Wanck, Vough Set The Pace For Athens At Bob Greene/Newark Valley Invitational
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 10, 2026 | Photo courtesy Tim Taylor
NEWARK VALLEY - Graham Wanck and Alissa Vough set the pace for the Athens cross country team at the Bob Greene / Newark Valley Invitational here Friday. Wanck placed fourth out of 119 runners with a time of 17:25.1 while Vough was seventh out of 90 female competitors, recording a time of 20:41.7.v
In the boys race, the Wildcats’ Matt Rossettie took 16th in 18:11 in a tight finish which saw teammate Jacob Shores place 12th in 8:12.8. Micah Simwale was 87th with a time of 22:17 and Gabriel Sensenig claimed 96th in 22:40.4.
Athens' non-scoring runners included 108 93 403 Austin Nason (108th, 24:19.1), Nicholas Lesser (111th, 26:30.9) and Kamden Knapp (113th, 26:53.4).
Read more meet 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).
