Chagrin Valley Conference athletes won 14 individual and one relay regional championship over the weekend.
Perry’s Brayden Richards won three regional titles at the Division II Austintown Fitch regional.
He swept the 110 (14.31) and 300-meter hurdles (37.69) and he also won the pole vault by clearing 15 feet.
Other Division II regional champions included Beachwood’s Dakota Houston (100, 12.15) and Alexandra Kheyfets (3200, 11:22.59), Chagrin Falls’ Jack Kittle (400, 48.62), Fairview’s Tyson Crandall (800, 1:55.22), Hawken’s Leila Metres (400, 58.18), Perry’s Addy Trefzger (pole vault, 10-0), and West Geauga’s Kara Deister (high jump, 5-6).
Deister also advanced to the state championships in the 100-meter hurdles after placing fourth in 15.31, Houston placed third in the 200 with a time of 25.10 and third in the long jump (17-4), and Metres also qualified for the state meet in the 400 by placing fourth in 25.47.
Trinity’s girls’ team finished as the Division III Norwayne regional thanks in large part to junior Iniya Charlton’s remarkable day.
Charlton won four regional titles and set one school record in the process.
She won the 100 in 12.33, the 200 in 25.14, and she set a new school record in winning the long jump with a best leap of 17 feet, 10 ¾ inches.
Charlton also ran a leg in the winning 4×100-meter relay, which finished in 49.17 seconds. Miracle Head, Toni Jamison, and Courtney McCray teamed up with Charlton to set the school record for the fourth consecutive week.
Charlton now holds school records in the 100, 200, long jump, and 4×100-meter relay.
Grand Valley’s Robert Rogers also won a regional title when he cleared 6 feet, 3 inches in the high jump.
Joining the regional championships in Dayton for the state championships this weekend is a host of CVC athletes in each division who finished among the top four at regionals or received an at-large bid.
Division I state qualifiers include Lakeside’s Karrye White (5th, high jump, 6-4) and Madison’s Bryce Brock (3rd, shot put, 160-11) and Sienna Sidoti (3rd, high jump, 5-5).
Division II state qualifiers out of the Austintown Fitch regional include Beachwood’s Madison Torbert (2nd, shot put, 37-9), Chagrin Falls’ Mila Gresh (6th, 1600, 5:05.61) and Bella Radomsky (2nd, 400, 58.18), Hawken’s Brielle Collins (4th, 3200, 11:30.66) and Gaby Turner (3rd, shot put, 37-5 ¾), Lutheran West’s Mohamed Kori (2nd, 110 hurdles, 14.58; 2nd, 300 hurdles, 38.22), Orange’s Naashon Calliens (3rd, 110 hurdles, 14.72; 4th, 300 hurdles, 39.20), Perry’s Armani Chiappone (2nd, high jump, 6-4) and Marlee Freeman (2nd, pole vault, 9-8), and West Geauga’s Matthew Dienes (6th, 1600, 4:20.94).
Chagrin Falls advanced a pair of relays to the state meet.
The Tigers finished third in the girls’ 4×800-meter relay in 9:42.49 and fourth in the girls’ 4×400 with a time of 4:03.66.
Perry’s boys’ 4×100 team placed third in 42.84 and Beachwood’s 4×100 team placed third in 49.35.
The Pirates’ boys’ team placed third with 48 points and Beachwood’s girls finished fourth with 49.
Two individuals and one relay team advanced to the state meet out of the Division II Lexington regional.
Kirtland’s girls’ 4×800-meter relay team earned an at-large bid after placing fifth in 9:43.67 and Geneva qualified two individuals for the state meet.
Caramia Boland placed third in the long jump (17-6 ¼) and Alyssa Palmisano earned an at-large bid with her fifth-place performance in the shot put (39-8 ¼).
Charlton’s big-time performance wasn’t the only CVC highlight out of the Division III Norwayne regional.
Other state qualifiers in Division III include Cuyahoga Heights’ Nicholas Armbrust (3rd, high jump, 6-2), Aden Ewelt (3rd, pole vault, 12-8), and Bradyn Rusch (2nd, 1600, 4:27.57); Grand Valley’s Reagan Boiarski (2nd, long jump, 17-3 ¼); and Independence’s Casey Adams (5th, high jump, 5-0; 4th, long jump, 16-9) and Matt Wisniewski (3rd, 100, 11.28; 3rd, 200, 22.55).
Trinity and Independence also advanced their boys’ 4×100-meter relay teams to the state meet.
The Trojans placed fifth in 43.81 while the Blue Devils were sixth in 43.88.
Full Results
- Division I – Austintown Fitch
- Division II – Austintown Fitch
- Division II – Lexington
- Division III – Norwayne
