Andreas Meyer-Giesow says it’s the little things that are different. The well-mannered 17-year-old exchange student says that fundamentally, life in the United States isn’t dissimilar from life in his native Germany. There are, however, some minor differences. The cars we drive and the homes we live in are different, skyscrapers are much more abundant in [...]
Track team wraps up season
David Greenough paced the boys indoor track team with a pair of top five finishes at the Division IV, Section II Championships, held Sunday at SUNY Albany. Greenough finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the boy’s high jump, clearing 5 feet, 4 inches, and fifth in the boy’s triple jump, recording a [...]
Four athletes place in multiple events
Morgan Winters was one of four Whitehall athletes to place in multiple events at an indoor track meet held Sunday at Williams College. Winters finished third in the girls’ long jump and second in the triple jump. She also won the girls’ freshman 55-meter dash, trimming more than a quarter second off her season best. [...]
Wiskoski wins FR 45 meters
Haley Wiskoski won the freshman girls 45 meter hurdles during a track meet held at Union College last Saturday. Wiskoski finished the race in 10.2 seconds, nearly a second faster than her season best. She also competed in the girl’s triple jump, recording a distance of 24 feet 7 inches. Morgan Winters also competed in [...]
Winters sets school record in triple jump
Whitehall’s Morgan Winters set a school record in the indoor triple jump at a league meet held last Friday at Union College. Winters’ mark of 30 feet 1.5 inches breaks the previous record of 29 feet 7 inches set in 2002 by Melissa Senecal. The mark is made all the more impressive by the fact [...]
Millett fares well for track team
Whitehall’s Ashley Millett and David Greenough had strong performances for the indoor track team at league meet held at Hudson Valley Community College on Dec. 15. Millett finished sixth in the women’s shot put with a throw of 24-3 to earn the Railroaders their only point. She also cleared three-and-a-half feet in the women’s high [...]
X-C team wraps up season
PJ Ferguson led the way for Whitehall’s cross-country team as it wrapped its season last Friday at the Section II Championships in Saratoga Springs. Ferguson finished 13th in the race to pace Whitehall, which finished ninth out of 14 teams. He covered the 3.1 mile race in 17:19.15. Greenwich’s Jeremy Spiezo won the race in [...]
Strong finish for X-C team
Competing against the Adirondack League’s finest distance runners, Whitehall’s top runners garnered all-star status on the virtue of their top-five finishes at the league championships. Taryn Tracy finished in third place in the girls race while PJ Ferguson finished fifth in the boys race. Tracy, who is one of only two girls on the team’s [...]
Ferguson paces X-C squad
Whitehall’s cross-country team competed in the Greenwich Invitational in Saratoga Springs on Saturday and PJ Ferguson led the Railroaders, finishing in the top 25. Ferguson covered the 3.1-mile course in 17:38.7, good for 23rd place. Andreas Meyer Giesow (20:38.8) and Tyler Sweenor (20:39.3) finished in the top 100, finishing 98th and 100th, respectively. David Greenough [...]






