GALLERY: Galion Kiwanis Invitational Track

By Don Tudor

Crawford County Now

May 8, 2026 9:49 pm

Female athlete in a blue and white striped leotard performs on a high bar during a track and field event, with spectators in the background. — Don Tudor

Coach in a blue jacket hands out blue award envelopes to a line of athletes on a grassy field during a team ceremony.

Bearded man in a blue jacket hands a SPORT-TEK box to a young man at an outdoor team event.

Female athlete in a blue and white uniform vaulting over a yellow bar during a pole vault event outdoors.

Young woman in black athletic wear lifts her knee as others watch on a track field.

Female pole vaulter in mid-air clearing a yellow bar with a pole, wearing a black uniform and orange shoes.

Female athlete in a black tank top jumps mid-air during a long jump on a track, sand pit visible ahead and bystanders in the background.

Young female athlete in a blue and white uniform leaps mid-air during a long jump on a track, arms raised and legs extended.

Female athlete in a blue Galion uniform mid‑air during a long jump on an outdoor track runway

Female track and field athlete in a Galion uniform mid-jump during a long jump event, leaving the sand pit behind the runway.

Female athlete kneeling in a sand pit during a long jump attempt at a track meet, wearing a navy uniform with orange lettering.

Male high jumper clears an orange bar in a track and field event, spectators watching in the background.

Athlete clears a high jump bar mid-air during a track meet, stadium and spectators in the background.

Two girls in blue hoodies labeled 'Waynf ord Royals' talk with a man in a cap outdoors, one holding a bright green drawstring bag.

Male athlete in a black uniform mid-air during a long jump, sand pit in foreground and spectators in the background.

Male athlete in black shirt and yellow shoes leaps mid-air during a long jump on the track, sand pit ahead, arms outstretched.

Male athlete in a Galion uniform mid-jump in a long jump event, arms spread, tongue out, with spectators in the background on a track field.

Male athlete from Galion in navy uniform mid-air during a long jump on a track, arms extended, with spectators in the background.

Officials measure a long jump result on a track, one holding a clipboard and another with a yellow measuring tape by the sand pit.

Male athlete in a blue and white striped uniform leaps mid-air in a long jump on a track, with onlookers and a grassy field in the background.

Male track athlete in a blue and white uniform mid-air during a long jump attempt on a track field.

Female athlete in navy uniform on a horizontal bar, performing a backbend swing outdoors on a track field with spectators in the background.

Two women in navy tops embrace in a park; one rests her head on the other's shoulder for comfort while holding a silver briefcase.

Female gymnast on an outdoor horizontal bar, reaching up with one arm while the other grips the bar.

Female athlete in blue and white outfit clears an orange pole vault bar on an outdoor track field.

Athlete performing a backbend over a horizontal bar during an outdoor track event, wearing a black leotard and white/red spikes.

Female athlete in a black tank top sprinting on a track during a relay race, holding a pink baton with teammates behind her.

Relay runner: young woman in navy-blue uniform holds a baton while running on a track, bib number 6 visible.

Female athlete running on a track holding a pink baton during a relay race, wearing black sportswear and pink knee tape.

Male baton runner in a blue and white striped uniform sprints on a track, wearing mirrored sunglasses.

Two young male sprinters race side by side on a track, each holding a baton during a relay event.

Male sprinter in a black singlet holding a pink baton during a relay on an outdoor track, with spectators in the background.

Male sprinter in a blue and white striped singlet runs on a track holding a turquoise relay baton during a race.

Young male sprinter in a black uniform runs on a track, holding a pink relay baton.

Relay race runner on an outdoor track, holding a blue baton, wearing a blue striped singlet with number 8.

Relays runner in black uniform with bib 9, sprinting on track while holding a pink baton, wearing sunglasses.

Female athlete in a blue-and-white singlet clears a hurdle on a track, mid-jump with a focused expression.

Two female hurdlers mid-race clearing hurdles on a track, one in a navy and gold uniform and the other in a navy and white uniform, rain visible in the air.

Male hurdler in a blue-and-white uniform clearing a hurdle on an outdoor track surface.

Athlete in a blue uniform jumps over orange hurdles on a track, mid-air with intense focus.

Four male runners leap over a hurdle in a track and field hurdle race, with spectators and tents in the rainy background.

Three female sprinters push off at the start of a rainy track race; two wear Highland blue tops with red shorts, one in a navy Ballion uniform.

Female sprinters launch from starting blocks on a rainy track, crowds watching in the background.

Athletes sprint on a wet track in a race, with a person in a wheelchair visible in the background under light rain behind the fence.

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