Seven Chagrin Valley Conference track & field athletes and one relay team punched their tickets to the state championships following the first day of regional meet action.
Madison had two athletes earn a state berth at the Division I regional at Austintown Fitch High School.
Sienna Sidoti set a new personal record in finishing third in the high jump. Sidoti cleared 5 feet, 5 inches to extend her season by another week.
Bryce Brock will join Sidoti in Dayton after placing third in the discus with a top throw of 160 feet, 11 inches.
In the Division II Fitch regional, Perry’s Brayden Richards and West Geauga’s Kara Deister won regional titles in their respective events.
Richards posted an Ohio Top 25 mark in clearing 15 feet to win the pole vault and Deister cleared 5 feet in winning the high jump, a new PR and a Top 10 mark in Ohio this spring.
Beachwood’s Madison Torbert finished as the regional runner-up in the shot put with a best throw of 37 feet, 9 inches, and Hawken’s Gaby Turner placed third in the shot with a mark of 37 feet, 5 ¾ inches.
Chagrin Falls’ girls’ 4×800-meter relay team of Lilly Stukus, Leah Kler, Bella Radomsky, and Mila Gresh also earned a trip to Dayton after placing third in 9:42.49.
Cuyahoga Heights’ Aden Ewalt placed fourth in the pole vault at the Division III regional at Norwayne. He cleared 12 feet, 8 inches to punch his ticket to the state championships.
Action continues in the regionals on Friday and Saturday.
