BECHY, CHANDLER PACE WAVERLY BOYS TO SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT SECTION IV CHAMPIONSHIPS; LADY WOLVERINES FINISH SIXTH

By: Tim Birney | Waverly Athletics | February 10, 2023 | Photo courtesy Sheila Sutton

Valley Sports Report
ITHACA — Senior Kayleb Bechy and junior Micah Chandler were double-winners to lead the Waverly boys to a second-place finish in Division 2 of the Section IV Indoor Track & Field Championships, while the Lady Wolverines finished sixth.

WAVERLY BOYS FINISH SECOND IN DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Trumansburg won the Division 2 team title with 77 points, while Waverly tallied 53 points, third-place Chenango Valley had 46 pounds, fourth-place Sidney had 44.5 points, and fifth-place Delhi had 42 points.

Bechy won the 60-meter dash in a personal-best time of 6.65 seconds, and senior John Price was 26th in a time of 7.8 seconds.

Chandler won the 300-meter dash in 37.62 seconds, senior Treyton Moore placed sixth in 39.44 seconds, and junior Charlie Larrabee was 10th in 40.25 seconds. Chandler finished second in the 55-meter dash in a time of 8.45 seconds.

Chandler and Bechy teamed with Moore, and Larrabee to win the 800-meter relay in a time of 1:36.92.

The foursome of Price, junior Nehemiah Anthony, sophomore Braylon DeKay, and freshman Logan Roskow teamed to win the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 4:18.83.

Moore finished fourth in the 600-meter run in a time of 1:33.86, and freshman Hayden Howe was 16th in 1:46.65.

DeKay was 10th in the 1,000-meter run in 3:10.62, and Roskow was 14th in 3:14.36. DeKay was 21st in the 1,600-meter run in 5:36.57, and Roskow was 23rd in 5:46.5.

Freshman Mac Talada finished 24th in the shot put with a heave of 23-feet, 8 3/4-inches.

LADY WOLVERINES FINISH SIXTH AT DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Junior Elizabeth Vaughn had a pair of top-four finishes, and sophomore Harper Minaker recorded a second-place finish to lead the Lady Wolverines to a sixth-place finish.

Sidney won the team title with 73 points, edging out runner-up BGAH, which had 66 points. Third-place Notre Dame had 47 points, while fourth-place Chenango Valley had 43 points, fifth-place Dryden had 40 points, and Waverly totaled 33 points.

Minaker finished second in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 12:02.74.

Vaughn finished third in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 5:23.01, and senior Josie VanDyke was 12th in 6:36.25.

Vaughn finished fourth in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 3:20.75, and freshman Mackenzie Chamberlain was eighth in 3:39.42.

Junior Haylie Davenport was fourth in the 1,500-meter race walk in a time of 9:07.27.

Senior Abbey Knolles was fourth in the 300-meter dash in 45.93 seconds, and sophomore Kendal Shaffer was 19th in 50.21 seconds.

Senior Kelsey Ward finished sixth in the 600-meter run in a time of 1:51.78.

Shaffer, Chamberlain, Davenport, and Ward teamed to finish eighth in a time of 2:04.82 in the 800-meter relay.

VanDyke finished 10th in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4-feet.

Knolles was 12th in the 60-meter dash in 8.07 seconds, and senior Natalie Garrity was 17th in 8.2 seconds.

Waverly returns to action Feb. 25 at the Section IV, State Qualifier at Cornell University.