events to post a pair of big wins.
Roe and Walker tied for first in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.9 seconds.
Roe
won the 200-meter dash in a time of 28.91 seconds, and freshman Cassy
Friend was third in 31.14 seconds. She also won the 400-meter dash in
1:05.15.
Walker won the 300-meter hurdles in 50.88 seconds, and freshman Emily Henderson was second in 1:01.79.
Roe and Walker teamed with Thompson and Henderson to win the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 4:41.35.
Walker and Thompson teamed with Henderson and Friend to win the 400-meter relay in a time of 56.34 seconds.
Thompson won the long jump with a leap of 15-feet, 4 1/3-inches, and Friend was second at 12-feet, 8 1/2-inches.
Thompson
led a sweep in the triple jump with a hop, skip, and jump of 30-feet,
6-inches, while Bronson was second at 28-feet, 11-inches, and Friend was
third at 27-feet, 5-inches.
Henderson won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 21.11 seconds, and sophomore Shelby Morris was second in 22.86 seconds.
Bronson won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:35.62. She also won the 1,600-meter run in a time of 5:43.07.
Bronson won the 3,200-meter run in a time of 13:51.37, and freshman Cailyn Conklin was second in 16:37.02.
Junior Emily King won the pole vault at 5-feet, 6-inches, and Morris was second at 5-feet.
Morris won the high jump at 3-feet, 6-inches.
Freshman Emma Pernaselli won the javelin with a throw of 84-feet, 9-inches
Junior
Olivia Bartlow finished second in the discus with a throw of 84-feet,
10-inches, and Pernaselli was third at 79-feet, 10-inches. Bartlow was
third in the shot put with a heave of 25-feet, 2-inches.
BOYS
Athens 97, Canton 44
Athens 107, NEB 24
Athens had eight different athletes win individual events in lopsided wins over Canton and NEB.
Ellis
won the discus with a toss of 139-feet, 7-inches, and the javelin with a
throw of 150-feet, 2 1/2-inches. He also won the shot put with a heave
of 44-feet, 4-inches.
Junior Justin Lynch won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:15.33, and sophomore Ethan Denlinger was third in 2:27.29.
Lynch
teamed with senior Connor Dahl, junior Kyle Anthony, and freshman Ryan
Lasusa to win the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 3:51.88.
Lynch
teamed with sophomore Ethan Denlinger, junior Sander Bertsch, and
sophomore Nate Prickitt to win the 3,200-meter relay in a time of
9:52.82.
Dahl led a sweep in the 1,600-meter run in a time of
4:56.31, while junior Matt Gorsline was second in 4:59.37, and Bertsch
was third in 5:34.41.
Gorsline led a sweep in the 3,200-meter run
in a time of 11:17.6, while Dahl was second in 11:37.55, and Anthony
was third in 12:03.35.
Jaden Wright won the 100-meter dash in 12.51 seconds, and Daniel Horton was second in 12.73 seconds.
Senior
Joe Toscano led a sweep in the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.02
seconds, while senior John Ayres was second in 26.31, and Horton was
third at 26.37 seconds
Junior Levi Kuhns led a sweep in the
300-meter hurdles, clocking in with a time of 51.87 seconds, while
junior Brendan Jones was second in 51.89 seconds, and junior Ryan
Thompson was third in 54.09 seconds.
Lasusa won the 400-meter dash in 55.84 seconds, and Kyle Anthony was third in 56.2 seconds.
Senior
Carter Jones was second in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 20.87
seconds, and Brendan Jones was third in 21.99 seconds.
Junior
Connor Brown finished second in the long jump with a leap of 16-feet, 9
1/2-inches, and Toscano was third at 16-feet, 3-inches.
Brendan Jones finished third in the triple jump with an effort of 33-feet, 2-inches.
Athens returns to action Friday when it hosts Wyalusing.