Local Area Placers Shine at State Track and Field Meet

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COLUMBUS, OH – Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium became quite the popular tourist attraction at the tail end of this week, housing hundreds of track and field stars from around the state for the Ohio High School Athletic Association state meet.

Among those talented stars, were 88 different local area athletes from 21 different schools who took center stage in the heart of Columbus.

Below are the results from the local athletes who reached the finals in their respective events, and where they landed, sorted by division. The top eight finishers in each event reached the podium and All-Ohio status.

 

BOYS EVENTS

DIVISION I

DISCUS

  • 15th place: Mitchell Chavis (Junior), Newark – 143-05

 

 

DIVISION II

100 METER DASH

  • 4th place: Bode Shoaps (Senior), Granville – 10.66

 

200 METER DASH

  • 4th place: Bode Shoaps (Senior), Granville – 21.31

 

300 METER HURDLES

  • 1st place: Camron Willett (Senior), Zanesville – 37.92

 

4×400 METER RELAY

  • 17th place: Granville (Duffey, Johnson, Spencer, Cheney) – 3:31.11

 

4×800 METER RELAY

  • 15th place: Granville (Rose, Boissy, Rodgers, Sproul) – 8:09.33

 

HIGH JUMP

  • 3rd place: Cade Roberts (Senior), Granville – 6-6

 

LONG JUMP

  • 6th place: Colten Rollison (Junior), Tri-Valley – 22-4.25

 

SHOT PUT

  • 8th place: Creed Hill (Senior), Sheridan – 56-3.5

 

 

DIVISION III

200 METER DASH

  • 5th place: Parker Andrews (Senior), River View – 22.09

 

400 METER DSAH

  • 2nd place: Braylon Miller (Senior), Morgan – 48.48

 

800 METER RUN

  • 3rd place: Ethan Zell (Senior), John Glenn – 1:52.94

 

1600 METER RUN

  • 15th place: Vincent Campbell (Freshman), Meadowbrook – 4:24.84

 

3200 METER RUN

  • 12th place: Vincent Campbell (Freshman), Meadowbrook – 9:48.08ill

 

HIGH JUMP

  • 9th place: Aidan Mahon (Senior), Philo – 6-2
  • 14th place: Karson Kehl (Sophomore), River View – 6-0

 

LONG JUMP

  • 8th place: Aidan Mahon (Senior), Philo – 21-11.5
  • 13th place: Jamarcus Berger (Junior), Meadowbrook – 21-5.25

 

DISCUS

  • 10th place: Landon Cornelius (Junior), John Glenn – 153-7

 

 

DIVISION IV

110 METER HURDLES

  • 2nd place: Braxton Barnett (Senior), Shenandoah – 14.28

 

300 METER HURDLES

  • 2nd place: Braxton Barnett (Senior), Shenandoah – 37.61

 

4×100 METER RELAY

  • 7th place: West Muskingum (Hains, Pennington, Rogers, Prang) – 43.15

 

4×200 METER RELAY

  • 4th place: West Muskingum (Hains, Metz, Rogers, Prang) – 1:28.44

 

HIGH JUMP

  • 4th place: Braxton Barnett (Senior), Shenandoah – 6-2
  • 5th place: Carter Smith (Junior), West Muskingum – 6-2

 

LONG JUMP

  • 3rd place: Braxton Barnett (Senior), Shenandoah – 21-9.25

 

DISCUS

  • 12th place: Ethan Resor (Junior), Buckeye Trail – 154-1

 

 

SEATED DIVISION

SHOT PUT

  • 4th place: Cody Croy (Senior), Ridgewood – 19-4.25

 

 

 

GIRLS EVENTS

DIVISION I

POLE VAULT

  • 7th place: Emma Ray (Junior), Newark – 11-6

 

DISCUS

  • 15th place: Larissa Harper (Junior), Newark – 105-1

 

 

DIVISION II

200 METER DASH

  • 3rd place: Lydia Ripple (Sophomore), Tri-Valley – 24.41

 

1600 METER RUN

  • 18th place: Erin Hogue (Junior), Tri-Valley – 5:19.30

 

HIGH JUMP

  • 3rd place: Tory Reynolds (Sophomore), Granville – 5-4
  • T-14th place: Sophie Price (Sophomore), Granville – 5-0

 

POLE VAULT

  • 2nd place: Annie McCracken (Senior), Granville – 12-6

 

DISCUS

  • 16th place: Isabella King (Senior), Sheridan – 106-3

 

 

DIVISION III

800 METER RUN

  • 8th place: Ashlynn Kuklica (Junior), John Glenn – 2:23.49

 

1600 METER RUN

  • 2nd place: Ashlynn Kuklica (Junior), John Glenn – 4:51.33

 

3200 METER RUN

  • 7th place: Ashlynn Kuklica (Junior), John Glenn – 11:10.36

 

HIGH JUMP

  • T-5th place: Emma Tamasovich (Sophomore), Maysville – 5-2
  • 10th place: Ava Snedeker (Sophomore), New Lexington – 5-2

 

POLE VAULT

  • 3rd place: Paisley Williams (Freshman), Cambridge – 12-6
  • 6th place: Chloe Wahl (Sophomore), Zanesville – 11-0
  • 9th place: Delylah Boetcher (Senior), Philo – 11-0

 

SHOT PUT

  • 2nd place; Bella Van Wey (Senior), Maysville – 42-4.5
  • 5th place: Sophie May (Sophomore), Meadowbrook – 39-5
  • 8th place: Marley Morris (Sophomore), Heath – 37-8.75

 

DISCUS

  • 2nd place: Bella Van Wey (Senior), Maysville – 143-2
  • 15th place: Bailey Anderson (Junior), Cambridge – 109-0
  • 18th place: Jewelianna Hampton (Sophomore), Zanesville – 107-11

 

 

DIVISION IV

400 METER DASH

  • 8th place: Kenzie Bice (Senior), Ridgewood – 1:00.75

 

3200 METER RUN

  • 15th place: Hannah Sheets (Senior), Crooksville – 12:02.81

 

4×200 METER RELAY

  • 4th place: Ridgewood (Gress, Wentz, Bice, Bice) – 1:44.30

 

4×400 METER RELAY

  • 2nd place: Ridgewood (Maple, Gress, Wentz, Bice) – 4:01.02

 

 

DIVISION V

800 METER RUN

  • 11th place: Alyssa Crum (Senior), Shenandoah – 2:21.03
  • 17th place: Avery Yehle (Junior), Newark Catholic – 2:25.32

 

1600 METER RUN

  • 10th place: Ida Estadt (Junior), Shenandoah – 5:16.48

 

DISCUS

  • 7th place: Camy Crock (Junior), Caldwell – 127-11

 

 

SEATED DIVISION

SHOT PUT

  • 5th place: Paige Calendine (Freshman), Maysville – 11-4.75

 

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