The Hillsboro Indians edged out five-time defending champions Chillicothe to capture the Frontier Athletic Conference track title Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Washington High School. It is Hillsboro’s first FAC boys track championship.
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The McClain Lady Tigers won the FAC track and field championship by two points over Chillicothe Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Washington High School. McClain won the FAC track title in 2021. Chillicothe previously won the FAC last year, and also in 2022 and 2018. Hillsboro won the FAC in 2019.
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Brice Perkins of Miami Trace captured the FAC pole vault championship, going over at a height of 13’ 3” Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Washington High School.
Jared Griffith competes in the long jump for Miami Trace Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at the FAC meet at Washington High School.
Sureya Lopez of Miami Trace in the shot put event at the Frontier Athletic Conference meet at Washington High School Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Washington High School athletic director Greg Phipps, at right, presented Tim Walters with the Blue Lion Hero award. Imprinted on the plaque are the words: For his dedicated service and relentless work that he has put into our Athletic Facilities. Thank you for always making a difference. The upgrades to the facility by Walters and with the assistance of folks who worked for Walters at the time. Upgrades include the steeplechase water jump and the discus circle and shot put pit.
Calleigh Wead-Salmi competes in the shot put event for Washington at the FAC meet at her home facility Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
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Washington’s Avery Wightman runs a leg of the 4 x 800-meter relay at the Frontier Athletic Conference meet Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Washington High School.
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Abi Forsythe of Washington (at left) clears a hurdle in the 100-meter semifinals alongside Karissa Umphries of Chillicothe at the FAC meet Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Washington High School.
Hillsboro’s Cooper Swope, left, finishes ahead of Ryan Stewart of Jackson to take second place in the 4 x 400-meter relay that earned for the Indians the FAC championship by one-half point over Chillicothe Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Washington High School.
Washington freshman Iyanna Brown placed ninth in the FAC in the discus throw, with a best throw of 65’ 11”.
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Lady Panther senior Emily Turner finished fourth in the FAC in the discus throw, with a best throw of 92’ 8.5”.
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In a veritable deluge, Thursday, May 9, 2024, Collin Swackhamer (right) of Hillsboro was the FAC champion in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.33. Brice Perkins (left) of Miami Trace came in second with a time of 16.73.
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Washington’s Kierstyn Mitchell (left) placed second in the FAC 100-meter dash finals with a time of 13.03, while McClain’s Luca Matesic (right) finished third with a time of 13.05 in the pouring rain.
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Lady Panther Abigail Kovalchik (right) clears the final hurdle in the 300-meter hurdle race at the FAC Championships on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Kovalchik finished seventh with a time of 53.68. Also pictured (left) is Allie Burgess of McClain who finished eighth with a time of 53.91.
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Miami Trace’s Ava Shull (right) and Washington’s Mia Koutz (left) competed in the 800-meter run during the FAC Championship on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Shull placed 11th with a time of 2:46.17 and Koutz was 12th with a time of 3:03.24.
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Blue Lion senior Garrett Rickman (right) placed 5th in the FAC in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.34. Cooper Swope (left) of Hillsboro finished sixth with a time of 23.58.
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McClain’s Becca Bergstrom (left) and Hillsboro’s Olivia Covault lean in at the finish line in the 4 x 400-meter relay at the Frontier Athletic Conference meet at Washington High School Thursday, May 9, 2024. McClain won this race by .05 of a second over Hillsboro, with a time of 4:18.93 to 4:18.98. The win helped McClain win the FAC title with 143 points to 141 points for Chillicothe.
It was an extremely close competition at the Frontier Athletic Conference track meet Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Washington High School. By the time of the hurdles finals and 100-meter dash finals, it was pouring rain. The winds picked up and the temperature dipped quite a bit.
The meet forged ahead and later in the evening the rain subsided. The Hillsboro Indians edged out Jackson for second place in the 4 x 400-meter relay and even though Chillicothe won that event, that gave Hillsboro the team victory with 155 points to 154.5 points for Chillicothe.
Had they finished third behind Jackson, it would have meant Chillicothe would have won the FAC with 154.5 points to Hillsboro’s 153 points. Chillicothe had won all five of the previous FAC track meets. Jackson placed third Thursday with 124.5 points, followed by Miami Trace with 99.5 points, Washington with 79.5 points and McClain with 38 points.
The McClain Lady Tigers won their second Frontier Athletic Conference track and field title Thursday at Washington High School.
