Mechanicsburg boys, Cedarville girls third

DAYTON — The Mechanicsburg High School boys and the Cedarville girls teams both finished third at the Division III track and field district meet at Welcome Stadium on Saturday, May 22.

The Indians boys’ 1,600-meter relay team of Nick Smith, Aaron Brown, Alex Peoples and Joe Webb won a district title with a time of 3 minutes, 27.99 seconds. Mechanicsburg’s 400 relay of Chad Copley, Webb, Mason Poland and Smith (second, 45.05) and the 800 relay of Smith, Alex Peoples, Poland and Webb (third, 1:32.26) also advanced to regionals.

Webb qualified in the 400 (third, 51.79), Peoples in the 200 (third, 2:01.3) and Kevin Stewart in the 3,200 (fourth, 10:12.06).

Mechanicsburg finished with 73 points. Twin Valley South won the meet with a 92.5 total.

Yellow Springs’ 800 relay of Mario Cosey, Logan Norris-Sayres, Josh Meadows and Chris Johnson set a district record with a time of 1:31.36. Cosey also won district titles in the 100 (11.24) and the 200 (22.75).

Logan Norris-Sayres qualified in the 200 (fourth, 23.4), Will Ripley in the high jump (third, 6 feet) and Antone Truss won a jump off to move on in the high jump (fourth, 5-9).

Cedarville’s Tony Parrett won the district title in the 800 in 1:59.50. The Indians’ 1,600 relay of Parrett, Luke Sheridan, Billy Vine and Zeke Young also advanced (third, 3:33.48). Nathan Miller qualified in the 110 hurdles (fourth, 16.96), Young in the 400 (second, 51.09), Vine in the 800 (third, 2:01.3) and Sheridan in the high jump (second, 6-0).

Southeastern’s Austin Mercer advanced in the 110 hurdles (second, 15.93) and the 300 hurdles (second, 41.37) and Jordan Timmons in the shot put (third, 42-7.5).

Catholic Central’s Dimitrious Dimitroff qualified in the 100, beating out the Bulldogs’ Norris-Sayres by .03 seconds for the final spot (fourth, 11.61).

In the girls meet, Cedarville’s Katie Bunker won the district title in the 800, breaking her old district mark of 2:18.43 with a time of 2:16.79. The Indians’ 1,600 relay of Mackenzie McMahan, Emily Sheridan, Samantha Boeck and Bunker also advanced (third, 4:18.85). Karyn Zaage qualified in the 3,200 (second, 12:04.49) and McMahan in the long jump (second, 16-4). Cedarville finished with 61 points. Miami Valley won the team title with 129 points.

Other area regional qualifiers were Southeastern’s Marie Egbert in the 1,600 (third, 5:42.35), Yellow Springs’ Lois Miller in the 3,200 (third, 12:17.70) and Catholic Central’s Brittanee DeWine in the shot put (third, 29-6.5).

At the Division II Dayton meet, Greeneview’s Shaytell Furman qualified for regionals in the 100 (fourth, 12.77) and the long jump (second, 17-7), and Ellen Frescoln in the shot put (second, 34-4).