The Mount Vernon boys’ track and field team placed eighth out of 14 teams in the OHSAA Central District 1, Division 1 meet last week.
Advancing athletes to the regional meet included Luke Mullins in discus, Cole Wilson in the 400 meters, Logan Eggert in the 800 meters and the 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Wilson, Zane Barber, Brady Wiles and Eggert.
“Cole dropped a little over a second in his 400m time to advance to regionals. His training has really paid off,” said Coach Kathy Thayer. “Due to an injury, we had to sub Zane Barber in the 4x400m relay. He ran his fastest split on the year to help the relay team advance. Each member on that relay ran extremely well.”
She added, “Brady Wiles had a fabulous meet. He tied for sixth in high jump, sixth in the 300m hurdles, and ran a 50 split in the 4x400m relay. He had to compete three days last week and his legs were feeling the weight of the continuous competition. He pushed through and did really well. Logan Eggert ran a smart race and almost broke the school record in the 800.”
Boys highlights:
100 meters: Maddox Maker was 17th with a time of 11.87.
200 meters: Sami Lacksonen was 19th with a time of 24.19.
400 meters: Cole Wilson placed fourth with a time of 50.46.
800 meters: Logan Eggert was second with a time of 1:57.41.
1600 meters: Owen Petrie was 15th with a time of 5:08.13.
3200 meters: Landon Rush was 11th with a time of 10:35.63.
110 meter hurdles: Hunter Looney was sixth with a time of 16.07.
300 meter hurdles: Brady Wiles was sixth with a time of 43.19.
4x100 meters: Mount Vernon’s team of Lacksonen, Darrin Monahan, Ayden Kennedy and Baker was ninth with a time of 46.26.
4x200 meters: Mount Vernon’s team of Looney, Kennedy, Wilson and Ethan Young was eighth with a time of 1:33.64.
4x400 meters: Mount Vernon’s team of Wilson, Wiles, Eggert and Zane Barber was second with a time of 3:27.74.
4x800 meters: Mount Vernon’s team of Rush, Joey Butts, Petrie and Gavin Andrews was 11th with a time of 9:25.63.
Shot put: Dakota Wagoner was 11th with a toss of 43 feet.
Discus: Luke Mullins was third with a toss of 142 feet, seven inches.
High Jump: Wiles had a leap of six feet for sixth place.
Pole Vault: Ethan Conant and Ben Fitzpatrick had heights of nine feet, good for 10th and 12th respectively.
Long Jump: Lacksonen was 18th with a leap of 18 feet, 10.25 inches.
“If any of these athletes want to make finals or advance, they need to focus on technique and race management,” Thayer said. “We will work on fine tuning components of each event to help them perform their best at regionals.They have put in the work and are physically prepared. Now they just need to mentally focus on their goal(s) of either advancing or ending the season with a new personal record.
