COLUMBUS—The 2025 OHSAA State Track & Field Championships were completed on Saturday at Jessie Owens Memorial Stadium.
Here’s a look at each CVC athlete who earned All-Ohio honors by finishing among the top eight in their respective events:
DIVISION III
Four relay teams earned All-Ohio honors.
Trinity’s boys’ 4×100 and 4×200-meter relay teams finished as the state runner-up. Orlando Smith-Carle, Lucciani Hamilton, Aidan Duncan, and Davarie Bennett finished the 4×1 in 43.28 seconds, and that same group ran the 4×200 in 1:28.38.
Independence’s boys’ 4×100 team of Carter Howard, Tyler Miller, Manoli Fourtounis, and Rocco Ressler placed sixth in 43.68, and Cuyahoga Heights’ 4×200 team of Gavin Chamberlin, Nicholas Armbrust, Devon Dzik, and Tristan West finished third in 1:29.19.
DIVISION II
In Division II, 12 athletes and two relay teams made the cut for All-Ohio.
Highlighting this group were state champions Emily Mechenbier and Beachwood’s girls’ 4×200-meter relay team.
Mechenbier, a freshman, won the state championship in the shot put with a top throw of 45 feet, 6 ½ inches, while K’Dyn Harris-Tate, Marley Readance, Meena Abdul-Basser, and Kyrsten Ginn teamed up to lead Beachwood’s 4×200-meter relay team to the state title in 1:39.40.
Beachwood’s 4×100 team of Abdul-Basser, K’Dyn Harris-Tate, Ginn, and Readance finished as the state runner-up with a time of 48.41 seconds.
Orange’s Naashon Calliens finished as the state runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.17, and he placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles in 38.54.
Finishing third were Beachwood’s Abdul-Basser (400, 56.02), and Orange’s Brandon Gent (3200, 9:18.56).
Perry’s Armani Chiappone placed fourth in the high jump (6-4), and Trinity’s Iniyah Charlton finished fifth in the 100-meter dash (12.23) and sixth in the long jump (16-11.75). Chagrin Falls’ Tommy Mooney placed sixth in the 1600-meter run (4:13.01).
Beachwood’s Ginn placed eighth in both the 100 (12.27) and 200 (25.09), and Chagrin Falls’ Natalie Zalud (pole vault, 11-0), and Crestwood’s James Durham (110 Hurdles, 14.71) placed eighth in their respective events.
DIVISION I
In Division I, Madison’s Ryan Radkowski placed eighth in the shot put with a best throw of 54-11.
