ITHACA – Following a strong showing at the Section IV Championships, the Norwich Indoor Track and Field team will send six to the New York State Championship meet in Staten Island this Saturday, March 3.

The 4x200 relay team of David Berger, Eric Conant, Nick Barber and Gabe Gawronski broke the school’s indoor track record at the sectional meet a few weeks ago. This past weekend, they lowered their time to break the own record and will move on to states after taking first in the event with a time of 1:35.69.

Conant also qualified for the state meet individually in the 55-meter dash. After a video had to be reviewed to determine the winner, Conant pulled out the close first place finish with a time of 6.76 seconds, just tenths of a second ahead of Lansing’s Dakota Edwards.

Also racing in the finals was Norwich’s Berger. Berger finished with a time of 6.93 seconds and placed seventh.

Gawronski will head to Staten Island for an individual event this weekend as well after taking first in the 600-meter run. Gawronski finished with a time of 1:25.21, six tenths of a second ahead of the second place finisher.