A look ahead for 2026 boys in SEO Part I

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Adena SVC-IV

Adena came in third place in the SVC with 73 points. Three boys graduated with a total of 20 points M. Jackson, D. Wagner and B. Noble. Three juniors D. Warner, A. Fout and J. Francis will return after scoring 32.50 points in the 2025 conference meet. Adena should return 57 points for 2026. Fairfield could have 42.50 points return this coming season.

Adena participated in all four relays scoring a total of 8 points and should have 10 runners returning. 4x100 50.52 placed 8th and will return 2 runners. 4x200 1:43.80 finished in 7th place and should return 3 runners. 4x400 took the 7th spot and will return 2. 4x800 9:45.65 came in 6th and return 3.

Looks like the top two hurdlers graduated in the 110 and 300 hurdles. Those two earned 14 points.

The sprints earned 18 points in the 2025 meet and that runner should return in 2026. J. Francis scored all of those points.

In the distance Adena scored just 6 points and those will return. S. Bluck will return with 5 of those points and D. Warner will bring 1 point.

In the field events Adena scored 21 points with the Long Jump earning the most with J. Francis winning the event and F. Schoof earned 4 points 22' 01.50" and 19' 00.50". The discus should return C. Pauley and D. Warner 76' 05" and 71' 8". The high jump show no one returning. J. Nguyen and C. Pauley return in the shot put 35' 10" and 30' 11". The pole vault has the Fout boys returning with 3.5 points each with a vault of 9' 06".

Freshmen that might help right off.
K. Salyers 100m
P. Clever 1600
Z. Burns 200m, high jump
L. Sowers Discus , Shot Put

Adena looks like they will finish about the same place in 2026 as in 2025. The hurdles will be their weakest events with both hurdles graduating. Adena will need to stay focused, or Huntington could sneak up on them.

Alexander TVCO-IV

Alexander finished in 5th place in the TVCO meet with scoring 43 points. Four seniors I. Waller, A. Hall, S. Schooley and I Walker left with 6.5 points allowing 36.5 points returning for 2026. Two juniors, N. Graves and J. Roush return after scoring 22 points last year.

Alexander took part in all four relays scoring 17 points. They should return 8 runners for 2026. 4x100 48.54 with 2 returning finished in the 6th spot, 4x200 1:37.64 and should have 3 coming back took the 3rd spot, 4x400 3:48.18 looks to have 2 back after taking 5th place, 4x800 9:22.24 placed 3rd with 1 coming back.

The 110 hurdles will return one of the best hurdlers in SEO with a time of 15.61 and just has good in the 300h at 43.35. In the conference meet he earned 14 points with a 2nd and 3rd place.

The sprints should return with only one point earned in 2025. Both boys that ran in the sprints graduated. M. Meek will return in the 200 with S. Bertrum in the 400.

The distance lost both boys to graduation from the 800 L. Brooks 5:43.62 and W. Oliver will return in the 1600. The 3200 should have L. Zuchowski back with a 13:52.40 where he scores 2 points.

The field events will only return 6 points from those 5 events. A. Thompson 92' 11" and E Fernow 89' 02" will be back. High Jump returns B. Weber with a 4' 10" leap. Don't see much in the long jump. Pole vault could have Roush back and the Shot put has N. Graves back with 6 points with a throw of 40' 05"

Up coming freshmen to watch
B. Hendershot hurdles
L. Roberts hurdles and Pole vault
E. Arnold discus

Alexander should come in fifth place in 2026. The distant events look slim for points when it comes to the TVCO meet. The sprints should do a little better than the distant events as their points will come from the lower half. Field events will be where most of the points will come from. It will take a lot to happen for them to finish any higher than fifth.

Amanda MSLB-III

Amanda had four seniors with points from the 2025 meet graduate. These four totaled thirty-four points between them, P. Smith, C. Westhaven, R Marshall and C. Williams. Didn't see any juniors returning with points from 2025.

