Bronson Wins Small School Race At Owego Night Invite, Wanck Finishes 4th
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 14, 2024
OWEGO - Athens senior Sara Bronson won the Small School Division race at the Owego Night Cross Country Invite here Friday night, and four other Valley girls finished in the top six.
The Wildcats also finished second in the team standings.
Bronson, who finished third overall behind Ithaca ace Tsadia Bercuvitz (13:52.0) and Ithaca freshman standout Avery Whittaker (15:26.7), clocked in with a time of 15:32.7.
Athens sophomore Graham Wanck finished fourth overall, and second in the Small School Division race here Friday night at the Owego Night Cross Country Invite to lead the Wildcats to a fourth-place finish in the team standings.
Wanck and senior Sara Bronson also received the Bob Fenton Award for the fastest time of the night in their grade.
Continue reading about the girls' race on Valley Sports Report.
Finish reading the boys' race coverage on Valley Sports Report.
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
