TRACK-FIELD

2023 Stark County high school track and field season best times and distances

The Repository
Hoover's Noah Johnson (right) has Stark County's top times in the boys 800 and 1,600 this season.

Editor’s note: The following is the list of the top personal bests by Stark County individuals and relay teams in each event this season as reported to The Canton Repository or posted on MileSplit Ohio’s website through Saturday. Individual athletes and relay teams from one school may have more than one of the top performances this season, but this lists only their best per event. Performances on electronically-timed tracks are listed to the one-hundredth of a second.

BOYS

Shot put: 1, C. Lewis (Alliance) 54-9.25; 2, Satterfield (Northwest) 48-8; 3, J. Lewis (Alliance) 48-7.5; 4, Swartz (Lake) 47-10; 5, Swartz (Lake) 47-8.5.

Discus: 1, Satterfield (Northwest) 146-6; 2, N. Leon (GlenOak) 142-3; 3, Swartz (Lake) 141-4; 4, Recktenwalt (Perry) 138-2; 5, Ball (Lake) 131-8.

High jump: 1, Williams (Canton South) 6-6.25; 2 (tie), McClellan (McKinley) 6-2, Brown (GlenOak) 6-2, Hall (Jackson) 6-2, Brown (Perry) 6-2.

Long jump: 1, Brown (Perry) 21-4.5; 2, Laubacher (Perry) 20-11.5; 3, M. Lenix (Massillon) 20-10.5; 4, Hall (Jackson) 20-6.25; 5 (tie), King (GlenOak) 20-5, Williams (Canton South) 20-5.

Pole vault: 1, Foxx (Perry) 15-3; 2, Studer (GlenOak) 15-0; 3, Bossler (Perry) 12-3; 4, Seibert (Perry) 12-0; 5 (tie), Harms (GlenOak) 11-6, Wolfenden (Jackson) 11-6.

3,200-meter relay: 1, GlenOak 8:11.51; 2, Jackson 8:14.46; 3, Marlington 8:18.37; 4, Perry 8:28.24; 5, Minerva 8:28.33.

110 hurdles: 1, Zurbrugg (Alliance) 14.56; 2, Laubacher (Perry) 14.75; 3, Nicholson (Alliance) 15.31; 4, Hall (Jackson) 15.72; 5, King (GlenOak) 15.79.

100: 1, Banks (Massillon) 10.98; 2, Yoder (Fairless) 11.01; 3, Welton (Jackson) 11.02; 4, Cruse (Louisville) 11:09; 5 (tie), Greenwood (GlenOak) 11.18, Basham (Perry) 11.18.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Boys high school track and field: 15 athletes to watch during the 2023 season

800 relay: 1, Massillon 1:30.67; 2, Perry 1:30.97; 3, GlenOak 1:32.2; 4, McKinley 1:32.74; 5, Jackson 1:32.87.

1,600: 1, Johnson (Hoover) 4:19.21; 2, Rice (GlenOak) 4:24.09; 3, Con. Reed (Perry) 4:29.11; 4, Brown (Louisville) 4:29.35; 5, Nicholls (Marlington) 4:30.01.

400 relay: 1, Massillon 43.77; 2, Perry 43.81; 3, GlenOak 44.05; 4, McKInley 44.34; 5 (tie), Hoover 44.84, Lake 44.84.

400: 1, Anderson (Louisville) 51.30; 2, Marsden (GlenOak) 51.5; 3, Collins (Perry) 52.25; 4, Dobina (Jackson) 52.47; 5, Cernansky (Marlington) 52.51.

300 hurdles: 1, Zurbrugg (Alliance) 39.53; 2, Laubacher (Perry) 41.02; 3, Ault (Minerva) 42.15; 4, Wenzel (Tuslaw) 42.45; 5, King (GlenOak) 43.23.

800: 1, Johnson (Hoover) 1:56.03; 2, Paolini (GlenOak) 2:00.6; 3, Con, Reed (Perry) 2:00.87; 4, Rice (GlenOak) 2:02.17; 5, Ryan (Marlington) 2:02.55.

200: 1, Nunley (Jackson) 22.49; 2, Banks (Massillon) 22.51; 3, Yoder (Fairless) 22.72; 4, Welton (Jackson) 22.79; 5, Zurbrugg (Alliance) 22.81.

3,200: 1, Cernansky (Marlington) 9:09.73; 2, Holland (East Canton) 9:14.29; 3, Minor (Marlington) 9:43.21; 4, Hill (Perry) 9:52.10; 5, Rettig (Minerva) 9:53.42.

1,600 relay: 1, GlenOak 3:27.38; 2, Perry 3:30.60; 3, Jackson 3:32.67; 4, Hoover 3:36.67; 5, Marlington 3:38.11.

East Canton's Audrey Wade is one of Stark County's top girls distance runners this season.

GIRLS

Shot put: 1, Perry (Perry) 38-9.5; 2, Rhodes (Lake) 36-1.25; 3, Seward (Fairless) 35-1.5; 4, Edwards (Alliance) 35-1; 5, Swartz (Lake) 33-10.

