Watson Sisters Break Section V Records at Spire

Koepp sets Section V WT Record at RIT

Sammy Watson of Rush Henrietta won the Spire HS Showcase 800m at 2:09.27 breaking her own Section V record by 4 seconds, she is now 6 seconds ahead of any girl in Section V history with Asia Henry’s 2:15.29 from 2009 the next best.  Watson’s time was good for 2^nd best in the nation and she has the fastest in the nation in the 1000 (for HS).

Ceara Watson took 3^rd in the 400m at this prestigious invitational with a time of 56.63 just eclipsing Maddie Kopp’s Section V record of 56.64.  The Spire facility is in Geneva Ohio, between Erie PA and Cleveland.

AT RIT:

Before they left for Ohio on Saturday, the Watson sisters joined their Rush-Henrietta teammates Sasha Fowler and Lanae-Tava Thomas to run the 4x400 Friday night at RIT and set a new SVSB in the 4x400 at 3:57.83 to rank 6^th in the state.

Devon Koepp of Batavia broke the Section V record in the weight throw going 59-07.25 at RIT breaking the 2008 record of 57-11.25 set by David Gross of Brockport at the 2008 Dartmouth Relays.  Koepp’s throw ranks 8^th best in the state.

Jimmy Shih of Webster Schroeder set a new SVSB in the long jump with a 23-04, good to rank 3^rd in the state, which is the same rank he has in the triple jump from his earlier season 48-0.5.  While he was at it, he won the high jump Saturday night at 5-11.

Rebecca Wittlin of Penfield keeps lowering her 1500m Racewalk time this week getting down to 7:00.97 to rank 4^th in the state.

Wijitra (Earnie) Burapan of Hilton won the pole vault at 11-3.25 on misses over teammate Zoe Camillaci.  The height moves Earnie up to 5th in the state with Zoe's earlier season 11-6 in a tie for 3rd.

Nick Ciolkowski of McQuaid Jesuit ran a SVSB of 4:23.42 in the 1600m to rank 7^th in the state.

McQuaid Jesuit’s Boys 4x400 set a SVSB of 3:29.57 to rank 25^th in the state.