Chagrin Valley Conference teams and athletes were dominant on the first day of three different Division II track meets in Northeast Ohio.
At Perry, Chagrin Falls leads the girls’ competition, and the host Pirates held the top spot in the boys’ event. Chagrin Falls scored 32 points while Perry is second with 30 ½ points. West Geauga and Hawken round out the top five girls’ teams with 20 and 19 points, respectively. Beachwood’s boys finished the day in third with 19 points and Chagrin Falls was fifth with 15.
Six CVC athletes and two relay teams won district titles and a host of others advanced to Saturday’s district finals.
Winning district titles and advancing to next week’s regional meet was Chagrin Falls’ girls’ 4×800-meter relay team and West Geauga’s boy’s 4×800 squad.
Individual district champions included Beachwood’s Braylen Eaton (long jump) and Madison Torbert (shot put); Perry’s Brian Cox (discus), Brayden Richards (pole vault), and Addy Trefzger (pole vault); and West Geauga’s Megan McGinnis (high jump).
Other athletes who scored in Thursday’s finals included Beachwood’s Josh Rosenberg (4th, discus); Chagrin Falls’ Sarah McCort (3rd, shot put), Jonathan McGinnis (3rd, pole vault), Natalie Nemunaitis (5th, pole vault), Norah Pope (4th, high jump), Nicholas Tropf (5th, pole vault), Natalie Zalud (2nd, pole vault); Hawken’s Ethan Metz (2nd, pole vault), Katie Pak (8th, high jump), Maddee Sands (3rd, high jump), Gabrielle Turner (2nd, shot put); Orange’s Nicholas Nickens (5th, long jump), Elana Novak (6th, high jump), Michael Robinson (3rd, long jump); Perry’s Lauren Drake (6th, high jump), Olivia Pealer (6th, shot put), McKoy Richards (6th, pole vault), Jordan Rowan (2nd, pole vault), Charles Thomas (2nd, discus); and West Geauga’s Kara Deister (2nd, high jump), Maggie Furst (7th, shot put); and Wickliffe’s Cameron Chapo (4th, pole vault), Dylan Eiler (7th, long jump), E.J. Mester (8th, pole vault), and Shane Williams (8th, long jump).
Perry’s girls’ 4×800-meter relay team advanced to the regional meet with its second-place finish and Hawken, Orange, and Wickliffe placed fifth, sixth, and seventh, respectively.
Hawken’s and Chagrin Falls’ boys’ 4×800-meter relay teams finished third and fourth, respectively, to punch their tickets to the regional meet and Beachwood and Orange placed fifth and sixth.
The top four athletes and relay teams in each event advance to the regional meet.
At Bedford, Geneva’s girls’ team closed out Day 1 in first place with 18 ½ points. Kirtland is ninth with 8 points.
The Hornets placed fourth in the 4×800-meter relay and advanced to the regional meet. Geneva placed sixth.
Geneva’s Alyssa Palmisano finished as the runner-up in the shot put and teammate Caramia Boland placed third in the high jump. Both athletes will compete at next week’s regional meet.
Kirtland’s Chloe Hansen finished sixth in the shot put and Geneva’s Gabriella Winchell was seventh in the high jump.
Edgewood earned a top-five finish on Day 1 of the Lakeview District.
The Warriors’ girls’ team finished the first day of competition in third place with 29 points while the boys’ team currently sits in fifth place with 12 points.
Crestwood’s girls’ team is in sixth with eight points and Berkshire is eighth with five. Crestwood’s boys’ team finished the day in eighth place with nine points.
Edgewood’s Sarah Coxon won the district title in the shot put with a best toss of 41 feet, 9 ¾ inches. Teammate Taylor Visnosky will join Coxon at the regional meet after she finished second in the event with a throw of 33 feet, 7 ½ inches.
Others advancing to the regional meet include Berkshire’s Kiersten Shaffer (4th, long jump); Crestwood’s Hunter Yoder (4th, long jump); Edgewood’s Morgan Haywood (4th, pole vault) and Chris Skwera (4th, pole vault).
Crestwood’s girls’ 4×800-meter relay team finished as the district runner-up and will compete at the regional meet next week.
Other first-day scorers included Edgewood’s Payton Corrigan (7th, pole vault) and Ben Moxley (5th, pole vault).
Edgewood’s girls’ 4×800-meter relay team placed fifth and its boys’ 4×800-meter relay team finished sixth. Crestwood’s boys’ 4×800-meter relay team finished in fifth place.
