Bronson Wins Forbes Invitational; Athens Girls Place Second, Boys Fourth
By: Tim Birney / September 8, 2024
ONEONTA - Senior Sara Bronson won gold here Saturday at the Flash Forbes Cross Country Invitational, leading five Valley girls place in the top 10.
The Wildcats finished second in the team standings with 77 placement points, with Delhi winning the team title with 62 points. Waverly finished eighth in the 12-team field with 198 points.
Bronson won in a time of 20:38.2, edging Maine-Endwell standout Cassie Burt by 1.5 seconds.
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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).
