AYERSVILLE: May 24 – Seven local schools sent combatants to the Ayersville D-III Track and Field Districts on May 22 and 24. Of those schools, only three will see their athletes moving on to the D-III Tiffin Regionals. Competition was extremely tough, and many who were favored to make deep postseason runs are instead cleaning out their lockers.
Only two first place finishes were registered by local schools, neither of which came as a surprise. The Pettisville Blackbirds, a longtime powerhouse in the 4×800 event, continued the trend in Ayersville. The team of Kyle Lantz, Jeremy Mann, Austin Dykstra and Dominic Frey took first over a tough Archbold team.
The other first place finish belonged to Will McKinney, the lone advancer for the Hilltop Cadets. His leap of 12′ 8″ in the pole vault put him in the catbird seat over the three-way 12′ logjam for second through fourth.
Dylan Snyder of Montpelier was able to get out in the 110 hurdles, as was the Locos’ 4×200 sprint team.
Of special note was the presentation of the Fred Daffler Sportsmanship Award, an honor voted upon by the officials of the Ohio Division III Northwest District. The award for 2014 was presented to Dominic Frey of Pettisville.
The following local finishes were posted by event…
6 – Pettisville – 53
10 – Montpelier – 26
13 – Hilltop – 12
14 – Edon – 9.50
16 – Fayette – 1
Event 2 Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
1 – Pettisville – 8:19.83
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
7 – Montpelier – 8:52.90
11 – Fayette – 9:13.48
12 – Hilltop – 9:27.03
Event 4 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
5 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 16.04q
15 – York, Kregg – Pettisville – 18.61
15 – Brubaker, Michael – Fayette – 18.61
18 – Faler, Kaleb – No. Central – 19.06
22 – Grodi, Jakub – No. Central – 20.21
Finals
4 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 15.54
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
Event 6 Boys 100 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
14 – Salley, Donny – No. Central – 12.20
19 – Knepper, Adam – No. Central – 12.66
25 – Ruppert, Robert – Montpelier – 13.01
26 – Spahr, Zach – Stryker – 13.12
27 – Grey, Ben – Pettisville – 13.56
28 – Brakefield, Seth – Pettisville – 13.72
29 – Harvey, Nathaniel – Fayette – 13.88
Event 8 Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
Preliminaries
8 – Montpelier – 1:36.39q
10 – Edon – 1:41.10
12 – No. Central – 1:47.10
13 – Pettisville – 1:47.11
Finals
4 – Montpelier – 1:33.52
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
Event 10 Boys 1600 Meter Run
2 – Lantz, Kyle – Pettisville – 4:28.23
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
* New Pettisville Record *
3 – Frey, Dominic – Pettisville – 4:34.70
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
10 – Dunkle, Coy – Edon – 4:57.13
Event 12 Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
Preliminaries
5 – Montpelier – 46.25q
12 – Edon – 48.75
13 – Pettisville – 49.69
14 – No. Central – 50.35
16 – Fayette – 57.50
Finals
6 – Montpelier – 45.61
Event 14 Boys 400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
7 – Dykstra, Austin – Pettisville – 54.53q
11 – Opdycke, Derek – Stryker – 56.02
20 – Dewire, Jake – Montpelier – 59.29
21 – Shilling, Joe – Hilltop – 59.48
23 – Schrock, Ian – Fayette – 59.59
26 – Siller, Nathan – Pettisville – 1:00.39
28 – Nafziger, Devin – No. Central – 1:00.75
30 – Jaramillo, Alex – Fayette – 1:04.14
31 – Planson, Ross – Stryker – 1:05.06
32 – Rhinard, Zachary – No. Central – 1:06.88