Amanda took part in all four relays where they scored seven points. 4x100 45.87 T. Stai, M. Jones, R. Marshall and M. Williams, three runners should return. They came in fourth place. 4x200 finished in seventh place with a time of 1:40.17 T. Spence, M. Jones, M. Williams and T. Stai. Looks like four runners should return. The 4x400 took the 6th spot with a time of 3:51.47 T. Spence, A. Gilman, M. Williams and R. Marshall with three coming back in 2026. 4x800 had a time of 9:10.14 that finished in fifth place G. Moore, A. Gilman, M. Plaugher, and B. Ritchie with all four returning for 2026.

The hurdles only came up with four points in 2025 and that was by M. Jones with a time of 17.15. Nothing showing for the 300 hurdles.

For the sprints it showed just two points earned in 2025. The 100m will have T. Stai 11.67 and P. Hill 12.21 returning. 200 meters earned the two points with T. Stai, 400 meters has M. Plaugher coming back with a time of 1:00.42 and a,1:03.07 from L. Lown.

The three distinct races did not score in the 2025 meet. 800 should see L. Stone with a 2:32.5 in 2026. The 1600 has G. Moore with a 5:01.44 and the 3200 shows G. Moore at 11:26.87 and B. Lowery at 11:49.50.

Field events show no points from 2025. High jump has D. Price with a leap of 4' 10", D. Price shows a jump of 17' 04.50" in the long jump, Pole vault shows nothing, C. McCoy shows a throw of 99' 04" for the discus. C. McCoy also has a toss of 38' 00.75" in the shot put.

Amanda lost some good boys to graduation. Look for them to struggle in six events. Three of the field events will be down along with the 400,800. 300 will be hurting some too. Picking them to be at the bottom for 2026.

Athens TVCO-II

Athens won the TVCO with a total of 201 points. They had seven boys graduate that totaled 107.5 points. P. Kinnard, A. Wotschka, L. Martin, S. Pelot, E. Crawl, L. Anglin and J. Burden. Five juniors will return who scored 55.50 points. That leaves 39.5 scored by the rest of the team. Probably will not come across a team that lost that many points in 2025 from graduation.

Athens took part in all four relays scoring a total of 38. Looks like they will return eight runners. 4x100 had a time of 44.12 to take first place and should return three boys. 4x200 ran a 1:32.43 to win the relay they should have two runners back. 4x400 had a time of 3:34.34 to get 10 points and the win, the Bulldogs lost all four runners to graduation. 4x800 came in 2nd with a time of 8:50.41 with three runners coming back.

The hurdles took a big hit with both runners graduating and taking 34 points with them.

Sprints will return 24 points mostly in the 100/200 with A. Sutton and T. Cunningham. The 400 lost both runners when they graduated. Sutton had a 11.00 100m and a 22.34 200m. Cunningham a freshman ran a 11.46 100m.

Distance should bring back 26 points and that will be in the 1600/3200. The 800 will have C. Parson with J. Szolosi and C. Swatzel in the 1600m. P. Koshal and D.Talbert will run in the 3200m

The field events will have 19 points coming back. The discus shows J. Irwin with a toss of 96' 06". The high jump doesn't show anyone. Shot put will have J. Irwin at 36' 03". Pole Vault has E Hatch at 9' 00" with L. Duguette the second man. A. Sutton has a leap of 20' 01.75 in the long jump and L. Free at 19 plus.

Freshmen to watch

E. Kraince 110 hurdles and the Pole Vault where he has a 10' 02" vault
E. Riddlebarger 1600/800
M. Burden 400 has a 58.91
T. Chase 800

Athens shouldn't have a problem defending the 2025 championship even though they lost a lot of their 2025 points to graduation. Athens should score in every event, but the points won't be as high. The hurdles will be the biggest difference from last year due to both hurdlers graduating. The discus, shot put and the high jump will hurt a little, but the pole vault and long jump should make up for it. Relays won't be as strong, but they will get their points. Don't look for Athens to do as well as they did last season when going outside their conference. If they are going to be at the Rocky Boots, we will find out a lot after it.

Belpre TVCH-V

Belpre took the number two spot in the TVCH meet with 114 points. Five seniors collected 53.50 points, B. McCullough, J. Miller, D. Rickman, A. Miller and C. Maze. One junior D. Lemon scored 11.50 points. Belpre should have 60.50 points returning for 2026.

