OHSAA track & field: Fairfield Union boys, girls sweep Division II regional titles
The Fairfield Union boys and girls track and field teams will look to ride the momentum of sweeping the Division II regional titles Saturday at Muskingum into the state meet.
Fairfield Union, which also won the boys and girls titles in the MSL-Buckeye and district meets, swept the regional championships for the first time, according to coach Robert Myers.
“I’m very proud of them,” Myers said. “It’s been fun. We’re not done. We have to reset, regroup. We have quite a few going to state. The goal is always to be your best at state, but state is an incredible competition. We’ll go in and focus on the process and do what we can.”
The girls (72) finished ahead of second-place New Concord John Glenn (57 ½) and the boys (54) finished ahead of runner-up Steubenville (48).
Anna Conrad led the girls, winning the 1,600 meters (5:06.84) and joining Sarah Lepi, Averey Cottrill and Abigail Pike on the first-place 1,600 relay (4:00.02). Cottrill won the 300 hurdles (45.7).
For the boys, Chayse Lipscomb won the 110 hurdles (14.25) and 300 hurdles (37.36), and Nathan Phillips won the 1,600 (4:23.0).
The top four finishers in each regional event, along with two at-large berths from throughout the state, advanced to the three-day state meet, which begins Thursday at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.
In the Division II regional at Lexington, Marion-Franklin's Dawayne Galloway won the 100 (10.56) and joined Nazsir Jackson, Aaris Billingsley and Taliq Black on the first-place 400 relay (42.02). Galloway also ran on the second-place 800 relay (1:28.63) with Jackson, Billingsley and Terry Black (1:28.63).
For the girls, Isabel Evans of Northridge won the 100 hurdles (14.18) and 300 hurdles (43.42).
The Jonathan Alder boys had the top team finish for central Ohio, placing fourth (45) behind champion Oak Harbor (58). In the girls meet, Northridge and Johnstown tied Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary for ninth (24) behind co-champions Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown and Huron (49).
Here are central Ohio state qualifiers from the regional meets held Saturday:
Division II at Lexington
Boys
110 hurdles
3. Caleb Hague, Liberty Union (14.73)
100 meters
1. Dawayne Galloway, Marion-Franklin (10.56)
2. Angelo Ayers, Ready (10.8)
1,600 meters
1. Solomon McDow, Bexley (4:22.89)
2. Brady Tremayne, Jonathan Alder (4:24.45)
800 relay
2. Marion-Franklin: Nazsir Jackson, Aaris Billingsley, Galloway and Terry Black (1:28.63)
400 relay
1. Marion-Franklin: Jackson, Billingsley, Galloway and Taliq Black (42.02)
400 meters
2. Cameron Jewell, Jonathan Alder (49.72)
3. Patrick Flythe, Columbus Academy (49.89)
4. Grant Hartley, Fredericktown (49.97)
800 meters
1. Luke Goode, Jonathan Alder (1:53.07)
2. Gabe Douce, River Valley (1:53.22)
3. Cameron Carn, London (1:53.53)
3,200 meters
1. Tucker See, Heath (9:35.44)
4. Ryan Baker, Heath (9:54.6)
1,600 relay
2. Jonathan Alder: Jewell, Ian Odell, Greg Nussbaum and Goode (3:22.73)
Shot put
1. Ethan Lyon, River Valley (56-6 ¼)
3. Trevor Croak, Licking Valley (53-2 ¼)
Girls
100 hurdles
1. Isabel Evans, Northridge (14.18)
3. Mya Riggins, Ready (15.25)
1,600 meters
3. Reece Savage, Johnstown (5:08.01)
400 relay
3. Buckeye Valley: Avelina Wagner, Elly Olney, Rylee Jarvis and Carlie Osborne (49.32)
300 hurdles
1. Evans, Northridge (43.42)
800 meters
4. Reece Savage, Johnstown (2:17.32)
3,200 meters
4. Camryn Miller, Highland (11:33.32)
Discus
4. Ella Bouton, Fredericktown (128-2)
Long jump
2. Ashtan Winfrey, Africentric (18-4)
4. Kate Ruffle, Johnstown (17-½)
Pole vault
2. Lillian Finke, London (12-2)
3. Eva Moran, River Valley (11-6)
Division II at Muskingum
Boys
110 hurdles
1. Chayse Lipscomb, Fairfield Union (14.25)
1,600 meters
1. Nathan Phillips, Fairfield Union (4:23.0)
300 hurdles
1. Lipscomb, Fairfield Union (37.36)
800 meters
3. Josh Trapp, Westfall (1:57.56)
3,200 meters
3. Andrew Walton, Fairfield Union (9:36.47)
4. Nathan Phillips, Fairfield Union (9:38.19)
1,600 relay
2. Fairfield Union: Mitchell Ortiz, Ethan Rooney, Hunter Ruff and Lipscomb (3:24.75)
Girls
Long jump
3. Sydney Lattimer, Circleville (17-0)
1,600 meters
1. Anna Conrad, Fairfield Union (5:06.84)
400 relay
3. Circleville: Lattimer, Isabelle Perini, Makya Cockerham and Faith Yancey (50.19)
300 hurdles
1. Averey Cottrill, Fairfield Union (45.7)
800 meters
3. Conrad, Fairfield Union (2:16.12)
200 meters
3. Yancey, Circleville (25.61)
3,200 meters
4. Taylor Colopy, Fairfield Union (11:42.79)
1,600 relay
1. Fairfield Union: Sarah Lepi, Cottrill, Abigail Pike and Conrad (4:00.02)
2. Circleville: Bella Morningstar, Ellie Patrick, Maddux Bigam and Yancey (4:02.87)
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: OHSAA track: Division II state meet qualifiers from central Ohio
