ATHENS' BRONSON SISTERS, WAVERLY'S VAUGHN TURN IN STRONG PERFORMANCES AT McQUAID INVITATIONAL
By: Tim Birney / October 1, 2022
ROCHESTER — Athens sophomore Sara Bronson and senior Emma Bronson, and
Waverly junior Elizabeth Vaughn turned in top-50 performances here
Saturday in the girls Small School race at the prestigious McQuaid Cross
Country Invitational.
Athens finished 21st in a field of 36
complete teams, which also featured 322 runners. Waverly had just four
runners, and was incomplete.
"The kids ran great today,” said
Athens coach Mike Bronson. “The level of competition was really deep
this year and our kids responded really well."
Sara Bronson
finished 12th in a time of 19:00.9 to pace Athens.Her time was good for
49th place in the merged results, which combines all the races on the
day and consisted of a field of 1,437 runners.
Emma Bronson was 47th (208th merged) in 20:26.9, and junior Thea Bentley was 114th in 21:51.8.
Senior
Abby Prickitt finished 244th in a time of 24:43.1 for the Lady
Wildcats, while freshman Olivia Cheresnowsky was 255th in 25:02.1, and
junior Janae Harkins was 299th in 27:22.8.
Vaughn finished 42nd
(172nd merged) for the Lady Wolverines, clocking in at a time of
20:08.2, while sophomore Harper Minaker was 71st in 20:52.0, freshman
Mackenzie Chamberlain was 115th in 21:52.9, and sophomore Haylie
Davenport was 257th in 25:09.9.
Athens hosts Wellsboro and
Wyalusing Tuesday in a double-dual at Round Top Park, while Waverly
returns to action Thursday at Newark Valley’s Bob Green Invitational.
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).
