HICKS, DELINGER PACE ATHENS IN FOURTH-PLACE FINISH AT OWEGO INVITE
By: Tim Birney / September 24, 2022 / Photo: Liza Henderson
OWEGO — Sophomore Ethan Hicks and senior Ethan Denlinger both turned in
top-10 performances to lead Athens to a fourth-place finish in the
Large School Division here Saturday morning at the Owego Cross Country
Invitational.
“We were really happy with how today went, the
kids ran well in very competitive, deep fields,” said Athens coach Mike
Bronson. “We had a lot of kids run PRs or near PRs. Today showed we are
making progress.”
Vestal won the team title with 35 placement
points, while runner-up Union-Endicott had 69 points, Owego accumulated
77 points, and Athens tallied 124 points. Horseheads was fifth with 129
points.
Hicks finished ninth in a time of 17:25.8, and Denlinger
was 10th in 17:28.2, while junior Nate Prickitt was 29th in 18:58.9,
sophomore Ronel Ankam was 36th in 19:18.6, and freshman Sam Sensing was
46th in 20:36.0
Sophomore Aiden Oldroyd (22:18.8) and freshman Caleb Simwale (22:37.0) finished 53rd and 54th, respectively.
MODIFIED BOYS
Large School Division
Athens’ top five runners all finished in the top nine as the Wildcats ran away with the Large School Division team title.
Athens
tallied 23 placement points, well ahead of runner-up Union-Endicott’s
67 points. Horseheads was third with 71 points, Owego fourth with 83
points, and Maine-Endwell was fifth with 91 points.
Graham Wanck won the race by more than a minute, clocking in at 8:46, while Athens’ Eli Hicks was runner-up at 9:48.
Jacob Shores finished fifth in a time of 10:08, while Matt Rosette was seventh in 10:12, and Zach Fisher was ninth in 10:36.
Darious Miller was 22nd for Athens in 11:40,, while Isaac Roy was 30th in 12:32, and Johnny Roberts was 39th in 14:33.
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).