McClain edged Chillicothe for first place with 143 team points to 141 for the Cavaliers. Hillsboro was third with 137 points. Chillicothe was two-time defending champs and McClain won the conference in 2021. There were no spring sports in Ohio in 2020 due to COVID.
Hillsboro won the girls title in 2019 and Chillicothe won the first FAC track meet held in 2018. Miami Trace was fourth with 98 points, followed by Washington with 66 points and Jackson with 60 points.
For Washington, Aysha Haney won the long jump at 16’ 9 1/4”.
Washington’s Kierstyn Mitchell placed second in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.03. Mitchell was second in the 200-meter dash in 27.52.
Washington’s Jordyn Gray, Lydia Mootispaw, Haney and Mitchell combined for second in the 4 x 200-meter relay in a time of 2:02.65.
For Miami Trace, Karleigh Cooper placed third in the 800-meter run in 2:32.88. She was also third in the 3200-meter run with a time of 13:44.95.
Cooper was also a member of the 4 x 800-meter relay team that placed third. The other runners on that relay for Miami Trace were Amberly Szczerbiak, Tori Peterson and Ava Shull.
Kamika Bennett placed third in the high jump at 4’ 10”.
Nora Morrison was third in the long jump, leaping 15’ 7 3/4”.
Annie Lefebvre was third in the discus throw with a distance of 96’ 5”.
In the boys’ meet, Washington’s Mason Coffman won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. He ran a time of 10.87 and 22.29, respectively.
Coffman was on the 4 x 100-meter relay team, along with Garrett Rickman, Andrew Young and Gabe Perez, that finished second in 45.82.
Rickman was second in the long jump with a distance of 20’ 4”.
Also for the Blue Lions, Young was third in the high jump at 5’ 8”.
Caleb Barton was third in the discus throw at 125’ 8 1/2”.
For the Panthers, Brice Perkins won the pole vault clearing the bar at 13’ 3”.
Teammate Jared Griffith was third at a height of 11’ 0”.
Perkins was second in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.73.
Asher LeBeau won the 300-meter hurdles in 43.10.
Janson Smith was third in the 400-meter dash in 54,10.
Eli Fliehman placed third in 1600-meter run in 5:36.09. He placed third in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:47.72.
Weston Dawes was third in the shot put with a throw of 40’ 4 1/2”.
Washington High School will host the Division II District track meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
In addition to Washington, schools taking part will be: Circleville, Hillsboro, Logan Elm, McClain, Minford, Northwest, Piketon, Portsmouth, Portsmouth West, Unioto, Waverly, Westfall, Wheelersburg and Zane Trace.
There will be one additional girls team at Washington, Eastern Brown.
The top four placers in each event will advance to the Regional tournament at Muskingum University in New Concord to be held Thursday, May 23 and Saturday, May 25.
The Miami Trace Panthers will compete at the Division I track meet at Bellbrook High School Wednesday at 4 p.m. and Friday at 5 p.m.
