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Volume 3 Issue 22

Jun 02, 2024

Division I

The Division I one meet was full of known standouts, as well as, surprise performances.

One of the biggest surprises of the meet was in the boys shot put. Dominic Brown of Fremont Ross came into the meet with a personal best of 56’0.75. He absolutely shattered that mark with a heave of 62’06 to take home the gold. That is the 10th best shot put all time by a NWO high schooler and first shot put title for Fremont Ross since 1940.

Maira Scott grew her legend again. Scott dueled it out with future USC teammate Olivia Pace. Pace got by Scott in the 100m, but the 200m belonged to the Blue Devil. Scott crushed the field by nearly a second into what was a 3.6 meter per second headwind.

Mile phenom Ethan Cope of Toledo St. Francis finished runner-up in the 1600m with a time of 4:09.82. That is the 5th fastest time by a Northwest Ohio high schooler ever.

Logan Howe of Sylvania Southview was the fastest qualifier in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.08. He would go on to finish 4th in the finals while Toledo St. John’s hurdler Caleb Root would finish 6th. In the 300m hurdles Caleb Root would finish runner-up with a time of 36.92, the 2nd fastest ever from a NWO runner. Jack Newlove of Tiffin Columbian was 4th and Logan Howe was 7th. On the girls side, Azurie Garrett of Whitmer was runner-up with a time of 43.08. That is the 5th fastest ever in NWO history.

Other notable results were Jayden Williams of Oregon Clay went 1:53.44 in the 800m to place 6th, Pierre Adams of Toledo Bowsher took 4th in discus and Cornell commit Hannah Kersten of Perrysburg took 6th in 3200m.

Division II

The boys team state title may be the most dramatic finish in Ohio history. The talented Huron squad swept both the 4x100m and 4x200m. Their 4x200m narrowly missed the state record. Combine that with Beau Harkelroad’s runner-up performance in the 110m hurdles and Joe Schaeffer’s 5th place in the 200m, the Tigers were in a great place. However, before the 200m, Beau Harkelroad was competing in the 300m hurdles. Beau stormed from 5th place to 2nd in the final 100m. However, defending state champion Brayden Richards blew past the previous state record, and also his last hurdle. Richards hit his final hurdle so hard that it flew into Harkelroad’s lane causing him to crash hard into the track. Harkelroad went from 2nd to 8th in a matter of seconds. As a result, it was determined that Richards would be disqualified for interfering with other runners and the race would be re-run at the end of the meet. Huron was down 36 to 32 to Cleveland Glenville heading into the re-run. Harkelroad, running his 9th race in two days, needed to finish 4th or better to win the team title for the Tigers. Coming down the final stretch, Harkelroad stormed to the front again to finish with the 2nd best overall time by just .004 of a second to deliver the title to Huron.

Standing at just 5’10, Wyatt Sumser of Bellevue went toe-to-toe with Clear Fork’s Davis Hoeflich. in the high jump. Sumser out dueled his opponent with a leap of 6’09 to take home the state title. Also from Bellevue, Ella Rucker took 3rd in the 100m hurdles.

The Port Clinton girls 4x100m team brought home the school’s first ever girls state championship in track and field as they held of Akron Butchel in the final stretch.

Nyla King had another dominating performance. King blew away the field in the 100m for the second straight year. She also claimed her first 200m title and was 2nd in the 400m. Also in the 400m was Lake freshman Savannah Little who was 4th, Lima Bath senior Tatum Walsh who was 6th and Oak Harbor freshmen Olivia Cherry who was 8th.

Sophomore standout Victor Singleton of Toledo Central Catholic took the win in the long jump on his final leap to get past Edison’s Trayvon Williams. Otsego’s Nathan Strahm finished runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:53.61.

The Towns sisters of Huron had a solid distance running day. Senior Jadyn Towns was 4th in the 1600m and 8th in 800m while freshman Rylie Towns was runner-up in the 3200m.

In the throws, Ethan Lyons of Caledonia River Valley was 3rd in the discus and 5th in the shot put. Tyler Grose of Liberty-Benton took 5th in the discus and Evan Hall of Oak Harbor was 8th in the shot put. In the girls discus, Brooke Simon of Otsego took 2nd while Miranda Stone of Galion was 3rd. In shot put, Olivia Mason of Perkins took 3rd.

Damarius Chrisman of Clyde was 4th in the 400m. Ty Rosengarten of Ottawa-Glandorf was 6th in the 1600m. Stefan Kolan of Liberty-Benton was 5th in the pole vault. The Galion boys 4x100m was 5th while the Ottawa-Glandorf boys 4x800m was 6th. The Clyde girls 4x100m was 3rd while Ottawa-Glandorf was 6th. In the girls 4x200m, Lake was 5th, Ottawa-Glandorf was 6th and Port Clinton was 7th. In the girls 4x400m, Perkins was 4th, Oak Harbor was 6th, Ottawa-Glandorf was 7th and Huron was 8th. In the girls 4x800m, Huron was 4th and Ottawa-Glandorf was 5th. Lillian Frias of Genoa took 3rd in the high jump and Eva Moran of Caledonia River Valley was 5th in the pole vault.

Division III

The Marion Local boys went back-to-back and took home the state team title once again. Indiviually, Toby Kremer took gold in the pole vault, Jack Knapke was runner-up in the discus, Victor Hoelscher was 4th in the 200m and Justin Knouff took 7th in the 100m. In the 4x100m, Marion Local, United and Margaretta were all in a virtual tie. Having to go down the thousandths of a second, United came out on top, followed by Marion Local then Margaretta. In the 4x200m the Flyers were on top by .17 of a second. In the 4x400m Marion Local was runner-up. The Flyers scored a total of 51 points, 16 points ahead of second place.

