TROY – WOAC Boys track teams competed in the OHSAA DIII Region 12 meet in Troy, Ohio and the Ansonia Boys Track team came away with their first ever Regional Team Championship.
The Tigers knocked Marion Local off the perch as they were looking to add a third straight regional championship. Ansonia scored 68 points, 10 more than 2nd-place Marion Local.
The Newton Indians finished in 9th place with 24 points, Tri-Village was 22nd with 10 points, National Trail was 34th, Twin Valley South was 35th, and Dixie was 41st.
Ansonia also led the way with two Individual Regional Championships, both by Bennett Lehman in the 3200m and 1600m runs. In total, the Tigers will compete in nine events at the state meet.
Newton will compete in three events and Tri-Village two in DIII. In DII Preble Shawnee has on individual Cooper Shrout of Preble Shawnee competing in two events.
See Regional Meet Results below and those moving onto state.
WOAC Boys Top 9 get on Regional Podium & Top 4 qualify for State Meet
100 Meter Dash
Christian Maxwell – Newton 8th place – 11.65
400 Meter Dash
800 Meter Run
Griffin Roell – Twin Valley South 5th place – 1:59.87
Ethan Sparks – Ansonia 9th place – 2:00.84
1600 Meter Run
3200 Meter Run
Bennett Lehman – Ansonia 1st place – 9:39.78 – Regional Champion – Going to State
110 Meter Hurdles
Elliott Cook – Newton 6th place – 15.89
4×100 Meter Relay
Ansonia – 2nd place – 43.80 – Going to State
Newton – 3rd place – 43.94 – Going to State
4×200 Meter Relay
Ansonia – 3rd place – 1:30.51 – Going to State
National Trail – 7th place – 1:32.86
4×400 Meter Relay
Newton – 3rd place – 3:25.17 – Going to State
Ansonia – 8th place – 3:33.03
4×800 Meter Relay
Twin Valley South – 8:28.05
High Jump
Pole Vault
Shot Put
OHSAA DII Boys Region Region 8
WOAC School participating in region 8 were Arcanum and Preble Shawnee.
Pole Vault
Micah Arbogast – Arcanum 7th place – 13’.0”
Discus
Cooper Shrout – Preble Shawnee 2nd place – 153’-0” – Going to State
Shot Put
Congratulations to all the WOAC Athletes who qualified for state this year. State Track competition will start on Friday June 6th and conclude on Saturday June 7th and is at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus at The Ohio State University.
