Triad’s Cayla Eaton, right, clears a hurdle at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium during the 2023 state track meet. Eaton was named the MVP of the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division in the 2024 circuit meet.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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The girls track and field teams from Fairbanks and Triad respectively finished second and third during the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division meet.
The host school, West Liberty-Salem, won the division with 182 points.
FHS tallied 145.5 and Triad finished with 91.
Triad senior Cayla Eaton was named the MVP for the North Division.
She won the division’s 100 meter hurdles in 15.73.
Eaton placed second in both the 300 meter hurdles (49.83) and long jump (13-11.5).
Additional results (for points) for local girls were as follows:
-100 meter hurdles: Valerie Gaier, Triad, fourth, 18.70; Evie Reidman, Fairbanks, fifth, 19.33; Madeleine Peffer, Fairbanks, sixth, 19.75;
-100 meter dash: Charley Shope, Fairbanks, second, 12.85; Allie Boyd, Fairbanks, fifth, 13.45; Emma Ferguson, Triad, sixth, 14.24;
-4×200 meter relay: Fairbanks, first, 1:51.11 (Shope, Alexis Wojchhowics, Molly Thrush, Boyd); Triad, third, 1:56.57 (Abbey Overfield, Ashtyn Millice, Gracie Martin, Melissa Graham);
-1600 meter run: Rachael Hoover, Fairbanks, 5:17.82; Sadie Miller, Fairbanks, sixth, 6:00.22;
-4×100 meter relay: Fairbanks, second, 54.28 (Kendra Turner, Sydney Nicol, Thrush, Alyssa Tobe); Triad, fourth, 57.50 (Graham, Instine, Gaier, Ferguson);
-400 meter dash, Hoover, Fairbanks, 1:01.44; Wojcehowics, Fairbanks, third, 1:03.27; Overfield, Triad, fourth, 1:03.37;
-300 meter hurdles: Shope, Fairbanks, fourth, 51.56; Reidman, Fairbanks, sixth, 56.58;
-800 meter run: Hoover, Fairbanks, first, 2:26.39; Thrush, Fairbanks, fifth, 2:43.27;
-200 meter dash: Wojchhowics, fourth, 29.35; Overfield, Triad, fifth, 29.77;
-3200 meter run: Ava Lahmers, Fairbanks, second, 12:13.10; Elizabeth Phillippo, Fairbanks, fifth, 14:17.86;
-4×400 meter relay: Fairbanks, third, 4:20.81 (Hoover, Wojcehowics, Thrush, Shope);
-Long jump: Ferguson, Triad, third, 13-7.25; Abby Gardini, Fairbanks, fourth, 13-3; Sydney Nicol, Fairbanks, sixth, 13-0.75;
-Shot put: Clara Andrews, Fairbanks, first, 31-8; Anna Mueller, Fairbanks, second, 31-3.5; Mia LeMay, Triad, third, 30-10.5; Arlo Monroe, Triad, fifth, 28-0.75.
Boys places for points among local athletes were as follows:
-110 meter hurdles: De’Von Minor, Triad, third, 17.10; Bryce Nisly, Fairbanks, fifth, 17.92;
-100 meter dash: Awsom Mitchell, Triad, second, 11.11; Cohen Riley, Fairbanks, fifth, 11.56;
-4x 200 meter relay: Triad, third, 1:37.13 (Minor, Brody Hess, Logan Harper, Mitchell);
-1600 meter run: Zeke Gingerich, Fairbanks, sixth, 4:48.47;
-4x 100 meter relay: Fairbanks, second, 47.76 (Raiden Humble, Riley, Carson Shope, Maddox Eagon); Triad, third, 50.12 (Connor Eaton, Zayden Williams, Landon Tomlin, Caden Everhart);
-400 meter dash: Hess, Triad, fifth, 56.28);
-300 meter hurdles: Nisly, Fairbanks, fourth, 46.32: Minor, Triad, fifth, 47.13; Shope, Fairbanks, sixth, 48.61;
-800 meter run: Gingerich, Fairbanks, fourth, 2:08.47; Wyatt Robison, sixth, 2:17.62;
-200 meter dash: Mitchell, third, 24.20;
-4×400 meter relay: Fairbanks, third, 3:49.75 (Humble, Gingerich, Nisly, Shope);
-Discus: Andrew Sorg, Fairbanks, fourth, 123-8;
-Pole vault: Garret Bollack, Triad, fifth, Jacob Haser, Triad and Elton Bailey, Fairbanks, tied for fifth, 9-6.
Triad’s boys placed fourth in the meet and the Panthers finished fifth.