ATHENS TEAMS EARN FOUR MEDALS AT DAY 1 OF DISTRICT MEET
By: Tim Birney / May 19, 2022 / Photo: Chris Manning
WILLIAMSPORT — The Lady Wildcats, competing in Class 3A, brought home a
trio of medals from Day 1 of the District 4 Track & Field
Championships, while the Class AA Athens boys earned one medal.
GIRLS — CLASS AAA
The
foursome of junior Emma Bronson, sophomores Thea Bentley and Mya
Thompson, and freshman Sara Bronson had the best finish of the day for
the Wildcats. They placed fourth in the 3,200-meter relay in a time of
10:10.79.
Seniors Olivia Bartlow and Taylor Walker earned the only individual medals of the day for the Athens teams.
Bartlow
placed sixth in the shot put with a heave of 30-feet, 8 1/2-inches, and
sophomore Emma Pernaselli was 12th at 27-feet, 6 1/2-inches.
Taylor
Walker finished sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 31-feet, 7
3/4-inches, and sophomore Mya Thompson was seventh at 31-feet, 7-inches.
Senior
Hannah Walker qualified for the finals of the 100-meter hurdles,
running the seventh-fastest time — 17.16 seconds — in the preliminaries.
Freshman
Hannah Earls was 10th in the high jump at 4-feet, 5-inches, and
Pernaselli finished 12th in the javelin with a throw of 91-feet,
3-inches,
Junior Jenny Ryan was 14th in the 100-meter dash in 14.23 seconds, and freshman Addy Wheeler was 15th in 14.54 seconds.
BOYS — CLASS AA
The
foursome of seniors Kyle Anthony, Sander Bertsch, and Ryan Thompson,
and junior Ethan Denlinger scored the only team point of the day for the
Athens boys. They teamed to finish eighth in the 3,200-meter relay in a
time of 8:37.19.
Junior Jaden Wright qualified for the finals of
the 100-meter dash. He ran the fifth-faster time in the prelims at
11.57 seconds, and the fourth-fastest time in the semifinals at 11.5
seconds.
Senior Levi Kuhns ran the 13th-fastest time in the
prelims of the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 17.3 seconds. Kuhns
finished 16th in the semifinals in a time of 18.76 seconds.
Freshman
Kolsen Keathley finished 19th in the 100-meter dash in 12.08 seconds,
while sophomore Josh Martin was 21st in the javelin with a throw of
130-feet, and freshman Ronel Ankam was 23rd in the 110-meter hurdles in
22.34 seconds.
Day 2 of the District 4 Championships is Saturday at Williamsport High School. The action begins at 9 a.m.
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).
