Highland County teams participate in DIII district meet
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The Highland County Press-
CHILLICOTHE — The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs, Fairfield Lions and Whiteoak Wildcats boys track and field teams took part in the Division III District Track meet in Chillicothe at Herrnstein Field.
Saturday, May 22 will be the final day of the meet; day one took place on Tuesday, May 18.
In the boys 4x800-meter relay, the Mustangs were sixth at 9:55.66. Running for LC were Nick Clark, Ryan Chipperfield, Tecumseh Duderstadt and Cody Johnson. WHS was eighth with a time of 10:02.96. WHS runners included: Mark Crowe, Steven Oney, Anthony Lomske and Nick Eldridge.
The 110m hurdles prelim had Lee Covinggton (LC) finish with the fourth fastest time at 17.32. Matt McCammon was 11th at 20.77. In the semifinal, Covington was fifth at 17.59. McCammon was 13th at 20.77.
The boys 100m dash prelim had Cory Garrison (WHS) in third at 11.99. Lynchburg-Clay's Caleb Toller and Nate Jones were 16th and 17th respectively.
In the semifinal, Garrison was eighth at 12.13 to reach the final round. Toller was 15th at 14.15.
WHS was fifth in the 4x200m relay at 1:40.85. Running in the event for WHS was Matt Forsythe, Jon Fox, Steven Oney and Mark Crowe. LC finished eighth at 1:51.12. LC runners included Caleb Toller, Perry Branham, Matt West and Matt McCammon.
The Mustangs were seventh in the 4x100m relay at 52.24. LC runners in the relay event were Nate Jones, Matt West, Matt McCammon and Perry Branham.
Mark Crowe (WHS) was third in the 400m dash with a prelim time of 55.04. Steven Oney ran the eighth fastest time in prelims at 58.98. Zach Brown (LC) was 17th at 1:07.82.
In the 300m hurdles Lee Covington was sixth in the prelim race at 46.28. Dakota Green was 12th at 48.72.
In the 200m dash Cory Garrison (WHS) had the second quickest prelim time at 24.03. Perry Branham (LC) ran a time of 25.42 for a 10th place prelim spot. Justin Mendoza (LC) was 19th at 29.11.
In the semifinal, Garrison was third at 24.28. Branham was ninth at 25.79.
The long jump event Whiteoak's Matt Forsythe was fourth with a leap of 18-06. Jon Fox (WHS) was fifth at 18-00. Michael Clark was 16th at 14-00.
In the discus, Nicko Rowlands was 15th at 86-10. Shay Snyder (FHS) was 18th at 74-11.
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