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Dayzin’s Amazin’ day heads Section 4 effort in state track & field championships Day 2

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Saturday marked quite the sendoff for Johnson City senior Dayzin Legare in New York state track & field competition.

One of Section 4’s most established athletes in the sport, Legare was fastest overall in the 200-meter dash on Day 2 of the state championship meet at Middletown High School.

He ran 21.39 seconds in the overall final, with Marcus Nahim runner-up in 21.49.

Dayzin Legare from Johnson City competes in the boys 200 meter dash division 2, during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.
Dayzin Legare from Johnson City competes in the boys 200 meter dash division 2, during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.

Earlier, Legare topped the D2 200 field with a 21.37-second clocking. Landon Stormer of Frewsburg was next-best in 21.62. Legare ran second to James I’ O’Neill’s Jadon Spain’s 10.53 with a 10.71 in the Division 2 100 final.

Also on Day 2 of the championships:

Chenango Valley’s Tyler Norton placed fourth overall and second in D2 on clearance of 6 feet, 6 inches in the high jump.

In the girls 1,500, Elmira’s Vicky Mordvinova was seventh overall with a 9:32.91, and Ethne Degan of B-G/Afton 11th overall and D2 runner-up with a 4:37.39.

Carlea Davis of Dryden placed fourth in the D2 100 hurdles race with a 15.81. Waverly’s boys (Kayleb Bechy, Jerrell Sackett, Micah Chandler, Ralph Johnson) took fourth overall in the 400 relay by teaming for a 42.56.

Emerson Comer of South Kortright ran ninth overall and third in the D2 steeplechase with a 9:40.22.

Corning’s Marcus Homa, Jaxyn Mahoney, Tevin McLaren and Gabe Cornfield grabbed fourth in the 3,200 relay with a tidy 7:54.01.

Tess Eisner of Horseheads rounded out her season by leaping 17 feet, 3¾ inches as fifth-place high jumper.

A heave of 34-4¼ landed Panayiota Anastos of Maine-Endwell seventh overall in the girls shot put.

Panayiota Anastos from Maine-Endwell competes in the Shot Put Championship during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.
Panayiota Anastos from Maine-Endwell competes in the Shot Put Championship during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.

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Dayzin Legare from Johnson City and Jadon Spain from James O'Neill compete in the boys 100 meter dash division 2, during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.
Dayzin Legare from Johnson City and Jadon Spain from James O'Neill compete in the boys 100 meter dash division 2, during the New York State Track and Field Championships at Middletown High School, June 10, 2023.

100m: D2: 1-Jadon Spain (James I. O’Neill) 10.53; 2-Dayzin Legare (Johnson City) 10.71; 6-Kaleb Bechy (Waverly) 11.04; 8-Ralph Johnson (Waverly) 11.16. Federation: 1-Jadon Spain (James I. O’Neill) 10.47; 7-Dayzin Legare (Johnson City) 16.0.200m: D2: 1-Dayzin Legare (Johnson City) 21.37; 7-Ralph Johnson (Waverly) 22.24. Federation: 1-Dayzin Legare (Johnson City) 21.39; 2-Marcus Nahim (Iona Prep) 21.49.1,600m: 1-Roan Kelly (Randolph) 4:11.73; 19-Ashton Bange (Corning) 4:23.46; 31-Alton Francisco (Delhi) 4:34.04.3,000m steeplechase: 1-Solomon Holden-Betts (Baldwinsville) 9:07.53; 9-Emerson Comer (South Kortright) 9:40.22; 18-Noah Hilker (Ithaca) 10:06.28; 24-Gabe Cornfield (Corning) 10:30.95.400m hurdles: 1-Neil Howard (Taconic Hills) 52.41; 8-Tim Smith (Vestal) 57.25.400m relay: Federation: 1-Iona Prep 41.6; 4-Waverly (Kayleb Bechy, Jerrell Sackett, Micah Chandler, Ralph Johnson) 42.56.3,200m relay: 1-Baldwinsville 7:48.72; 5-Corning (Marcus Homa, Jaxyn Mahoney, Tevin McLaren, Gabe Cornfield) 7:54.01; 20-Lansing (Trent Thibault, Thomas Wells, Stephen Geise, Thomas Stallone) 8:20.36.High jump: 1-Troy Brown (Weedsport) 6-8; 4-Tyler Norton (Chenango Valley) 6-6; 29-Dylan Rose (Corning) 6-0.GIRLS100m: D2: 1-Logan Daley (Holy Trinity) 11.82; 8-Victoria Brewster (Odessa-Montour) 12.58.1,500m: 1-Kate Putman (C-NS) 4:19.27; 7-Vicky Mordvinova (Elmira) 4:32.91; 11-Ethne Degan (B-G/Afton) 4:37.39; 21-Brynn Hogan (Susquehanna Valley) 4:46.5.2,000m steeplechase: 1-Angelina Napoleon (Allegany-Limestone) 6:18.41; 10-Eleanor Lees (Delhi) 7:18.99; 22-Olivia Murch (Corning) 7:49.73.100m hurdles: D2: 1-Linnea Neureuther (Springville) 15.08; 4-Carlea Davis (Dryden) 15.81.3,200m relay: 1-Saratoga Springs 9:05.05; 20-Corning (Sarah Lawson, Faith Tubbs, Ella Grinnell, Megan Kirk) 9:45.01; 28-B-G/Afton (Laila Williams, Lainelle Brazee, Maddie Ingham, Ethne Degan) 10:21.7.Shot put: Federation: 1-Julie Thomas (Commack) 44-1¼; 7-Panayiota Anastos (Maine-Endwell) 34-4 ¼.Long jump: Federation: 1-Camryn Cole (Webster Schroeder) 19-8; 5-Tess Eisner (Horseheads) 17-3¾.High jump: 1-Ella Michelicht (Minisink Valley) 5-9; 21-Delaney Walters (Chenango Valley) 5-0; 31-Kara Morse (Candor) 5-0; 40-Elodie Fey (Ithaca) 4-9.Pentathlon: 1-Jadyn Mullen (Alexder) 3,492; 15-Emily Guzyk (Johnson City) 2,622; 16-Hannah Nolan (Odessa-Montour) 2,611; 20-Dakota Limbert (Union-Endicott) 2,266.

This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Johnson City's Legare heads Section 4 in track & field championships Day 2