Section V Highlights May 7-9 , 2015

Written by Reggie Henderson on . Posted in Outdoor Track

Sammy Watson sets 3 Section V Records at Loucks Games winning 400, 800 and 4x400 all with state leading marks.

Loucks Games:

Sammy Watson of Rush-Henrietta is crushing the whole state. 

Sammy's win in the 400 with a 53.59, beat Maddie Kopp's Section V record of 54.99 (wow... from the first sub-55 to way under 54), its also more than a second faster than next best in the state, and ranks 7th in the nation. 

Ceara Watson also came close to beating Maddie Kopp's 400 record with her 3rd place time of 56.18 which ranks 4th in the state.

Sammy's win in the 800 at 2:08.73 beats Asia Henry's 2:09.3h from 2009, and also ranks 7th in the nation.

And in the final event of the meet, Sammy ran a 53.55 anchor in the 4x400 to lead her Rush-Henrietta team of Lanae-Tava Thomas, Ceara Watson, and Tori Thompson to victory with a Section V Record Time of 3:47.65 beating East's 3:48.99 from 1986 (almost 30 years ago).

Hilton Showdown:

Calvary Rogers won the 400 with a meet record and SVSB of 49.11 (NYS10)

Greece Olympia won the 4x100 with a SVSB of 44.14 (NYS25)

Victor Twilight:

Penfield wins girls team over Victor 104-93

Victor wins boys team over Penfield 124.5-75

Ethan Maguire of Penfield won the Pole Vault with 14-8 (NYS4)

Matt Barton of Victor won the 400 Hurdles with 56.37 (NYS13)

Erika Tillotson wins 400 Hurdles with 1:05.46(NYS16)

Eddie Ely won the 400 with a 49.56 (NYS18)

Andrew Davis of Penn Yan won the 3K Steeple with 10:11.10 (NYS41)

Fairport won the 4x800 with 8:17.67 (NYS34)

Eastridge Lancer Invitational:

Mercy won girls over Batavia 110-99

Batavia won boys over Webster Thomas 140.5 orver 102.5

Devin Koepp won the Discus with 156-2 (NYS9) and the Shot Put with 52-3 (NYS16)

From last week's Batavia Invitational

Everett Gieger of Caledonia-Mumford won the 1600 with 4:24.34 (NYS27)