Future of South girls track on display at WNY Classic

The future of Williamsville South's track program looks even brighter after the team's performance at the WNY Classic at Lancaster High School on Saturday, May 19.

Freshman Allie Van Buren won the 100-meter hurdles in a Section VI-best time of 15.0. Amanda Breymeier, another freshman, won the high jump with a leap of 5-0. She was also eighth in the 800. Jenny Mooney, another freshman, won the racewalk in 2:29 and placed in the top ten in the 1500 with a personal record time of 5:30.58. Van Buren, Breymeier, and Mooney joined forces with Rachel Zucker to win the freshman 4x400 relay in 4:30.5.

Twenty of South's 26 competitors on the roster are freshmen or eighth graders.

"At this meet, the team grew up and realized they can compete with older kids," said South girls coach Sam Hasan.

One of the team's two seniors, Jenna Hasan, has the fourth-best triple jump and third-best long jump in the section. Hasan leaped a personal-best 15-6 in a dual meet with Pioneer.

South boys

The Billies did not score any points at the Carl Roesch Classic at Clarence High School on Saturday, May 19 but many runners had personal-best days, said assistant boys coach Dan Syracuse.

In the 800, Matt Durawa dropped his time by seven seconds (2:28 to 2:21.8) and Peter Galbo lowered his by four seconds (2:21 to 2:16). Reed Corbett improved his triple jump by seven inches to 29-5½.

Senior Paul Mangold ran a season-best 3200 in 11:08. Sophomore Jordan Lawson qualified for finals in the 400 hurdles, running a 65.7. Lawson had scored the most points for the team all season with 28 but was recently surpassed by Emmanuel Lewis with 33.25. Lewis qualified for the 200 finals in 24.7.

Huron Hill, the team's best 100 and 400 hurdler, ran the 400 hurdles in 1:07.

Yahs Williams, Max Kagan, Russ Scheiss, Rob Gardner, Max Kahn, John Starks, Ed Meyerhoffer and Justin St. George and JV runners Moses Ayala, Chris Bowers, Nick Greene, and Chris Kraatz have also performed well this season.

The ECIC Championships are Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 at Alden High School and the JV championships are at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29 at South.