Title sweeps the big story in Division V district track championships

NORTH ROBINSON — The host Colonel Crawford Eagles brought out the brooms Saturday. So did Lucas hurdler Joey Desterhaft and distance aces Riley Patrick of Mansfield Christian and Karter Boggs of Bucyrus.

Crawford swept the team titles in the two-day Division V district track and field meet that concluded Saturday. The boys won by a 105-97 margin over Arlington and the girls by a 122-99 margin over South Central.

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The Crawford boys had one champ on Saturday — its 4x200 relay team (1:31.58). On Thursday, Dom Dean and Luke Christman finished one-two for the Eagles in the discus with throws of 152-9 and 149-11, respectively.

Winning an event title for the Crawford girls on Saturday was Brynn Brunner in the 800 (2:27.69). On Thursday, Cami Roston won the pole vault (10-6) and Robin Ehmann the shot put (37-4) for the Eagles.

Brunner ran on the winning 4x800 relay (10:24.61) on Thursday and tackled a tough triple on Saturday, adding seconds behind Patrick in the 1600 and 3200 to her first in the 800.

On the boys side, Desterhaft swept the hurdles for Lucas, winning the 110s in 15.17 and the 300s in 39.03 to finish the meet as a triple winner. On Thursday, he won the long jump with a leap of 21-8.75.

Patrick held off Brunner twice to become a double winner on the girls side for Mansfield Christian. Patrick claimed the 1600 in 5:18.32 and the 3200 in 11:10.48. Her equal on the boys side was Boggs as he won the 1600 (4:25.24) and 3200 (9:48.98) for Bucyrus.

Bucyrus had a third champ in pole vaulter Ivan Pirnstill as he cleared 13-6 for his title.

Two local sprinters also finished the meet as district champs. Plymouth’s Izaya Reynolds won the 400 dash in 58.78 and Buckeye Central’s Collin Perry won the 200 dash in 23.26.

The top four placers in every event were automatic qualifiers for the D V regional meets in Cuyahoga Heights (girls) and Fostoria (boys).

Automatic qualifiers among the girls were:

100 hurdles – 4. Bailey Jackson, Buckeye Central

300 hurdles – 2. Riley Trumpower, Lucas

400 dash – 3. Jocelyn Noblit, Crestline; 4. Sarah Martin, Buckeye Central

800 – 2. Sophia Martin, Buckeye Central

1600 – 3. Rylinn Edgington, Colonel Crawford

3200 – 3. Rylinn Edgington, Colonel Crawford; 4. Nevaeh Hill, Crestline

4x100 relay – 3. Colonel Crawford

4x200 relay – 4. Colonel Crawford

4x400 relay – 3. Buckeye Central; 4. Crestline

4x800 relay – 2. Buckeye Central; 3. Crestline

Discus – 2. Katie Griffey, Lucas; 3. Sydney Wirebaugh, Colonel Crawford

High jump – 2. Phoebe Dallas, Buckeye Central; 2. Emmi Powers, Colonel Crawford; 4. Ansley Witter, Colonel Crawford

Long jump – 4. Brooklyn Good, Colonel Crawford

Shot put – 3. Katie Griffey, Lucas

Automatic qualifiers among the boys were:

110 hurdles – 2. Roen Thew, Colonel Crawford

200 dash – 3. Izaya Reynolds, Plymouth

300 hurdles – 3. Avery Powers, Colonel Crawford; 3. Isaiah Miller, Plymouth

400 dash – 3. John DeGray, Colonel Crawford; 4. Mason Guegold, Lucas

800 – 2. Colten Keller, Crestline 1:58.22; 3. Ray Lewis, Lucas

1600 – 2. Ray Lewis, Lucas; 3. Isaac Stirm, Colonel Crawford 

3200 - 2. Ray Lewis, Lucas; 4. Shawn Auck, Colonel Crawford

4x100 relay – 2. Colonel Crawford

4x400 relay – 3. Colonel Crawford

4x800 relay – 3. Colonel Crawford

Shot put – 3. Payne DeGray, Colonel Crawford; 4. Dom Dean, Colonel Crawford

This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Title sweeps the big story in Division V district track championships