Story by: Robert Stopper, Lyons
Huge crowds
are expected in Lyons when the Lyons Junior Senior High School hosts several
Wayne Finger Lakes Track and Field events during the months of April and May,
2013. On April 20, Lyons will host a Wayne Finger Lakes Invitational Track and
Field event. There will be a maximum of 42 entries for each open event. On April 26, Lyons will host its own Lyons Invitational with a maximum of 32
entries for each open event.
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| Lyons' 8 lane, all-weather track |
On May 17, Lyons will host the
Wayne Finger Lakes Track and Field Championships. The meet will begin at 4:30PM. The championship competition will
feature several hundred of the best Wayne Finger Lakes male and female track
and field athletes from 23 area schools. There will be a maximum of 32
entries for each open event. Each school
is allowed one team for each relay event.
Participating
schools include: Wayne, Pal-mac, Geneva,
Newark, Waterloo, Mid-Lakes, Penn Yan, Marcus Whitman, NR- Wolcott, Mynderse,
Sodus, Williamson, Gananda, South Seneca-Romulus, East Rochester, Bloomfield,
Red Creek, Lyons, Red Jacket, HAC, Naples, Clyde- Savannah, Marion, and Dundee.
Spectators
as well as athletes are marveling at the Lyons Junior Senior High School track
and field offerings. Gone are the days of sloshing through the mud, sliding on
cinders, and thumping into mushy mud.
According to Roger Clark, Lyons Site Coordinator, “It ain’t Berlin, the
site of the World Games in 2007, but thanks to Bob Ohmann and the Lyons School
District, it is darn close to it!” Why?
The Lyons track is an all-weather track
featuring 8 lanes and a steeplechase. In addition, the competition area
features 2 horizontal jump areas with all- weather surface, 2 high jump areas with all- weather
surface, 2 pole jumping areas with all-
weather surface, 2 shot put areas with all-weather surface, and 1 discus throwing area with all-weather surface.
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Videomark Said,
I remember just a few years ago a girl falling while doing the hurdles, she probably is still digging out those ciders out of her skin.
Posted on Sat Mar 30, 08:18:00 AM EDT