North central Ohio again will be well represented at the OHSAA state track and field meet this weekend.
Events begin Friday and conclude Saturday at Jesse Owens Stadium on the Ohio State University campus.
Colonel Crawford girls won the team championship in the Division III regional at Heath. The Lady Eagles amassed 72 points to top Fairbanks (49), Dawson-Bryant (47) and Lucas (44).
It marked the second straight year that the Lady Eagles captured the team title.
In D-III meet at Fostoria, Carey finished 7th and Mohawk 33rd in girls. In boys the Warriors were 17th and Blue Devils 32nd.
Bucyrus girls finished 24th and Wynford 33rd. The Redmen boys were 17th and the Royals 39th.
In boys, Ashland Crestview took home team honors. Mount Gilead finished fourth, Northmor sixth, Crawford 12th, Bucyrus 17th and Crestline 46th.
State qualifiers (top four in each event qualify):
Division II Lexington
· Miranda Stone (Galion, shot put, second, 41 feet, 11.25 inches). This was a school record and a personal record. Stone finished 10th in the discus.
· Linkon Tyrrell (Galion, 110-meter hurdles, fourth, 14.96).
· Galion 4×100 boys (Gabe Ivy, Jack Hart, Zach Sallee and Jacob Chambers, third, 43.26).
Division III Heath, Fostoria
· Colonel Crawford 4×200 girls (Ayla McKibben, Ryley Ritzhaupt, Regan Ritzhaupt, Mira Holt, first, 1:46.17).
· Colonel Crawford 4X400 girls (Reagan Ritzhaupt, Rylee Ritzhaupt, Gabby Roston, Mira Holt, first, 4:03.94).
· Colonel Crawford 4X100 girls (Ayla McKibben, Mira Holt, Reagan Ritzhaupt, Hailey Slagle, third, 50.66).
· Colonel Crawford 4×800 girls (Olivia Hardy, Cecelia Chase, Izzy Roston, Gabby Roston, third, 9:59.36.)
· Cecelia Chase (1600 meters, second, 5:06.46).
· Cecelia Chase (3200 meters, fourth, 11:25.70).
· Gabby Roston (pole vault first, 11-4).
· Niyah Shipman (Colonel Crawford, high jump, fourth, 5-2; long jump, fourth, 17.145.)
· Trevor Vogt (Colonel Crawford, 300-meter hurdles, first 39.74).
· Colonel Crawford 4×200 boys (Lane Kozinski, Ethan Holt, Trevor Vogt, Ryan McMichael, fourth place, 1:33.12).
· Zaiden Fry (Mohawk, pole vault, second, 14 feet).
· Lilly Schiefer (Seneca East, 1600 meters, first, 5:05.89).
· Seneca East 4×800 girls (Jaidyn Kagy-Alexander, Lilly Schiefer, Valerie Bordner, Camryn Lantz, fourth, 10:04.58).
· Seneca East 4X200 boys (Taylor Young, Austin Perry, Lucas Bordner, Korbin Beamer, third, 1:32.56.
· Emma Tyrrell (Bucyrus, 400 meters, fourth, 1:00.13).
· Randy Banks (Bucyrus, high jump, fourth, 6 feet).
· Lexi Plott (Carey, 100 hurdles, second, 15.74; high jump, second, 5-2).
· Carey 4X100 girls (Kelsey Bursby, Eliza Weinandy, Macy Wentling and Lexi Plott, fourth, 50.64).
Complete results can be found at https://oh.milesplit.com/