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Coldwater's Izzy Zahn (foreground) and Fort Recovery's Anna Roessner (left) both won in the 200- and 400-meter dashes in their respective regional meets on Friday.
Compiled By Gary R. Rasberry
The anticipated matchup between Coldwater's Izzy Zahn and Fort Recovery's Anna Roessner in two events at the state track and field championships is set after the two had big days at their respective Division III regional track and field meets on Friday.
At Fostoria Memorial Stadium, Zahn won three individual events and ran a leg of a winning relay as the Cavaliers won the regional title with 106 points.
Zahn broke her own state records in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. In the 400, Zahn finished in 53.79 seconds, taking 0.55 seconds off the mark of 54.34 she set earlier this season. Then in the 200, Zahn broke the 24-second barrier with a time of 23.61 seconds, breaking the mark of 24 seconds set in Wednesday's prelims.
Zahn then teamed with Audrey Alig, Lana Kaiser and Kiersten Keller to establish a new regional meet record and a stadium record in the 4x400 relay, finishing in 3:56.01.
In the long jump, Zahn attempted just two tries, but her opening leap of 17-9 3/4 was better than the next best showing of 17 feet by Riverdale's Marissa Bohman to win the event as she moves on to defend her state title in that event.
Meanwhile, at Troy Memorial Stadium, Roessner won three events to move on to Columbus. Roessner opened her day with a win in the 100 dash with a time of 12.03 seconds. Then in the 400, Roessner finished in 56.77 seconds to get the win. Finally, Roessner finished the 200 in 24.82 seconds to win by nearly a second.
Alig also picked up the victory in the 800, winning in 2:16.39. Kaiser also earned an automatic berth to state in the event, placing third.
The Cavaliers also picked up four second-place showings. Claire Bertke was second in the 100 dash while both the 4x200 and 4x100 relays earned seconds. Ava Schmitmeyer topped out at 11-8 to finish second in the pole vault.
Defending state boys champion Marion Local finished second in the team standings with 56 points as Ansonia won the title with 68 points. St. Henry was fourth with 43. Minster was 10th with 22, two points ahead of 11th-place New Bremen New Knoxville was 27th with eight, Parkway 31st with five and Fort Recovery 34th with four.
The Flyers captured one championship on the day as the 4x400 took home first place. New Bremen also moves on with a fourth-place finish in the event. Marion also placed second in the 4x200 relay.
St. Henry's Cole Kaiser picked up two victories in sweeping the 100 and 200 dashes. Marion's Victor Hoelscher was third in the 100 and fourth in the 400 to advance. St. Henry's Carson Harrod added a victory in the 110 hurdles and the Redskin 4x100 also captured a title.
Parkway's Trevor Stearns will compete at state after finishing fourth in the 400. New Bremen's Sam Bernhold placed third in the 800.
In the girls' standings, Fort Loramie beat neighbor Minster 92-62 for the team title. St. Henry was third with 48 with Fort Recovery sixth (33), Marion Local 10th (26), New Knoxville 22nd (9), Parkway 25th (6) and New Bremen 29th (5).
Minster's Annie Hemmelgarn won the 800 with teammate Sophia Dirksen placing third. Claire Bohman and Joanna Topp finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 1,600. The Wildcats were also third in the 4x400 relay.
Marion Local's Grace Moeller won the 100 hurdles with Minster's Molly Brame second. Moeller also advanced with a second-place finish in the 300 hurdles with St. Henry's Karlee Buschur taking third.
St. Henry picked up runner-up finishes in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays and a third-place showing in the 4x200. Morgan Baumer earned third place in the long jump.
Parkway's Naomi Knapke moves on to state by finishing third in the 400.
Celina's Jon Lutz will represent the Bulldogs at state after qualifying in the 110 hurdles at True-Lay Stadium in Port Clinton.
Lutz finished second with a time of 13.94, 0.15 seconds behind Jack Dillen of Strongsville.
