WARD, DAVENPORT PACE WAVERLY'S EFFORTS AT SEASON-OPENING HURLEY INVITE

By: Tim Birney | Waverly Athletics | December 10, 2022

CORTLAND — Senior Kelsey Ward and Haylie Davenport each won one event, and junior Elizabeth Vaughn and sophomore Harper Minaker each had a pair of second-place finishes to pace Waverly here Saturday at the season-opening Hurley Indoor Track & Field Invitational at SUNY Cortland.

Ward won the 600-meter run in a time of 1:58.0, while Davenport won the 1,500-meter race walk in a time of 9:09.52 — more than 42 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Vaughn placed second in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 3:30.9, and freshman Mackenzie Chamberlain was sixth in 3:54.9, while Minaker placed second in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 12:12.97.

Minaker and Vaughn teamed with Davenport and Chamberlain to finish second in the 3,200-meter relay in a time of 12:18.62.

Senior Abigail Knolles finished fourth in the 300-meter dash in a time of 47.7 seconds, and sophomore Kendal Shaffer was 14th in 52.75 seconds.

Knolles also finished fifth in the 55-meter dash in a time of 8.25 seconds, and senior Natalie Garrity was 13th in 8.73 seconds.

Knolles, Ward, Shaffer and Garrity teamed to finish fourth in the 800-meter relay in a time of 2:06.43.

Senior Josephine VanDyke finished fourth in the high jump at 4-feet, and Shaffer was sixth at 3-feet, 6-inches. VanDyke finished seventh in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 6:39.55.

Garrity finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 12-feet, 6 1/4-inches

BOYS
Junior Nehemiah Anthony had the best finish of the day for the Waverly boys, pacing fourth in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 10.63. He also finished 11th in the long jump with a leap of 14-feet, 1-inch.

Senior Treyton Moore was seventh in the 600-meter run in a time of 1:44.6, and freshman Hayden Rowe was 14th in 1:59.6.

Sophomore Braylon DeKay was seventh in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 3:23.87, and freshman Logan Roscow was 11th in 3:40.11.

DeKay was 16th in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 6:12.55, and Roscow was 18th in a time of 6:24.2.

Freshman Mac Talada finished 22nd in the shot put with a heave of 21-feet, 2-inches.

Waverly returns to action Saturday at SUNY Cortland in the Finger Lakes Invitational.