Each individual and each relay team member who places first in an event is considered All-FAC and will be recognized at the conference’s spring sports banquet. (The FAC does not recognize a second team.)
First place, Washington, Miami Trace, McClain and Hillsboro girls results
100-meter dash – Kiera Archer, C, 1st, 12.63; Kierstyn Mitchell, W, 2nd, 13.03; Luca Matesic, Mc, 3rd, 13.05; Jordyn Gray, W, 4th, 13.25; Allison Browning, H, 5th, 13.63; Abigail Kovalchik, MT, 7th, 14.30
200-meter dash – Kiera Archer, C, 1st, 26.33; Kierstyn Mitchell, W, 2nd, 27.52; Olivia Covault, H, 3rd, 27.78; Katie Cook, Mc, 4th, 27.90; Luca Matesic, Mc, 5th, 27.93
400-meter dash – Kiera Archer, C, 1st, 1:00.76; Olivia Covault, H, 2nd, 1:04.64; Becca Bergstrom, Mc, 3rd, 1:05.41; Kamika Bennett, MT, 4th, 1:05.61; Larah Henson, Mc, 1:06.48; Alizeh Hudson, H, 6th, 1:08.32
800-meter run – Jailyn Williams, H, 1st, 2:24.41; Karleigh Cooper, MT, 3rd, 2:32.88; Kaitlyn Jett, Mc, 4th, 2:36.38; Taylor Thoroman, H, 5th, 2:42.05; Lillian Saunders, Mc, 6th, 2:44.95; Caitlyn Hayes, W, 9th, 2:46.03; Ava Shull, MT, 11th, 2:46.17; Mia Koutz, W, 12th, 3:03.24
1600-meter run – Payton McQuirt, C, 1st, 5:35.87; Jailyn Williams, H, 2nd, 5:47.12; Tori Peterson, MT, 4th, 6:14.45; Amberly Szczerbiak, MT, 5th, 6:17.04; Brooklyn Baldwin, Mc, 6th, 6:23.61; Ramsey Haines, H, 7th, 6:28.61; Sierra Barton, Mc, 9th, 7:15.46; Lauren Thompson, W, 10th, 9:49.60
3200-meter run – Katherine McCallum, C, 1st, 13:14.92; Karleigh Cooper, MT, 3rd, 13:44.95; Ramsey Haines, H, 5th, 13:56.47; Amberly Szczerbiak, MT, 6th, 13:59.21; Kennedy Sexton, H, 7th, 14:18.54; Katrina Sturgeon, Mc, 8th, 15:25.88; Calleigh Wead-Salmi, W, 9th, 17:13.08
100-meter hurdles – Kobie Miles, H, 1st, 15.36; Brenna Wright, Mc, 2nd, 15.76; Abigail Kovalchik, MT, 5th, 17.15; Kamryn Asbury, H, 6th, 17.57; Kaithlyn Maquilling, W, 7th, 18.73
300-meter hurdles – Brenna Wright, Mc, 1st, 48.83; Kobie Miles, H, 2nd, 50.81; Kamryn Asbury, H, 3rd, 51.44; Abigail Kovalchik, MT, 7th, 53.68; Allie Burgess, Mc, 8th, 53.91
4 x 100-meter relay – McClain, 1st, 51.68 (Luca Matesic, Brenna Wright, Katie Cook, Kaitlyn Jett); Hillsboro, 3rd, 54.18 (Meredith Dietrick, Elizabeth Sowders, Kelsey Gilkison, Allison Browning); Miami Trace, 4th, 55.75 (Bella Shull, Nora Morrison, Elyse Day, Gracie Shull); Washington, 5th, 57.36 (Cherilyn Maiden, Abi Forsythe, Lydia Mootispaw, Jordyn Gray)
4 x 200-meter relay – Hillsboro, 1st, 2:00.09 (Alizeh Hudson, Chanel Captain, Kobie Miles, Olivia Covault); Washington, 2nd, 2:02.65 (Jordyn Gray, Lydia Mootispaw, Aysha Haney, Kierstyn Mitchell); McClain, 5th, 2:07.71 (Mylie Lovett, Adalynn Snyder, Addison Olaker, Anna Eikenberry); Miami Trace, 6th, 2:10.88 (Elyse Day, Lauren Farrens, Nora Morrison, Kamika Bennett)
4 x 400-meter relay – McClain, 1st, 4:18.93 (Kaitlyn Jett, Larah Henson, Brenna Wright, Becca Bergstrom); Hillsboro, 2nd, 4:18.98 (Bree Bailey, Jailyn Williams, Kobie Miles, Olivia Covault); Miami Trace, 4th, 4:35.74 (Gracie Shull, Elyse Day, Lauren Farrens, Tori Peterson); Washington, 6th, 4:46.24 (Kaylee Scott, Abi Forsythe, Lyndyn Gibbs, Kaithlyn Maquiling)
