Tag: Track & Field

Garfield rising junior Conner Hunt had already proven himself at the state level as a tough competitor in the seated track events but now has made his mark at the national level. Hunt won the 100-meter seated dash at the Move United Hartford Nationals in Alabama by setting a...

Connor Hunt, a junior at James A. Garfield High School, competed at the Move United Hartford Nationals in Alabama on Sunday, July 14, and not only won the seated 100 meter race, but set a new national record in the process. Official results were not available from The Hartford...

No matter where the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state shot put competition was held, Windham Bombers’ senior Briah Daniel was going to be ready. The Bombers’ senior finished in sixth place with a personal and school record of 39 feet, 8½ inches last Thursday at The...

Streetsboro Rockets’ senior Milena Sobie’s athletic career may have gotten off to a slow start but she has finished things off on a high note. Sobie defended her title in the 800-meter seated dash and 100-meter dash and also placed in two more seated events at the Ohio High...

If Garfield G-Men Connor Hunt did not have a target on his back already, he does now. The G-Men’s sophomore once again reigned supreme by winning three more state titles in the seated events of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state meet last weekend at the...

The Streetsboro Rockets boys’ 4x200 relay has usually competed hard at the Ohio High School Division II state meet but has fallen short of the podium several time over the last few years. The team of seniors Preston Hopperton, Garrett Tiller, Kylan Rue and junior Devon White persevered to...

Streetsboro Rockets’ senior Garrett Tiller’s senior season will be a season to remember. Tiller ended his high school career by finishing as the runner-up at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state 200-meter dash with a time of 22.20 seconds last Saturday at the University of Dayton’s...

Aurora Greenmen sophomore sprinter Isabella Cicero is never satisfied after a race unless she ends it with almost little energy remaining. Cicero found that feeling when she took sixth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.59 seconds at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I...

Streetsboro Rockets’ sophomore Olivia Johnson-Wilson is no stranger to competing on some of the biggest stages of high school sports. She demonstrated her poise when she placed seventh the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.99 seconds at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state meet last...

The Streetsboro Rockets’ track team will be well-represented in both the boys and girls’ events at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state meet this week. Sophomore hurdler Olivia Johnson-Wilson earned her first career state berth when she finished in fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles, clocking...

According to Aurora Greenmen girls’ track coach Greg Cicero, the times at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I regional meet last week were even faster than usual. Sophomore Isabella Cicero was up for the challenge, taking third place in the 400-meter dash with a personal and school...

Streetsboro Rockets’ senior sprinter Garrett Tiller has been one of the best kept secrets in Division II during the season. Tiller is now on everybody’s radar after being crowned the 100 and 200-meter dash champion at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II regional meet at Austintown-Fitch High’s...

Streetsboro Rockets’ track Coach Robb Kidd said he is always amazed with how the program replaces the talent that they graduated the year before. The Rocket girls continued to match that standard when they finished as runners-up by scoring 85 points at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division...

According to Garfield G-Men track Coach Matt Pfleger, the girls felt their time had come after finishing as runners-up at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III district meet last year. The G-Men made good on that bet when they won the district title with 116 points last...

The Cardinal Huskies’ track team may be small in numbers but all it has taken is for a few good athletes to propel the team forward. The Huskies split a dual meet against Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division Kirtland, with the boys winning 66-51 but the girls losing 96-29...

The Streetsboro Rockets’ track team has been itching to go since the season started but have been held back by poor weather. The Rockets finally got off the launchpad at the Mogadore Wildcat Invitational when the boys repeated as champions by scoring 163 points and the girls took second...

A cold and windy day did not deter the Crestwood Red Devils girls’ and the Streetsboro boys’ track team from enjoying a strong day at the Lakeview Invitational last Saturday in Cortland. The Crestwood girls finished as runners-up by scoring 80 points and the Rocket boys took third place...

The last time the Hiram Terriers fielded a track and field program was during the 2008-09 season. After 14 seasons, the program will make its triumphant return beginning with an indoor season over the winter. “There are a lot of student-athletes that are already at Hiram that might be interested...

Pavel Henderson Ravenna High School Ravenna’s Pavel Henderson earned a spot on the podium with a 5th place finish in the 110 meter hurdles.

Garrettsville - John Bennett, long-time teacher and coach in the James A. Garfield School District, shared that he’s been an athlete since the age of five, when he began playing baseball on the team coached by his father. He honed his skills, and played all the way through high...