Belpre took part in four relays and scored 30 points between them. 4x100 came in third place with a time of 48.73 D. Richman, C. Doebereiner, C. Maze and D. Lemon they should have three coming back, 4x200 took the number two spot at 1:37.00, D. Rickman, B. McDaniel, D. Lemone and A. Mullins with two coming back. The 4x400 finish in first with a time of 3:43.18, B. McDaniel, J. Kapple, I. Linscott and D. Haynes and all four should return. 4x800 came in third at 9:25.81, J. Miller, J. Kapple, H. Radcliff and C. Maze they will have two back.

The 110 hurdles have their top two gone with B. McDaniel returning in the 300 hurdles. McDaniel took third place in the 300h.

In the sprints Belpre only has four points returning in 2026 and that will be B. McDaniel in the 200 with a time of 24.33. C. See comes back for the 100m and D. Lemon 54.96 and C. Doebereiner 58.10 returns in the 400m.

In the distance J. Kapple 2:19.77 returns with two points in the 800. The 1600 has N. Garbo coming back with a time of 6:50.23 and in the 3200 P. Bolian shows a 12:33.56.

The field events look to have 13 points returning. The discus has 1 point coming back in N. Tipple 107' 08". M. Crum comes back with 1 point in the high jump. Long jump will see J. Hess at 15' 07.25 and C. Doebereiner with a 13' 10.00" with a total of 1 point. Shot put will have the top thrower back in the TVCH in N. Tipple with a throw of 44' 05.75" (10Pts). M. Parker will be the number two man with a throw of 37' 08.25".

Don't see much help coming up from the middles school this year.

Belpre will be an average team in the TVCH this year. They are going to be down in the 110 hurdles,1600 meters, long jump and the pole vault. The three distant events won't be point getters for Belpre. The relays might be their best events. Look for Belpre to take the 4th spot. Don't see them going any higher or lower.

Bloom Carroll-III

BC participated in all four relays and scored 21 points. Looks like they will have 15 runners back for 2026. 4x100 45.43 took 2nd place and will have 4 returning J. Reed, A. Johns, C. Allen, C. Butcher,4x200 1:36.37 placed 5th J. Reed, J. Moore, D. Joey and A. John, 4x400 3:46.88 finished in 5th place with four coming back J. Reed, J. Greene, C. Graves, AJ Daren, 4x800 9:04.99 came in 4th should return three runners E. Friedrich, L. Simpkins, J. Naess, AJ Daren.

100h 19.03 A. Sow. Sow will also do the 300h with a 48.61

100m 12.04 C. Butcher, 12.25 C. Allen. 200m will return C. Butcher who earned 2 points in 2025 with a time of 23.56, J. Reed also will return with a 24.72. J. Greene brings a 55.46 back in the 400.

800 meters will have AJ Daron with a time of 2:12.21 and E. Friedrich returns with a 2:15.69. The 1600 shows T. Gortner at 4:57.43. Gortner will also run the 3200 with a 10:43.99.

The field events outside the relays are where BC picked up good points. C. Drury picked up 6 points with his 46' 05.50" in the shot-put C. Thacker comes back with a 38'.00" throw. The discus shows Drury getting 2 points here with a toss of 125' 10. Pole Vault grabbed up 8 points from D. Knapp 12' 00" finishing at the 2nd spot also J. Nauss came away with 2 points with a result of 11' 00". Long Jump show A. John having a 18' 05.75" and F. Liberty at 15' 06.50" High jump came away with K. Kirkpatrick also coming back will be P. Malernee with 5' 04"

Four seniors graduated and took 15 points with them. Two Juniors will return that earned 4 points

Bloom Carroll is a team that should score in every event, but not a lot of top points. The 400 and the long jump will be their strongest events. I can see them taking the 4th spot with a possible 100 points.

Chesapeake OVC-IV

Chesapeake came in 5th in the OVC meet with 83 points. They had 4 seniors graduate with 51.50 points, D. Plantz, N. Preston, J. Harris and C. Burgess. Peak should have 31.5 points return for 2026.

