Huguely runs at Division IV state championship race
Lynchburg-Clay junior Tavion Huguely is pictured from a race earlier this season. (HCP Photo/Jim Jones)
Lynchburg-Clay junior Tavion Huguely raced at the 2026 OHSAA Division IV State Cross-Country Championships at Fortress Obetz this past Saturday afternoon.
A three-time state qualifier (once on a team, twice as an individual), Huguely finished with a time of 17:38.0 for 125th place out of 213 runners in the state event. Huguely had a 5:40.6 average mile with splits of 1:21.09, 5:18.67 and 11:00.34.
This year as a junior, Huguely won a Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship (16:57.1), won a district championship with two divisions (17:01.4) and was 16th place overall at regionals (16:58.50).
Winning the Division IV state championship was Ansonia senior Bennett Lehman with a time of 15:30.7. The state champion team was Mount Gilead with a score of 84.