LEXINGTON — Elmwood junior Micah Oliver placed second in the long jump at the Division II regional track meet, clearing six feet, one inch, and he will head to the state meet.
Elmwood thrower Jackson Childress is also state bound after finishing third in the discus, topping out at 168-1. His throw of 53-5½ was good enough for fifth place in the shot put.
The state meet is June 2-3 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus.
The top four in each event qualify for state, but others who place beyond that in some events may qualify based on times or distances.
Elmwood distance runner Jakob Zibbel was 10th in the 1600 (4:42.98) and 13th in the 3200 (10:52.71) at the regional meet.
As a team, Elmwood placed 14th with 17 points.
For Lake, Figgy Garcia placed ninth in the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash, finishing in 23.11 seconds but did not qualify for the finals.
in the 1600, Lake sophomore distance runner Micah Balsmayer placed 12th in 4:46.44 and sophomore Luke Steep placed 14th in 4:54.24. Balsmayer also placed 15th in the 3200, crossing the finish line in 11:28.26.
Lake’s 4×800 relay (Balsmayer, Steep, senior Mason Ros, and junior Connor McClellan) placed 11th in 8:24.92.
For the Lake girls, Brianna Braatz was ninth in the prelims of the 200 (26.74) and Lauren Parsons leaped 15-6¾ to finish 10th in the long jump.
Lake’s 4×800 meter relay team (senior Elise Staczek and freshmen Penelope Garcia, Tabitha Balsmayer, and Riley Byington) was 16th, finishing in 11:03.35.
For Rossford, Xavier Boyd cleared 5-10 in the long jump, finishing 12th, and Ian Clark’s time of 2:04.85 in the 800 was good for 13th place.
