WHITESBORO – Norwich’s star-studded boys and girls varsity track team continues to excel, taking home second place finishes for both sides this past weekend.

Norwich brought home multiple top-podium finishes on either side, posting a multitude of personal best marks in the process. Winning the Ed Wadas Invitational for the boys in 2017 was New Hartford with 106 points – while Norwich would finish second with 83 team points, besting Henninger at 61 points for third place.

The Tornado girls would finish second behind their 2017 champion Rome Free Academy at 145 points. The Norwich girls slid to second with 69 points, edging out Central Valley Academy at 59 points for third.

“The big highlight was that we placed second as a team for boys and girls, at a meet with some really good teams from section III,” said Norwich head coach Shaun Horan.

The boys side got started with some fireworks, as Norwich’s speedster Zack Race was bested in the 100m dash during the preliminary round, by Nasir Jones of Henninger at 11.34 compared to Race’s 11.49. Race would avenge the first round defeat in the finals with a first place finish, running an 11.17 second race – defeats Jones, who ran an 11.18 second time. Norwich’s Eric Conant would pull up a solid fourth place finish in the event, running an 11.72 second race.