Monday, June 10, 2013

Dryden athletes shine at rain-delayed state meet

Ithaca Journal



MIDDLETOWN — Bryant Stuttle, Rachel Hutchinson and Megan Cornelius of Dryden all came home with medals in Saturday’s state high school track & field championships, held at Faller Field on the campus of Middletown High School.
The scheduled two-day championships were compressed to a single day after rain and flooding concerns scrapped Friday’s competition.
In Division 2 competition , Stuttle placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 44 feet, 11½ inches. He was 10th overall, three spots better than Ithaca High junior Mande Semon (44-7½), who took ninth in Division 1.
Hutchinson finished fourth in the Division 2 girls’ 1,500 meter race, crossing the line in 4 minutes, 39.82 seconds. She took 11th overall, and was just five seconds behind Division 2 winner Meredith Rizzo of Bronxville. Hutchinson finishes her Dryden career as the holder of four individual school records and part of four relay records.
Cornelius finished fourth in the Division 2 pole vault with a leap of 10 feet, good for 14th overall. Hayley Wigsten of Lansing was 19th (9-0).
Also earning a medal was Newfield’s Erica Carney, who placed third in Division 2 (14th overall) in the long jump with a leap of 16-9.
The Dryden girls’ 400 relay team of Amy DeGaetano, Rachel Wojcik, Mackenzie Todd and Abbey Yatsko placed 29th overall (14th in Div. 2) in 51.75. The Division title was won by Elmira Notre Dame, in 49.65. Yatsko, a freshman, also placed 15th in Division 2 in both the 100 and 200 meters, with times of 12.84 and 26.35, respectively.
Ithaca’s Jordan Hackworth placed ninth overall (fifth in Div. 1) in the boys’ long jump with a best effort of 21-8¼. Semon placed 17th in Division 1 in the 100 meters (11.33 seconds). And the Little Red’s 400 relay quartet of seniors Tevin Smith and Roosevelt Lee, junior Jordan Hackworth and senior Bruce Greene placed 18th overall (12th in Div. 1) with a time of 44.12, well off their qualifying effort of 42.94.
For Ithaca’s girls, Lauren Trumble placed 24th overall (13th in Div. 1) in the 800 with a time of 2:24.49. Sophomore Sabrina Southerland of Cardozo set a meet record with her victory in 2:06.09.
Ihotu Onah placed 20th overall (12th in Div 1) in the discus with a throw of 107-2, and Emma Denman matched her pentathlon finish from last year with an 11th-place effort on Saturday, with a point total of 2,644. Her best finishes in the five-discipline event came in the 100 hurdles (9th, 16.07) and the long jump (10th, 15-8¼).
Lansing pole vaulters Dylan Bland and Max Jordan placed 13th and 16th overall, respectively.
NOTE: Stuttle of Dryden and Carney of Newfield were named the Section 4 Sportsmanship Winners, as voted on by Section 4 track coaches and coordinators. Stuttle is headed to Cornell in the fall, while Carney will be going to Liberty University in Virginia.

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