4 x 800-meter relay – Chillicothe, 1st, 10:16.39 (Alana McKenzie, Katherine McCallum, Ali Mathis, Ella Strauch); Hillsboro, 2nd, 10:44.80 (Bree Bailey, Taylor Thoroman, Ramsey Haines, Jailyn Williams); Miami Trace, 3rd, 10:47.67 (Karleigh Cooper, Amberly Szczerbiak, Tori Peterson, Ava Shull); McClain, 4th, 11:09.35 (Kaitlyn Jett, Lillian Saunders, Brooklyn Baldwin, Katrina Sturgeon); Washington, 6th, 11:43.75 (Addison Weaver, Mia Koutz, Lauren Thompson, Kaylee Scott)
High jump – Lil Mapes, J, 1st, 5’ 2”; Mylie Lovett, Mc, 2nd, 5’ 0”; Kamika Bennett, MT, 3rd, 4’ 10”; Avah Ruggles, W, 4th, 4’ 10”; Gracie Thoroman, H, 6th, 4’ 8”; Tori Peterson, MT, tie 7th, 4’ 6”; Anna Eikenberry, Mc, 9th, 4’6”; Ramsey Haines, H, 10th, 4’ 4”
Pole vault – Becca Bergstrom, Mc, 1st, 8’ 6”; Allison Browning, H, tied 2nd, 8’ 0”; Kaithlyn Maquiling, W, tied 2nd, 8’ 0”; Katherine McCallum, C, 4th, 7’ 6”; Kaelyn Fischer, MT, 5th, 7’ 6”; Zoey Blanton, MT, 6th, 7’ 6”; Chinatsu Obayashi, W, 7th, 7’ 0”
Long jump – Aysha Haney, W, 1st, 16’ 9 1/4”; Luca Matesic, Mc, 2nd, 16’ 2”; Nora Morrison, MT, 3rd, 15’ 7 3/4”; Gracie Thoroman, H, 4th, 15’ 3 3/4”; Allison Browning, H, 5th, 15’ 3 1/4”; Gracie Shull, MT, 7th, 14’ 2 1/4”; Cherilyn Maiden, W, 9th, 13’ 10 1/2”
Shot put – Lily Barnes, Mc, 1st, 35’ 1”; Leah Lovett, Mc, 2nd, 34’ 6”; Emily Turner, MT, 4th, 31’ 9”; Sureya Lopez, MT, 5th, 28’ 1”; Amani Cumberland, H, 6th, 27’ 4”; Reagan Leeth, H, 7th, 26’ 6”; Calleigh Wead-Salmi, W, 8th, 25’ 9”
Discus throw – Lily Barnes, Mc, 1st, 119’ 2 1/2”; Annie Lefebvre, MT, 3rd, 96’ 5”; Emily Turner, MT, 4th, 92’ 8 1/2”; Bailey Parsons, Mc, 6th, 91’ 5 1/2”; Amani Cumberland, H, 6th, 85’ 8 1/2”; Iyanna Brown, W, 9th, 65’ 11”
First place, Miami Trace, Washington, Hillsboro and McClain boys results
100-meter dash – Mason Coffman, W, 1st, 10.87; Gabe Perez, W, 6th, 11.76; T.D. Matesic, Mc, 7th, 11.91; Keaton Beucler, Mc, 8th, 12.30
200-meter dash – Mason Coffman, W, 1st, 22.29; Garrett Rickman, W, 5th, 23.34; Cooper Swope, H, 6th, 23.58; Janson Smith, MT, 8th, 24.74
400-meter dash – Lucas Rinehart, C, 1st, 52.00; Cooper Swope, H, 2nd, 52.83; Janson Smith, MT, 3rd, 54.10; T.D. Matesic, Mc, 5th, 55.29; Austin Bledsoe, H, 8th, 56.94
800-meter dash – Jayden Beverly, C, 1st, 1:59.74; Tate Davis, H, 2nd, 2:03.11; Ryan Howland, H, 3rd, 2:07.61; Eli Fliehman, MT, 4th, 2:12.58; Kooper Hicks, MT, 8th, 2:20.70; Dave Bennett, W, 9th, 2:21.37; Jordan Lugo, Mc, 10th, 2:33.35
1600-meter run – Corbin Winkle, H, 1st, 5:22.49; Eli Fliehman, MT, 3rd, 5:36.09; Chris Sowders, H, 5th, 5:37.00; Avery Wightman, W, 7th, 5:56.96; Wyatt Putney, H, 8th, 5:57.04; Liam Havens, MT, 9th, 6:51.82; Jayden Lanning, Mc, 10th, 7:07.98; Gunnar Bode, Mc, 11th, 7:09.95
3200-meter run – Corbin Winkle, H, 1st, 10:17.41; Eli Fliehman, MT, 3rd, 10:47.72; Rason Brunck, H, 4th, 10:53.88; Josh Lewis, MT, 7th, 11:53.44; Dartanyen Stovall, Mc, 8th, 11:59.01; Ethan Miteff, W, 9th, 13:31.20