33 – Law, Josiah – Hilltop – 1:07.14
Finals
4 – Dykstra, Austin – Pettisville – 51.67
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
* New Pettisville Record *
Event 16 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
6 – Brakefield, Ethan – Pettisville – 43.19q
11 – Shaull, Hunter – Montpelier – 44.12
14 – Martin, Michael – Edon – 45.01
17 – Faler, Kaleb – No. Central – 47.87
20 – Grodi, Jakub – No. Central – 49.33
24 – Brubaker, Michael – Fayette – 49.73
Finals
7 – Brakefield, Ethan – Pettisville – 42.62
Event 18 Boys 800 Meter Run
Preliminaries
8 – Lantz, Kyle – Pettisville – 2:12.55Q
11 – Mann, Jeremy – Pettisville – 2:10.74Q
16 – Blake, Michael – Montpelier – 2:14.67Q
Finals
4 – Lantz, Kyle – Pettisville – 2:01.35
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
7 – Mann, Jeremy – Pettisville – 2:03.53
8 – Blake, Michael – Montpelier – 2:06.46
Event 20 Boys 200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
15 – Salley, Donny – No. Central – 25.07
23 – Brakefield, Seth – Pettisville – 26.77
24 – Ruppert, Robert – Montpelier – 26.83
25 – Spahr, Zach – Stryker – 27.07
26 – Schrock, Ian – Fayette – 27.27
27 – Carr, Jevek – No. Central – 28.17
28 – Krauss, Mitchell – Pettisville – 28.44
30 – Harvey, Nathaniel – Fayette – 30.91
Event 22 Boys 3200 Meter Run
6 Frey, Dominic – Pettisville – 10:21.94
7 – Livensparger, Brady – Hilltop – 10:22.74
8 – Lantz, Skylar – Fayette – 10:29.68
Event 24 Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
Preliminaries
2 – Pettisville – 3:36.41q
8 – Montpelier – 3:39.14q
10 – Edon – 3:50.17
14 – Fayette – 3:57.97
16 – Hilltop – 4:08.71
17 – No. Central – 4:12.39
Finals
4 – Pettisville – 3:32.14
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
* New Pettisville Record *
5 – Montpelier – 3:32.27
Event 26 Boys Discus Throw
15 – Cook, Austin – Montpelier – 114-03
16 – Ordway, Kenny – Edon – 114-02
17 – York, Kregg – Pettisville – 111-11
20 – Cogswell, Brady – No. Central – 107-03
22 – Munger, Alex – No. Central – 106-05
26 – Aguilar, Isreal – Stryker – 96-06
29 – Whittaker, Jordan – Edon – 89-11
30 – Waidelich, Clay – Pettisville – 89-01
31 – Gilmore, Ryan – Fayette – 89-00
32 – Spahr, Alex – Stryker – 81-09
33 – Prekop, Trevor – Montpelier – 81-02
Event 28 Boys High Jump
3 – Dykstra, Austin – Pettisville – J6-00.00
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
5 – Peeples, Michael – Edon – J5-10.00
Event 30 Boys Long Jump
3 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 20-05.50
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
6 – Peeples, Michael – Edon – 19-01.50
11 – Wang, Simon – Montpelier – 17-04.50
19 – Rychener, Caleb – Pettisville – 16-08.00
22 – Suarez, Christian – Fayette – 15-07.75
24 – Sauder, Andrew – Pettisville – 14-11.00
25 – Hopkins, Jacob – No. Central – 14-02.00
26 – Jaramillo, Alex – Fayette – 14-00.25
27 – Henry, Nick – No. Central – 13-10.25
28 – Fritch, Andrew – Stryker – 13-03.75
Event 32 Boys Shot Put
12 – Musser, Justin – Montpelier – 41-07.50
13 – Ordway, Kenny – Edon – 41-00.50
17 – Spahr, Alex – Stryker – 40-01.50
23 – Gilmore, Ryan – Fayette – 36-05.50
25 – Cogswell, Brady – No. Central – 35-05.00
26 – Cook, Austin – Montpelier – 34-04.00
27 – Aguilar, Israel – Stryker – 32-11.50
31 – Munger, Alex – No. Central – 30-10.00
33 – Waidelich, Clay – Pettisville – 24-10.50
Event 34 Boys Pole Vault
1 – McKinney, Will – Hilltop – 12-08.00
* D-III Tiffin Regional Qualifier *
7 – Walkowski, Wyatt – Edon – 11-04.00
8 – Waidelich, Jakob – Pettisville – J11-04.00
11 – Brubaker, Michael – Fayette – 10-06.00