WAVERLY GIRLS FINISH SECOND, BOYS THIRD AT CORNING FAST TIMES INVITATIONAL

By: Tim Birney | Waverly Athletics | May 13, 2022 | Photo courtesy Brian Fees

CORNING — The Waverly girls won four events and finished second at the Corning Fast Times Track & Field Invitational, while the Wolverine boys also won four events and finished third in the team standings.

GIRLS
Senior Olivia Nittinger, and juniors Natalie Garrity and Kennedy Westbrook were double-winners to lead the Lady Wolverines.

Corning cruised to the team title with 246.5 points, while Waverly tallied 151.5 points, and third-place Elmira had 100.5 points. Horseheads finished fourth with 84 points.

Nittinger, Garrity, and Westbrook teamed with junior Abbey Knolles to win the 400-meter relay in a time of 51.79 seconds. The same foursome finished second in the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 4:19.9.

Garrity won the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.04 seconds, and sophomore Allison Barrett was second in 13.34 seconds.

Nittinger won the pole vault, clearing the bar at 8-feet, 6-inches, while freshman Addison Westbrook and sophomore Paige Robinson tied for third at 6-feet, 6-inches.

Kennedy Westbrook won the 200-meter dash in 28.13 seconds, and Barrett was second in 28.77 seconds.

Kennedy Westbrook finished second in the 400-meter run in a time of 1:03.39 and junior Kelsey Ward was sixth in 1:06.85.

Senior Sydney Nierstedt finished second in the high jump at 4-feet, 6-inches, and freshman Kiley Stillman was eighth at 4-feet, 2-inches.

The foursome of freshmen Harper Minaker and Haylie Davenport, 7th-grader Lauren Gorsline, and sophomore Elizabeth Vaughn finished third in the 3,200-meter relay in a time of 10:59.51.

Minaker finished third in the 2,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 8:13.59.

Eighth-grader Mira Kittle finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.92 seconds, while senior Sydney Nierstedt was fourth in 17.94 seconds, and Erica Ryck was fifth in 18.65 seconds.

Nierstedt finished fifth in the long jump at 13-feet, 11-inches.

Junior Josie VanDyke was fourth in the 3,000-meter run in a tie of 13:40.68, and Gorsline was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:16.05.

Sophomore Mackenzie LaForest finished fourth in the shot put with a heave of 26-feet, 11-inches, and Trinity Walker was eighth at 23-feet, 3-inches. LaForest finished eighth in the discus at 68-feet, 6-inches.

Knolles finished fifth in the triple jump at 28-feet, 8 1/2-inches, and Ryck was eighth at 27-feet, 1 1/2-inches.

Davenport finished fifth in the 1,500-meter Race Walk in a time of 9:25.57.

Freshman Maddy Olmsted was eighth in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:51.69.

Gorsline finished ninth in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 5:27.27, and Vaughn was 10th in 5:42.01.

BOYS
Junior Kayleb Bechy was a triple-winner, and sophomore Micah Chandler was a double-winner to pace Waverly’s efforts.

Corning ran away with the team title, amassing 272.5 pints, well ahead of runner-up Horseheads, which had 96 points, and Waverly, which tallied 90. Elmira finished fourth with 89.5 points.

Bechy won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.19 seconds, and junior Jerrell Sackett was third in 11.68 seconds.

Bechy also won the 200-meter dash in 23.33 seconds, while senior SamVanDyke was fifth in 24.55 seconds.

Bechy and Chandler teamed with VanDyke and Sackett to win the 400-meter relay in a time of 44.8 seconds.

Chandler won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 59.54 seconds. He finished second in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 17.35 seconds.

Senior Derek Bartlett finished second in the pole vault at 10-feet.

The foursome of Chandler, VanDyke, junior Treyton Moore, and senior Kaden Wheeler combined to finish third in the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 3:41.18.

VanDyke finished fourth in the 400-meter dash in 54.6 seconds, and Moore was sixth in 55.43 seconds.

Freshman Payton Fravel placed sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 31-feet, 4 3/4-inches. He finished ninth at 15-feet, 9-inches.

Junior Ryan Clark finished sixth in the discus with a toss of 109-feet, 9-inches, and Benjamin was eighth at 98-feet, 2-inches.

Sackett finished seventh in the high jump at 5-feet, 4-inches.

Senior Cam McIsaac finished eighth in the shot put with a heave of 35-feet, 11 1/2-inches, and sophomore Jake Benjamin was ninth at 35-feet, 2 1/4-inches.

Senior Gavin Schillmoeller finished 12th in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:23.73.

Waverly returns to action Wednesday and Thursday at the IAC Championships in Trumansburg.