ATHENS' WANCK WINS BOB GREENE INVITE; LEADS ATHENS TO SECOND-PLACE FINISH

By: Tim Birney  /  October 6, 2022  /  Photo: Chela Bubniak

VOUGH FINISHES THIRD IN GIRLS RACE

NEWARK VALLEY — On the heels of winning the prestigious McQuaid Invitational, Athens 8th-grader Graham Wanck won the modified boys race at the Bob Greene Cross Country Invite, and Eli Hicks placed sixth to lead the junior Wildcats to a second-place finish in the team standings.

Ithaca won the team title with 38 placement points, while Athens tallied 82 points, and third-place Delhi had 97. Waverly finished 14th with 355 points.

Wanck clocked in at 8:14.1 — nearly 32 seconds ahead runner-up Aidan Neiley of Wyalusing,  to cross the finish line first in a field of 177 runners, while Hicks crossed the finish line in 9:09.7.

Jacob Shores finished 21st for Athens in a time of 9:35, while Matt Rossettie was 23rd in 9:38.9, and Zach Fisher was 35th in 9:57.6.

Abram Steinfelt finished 63rd in 10:35.7, while Darious Miller was 79th in 10:58.9, Isaac Roy was 92nd in 11:18.2, and Jonny Roberts was 141st in 13:30.7.

Chase Hine paced Waverly with a 42nd-place in a time of 10:03.4, while Trent VanHouten was 88th in 11:14.6, and Hayden Montanye was 98th in 11:26.7. Logan Robinson placed 161st in 15:08.6, and Mark Myers was 164th in 15:22.0.

GIRLS
Athens Alisa Vough placed third, and Waverly’s Taylor Sinsabaugh ran to a top-40 finish to pace the junior Wolverines in a seventh-place finish in the girls modified race.

Vough clocked in at 10:10.5 to place third in the field of 113 runners.

Sinsabaugh finished 39th in a time of 12:08.7, while Miah Correll was 48th in 12:25.5, Trinity Mayo was 49th in 12:26.2, and Destiny Harbst was 51st in 12:35.8.

Maddison Harvey finished 71st in 13:21.8, and Ashley Fehrenbach was 80th in 13:46.7.

Maddie Burrowes led Tioga with a 64th-place finish in a time of 13:00.0, while Lacey Ward was 88th in 14:11.2, Amelia Toomey was 101st in 15:09.8, and Brooklin Lynch was 105th in 15:21.4.