Norwich’s two seniors, Adrienne Vedder and Macey Montgomery were recognized at the STAC East Divisional Championship meet Tuesday. The lone seniors were honored with the rest of the seniors in attendance for the meet. (Submitted Photo)

HARPURSVILLE – Both the Norwich girls and boys cross country teams placed third at the Southern Tier Athletic Conference East Division Championships Tuesday night, held at Cole Park in Harpursville.

In a meet where all seniors were honored for all team’s in attendance, the Purple Tornado’s Adrienne Vedder and Macey Montgomery were recognized for their years of hard work on the courses in the fall sports season.

The race was completed with Norwich’s Hannah DeBates being the first team member to reach the finish line, placing 15th overall with a time of 25:40. Vedder crossed the tape a second after her teammate to capture 16th place for the event.

Later in the race, two Norwich runners came in back-to-back once again as Robyn Diehl and Grace Bookamer finished 23rd and 24th. Diehl ran the course in 27:16 while Bookamer came in a minute later.