Tully junior Ryan Rauber broke a 20-year-old Section III record twice in the boys 300-meter dash to finish sixth in the state after entering as the No. 19 seed Saturday at the New York State Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.
Rauber needed a big performance to reach the finals and did that by breaking the section record with a time of 34.70, good for second in his heat and sixth overall. He then missed first place in the finals by 0.01 seconds, besting his personal record with a 34.61-second race. That put Rauber in sixth place in the federation and second in the public high school division.
Cortland’s Bryan Honan and Michael Dearie each competed in the boys weight throw. Honan placed ninth with a long throw of 58 feet, 5.5 inches and Dearie came in 19th with a toss of 54 feet, 9.75 inches.
Dryden’s Reagan Burnham took part in the girls Intersectional Medley Relay, running the 1,000-meter leg. Burnham finished her leg in 3:16.50 and helped her team finish 12th with an overall time of 11:04.29.
Honan and Dearie will join teammates Jack Phelan and Isabella Sisting at the Nike Nationals Saturday at The Armory in New York City. Honan and Dearie will throw in the boys weight throw, Phelan will compete in the boys long jump and Sisting, an eighth grader, will compete in the girls 60-meter dash.
