Bronson, Burgess Turn In Strong Performances At Roddick Invitational
By: Tim Birney / April 21, 2025
SHIPPENSBURG - Athens junior Abby Burgess and senior Sara Bronson each placed in one event, and Bronson did so in record-breaking fashion here Saturday at the 98th annual Roddick Invitational at Shippensburg University.
"Sara and Abby both had exceptional days against really high-level competition," said Athens coach Mike Bronson.
"They both competed really well, Sara setting a new school record in the 800, and Abby placing 4th in the 100 are just fantastic performances," he added.
Burgess finished fourth in the 100-meter dash in 12.4 seconds. She was 10th in the 200-meter sash in 25.76 seconds.
Bronson finished seventh in the 800-meter run in a school-record time of 2:21.82. She was 12th in the 1,600-meter run in 5:20.35.
Bronson now holds the school records in the 800-meter, 1,600-meter, and 3,200-meter runs at Athens, and also ran a leg on the record-holding 3,200-meter relay.
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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).
