WL-S’s Delaney Jones places 4th in the long jump at the Division III state track meet in Dayton on Thursday.
Photo by John Coffman Photography
Mechanicsburg’s Will Negley runs the final leg of the boys 4x800 relay during the Division III state track meet in Dayton on Thursday. The relay team placed 5th in the state in a school-record time of 8:05.03.
Photo by John Coffman Photography
WL-S’s Chloe Griffith celebrates finishing first in the 4x100 relay during the Division III state track meet in Dayton on Friday.
Mechanicsburg’s Kailen Butler places third in the 100 dash at the Division III state track meet in Dayton on Friday.
DAYTON – At the Division III state track meet at Welcome Stadium on Friday, the West Liberty-Salem girls 4×100 relay team comprised of Tori Douthwaite, Delaney Jones, Gwen McCullough and Chloe Griffith won the state title with a time of 49.10.
The WL-S girls team placed fifth overall.
Also on Friday, Jones placed fourth in the finals of the 100 dash in 12.26 and she did not start in the finals of the 200 dash due to injuries.
On Thursday, Jones placed fourth in the finals of the long jump with a leap of 18-2.
Also for the WL-S girls, the 4×800 relay team comprised of Malia Miller, Addison McAuley, Ashley Yoder and Mallory Bostick placed sixth in the finals in a time of 9:39.95.
For the WL-S boys team, Mark Bair placed ninth in the discus in the finals with a throw of 149-7.
For Mechanicsburg, the boys 4×800 relay team comprised of Beckett Negley, Matthew Westfall, Joshua Porter and Will Negley placed fifth in the finals in a time of 8:05.03.
On Friday, Mechanicsburg’s Kailen Butler placed third in the finals of the 100 dash in 11.11, Mechanicsburg’s Will Negley placed sixth in the finals of the 1,600 in 4:18.40 and Beckett Negley placed seventh in the finals of the 1,600 in 4:19.32, Triad’s Cayla Eaton placed eighth in the finals of the 100 hurdles in 17.31 and WL-S’s Asher Knox placed eighth in the finals of the 3,200 in 9:29.29.
