Varsity & JV Counties Wrap-Up

Though this past weekend saw the official conclusion of league competition with Thursday's Monroe County League JV Championship meets and yesterday's League Championship at Hilton, there is still more running, jumping and throwing inn Greece Athena's future. Much was accomplished this past week in terms of performances that set us up well for the next few weeks... and beyond.

On Thursday, the Junior Varsity squads split by gender to travel to two separate locations: the Girls team head out to Webster Thomas while the Boys traveled to East Irondequoit Eastridge. Just a few of the FANTASTIC performances turned in by both JV teams included:

• Athena Eighth grader Amy Titus ran a spectacular Girls 1500 meter race to place 5th overall against very strong competition!
• Athena Sophomore Ke'on Peterkin placed 5th in the the Boys Long Jump and 6th in the Boys Triple Jump. Ke'on had also previously qualified for the High Jump in next week's Sectional meet!
• Athena Sophomore Bradley Haag also reasserted himself on the team depth chart by throwing the Discus a whopping 99-04.00; the best performance by a Trojan thrower this season!
• Odyssey junior Christan Devlin and Athena junior Robert Reed both recorded personal records (PRs) in the 1600 meter run.
• Athena junior Cameron Gross and freshman Alex Diaz both ran PRs in very competitive 400 meter heats!

Saturday's Varsity Championship Meet gave the Trojans another chance to demonstrate their resolve and tenacity with some record setting and state leading performances. Individuals placing first to fourth earned first Team All League honors. Those finishing fifth through eighth made the second team:

• Athena senior Brian Smith ran a PR of 21.16 in the 200 meter dash. Brian's 200 meter time now stands as the best in New York State. Brian also handily won the 100 meter dash and anchored the Trojans to a third place finish in the 4 x 100m relay during which he made up almost 20 meters in the 100 meter anchor leg!
• Athena senior Keith Pease broke the school record and solidified himself as one of the areas very best milers in winning the Boys 1600 meter run in a Section V leading 4:14.37! Odyssey senior James Anderson also put forth a season best effort of 4:47.03 by taking almost 10 seconds off of his previous best effort!
• Odyssey senior Victorin Kothor continued the road back from a hamstring injury with a season best jump of  20-08.25--good enough for a 3rd place finish!
• Athena senior Tommy Love II continues a late season push with a 2nd place finish in the 400 meter Intermediate Hurdles and a 3rd place finish in the 110 meter High Hurdles! Tommy posted a PR in the 110m HH of 15.69, moving him into the event's top 10 on the Section V Leader board!
• Odyssey junior Victoire Kothor won the Girls Shot Put with a solid throw of 39.07! Her throw of 41-01.00 from earlier this season remains the best in Section V. Victoire also finished 4th in the Girls Discus!
• Athena senior Katie Fisher tied for 3rd place in the Girls High Jump!
• Odyssey senior Jessica Marlowe placed 4th overall in the Girls 200 meter dash, earning Second Team All League honors! Jessica is now seeded eighth in Class AA for next week's Sectional Championships!
• Odyssey senior Katie Wilbur placed 4th in the Girls Triple Jump with a jump of 34-02.50!
• Odyssey sophomore Calvary Rogers continued to impress by placing 5th in the Boys 400 meter dash. Calvary also ran a very solid leg on the 3rd place Boys 4 x100 meter relay! 
• Athena sophomore Tommy Kolaniewicz finished 9th overall in the 3200 meter run by shaving nearly 20 seconds off his previous season best!

The Boys team finished third overall behind defensing League Champions Olympia and perennial powerhouse Rush-Henrietta. The third place team finish improves upon last year's fourth place finish and continues a series of strong team performances. Next week many of these same athletes will be moving onto Sectional Class AA competition at Penfield High School on Saturday.

Complete Boys JV results are available by clicking here.
Complete Girls JV results are available by clicking here.
Varsity Girls and Boys results can be found here.