Perry’s boys’ and girls’ track teams defended their home track at the 2022 Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division Track & Field Championships on Thursday.
The Pirates won the girls’ competition with 157 ½ points. Geneva was second with 127 and West Geauga placed third as a team with 119 ½.
Perry’s boys’ team dominated with 191 ½ points. Geneva finished second with 106 and Orange was third with 198.
As a team, Perry won 11 individual event championships.
Javin Richards won both the 110-meter hurdles (14.67) and the 300-meter hurdles (38.81) and he also claimed a CVC title in the 100-meter dash (11.36) and pole vault (14-6).
Tori Maruschak won the high jump (5-0), Jackson Roberts won the long jump (21-0 ¾), Grace McKoon claimed a league title in the 300-meter hurdles (48.10), and Madelyn Stevenson was the CVC champion in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.29.
Perry’s boys’ 4×100, 4×200, and 4×400-meter relay teams also won CVC titles.
Other CVC champions included Chagrin Falls’ Claire Coffey (800, 2:21.30), Rose Hoelzel (1600, 5:10.86), Riley McClintock (400, 1:02.43), and Caitlyn Young (200, 27.98); Edgewood’s Tammy Liplin (3200, 12:30.98), Sarah Coxon (discus, 104-2; shot put, 34-3 ½), and Sean Applebee (shot put, 45-9 ½); Geneva’s Jack Kollhoff (200, 23.02; 400, 50.71), Charlie Myers (high jump, 6-0), and Gabbi Selman (pole vault, 10-6); Orange’s Brian Gent (1600, 4:22.73; 800, 1:59.93), and Stephen Blakemore (discus, 133-1); and West Geauga’s Megan McGinnis (100-hurdles, 17.57), Grace Laster (100, 13.59; long jump, 16-2), and Daniel Kearns (3200, 9:58.54).
West Geauga won three relays including the girls’ 4×100 (52.02) and 4×400 (4:12.41), and the boys’ 4×800 (8:13.70).
Geneva’s girls claimed the 4×200-meter relay title in 1:51.54 and Chagrin Falls won the 4×800 in 9:39.48.
