Amber Smith

Michigan will add 10 student-athletes for the indoor and outdoor track seasons, seven of which that will also run on the cross country team.

A great night for track and field was noticed by all at the 13th annual Wayne Invitational, held at Good Samaritan Athletic Fields at Heidkamp stadium.  When it was all said and done, over 87 National elite marks were set, including a new state record in the boys hammer throw, as well as a new Division 2 girls long jump record.  8 meet records were set, as well as established marks for two new events in the hammer throw and triple jump.

College signings are always interesting to see, but everybody wonders why one athlete chose one schol and why another athlete chose a different school.  Inside you will find out why certain athletes chose the school that they did in their own words.  This article will be updated throughout February as more responses are returned.  

Wayne senior Demoye Bogle has been on fire the last two weeks.  This week Demoye won three events, the 60m hurdles, 60m dash and the 200m dash, and both of the 60m races are current OH #1 and US Top 10 times.  Last week Bogle posted an OH #1 and a US Top 10 time in the 55m dash on his way to winning four individual events.

While the official start of the indoor season was two weeks ago, this weekend is usually the time that most teams decide to dust off the spikes and open up their season.  This weekend was full of new OH #1 and US Top 10 times.  

Amber Smith of Collinwood has chosen to become a Wolverine by continuing her education and track and field career at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Smith returns the fastest times in the state in all five distances of the hurdle events, from the 55m-400m hurdles.

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This year’s Endurance Sports Wayne Invitational may go down as one of the best ever, and that’s saying a lot, considering who has set foot on this track in the past.  Names like Piqua’s Brandon Saine

What a state meet it was!

National meets and the last in-state qualifier for the OATCCC Ohio Indoor State Championship Meet are in store for this edition of the weekend wrap up.  Ohio seemed to have a minimal amount of entries in the national meets, but there were still some top notch athletes trying to make their mark on the national scene.

Lots of movement on the performance lists this weekend, seven new Ohio #1 marks on the girls side and six new leaders on the boys side.  There is only one more qualifying meet on the schedule for next weekend, at Oberlin College.

Another week down and another set of great marks on the performance lists.  Eight new Ohio leading marks were set this past weekend, two on the boys side and six on the ladies side.  Relays, Sprint and throws lead the way in the new Ohio leading marks.

Fast times, new state leaders and US top 10 performances were all over the Ohio High School Indoor Track and Field scene this past weekend.  Ohio State, Akron, Findlay and Marietta all provided exciting meets and terrific marks for this early in the season.

A weekend of messy weather had some teams cancelling, while other teams had some impressive individual marks in the second weekend of Ohio Indoor Track and Field Competition

This past weekend saw fast times out of Kent State, with Kendall Gregory (Strongsville) rolling to a #1 US time in the 400m and Jared Hall (Cleveland Heights) cruising to the US #2 spot in the 800m. The Case Western HS Meet saw a US #3 performance in Emily Infeld's 1600m run. Athletes throughout the state improved their performances before the first release of the OATCCC performance list, which is used in qualifying for the OATCCC Indoor State Championship. The Kent State HS Meet #2 garnered national attention because of the amazing performances, see the full story here.

It was the first busy weekend for Ohio Indoor Track and Field with seven different meets taking to the track to heat up the competition for qualifying to the state meet. Many great performances were ran, jump and thrown this weekend. Click on the title to read about each meet.