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HEATH – High school’s regional track and field meets might have just kicked off Wednesday night around Ohio, but that didn’t keep the Crestview boys squad from quickly churning out some state qualifications.

After capturing their fourth consecutive Firelands Conference crown a few weeks ago, the Cougars sit atop the Division III leaderboard at Heath High School with 30 points behind a trio of regional titles.

Senior Wade Bolin, who set new FC records this year in both the shot put (60-3.5) and discus (187-4), was an easy winner Wednesday in the discus. His heave of 178-4 was more than 13 feet better than the runner-up.

Crestview sophomore Liam Kuhn also impressed in the pole vault with a first-place clearance of 14-0, as no other vaulter topped 13-8.

Then in the 4×800 relay, the Cougars clocked a regional-winning 8:05.96 with the quartet of Cooper Brockway, Bransen Hider, Everett Smith and Logan Friges.

Doug Haidet is a 17-year resident of Ashland. He wrote sports in some capacity for the Ashland Times-Gazette from 2006 to 2018. He lives with his wife, Christy, and son, Murphy.