Discus: 1, Rhodes (Lake) 135-7; 2, Patibandla (Jackson) 134-4; 3, Edwards (Alliance) 120-2; 4, Sypolt (Louisville) 118-5; 5, Swartz (Lake) 111-0.

High jump: 1, Dabney (McKinley) 5-5; 2, Brownsword (Jackson) 5-2; 3, Manofsky (Jackson) 5-1; 4 (tie), Delany (Lake) 4-10, Leahy (GlenOak) 4-10, Ray (Canton South) 4-10, Geschwind (Perry) 4-10, Wilder (McKinley) 4-10, Van Elzen (Lake) 4-10, Cameron (McKinley) 4-10.

Long jump: 1, Stark (Northwest) 18-5; 2, Ross (St. Thomas Aquinas) 18-4; 3, Shane (Perry) 17-1; 4, Hutton (Alliance) 16-11; 5, Sterling (McKinley) 16-9.

Pole vault: 1, Bisesi (GlenOak) 11-0; 2 (tie), Studer (GlenOak) 10-6, Bernard (Jackson) 10-6; 4, Kern (Hoover) 10-0; 5, McCallum (Perry) 9-8

3,200-meter relay: 1, GlenOak 9:56.4; 2, Minerva 10:12.75; 3, Hoover 10:22.6; 4, Lake 10:33.39; 5, Jackson 10:33.46.

100 hurdles: 1, Blakely (McKinley) 15.71; 2, Neutzling (Perry) 16.00; 3, Mason (Marlington) 16.18; 4, Sommers (GlenOak) 16.19; 5, Papacostas (Perry) 16.84.

100: 1, Frank (Alliance) 12.54; 2, Stepanovich (GlenOak) 12.56; 3 (tie), Harsh (Hoover) 12.66, Sterling (McKinley) 12.66; 5, Adams (Jackson) 12.86.

800 relay: 1, Jackson 1:47.03; 2, GlenOak 1:47.69; 3, McKinley 1:49.00; 4, Hoover 1:50.49; 5, Perry 1:51.09.

1,600: 1, Wade (East Canton) 5:08.97; 2, Graham (Marlington) 5:09.04; 3, Scheffler (Lake) 5:12.26; 4, Begert (Northwest) 5:15.88; 5, Meyer (Louisville) 5:20.71.

400 relay: 1, Perry 50.27; 2, GlenOak 50.32; 3, Jackson 51.32; 4, McKinley 51.79; 5, Louisville 52.36.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Girls high school track and field: 16 athletes to watch during the 2023 season

400: 1, Harsh (Hoover) 58.69; 2, Lusk (Jackson) 1:01.82; 3, Hoffee (Minerva) 1:02; 4, Cernansky (Marlington) 1:02.49; 5, Wims (Hoover) 1:02.5.

300 hurdles: 1, Neutzling (Perry) 47.10; 2, Lamp (Massillon) 48.02; 3, Papacostas (Perry) 49.50; 4, Lahmers (Jackson) 50.06; 5, Mason (Marlington) 50.87.

800: 1, Scheffler (Lake) 2:23.19; 2, Begert (Northwest) 2:23.98; 3, Graham (Marlington) 2:25.73; 4, Esporite (GlenOak) 2:27.65; 5 (tie), Miller (Hoover) 2:30.0, H. Ison (Minerva) 2:30.0.

200: 1, Harsh (Hoover) 25.80; 2, Stepanovich (GlenOak) 26.42; 3, Delp (GlenOak) 26.49; 4, Leahy (GlenOak) 26.92; 5, Stark (Northwest) 26.94.

3,200: 1, Hoffee (Minerva) 11:26.15; 2, Wade (East Canton) 11:41.94; 3, Salem (GlenOak) 11:57.19; 4, Hopple (Minerva) 12:00.00; 5, H. Ison (Minerva) 12:09.00.

1,600 relay: 1, Hoover 4:06.47; 2, GlenOak 4:15.71; 3, Lake 4:23.94; 4, Jackson 4:24.41; 5, Marlington 4:27.27.

SEATED

100: 1, DiPietro (Perry) 21.71; 2, Knowles (GlenOak) 30.34; 3, Mendenhall (Massillon) 33.41; 4, Hostetler (Massillon) 39.17.

400: 1, DiPietro (Perry) 1:24.72; 2, Knowles (GlenOak) 2:44.14; 3, Hostetler (Massillon) 2:44.99; 4, Mendenhall (Massillon) 2:46.70.

800: 1, DiPietro (Perry) 3:19.20; 2, Knowles (GlenOak) 4:24.93; 3, Hostetler (Massillon) 5:55.13; 4, Mendenhall (Massillon) 6:09.53.

Shot put: 1, Mendenhall (Massillon) 19-10.5; 2, Knowles (GlenOak) 16-4.75; 3, Hostetler (Massillon) 14-6; 4, DiPietro (Perry) 10-9.5.