Chesapeake ran in all four relays earning 11 points and should have 12 runners back. The 4x100 had a time of 47.31 placing 7th should have 3 runners back, A. Howard, C. Davis, N. Preston and L. Kerns, 4x200 ran a 1:36.95 for 7th places they should return three runners, N. Preston, L. Kerns, H. Isaacs, L. Davis. 4x400 came in 7th with a time of 3:47.86 and will have two back, J. Harris, D. Plantz, G. Graley, A. Isaacs. 4x800 finished in 5th place at 10:07.07 with four runner coming back, J. Preston, G, Graley, G. Collins W. Michael.

The hurdles lost 110/300 both of their runners to graduation.

The sprints were hit hard by graduation too. Only one runner out of six will return in 2026 and that is C. Davis in the 400 with a time of 58.51

Distance events should have all their runners coming back from a group that score 17 points. 800 G. Graley 2:14.22, J. Preston 2:25.36. 1600 will have G. Graley at 4:49.24 and I. Robinson who brought in 2pts. 3200 shows Graley coming back with a 10:46.26 and W. Michael at 10:48.09.

Field events have 25 points coming back for 2026. A. Chapman comes back in the shot put 36' 01.50". The discus has Chapman with a 130' 07 throw. A. Howard brings back a 5' 04" jump for the high jump. Howard also has a 19' 07" and L. Kerns shows 18' 07" in the long jump. L. Davis return after winning the OVC pole vault at 15' 03".

Watch for these freshman HJ J. Washington, Pole vault C. Secrest, U. Brumfield 110h, N. Dingus 1600 and Dingus in the 3200.

Chesapeake will probably finish a little lower than 2025. There will be near 10 events where Chesapeake will struggle. Mostly in the Sprints and Hurdles. They will also struggle in the relays. A chance to score in 13 events should keep them out of the cellar. Looking for them to finish in 6th place.

Chillicothe FAC-II

Chillicothe lost 28 points with three boys graduating, E. Adams, D. Hurff and V. Hitchens. Didn't see any juniors who earned points.

Chillicothe entered three relays that earned them 18 points. 4x100 45.50 took 4th place, 4x400 3:33.89 came in 3rd, 4x800 8:21.06 finished in the 2nd spot. Their average finish was third.

The 110 hurdles will have K. Pleasant 16.33 and K. Williams at 17.20. 300 should see Pleasant 42.26 and Williams 47.47.

Sprints will see C. Ligion 11.59 in the 100m, 200m 23.52. The 400 will have J. Beverly with a 49.17 and N. Bowling at 1:05.81. J. Beverly will be one of the best 400 in SEO for 2026.

The distance events will see J. Beverly with a 2:01.11 also will be one of the better 800 boys in SEO. P. Huggins has a time of 2:07.11. L. Wood will do the 1600 with a time of 4:51.23 and he will also be in the 3200 having a 10:25.50.

The field events have K. Williams with a High jump of 6' 01" with K. Pleasant at 5' 08'. C. Ligion will be back with a 20' 01.50 Long jump. Pole vault will have C. Hirschler at 11' 00". The McAllister boys will be doing the discus T. McAllister 143' 04" and J. McAllister at 136' 07". T. McAllister has a 47' 03" shot put and J. McAllister shows a 42' 11.25" throw.

Looking for Chillicothe to win the FAC with their strength in the distant races and field events. Chillicothe hasn't the room for mistakes. Hillsboro and Washington are too close behind. Between the three there is only a 10/15-point difference. An injury or DQ could make the difference here. Jackson, Miami Trace and McClain are too far back to get into the top three.

Watch these freshmen Harris in the 400 ay 58.27, S. Hurff with a 5:13.30 in the 1600, The high jump with L. Altenburger showing 5' 05", Altenburger will also have a 16' 03.00" long jump.

Circleville MSLB-III

Circleville had four boys graduate with a total of 11.75 points R. Edwards, J. Sorrell, I. Browning and C. Lee. Only see two juniors who scored in the MSLB meet will bring points into the 2026 meet C. Kellough and A. Travis.

Circleville competed in four relays average a 6.25 finish. They score a total of 11 points. Looks like they could return 14 runners. 4x100 47.76 5th place C. Kellough, J. Yancey, J. Kline, C. Lee should return 3, 4x200 1:38.68 6th place J. Browning, J. Yancey, J. Kline, S. Weaver should return 3, 4x400 3:56.85 finished in 7th S. Weaver, J. Perez, K. Ali, M. Nardi 4 should return, 4x800 9:48.75 7th place L. Cameron, K. Ali, M. Nardi, C. Willoughby four runners could return.

