2023 Outdoor Track & Field Season Gets Under Way March 25, 2023
The outdoor track and field season will get under way with competition at the Austintown Fitch Early Bird Meet, Saturday March 25, 2023. This meet is always one where the weather comes into play. The early meets in northeastern Ohio are always subject to snow, sleet, hail and cold temperatures. Teams expected to compete are…
Nick Plant of Canfield Sets New All-Time 800 Meter Run Mark at State Meet
Nick Plant a senior from Canfield High School set the all- time boys 800 meter run record at the division 1 state meet Saturday. Plant’s time of 1:48.65 bettered the old mark of 1:48.93 set by Mark Sylvester in 2001. This time put Plant in the top 3 nationally according to MileSplit.
Division 2 Finals Recap
The temperature and the competition both got hot for the Division 2 meet. In the girls 100 meter dash, we saw another state record fall when Kya Epps of Akron SVSM broke it in 11.57 seconds. Epps would return later in the 200 meter to grab another gold medal and another state record as well. …
Division 3 Finals Recap
It was an exciting day at the track in Division 3. There were great finishes, individual performances and multiple state records set. The day started off with a bang right away in the girls 100 meter hurdles, where Colonel Crawford’s Katie Ruffener re-set her own state record with a US Top 25 time (according to…
Valley Christian Boys Bring Home Gold in D3 4 x 100 Meter Relay
The Valley Christian Boys 4 x 100 meter relay team brought home the gold medals today at the Division 3 State Track Meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The quartet of RaQuan Bell, Phillip Spradley, Kwane Austin and Marquez Gibbs ran the circuit in a time of 42.82.
Medina Girls and Loveland Boys take home D1 4×800 titles
The Medina girls won the D1 4×800 in 9:11.01. The team made up of Rachel Smith, Jenna Razavi, Kayla Kutcel and Mia Heine were in contention most of the race, and then a great anchor leg by the sophomore Heine brought home the victory. In the boys race, it was the quartet from Loveland taking…
Lumberjacks and Dukes capture D2 4×800 titles
The Lumberjacks of Oakwood successfully defended their State title in the D2 Girls 4×800 in a time of 9:14.83. The quartet was made up of Bella Butler, Emma Almoney, Elizabeth Erwin and Grace Hartman. They were in the top 4 for the majority of the race, and were finally able to break ahead with a…
Day 1 Starts off with Minster Girls and Fort Loramie Boys winning D3 4×800 titles
On a day with picture perfect weather for Track and Field, the day started off with victories in the 4×800 relay for the girls from Minster and the boys from Fort Loramie. The quartet of Margaret Hemmelgarn, Cameo Cedarleaf, Chaney Cedarleaf and Taylor Roth captured the gold medal for the Minster girls in a time…