Greenfield, Hillsboro athletes compete at 7th & 8th Grade Track & Field State Championships
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Caitlin Forsha-crforsha@gmail.com
Six Highland County athletes competed in the second annual Ohio High School Athletic Association Seventh and Eighth Grade Track & Field State Championships this weekend, as Greenfield had five students and Hillsboro had one student participating.
The top 16 competitors in the state for each respective event are invited to participate at the state championship, held at Lancaster High School.
Leading the way for Highland County was Greenfield Middle School’s 4x400 meter relay team of seventh graders McKenzie Anderson and Autumn White and eighth-grade students Iva Easter and Aaliyah Evans, who earned a spot on the podium with their fourth-place finish in the state tournament.
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The relay team finished with a time of 4:17.21, which was 12 seconds under their qualifying time the previous week. The relay team qualified at 15th in the state with their 4:29.66 finish at the Warren Last Chance Invitational May 5.
Hillsboro eighth-grade student Anthony Richards also improved on his qualifying distance in the long jump event, finishing ninth at the state tournament with a jump of 18-05.00. His jump of 18-03.50 at the Hillsboro Quad Meet on April 18 was 13th on the state-qualifying list.
At the state tournament, Richards also completed jumps of 18-00.50, 17-11, 18-01 (twice) and 17-03.75.
Zoe Rios, an eighth grade student at Greenfield Middle School, earned her best time of the season in the 100m hurdles event during the state tournament. Rios was 11th in the state championship, running a time of 16.55.
Rios had qualified for the tournament with her 16.63 finish at the McClain Junior High Invitational on April 25, which was 12th place among state qualifiers.
Also attending the state track and field meet was Ryan Butterbaugh, who was an alternate for the Greenfield Middle School relay team.
The top 16 competitors in the state for each respective event are invited to participate at the state championship, held at Lancaster High School.
Leading the way for Highland County was Greenfield Middle School’s 4x400 meter relay team of seventh graders McKenzie Anderson and Autumn White and eighth-grade students Iva Easter and Aaliyah Evans, who earned a spot on the podium with their fourth-place finish in the state tournament.
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The relay team finished with a time of 4:17.21, which was 12 seconds under their qualifying time the previous week. The relay team qualified at 15th in the state with their 4:29.66 finish at the Warren Last Chance Invitational May 5.
Hillsboro eighth-grade student Anthony Richards also improved on his qualifying distance in the long jump event, finishing ninth at the state tournament with a jump of 18-05.00. His jump of 18-03.50 at the Hillsboro Quad Meet on April 18 was 13th on the state-qualifying list.
At the state tournament, Richards also completed jumps of 18-00.50, 17-11, 18-01 (twice) and 17-03.75.
Zoe Rios, an eighth grade student at Greenfield Middle School, earned her best time of the season in the 100m hurdles event during the state tournament. Rios was 11th in the state championship, running a time of 16.55.
Rios had qualified for the tournament with her 16.63 finish at the McClain Junior High Invitational on April 25, which was 12th place among state qualifiers.
Also attending the state track and field meet was Ryan Butterbaugh, who was an alternate for the Greenfield Middle School relay team.