COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its annual track and field state championships in early June will be named after track and field legend and pioneer Jesse Owens, while the OHSAA also unveiled the schedule and format for this year’s event with the expansion to five divisions. The OHSAA Board of […]
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Battling adversity: Loudonville’s Shultz caps challenging season with pair of state podium finishes
COLUMBUS — Considering all she has been through, Tess Shultz deserved a day like Saturday. Loudonville’s senior distance ace, Shultz placed fourth in the 1,600 and sixth in the 3,200 during the final day of the Division III state meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. “This has been one of my better meets […]
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Lexington takes runner-up honors at Division I state track championship
COLUMBUS — The stars may have aligned for Lexington over the weekend, but don’t sell these Minutemen short. The way Denise Benson sees it, fortune favors the prepared. Lex followed Friday’s state championship in the 4×800 relay with a record-setting Saturday and rode it to a runner-up finish in the Division I team standings during […]
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Ontario girls 4×400 relay team captures state championship
COLUMBUS — Audrey Mahon wasn’t going to be denied. Ontario’s 4×400 relay team anchor runner, Mahon out-dueled Dayton Oakwood’s Katherine Erwin as the Warriors won a Division II state championship Saturday afternoon at sun-splashed Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University. Ontario finished in 3 minutes, 52.39 seconds. Oakwood was second in 3:52.63. “We […]
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Shelby’s Henkel overcomes shaky start to win Division II state long jump title
COLUMBUS — As she stepped onto the runway for her third and final preliminary flight attempt, Madison Henkel closed her eyes, took a deep breath and steeled her nerves. Shelby’s junior long jumper fouled on her first two attempts during the final day of the Division II state track and field championships inside Ohio State’s […]
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Thomas leads Lady Lex to 4th straight OCC team title; Minutemen win boys crown, too
ASHLAND — Emily Thomas had herself a day. Lexington’s senior sprinter won three individual events and anchored a winning relay team as Lady Lex captured its fourth straight Ohio Cardinal Conference crown Friday at Ashland University’s Ferguson Field. Lex scored 147 points, followed by Wooster (130) and Ashland (128). West Holmes (101.5), New Philadelphia (81.5), […]
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Twice as Nice: Crestview’s Bolin strikes state gold in shot put, discus
DAYTON — Wade Bolin completed the sweep. Crestview’s senior thrower, Bolin won state championships in both the shot put and discus during the first day of the Division III state track championships on Thursday at Welcome Stadium. Bolin’s efforts vaulted the Cougars to the top of the leaderboard after the opening day. Crestview has 23 […]
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Hurdles rookie Thomas ready for state meet debut
LEXINGTON — Emily Thomas may be a newcomer to the 300 meter hurdles, but the Lexington junior makes arguably the hardest event in high school track look easy. Not only did Thomas qualify for this weekend’s Division II state meet at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium, she broke a 40-year-old school record during last week’s regional meet […]
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Shelby’s Henkel soars to regional long jump championship
LEXINGTON — Madison Henkel entered rarified air Saturday afternoon. Shelby’s sophomore long jumper, Henkel won the Division II Lexington regional championship with a leap of 18-feet, 7.5 inches. While it wasn’t a personal best — Henkel broke the Mansfield Mehock Relays record earlier this spring with a PR of 18-9.75 — it puts her on […]
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Ontario boys, Lex girls capture team titles at Division II district meet
ONTARIO — Bodpegn Miller’s aching hamstring may have been a blessing in disguise. Normally a 400 meter dash specialist, Miller claimed a Division II district championship in the 200 on a steamy Saturday afternoon on his home track. The Ontario junior won in 22.14 seconds, nearly four-tenths of a second faster than runner-up Trayvon Williams […]