2010 Scholarship race a success at Tioga Downs

Sunday afternoon held a few firsts for Tioga Downs in Nichols, New York. It had its first sub 1:49 mile in history, and also held its first High School Scholarship race for five high school seniors from the local area.
 
The students worked on three separate occasions with trainers from the Tioga Downs backstretch, and then teamed up with drivers on Sunday afternoon between races two and three for their dash for cash. Teamed up in double seated jog carts, the students race one time around the five-eighth’s mile track, and it was a photo finish at the wire as all five students were within a length and a half of one another.
 
Hannah Allford (Athens Are High School) was teamed up with Phil Fluet and came in first place receiving a $3,000 scholarship, Katherine Cybulak (Sayre High School) with Mike Deters came in second earning a $2,000 scholarship to further her education. Martha “Mattie” Vandewall (Waverly High School) with Tyler Freese earned a $1,200 scholarship for finishing third, Mary Goodspeed (Tioga Central High School) and Corey Braden finished fourth and earned an $800 scholarship, while Kaylee Goodrich (Owego Free Academy) and Edgar Clarke finished fifth and will receive a $500 scholarship.
 
Tioga Downs would like to thank each participating High School, the horsemen at Tioga Downs who helped with the event, the Harness Horse Breeders of NYS, and the STHHA (Southern Tier Harness Horsemen’s Association. (Tioga)

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