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Norwich advances a multitude of athletes to states, various records fall

VESTAL – The culmination of a year’s worth, or better, of hard work is what the Section IV NYS Qualifier for boys and girls Track and Field is.

Chenango County sent representatives from each of the possible schools to the two-day tournament – held at Union-Endicott on Thursday, May 31, and at Vestal on Thursday, June 1.

Norwich, Greene, Unadilla Valley, Harpursville-Afton, Bainbridge-Guilford and Oxford each sent at least two athletes to the meet – with Norwich dominating both in numbers and sheer success.

Norwich – who sent 15 individual athletes, three boys relay teams and two girls relay teams – will now advance three of those athletes to the New York State meet along with two of the relay squads.

Zack Race of Norwich, a junior who is regarded as the fastest Tornado to set foot in Norwich High School will be advancing to the state meet for the second year in a row – this time in three events.

Race dominated his field of events, running a qualifying time of 11.08 in the 100m dash, only to follow that up in the finals with a stellar 10.94 for the first-place win. This time in the finals edged out Race’s rival on the track, Sincere Williamson of Binghamton who ran a 10.96 in the finals.