110-meter hurdles – Collin Swackhamer, H, 1st, 16.33; Brice Perkins, MT, 2nd, 16.73; Caiden Justice, W, 7th, 19.50; Nathan Alvarez, Mc, 8th, 20.08
300-meter hurdles – Asher LeBeau, MT, 1st, 43.10; Collin Swackhamer, H, 2nd, 43.32; Kameron Evers, H, 4th, 46.19; Jared Griffith, MT, 6th, 47.16
4 x 100-meter relay – Chillicothe, 1st, 45.56 (Victor Tanner, Shawn Smith, Cayden Lee, Mamo Williason); Washington, 2nd, 45.82 (Garrett Rickman, Mason Coffman, Andrew Young, Gabe Perez); Hillsboro, 4th, 46.97 (Jevin Hochstul, Michael Burns, Mason Dumpert, Keahi Mhanna); McClain, 5th, 48.18 (Keaton Beucler, T.D. Matesic, Ethan Eakins, Aaron Dean); Miami Trace, 6th, 48.26 (Jake Manbevers, Jayden Jones, Brice Perkins, Bryson Wallace)
4 x 200-meter relay – Jackson, 1st, 1:35.36 (Christian Gillum, J.T. Hammons, Ryan Stewart, Josh Hutchinson); Hillsboro, 3rd, 1:37.35 (Jevin Hochstul, Keahi Mhanna, Michael Burns, Cooper Swope); Miami Trace, 4th, 1:38.97 (Janson Smith, Jake Manbevers, Brice Perkins, Asher LeBeau); Washington, 5th, 1:41.07 (Kiontae Tyree, Ian Rogers-Wright, Logan Pressley, Isaac Hood); McClain, 6th, 1:45.40 (Cameron Medley, Brice Graham, Ethan Eakins, Aaron Dean)
4 x 400-meter relay – Chillicothe, 1st, 3:32.29 (Kaidon Koch, Mamo Willison, Lucas Rinehart, Jayden Beverly); Hillsboro, 2nd, 3:37.42 (Austin Bledsoe, Tate Davis, Ryan Howland, Cooper Swope); Miami Trace, 4th, 3:47.91 (Asher LeBeau, Malachi Jones, Jake Manbevers, Janson Smith); Washington, 5th, 3:56.89 (Kiontae Tyree, Gabe Perez, Avery Wightman, T.J. Ooten); McClain, 6th, 4:05.09 (Brice Graham, Nicolas Alvarez, Jackson Crago, Nathan Alvarez)
4 x 800-meter relay – Hillsboro, 1st, 8:26.99 (Corbin Winkle, Ryan Howland, Chris Sowders, Tate Davis); Washington, 4th, 9:20.69 (Dave Bennett, Wyatt Putney, Nathan Reed, Avery Wightman); Miami Trace, 5th, 10:01.74 (Liam Havens, Josh Lewis, Emerson VanLandingham, Kooper Hicks); McClain, 6th, 10:05.53 (Jordan Lugo, Dartanyen Stovall, Gunnar Bode, Jobe Lugo
High jump – Cayden Lee, C, 1st, 5’ 10”; Mason Dumpert, H, 2nd, 5’ 8”; Andrew Young, W, 3rd, 5’ 8”; Eli Fliehman, MT, 4th, 5’ 8”; Kooper Hicks, MT, tied 6th, 5’ 6”; Garrett Rickman, W, 9th, 5’ 4”; Jack Wagoner, H, 10th, 5’ 4”
Pole vault – Brice Perkins, MT, 1st, 13’ 3”; Jackson Crago, Mc, 2nd, 12’ 0”; Jared Griffith, MT, 3rd, 11’ 0”; Austin Bledsoe, H, 4th, 11’ 0”; Jacob Seaman, H, 5th, 10’ 0”; Brice Graham, Mc, 6th, 9’ 6”; Bradley Forsythe, W, tied 8th, 9’ 0”
Long jump – Cayden Lee, C, 1st, 21’ 3 3/4”; Garrett Rickman, W, 2nd, 20’ 4”; Andrew Young, W, 5th, 19’ 11”; Bryson Wallace, MT, 6th, 19’ 5 3/4”; Collin Swackhamer, H, 8th, 19’ 2”; Jared Griffith, MT, 9th, 19’ 1”
Shot put – Ayden Clemons, H, 1st, 43’ 7 1/2”; Weston Dawes, MT, 3rd, 40’ 4 1/2”; Heath McCravey, H, 4th, 38’ 11”; Caleb Barton, W, 7th, 37’ 1/2”; Jobe Lugo, Mc, 8th, 36’ 4”; Darrien Mason, MT, 9th, 32’ 7”
Discus throw – Jahari Pitts, H, 1st, 136’ 1 1/2”; Caleb Barton, W, 3rd, 125’ 8 1/2”; Ayden Clemons, H, 4th, 124’ 7”; Austin Ruddle, Mc, 6th, 104’ 7 1/2”; Weston Dawes, MT, 7th, 103’ 9”; Andrew Roeder, Mc, 8th, 103’ 8”; Hayden Bartruff, MT, 9th, 102’ 8 1/2”
