Chagrin Valley Conference athletes wrapped up the 2024 season by earning 11 All-Ohio placements at the 2024 Division II OHSAA Track & Field Championships at Welcome Stadium in Dayton on Saturday.
Perry’s Brayden Richards, Beachwood’s Dakota Houston, and West Geauga’s Kara Deister each earned All-Ohio honors in two events.
Richards finished as the state runner-up in the pole vault when he cleared 16 feet, 2 inches, and he placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.71 seconds.
He was on his way to winning the state title in the 300-meter hurdles, but he clipped the last hurdle and he was disqualified after the hurdle interfered with two runners behind him.
Houston finished as the state runner-up in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.96 seconds and she placed eighth in the 100 in 12.6 seconds.
Deister placed fifth in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 5 inches and she placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.56 seconds.
Other All-Ohioans included Beachwood’s Alexandra Kheyfets (8th, 3200, 11:18.45), Chagrin Falls’ Jack Kittle (5th, 400, 48.99), Fairview’s Tyson Crandall (3rd, 800, 1:53.72), Geneva’s Alyssa Palmisano (8th, shot put, 39-6), Hawken’s Brielle Collins (5th, 3200, 11:15.75) and Leila Metres (3rd, 400, 56.42), Lutheran West’s Mohamed Kori (7th, 110 hurdles, 14.96), and West Geauga’s Matthew Dienes (7th, 1600, 4:20.22).
Perry’s boys’ 4×100-meter relay team placed eighth in 44.05 and the Chagrin Falls girls’ 4×800-meter relay team also finished eighth in 9:38.27.
