ATHENS TOPS TOWANDA, 103-47
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | April 13, 2021 | Photo courtesy Chris Manning
TOWANDA — Athens won 12 events of 18 events, and swept five of them, en
route to a 103-47 win over Towanda here Tuesday afternoon in NTL Large
School Division track & field action.
Senior Asher Ellis won three individual events, and junior Kyle Anthony won two.
Ellis won the discus with a toss of 143-feet, and senior Ian Wright was second at 112-feet, 6-inches.
Ellis also won the shot put with a heave of 48-feet, 2-inches, and Ian Wright was second at 36-feet, 11-inches.
Ellis won the javelin with a throw of 162-feet, 2-inches, and Ian Wright was third at 111-feet, 11-inches.
Anthony
led a sweep in the 800-meter run, clocking in at 2:16.9, with senior
Connor Dahl second at 2:20.7, and junior Justin Lynch third in 2:23.8.
Anthony
also led a sweep in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 5:06.0. Dahl was
second at 5:08.8, and junior Kaden Gorsline was third in 5:10.2.
Junior
Matt Gorsline led a sweep in the 3,200-meter run in a time of 11:07.9,
with Anthony second at 12:30.7, and Dahl third at 12:37.3.
Sophomore Jaden Wright won the 100-meter dash in 11.5 seconds, and freshman Ryan LaSusa was third in 12.0 seconds.
LaSusa
led a sweep in the 200-meter dash in a time of 25.3 seconds, with
senior John Ayres second in 25.8 seconds, and junior Ryan Thomson third
in 26.5 seconds.
Lynch led a sweep in the 400-meter dash in a
time of 59.4 seconds, while Ayres was second in 59.5 seconds, and
sophomore Ethan Denlinger was third at 1:00.3.
The Wildcats also won the 400-, 1,600-, and 3,200-meter relays. (No names provided.)
Denlinger finished second in the high jump at 5-feet, 2-inches, and junior Brendan Jones was third at 4-feet, 10-inches.
Brendan
Jones was second in the triple with with a distance of 32-feet, 6
1/2-inches. He finished third in the 300-meter hurdles in 51.3 seconds.
Jaden
Wright finished second in the long jump with a leap of 15-feet,
8-inches, and junior Connor Brown was third at 15-feet 6 3/4-inches.
Junior
Levi Kuhns finished third in the pole vault at 8-feet, 6-inches, and
senior Carter Jones finished third in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of
20.5 seconds.
Athens returns to action Friday at Williamson.
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