Goshen’s Indoor Track team once again put on a strong performance, this time at the New York State Championship meet. By the end of the day, the Gladiators had a state champion as part of their accomplishments along with a number of impressive performances.
Each section puts together an intersectional relay made up of athletes that each qualify as individuals. For the Section IX boys, that team was made up of athletes from Wallkill, Highland, Tri-Valley, and Goshen’s Ryan Schramm.
Schramm ran a personal best 1:22.67 for the 600-meter leg, holding off a couple of strong competitors to maintain first place. The team as a whole finished with a time of 8:44.00, bringing home the gold for Section IX in both Federation standings and NYSPHSAA, and making Ryan a state-champion!
The Section IX girls intersectional relay team also took All-State honors. Laila Logan of Goshen ran a time of 1:39.65, catching two competitors. Section IX had a total time of 10:16.56, capturing bronze at the state level for Logan and all the team’s members.
Senior Noah Klugman kicked things off for Goshen with an outstanding performance in the 3200-meter run. Klugman went out in 4:41 for the first half, and finished in 4:44 for a personal best time of 9:25.12, placing 15th overall.
The girls 4×200-meter relay team of Daniella Grant, Olivia Sawyer, Larianna Bala, and Joy Sawyer continued their successful season with personal best splits from Bala (27.09) & Joy Sawyer (25.87) for a total time of 1:46.22, just .25 off of their school record time.
Goshen will travel next to Boston for the New Balance National Championship meet on Friday, March 14 where the boys will run the distance medley relay and the girls will run both the sprint medley relay and the 4×200-meter relay.
Congratulations to all of the Gladiators success and good luck in Nationals!