SECTION 4 TRACK AND FIELD: ELMIRA HAS PAIR OF STATE QUALIFIERS, BOYS' 4X100 RELAY SETS SCHOOL RECORD (15 PHOTOS) (June 5, 2025)

Southern Tier Sports Report
ENDICOTT — The Elmira Express had a pair of girls state qualifiers, while the boys’ 4x100 relay had a record-breaking day at the Section IV state qualifier at Union-Endicott High School on Thursday.

Edison and Notre Dame had athletes just miss trips to states on the day.

Corning had a team score of 69. Lansing was second at 45. Horseheads was eighth at 28, Edison tied for 15th with 12, Notre Dame was 23rd with six and Elmira was 27th with three points.

For the boys Corning was third at 43. Ithaca won at 53, followed by Vestal (48). Horseheads was ninth at 24 points and Elmira was 15th with 12 points.

Elmira’s Arrianna Jones made states in the 200, winning Class A, and taking fifth overall, in 27.03. Hannah Lasko of Edison was third in 26.36.

Elmira’s Selena Rollins won Class A and was sixth overall to make states in the high jump at 4-feet, 9-inches. Chinonyerem Okoro of Corning was tied for seventh at 4-feet, 8-inches.

Elmira’s boys took second in the 400 relay in 42.95 and Horseheads was fifth at 44.36. Elmira was edged at the finish by Binghamton, but the Express team of DJ Coprew, Braxton Houghtelling, Ta’hjay Molina-Bacome and Khiden Swanger not only lowered their own Elmira Express record, but ran the fastest time in Elmira City School District history (The Express, EFA and Southside).

DJ Coprew of Elmira was fourth in the boys’ 100 in 11.26 followed by Horseheads’ Chase Luangsuwan (11.32).

Corning’s Cella McLaughlin won the girls’ 100 hurdles in 14.14 to make states. Notre Dame’s Makenna Keough was fifth in 16.61.

Corning’s Nonye Okoro, Laiana Gardiner, Claire Devlin and McLaughlin won the 1600 relay in 4:02.99 to make states. Horseheads was fifth in 4:12.09 and Elmira was ninth in 4:18.47.

For the boys the Hawks team of Greg Homa, Bryce Hammond, Sebastian Boutwell and Jaxyn Mahoney won  the 3200 relay in 8:04.91. Horseheads was 10th in 8:53.87.

Corning’s Amanda McEwen was first in Class A and sixth overall in the triple jump at 33-feet, 6-inches to make states. Makenna Keough of Notre Dame was fourth at 34-feet, 7 1/4-inches.

Horseheads girls made states in the 4x100 relay in 50.34, third overall and first in Class A. Corning was fifth at 52.22 and Elmira was eighth at 52.79.
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PHOTOS BY TIM BIRNEY


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