Circleville shows no runners for the 110 hurdles, C. Willoughby should return in 2026 with a 51.46 for the 300h.

In the sprints Circleville lost both runners in the 100m to graduation, S. Weaver will return in the 200m with a 24.81, Weaver will also bring back a 53.26 in the 400 along with J. Perez with a 58.44.

In the distance L. Cameron comes back at 2:29.80 with A. Groff with a 3:08.48. Cameron also comes back in the 1600 with a time of 5:05.80 and M. Nardi has a 5:23.37. J. Russell will compete in the 3200m.

In the field events Circleville brings back one of the best shot putters with A. Travis at 50' 11". L. Holloway has a 153.00" discus and L. McConnell shows a 112' 08' toss. A. Hunt will be in the high jump, the pole vault has C. Kellough with a 11' 06 vault. The long jump has P. Vanoorhis with a 15' 08.25" leap.


Clay SOC-V

Clay finished in the 13th spot in the SOC meet with four points. Didn't find any seniors with 2025 points. One junior N. Mosley should return after scoring 2 points last year.

The 110 hurdles will have I. George coming back. The 300h will see B. Miller with a 47.5 and I. George.

Sprints will have J. Brickey in 2026 with a 13.33 and George also there. 200 meters Shows A. Miller with a 25.53 and J. Brickey at 27.06. The 400 has J. Wang.
400 meters should have J. Jinkins with a time of 3:02.22 and P. Miller at 3:24.69. For the 1600 D. Shepherd has a 7:32.59 and P. Miller has a 7:39.27. In the 3200 meters D. Shepherd has a time of 16:43.00.

The field events show nothing in the high jump or the pole vault. Long jump has N. Mosley with a jump of 16' 06.50" and E. Bailey at 16:02.25". Shot Put will see J. Wang at 32' 03.75". Discus will have N. Mosley at 115' 06".


Don't see too much from the 2026 freshmen but this year's eight grade could send around five to the varsity for the 2027 season.

Dawson-Bryant OVC-IV

Dawson-Bryant tied for seventh with 51 points. Didn't find where any seniors graduated with points. Did find one junior who scored 9 points K. Murphy. All 51 points should return in 2026.

The hurdles will return two in the 300 K. Hall 47.54 and K. Shore 49.51. The 110 shows no one

In the sprints the 100 has K. Murphy at 11.09 and L. White returning. The 200 will also have K. Murphy. 400 shows C. Spears with a 58.21.

In the distance S. Hamm has a 1:58.61. T. Kelly in the 1600 shows a 6:09.58. Nothing showing in the 3200

The field events have J. Short at 42' 01.75 in the shot put with the number two man being A. Klaiber at 39' 06"
The discus will have H. Kingrey with a throw of 120' 05" and A. Bryant with 110' 05". K. Hall comes back with a high jump of 5' 04" K. Shore. B. Justice has a 15' 05.50 long jump. Pole vault has L. Roberts back at 10' 06" and L. McKnight.

Dawson-Bryant will need to fine some hurdlers with it being their weakest events. Relays could use a bit more help. Sprints, Distant and field events should be their strongest events. Dawson-Bryant looks to finish in a strong 4th place. A little bad moments shouldn't drop them and at the same time a little stronger performance will not move them up.

Eastern Bea. SOC-V

Eastern Finished in 5th place in the SOC meet with 51 points. Two seniors G. Cody and C. Salisbury combined for 17.25 points. Two juniors I. Weaver and B. Tomlison 14 between them. Should be 34.75 points returning in 2026.

The 2025 relays earned 22 points and will have 11 runners return for 2026. Their average placement in the relays was 3.5. 4x100 46.41 C. Salisbury, G. Peters, B. Brown and I. Weaver three should return. 4x200 1:35.61 C. Peters, I. Weaver, B. Brown, C. Salisbury 3 return. 4x400 3:45.30 G. Cody, I. Weaver, A. Fox, C. Salisbury 2 return, 4x800 8:59.00 G. Cody, D. Cody, S. Jennings, A. Fox.

