Chagrin Valley Conference athletes claimed 28 individual district titles at three different district track meets on Friday.
Leading the way was Geneva’s Connor Boland, who won three events and placed second in another at the Division I district in Austintown.
Boland won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.50 seconds, one of the top 10 performances in Ohio this spring. He also won the 400-meter dash in 47.90 seconds and he posted his second top-10 performance of the day in winning the 200 in 21.37 seconds. He closed out his day by anchoring the 4×400-meter relay team to a second-place finish in 3:26.58.
Abe Rosales, Jamil Daghlas, and Dane Szczepkowski also competed for the Eagles in the 4×400.
Geneva’s 4×200-meter relay team consisting of Giovanni Rice, Owen Pfeifer, Szczepkowski, and Rosales placed fourth with a time of 1:32.18 and will compete in next week’s regional meet.
CVC athletes dominated at the two Division III districts at Cuyahoga Heights.
In the A Division, Independence won the girls’ competition for the third straight season while Cuyahoga Heights’ boys’ team edged Independence for the district championship.
On top of sweeping the team titles, CVC athletes recorded 21 individual district championships in the A district and four more in the B district.
Trinity’s Iniya Charlton had quite a day in winning four events.
She won the 100 (12.38) and 200-meter dashes (25.95), and she teamed up with Imari Charlton, Miracle Head, and Toni Jamison to win the 4×100-meter relay in 50.73 seconds. That same group won the 4×200 in 1:46.97.
Cuyahoga Heights’ Bradyn Rusch claimed three district titles.
He won both the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, and he teamed up with Logan Apathy, Zander Mooney, and Caden Buccier to win the 4×800-meter relay in 8:40.98.
Buccier won a second district title by finishing the 800 in 2:02.47.
Cuyahoga Heights also finished first in the boys’ 4×200-meter relay.
Anthony Coutouzis, Derek DiSanza, Devon Dzik, and Jacob Stewart outran the competition in 1:34.11.
Independence’s 4×100 team of Manoli Fourtounis, Xavier Wilson, Matt Wisniewski, and Michael Andryszczyk took home the district title in 44.45 seconds.
Casey Adams led the Independence girls to the team title by qualifying for the regional meet in four events.
She won the long jump with a best leap of 17 feet, 5 ½ inches, placed second in the high jump (4-10), third in the 100 (12.77), and fourth in the 200-meter dash (27.14).
Alana Nowak also helped the Blue Devils win the team title by taking home first place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 13:02.92. She also finished as the runner-up in the 1600 with a time of 5:50.38.
Other district champions included Cardinal’s Lily Ayer (800), Ronee Collins (pole vault), and Max Soltis (shot put); Cuyahoga Heights’ Janasia Bridges (300 hurdles, high jump) and Francis Connors (discus); and Trinity’s Cameron Corrothers (300 hurdles).
Grand Valley won four district titles at the Cuyahoga Heights B district.
Robert Rogers won the high jump (6-0), Nathan Boiarski outjumped the competition with a 20-foot, 9-inch long jump, Dylan Hivick cleared 12 feet to win the pole vault, and Alex Hunt won the girls’ pole vault with a best mark of seven feet.
