Fairfield’s Remi Moon competes in 2026 OHSAA Div. V State Championships
Fairfield junior Remi Moon competes at the 2026 Div. V OHSAA State Track and Field Championships on Thursday, June 4 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University. (HCP Photos/Stephen Forsha)
COLUMBUS — Fairfield junior Remi Moon battled against 18 other competitors on Thursday in the Division V OHSAA State Track and FIeld Championships.
Moon didn't record a height in her three jumps in the high jump event at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, on the campus of The Ohio State University, but she gained valuable experience with one more season left as she just completed her junior year. Moon finished eighth at the Division III state meet her freshman year, earning a spot on the podium.
Though Moon didn’t record a height — she attempted 5-00.00 three times on Thursday — she was grateful to compete at the highest level and be one of the very best in the state of Ohio as a junior, as she achieved a goal of being a state qualifier.
“It was fun while it lasted,” Moon said of competing at state. “My goal was to be here and obviously to perform better than I did. The environment here is great, and I just love being here. This is definitely motivating me, because I don't want this to happen again next year. I wasn’t nervous. I just didn't have a good day.”
This season, Moon while competing in the Southern Hills Athletic Conference Championships finished in second place with a height of 5-00.00.
She followed with a district championship first-place jump of 5-02.00, then at regionals, Moon was fourth place overall with a state-qualifying height of 5-01.00.
Winning the state championship in the high jump for Division V was Hazel Francis, a Russia junior, with a height of 5-06.00. The state runner-up was Elisabeth Waltz of Troy Christian, with the junior having a jump of 5-05.00.
Also locally, Paint Valley freshman Whitney Utz was tied for sixth place at 5-02.00.
“Remi has been an incredible athlete all year," Fairfield girls track and field head coach Cohen Frost said. "Yes, we didn’t have quite the day we wanted but I still want to express how talented she really is. She has overcome a lot this season, and she still persevered and still made it to the highest level of high school sports. I could not be any more proud of her and what she has done this year.”
Moon had some thanks to give following her state competition.
“I want to thank God, my coaches, my family and my friends,” she said of all of the support she had this season and at state.
