BARTLOW, BRONSON LEAD LADY WILDCATS AT DISTRICT 4 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
By: Tim Birney / May 22, 2021 / Photo: Tim Birney
WILLIAMSPORT — Athens junior Olivia Bartlow was the top place-winner
for Valley girls, winning a bronze medal in the discus, while Athens sophomore Emma Bronson won a pair of medals in
the distance events here Saturday at the District 4 Track & Field
Championships.
The Lady Wildcats, competing in Class AAA,
finished seventh (out of seven) with 19 points, while Class Sayre was
tied for 18th (out of 27) with 4 points.
Bartlow
finished third in the discus with a toss of 91-feet, 2-inches, while
Athens sophomore Meltem VanHelden was 13th at 67-feet, 5-inches, and
freshman Emma Pernaselli was 14th at 62-feet, 9-inches.
Bronson finished fourth in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 5:35.27, and was fifth in the 800-meter run in 2:30.78
Senior
Leah Liechty and senior Emma Roe, junior Hannah Walker, and freshman
Mya Thompson teamed to finish fifth in the 1,600-meter relay in a time
of 4:25.19.
Liechty, sophomore Cassy Friend, and freshmen Emily
Henderson and Abbie Panek teamed to finish sixth in the 400-meter relay
in a time of 55.98 seconds.
Thompson, who won four medals on the
weekend, finished sixth in the long jump with a leap of 15-feet, 5
3/4-inches, and Friend was 10th at 14-feet, 4 1/4-inches.
Pernaselli finished eighth in the javelin with a throw of 94-feet.
About the Author
Tim Birney
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
