NYSPHSAA Track

VARSITY TRACK & FIELD

STATES

Dryden Results:

        Bryant Stuttle: 3rd triple jump 44-11.75

        Rachel Hutchinson: 4th 1500m 4:39.82

        Megan Cornelius: 4th pole vault 10-0

        Abbey Yatsko:   15th 100m 12.84

                                15th 200m 26.35

        400m relay:     14th 51.75 (Amy DeGaetano, Rachel Wojik, Mackenzie Todd, A. Yatsko)

        Will Holt: 15th 110mH 16.39

We went to States with eight kids and came back with 3 medals, not too bad. Bryant jumped really well with only getting 3 jumps instead of the usual 6 since there were no division finals. (Because of the rain out on Friday only the top 8 overall D1 and D2 got 3 more jumps). His 44-11.75 was on his first jump, on his second he hit a huge jump but was ruled a foul by 1/4" and on his third he jumped 44-6. I like the fact that he is finally healthy and jumping without pain as we travel to Greensboro, NC for the Outdoor National Meet this upcoming Friday.

Rachel ran a super race, just missed her own school record and got on the State award stand for the first time. Rachel will go down as one of the best Dryden distance runners in history as she owns 4 individual school records and is part of 4 relay school records.

Megan had a nice day, clearing 10-0 and almost clearing 10-6 on her last attempt. This was her first State Meet experience and she handled it very well.

On a side note; locals Bryant Stuttle, Dryden, and Erica Carney, Newfield, were named the Section 4 Sportsmanship Winners as voted on by the Section 4 track coaches and coordinators. Bryant will continue to jump and study at Cornell University this fall while Erica will be going to Liberty University in Virginia.