Many area track and field athletes are preparing for the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) state championship June 4-7 at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Stadium.
Action gets underway on Thursday, June 4 with Division IV and V events. The event will ultimately conclude on Sunday with Division I and Division II running finals, as well as Division I and II field events.
Press-area qualifiers, by division, include the following student athletes.
Division II boys
110 hurdles: Barack James (Clay)
High jump: Derek Harmer (Clay)
Pole vault: Logan Davis (Clay)
Division II girls
100 hurdles: Emily Schultz (Clay)
4x400 relay: Clay
Shot put: Arianna Bench (Clay)
Pole vault: Carly Miller (Clay)
Division III boys
800 meters: Bodee Miller (Oak Harbor)
110 hurdles: Wyatt Augsburger (Oak Harbor)
Shot put: Isaac Romero (Lake), Matt Nietz (Lake)
Discus: Matt Nietz (Lake)
Division III girls
800 meters: Olivia Cherry (Oak Harbor)
100 hurdles: Lindsey Brown (Genoa)
300 hurdles: Lindsey Brown (Genoa)
4x100 relay: Oak Harbor
4x400 relay: Oak Harbor
4x800 relay: Oak Harbor
Discus: Alayna Hall (Oak Harbor)
Division IV boys
400 meters: Austin Miller (Eastwood)
4x100 relay: Eastwood
4x200 relay: Eastwood
4x400 relay: Eastwood
4x800 relay: Eastwood
Shot put: Hunter Lauer (Eastwood)
Discus: Hunter Lauer (Eastwood)
Pole vault: Cullen Shank (Eastwood)
Division IV girls
200 meters: Josie Appelhans (Eastwood)
4x100 relay: Eastwood
4x200 relay: Eastwood
4x400 relay: Eastwood, Woodmore
High jump: Camille Foos (Eastwood)
Long jump: Lauren Schuerman (Eastwood), Camille Foos (Eastwood)
Division V boys
200 meters: King Wilson (Stritch)
400 meters: King Wilson (Stritch)
4x100 relay: Woodmore
Shot put: Hunter Wasserman (Gibsonburg)
Long jump: King Wilson (Stritch)
Division V girls
Pole vault: Mckenzie Montgomery (Gibsonburg)
Seated Division
100 meters: Jenna Gallant (Eastwood)
Shot put: Jenna Gallant (Eastwood)