The Lexington girls’ track and field team took first place in the Ohio Cardinal Conference meet on May 10, with Elyana Weaver standing out as the Athlete of the Year.
The boys’ team also won the meet, making it the first time in OCC history that both teams took the top spot.
Weaver won the high jump and the 800 meters, while placing second in the 1600 meters. She was also on the silver medal winning 4x400 meter relay team.
Brailey Stone had an outstanding day as well, winning the 1600 meters and taking a silver in the 800 meters. Katya Prykhodko had a PR in the pole vault and took fourth. She was also second in the 3200 meters and on the third place 4x800 meter relay team.
Emily Thomas was on the gold medal winning 4x200 meter relay team, and took silvers in the 200 meters, 100 meters, and 300 meter hurdles.
“We asked girls to do a little more events and rose up to the challenge,” said Coach Smith. It was truly a team effort from the field to running events!
Medal winners:
100 meters: Thomas won the silver with a time of 13.04.
200 meters: Thomas clocked in at 26.02 for the silver medal.
800 meters: Weaver won gold with a time of 2:19.26 and Stone was second with a time of 2:25.11.
1600 meters: Stone won the gold with a time of 5:15.35, and Weaver was second with a time of 5:17.25.
3200 meters: Prykhodko took the silver with a time of 12:03.93.
4x100 meters: Lexington’s team of Makenna Arnholt, Olyvia Stoots, Leah Vanmeter and Lindsey Clingan won bronze with a time of 51.75.
4x200 meters: Lexington won gold with a time of 1:45.76. The team included Allison Laury, Olyvia Stoots, Makenna Arnholt and Thomas.
4x400 meters: Lexington won bronze with a time of 4:13.55. The team was Julia Wyant, Naomi Haring, Stone and Weaver.
4x800 meters: Lexington won the bronze with a time of 10:10.41. The team included Wyant, Morgan Harrod, Hallie Durbin and Prykhodko.
Discus: Clarissa Cousart was second with a toss of 116 feet, five inches.
High Jump: Weaver had a leap of five feet, one inch for the gold.
Long Jump: Olyvia Stoots had a leap of 16 feet, two inches for the gold.
