Four more Chagrin Valley Conference athletes claimed regional titles on Friday, all coming out of the Division III Regional at North Royalton High School.
Independence sophomore Carter Howard punched his ticket to next week’s state championships by winning a regional title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.14 seconds.
Trinity senior Aidan Duncan will join Howard in Columbus after winning the regional title in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.51, and Cuyahoga Heights’ Maurice McClardy won the high jump by clearing 6 feet, 4 inches.
Trinity’s 4×100-meter relay team of Orlando Smith-Carle, Lucciani Hamilton, Duncan, and Davarie Bennett cruised into a state meet berth by winning the regional title in 43.48 seconds.
Duncan also qualified for the state meet in the 100-meter dash by finishing second in 11.18 seconds.
Cardinal’s Max Soltis also qualified for the state meet by placing fourth in the discus with a best throw of 157-9.
Four CVC relay teams will compete at the state meet after finishing among the top four at regionals.
Kirtland’s girls’ 4×800-meter team of Izzie Copeland, Megan Urbanick, Kylie Sayle, and Sylvia Vosicky set a lifetime PR in finishing fourth in 9:48.03.
Independence’s boys’ 4×100-meter relay team of Howard, Tyler Miller, Manoli Fourtounis, and Rocco Ressler finished as the runner-up to Trinity in 43.64 seconds.
Cuyahoga Heights finished second in the boys’ 4×200 with Trinity placing fourth.
Gavin Chamberlin, Nicholas Armbrust, Devon Dzik, and Tristan West finished in 1:29.97 for the Red Wolves while Smith-Carle, Hamilton, Jaydon Moore, and Bennett completed the race in 1:30.66 for Trinity.
Four CVC athletes qualified for the state meet out of the Division I Austintown Fitch Regional.
Madison’s Ryan Radkowski finished as the regional runner-up in the discus with a best throw of 167-3, while Harvey’s Levi Mullen-Zurbrugg finished third in the shot put with a best toss of 54-10.
Harvey’s Ethan Eudell tied for fourth in the 300-meter hurdles (38.68), and Geneva’s Joseph Pecore punched his ticket to state by finishing fourth in the pole vault (13-0).