Distance ace Riley Nixon came out on top in the 1600m with a time of 4:12.70. He followed that up with a 5th place finish in the 3200m, right behind Luke Ellerbrock of Columbus Grove who was 4th. Minster had two placers in the boys 800m with Ryan Halpin taking 2nd and Jake Grieshop taking 4th. For the girls, Rileigh Baumer of St. Henry was 5th in the 800m, Lauren Sattler of Defiance Tinora was 6th in 1600m while Allison Woodruff of Riverdale was 7th and in the 3200m Reese Landis of New London was 3rd, and Emma Redett of Danbury was 8th.

In the high jump, Sophomore prodigy Calvin Willow of Arlington took home the gold over defending state champion Owen Ackerman of Defiance Tinora and senior Evan Kreais of of Hopewell-Loudon. In the long jump, Corbin Bloomfield of Buckeye Central was runner-up, Owen Ackerman was 3rd, Kimari Glenn of Lima Perry was 6th and Tate Bailey of Margaretta was 8th. On the girls side, Adriana Kremer of Minster was runner-up in the high jump. In the long jump, Izzy Zahn of Coldwater took gold, Angela Williams of South Central was 3rd and Alex Kessen of Delphos St. John’s was 5th.

In the hurdles, Azure Travis of Woodmore defended both her 100m and 300m state championships. She also placed in the 100m and 200m dashes. Grace Moeller of Marion Local was runner-up in the 100m hurdles with Lyv Lindeman of Delphos Jefferson taking 5th and Gracelyn Lamoreaux of South Central placing 6th. In the girls 300m hurdles, Rilynn Jones of Allen East was 4th while Gracelyn Lamoreaux was 8th. For the boys, Carter Herman of Edgerton was 4th and Jackson Brown of Ada was 6th in the 110 meters. In the 300 meters, Trevor Vogt of Colonel Crawford was runner-up in a time of 38.00 while Garrett Trentman of Ottoville was 4th, Cody Ricker of Lincolnview was 7th and Carter Herman was 8th.

In the pole vault, Lakota had two placers with Braxton Quaintance taking runner-up and Kian Johns placing 6th. Andrew Suter of Pandora-Gilboa was 5th and Trevon Baxter of Columbus Grove was 7th. For the girls, freshman McKenzie Montgomery of Gibsonburg was 3rd while Gabby Roston of Colonel Crawford was 5th and Alayna Beihl of Margaretta was 6th.

In the throws, Charlie Schmiesing of Minster was 5th in the discus. Luke Stouffer of Wayne Trace was runner-up in the shot put while Jack Woods of Paulding was 3rd, Hayden Keith of Western Reserve was 6th and Logan Pontious of Montpelier was 7th.

In the sprints, Izzy Zahn defended her state title in the 200m and ran a state record 24.06 in the preliminaries. Anna Roessner of Fort Recovery was 3rd and Alex Kessen of Delphos St. John’s was 5th. The 100m had the same names but a different order with Alex Kessen taking runner-up, Anna Roessner taking 5th and Izzy Zahn taking 6th. In the 400m, Olivia Saylor of Margaretta was 4th, Lauren Laudick of Kalida was 5th and Marissa Bonham of Riverdale was 6th. For the boys, Samuel Haley of Pettisville was 5th in the 200m and 4th in the 400m. Conner Baldauf of Lincolnview took 5th in the 400m.

In the relays, the boys 4x100m team of Edgerton was 5th while Seneca East was 7th. The boys 4x200m team of Margaretta was 3rd, Colonel Crawford was 5th, Defiance Tinora was 6th, Van Buren was 7th and Allen East was 8th. In the 4x800m, Seneca East was runner-up, Minster was 3rd, New Bremen was 4th and Lincolnview was 8th. The girls 4x100m team from Delphos St. John’s was 3rd, Fort Recovery was 4th, Columbus Grove was 6th, Colonel Crawford was 7th and St. Henry was 8th. In the 4x200m, Margaretta was 2nd, Columbus Grove was 5th and Montpelier was 6th. In the 4x400m Coldwater took home the gold with Margaretta placing 4th, Tiffin Calvert taking 5th, Minster placing 6th, and Colonel Crawford finishing 8th. In the 4x800m Minster took home the bronze.

Leading Updates

Jeron Williams (Archbold) promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi.

Notable Game Updates

On May 27th Chris Bassitt (Curtice/Genoa) threw 7 strikeouts and got the win for the Toronto Blue Jays.
On May 28th Jase Bowen (Northwood/Tol. Cen. Cath.) went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs for the Double-A Altoona Curve.
On June 1st Jeron Williams (Archbold) went 2-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs for the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.

Interesting Reads

Just For Fun

Schools to win multiple track and field state titles

Boys

Eastwood (2009 & 2010)
Huron (1974 & 2024)
Marion Local (2023 & 2024)
Toledo Central/Scott (1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1918, 1934, 1935 & 1938.
Toledo DeVilbiss (1946 & 1987)

Girls

Coldwater (1994, 1995 & 1996)
Colonel Crawford (1990, 1991, 1992 & 2022)
Findlay Liberty-Benton (2015 & 2016)
Minster (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2018)
Upper Sandusky (2000 & 2001)
Woodmore (1993 & 2023)

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