The 110 and 300 hurdles will have one runner returning H. Compton 57.64.

Sprints should have five runners returning. 100 meters will see C. Peters 11.66, B. Bower 11.90, 200m C. Peters 23.71 with Bower at 24.20, 400 meters have A. Fox returning at 55.35.

The 800 will have D. Cody returning with a time of 2:12.41. Cody will also be running in the 1600 at 5:23.15. S. Jennings should run the 3200 with a time of 11:30.00.

The high jump will have I. Weaver with a jump of 5' 08", Long jump will have A. Lykins with 15' 00.25" and H. Compton at 13' 08.00", B. Tomlison will bring a 137' 03" in the Discus with B. Keller being the second boy, B. Tomlison comes back with a 47' 09" in the shot put with B. Keller at 35' 01.75". Pole vault doesn't participate.

Didn't see much coming in as freshmen.

Eastern R TVCH-

Eastern came out in second place in the TVCH with 92 points. Graduation hit Eastern hard with five boys combining for 65 points leaving 27 points returning in 2026, C. Barnett, M. Sheppard, C. Powell, T. Hill and B. Haught. Didn't see any junior who scored in last year's meet.

Eastern ran in only one relay and that was the 4x200 where they had a time of 1:41.03 and all four boys will not be back.

The hurdles, Sprints and distance have no listed coming back.

The field events only show one boy coming back and that is W. Sheppard in the discus at 112' 05"

Only one boy coming up from the middles school looks like he might be able to help right away and that is B. Short in the Discus/Shot Put.

Eastern R. will be a completely different team for 2026 after graduating a ton of points. Right off it looks like it will be difficult for them to score points this spring. Don't see them making it out of the basement.

Eastern W SHAC-IV

Eastern finished in 5th place in the SHAC with 71 points. They had two boys score 16 points between them T. Perkins, E. Beath. C. Bigger a junior scored 15 and will return.

Eastern took part in all four relays scoring 10 points. Their average finish was 6.5. Looks like all 16 runners should return for 2026. 4x100 51.38 finished 7th, S. Kirk, M. Casteel, K. Gorton and B. Brooks, 4x200 1:46.42 took 7th place, S. Kirk, M. Casteel, L. Nelson, N. Moermond, 4x400 3:54.67 placed 6th, J. Jennings, S. Olms, N. Cenci, D. Day.

110 hurdles will have B. Brooks back with a time of 17.19. C. Bigger comes back with a 44.02 in the 300 along with D. Day at 45.02.

100 C. Bigger has a 11.85 and J. Jennings has a 12.40. 200 meters shows Biggers with a 24.71 and B. Brooks with a 25.73, 400 will have J. Jennings at 54.88.

800 meters will see L. Nelson at 2:35.00 and N. Cenci at 2:44.74, 1600 shows D. Day coming back with a 4:52.83 along with N. Cenci at 5:20.76, 3200 looks to have D. Day at 11:26.47.

In the shot put M. Dick has a 33' 05" returning, N. Bradley comes back with an 85' 04" throw in the discus, and the second man M. Dick has an 83' 02" throw. High jump has S. Kirk with a 5' 04" jump. The long jump shows C. Bigger with a jump of 18' 07.50, nothing on the pole vault.

Freshmen boys to watch John Paust LJ, 100m and 200m,1600/800 E. Duzan , G. Curtis 800

Fairland OVC-IV

Fairland tied for 7th in the OVC meet with 51 points. Three seniors scored a combined 8.5 points J. Nida, D. Griffin and J. Hayden. Junior C. Black scored 18 points and returns in 2026.

Fairland ran in all four relays and scored a total of 16 points. 11 runners should return. 4x100 46.30 placed 6th X. Collins, O. Burcham, W. Goff, J. Hayden 3 will return, 4x200 1:36.38 took the 6th spot X. Collins, O. Burcham, W. Goff and J. Hayden 3 will return, 4x400 3:43.57 finished in 3rd with 3 returning, 4x800 9:15.50 came in 3rd and 2 should return.

X. Collins will be back in 2026 with a time of 11.89 in the 100 meters. He also will return in the 200 meters with a 24.14 time. The 400 looks to have C. Black at 52.8 and J. Milan 56.99 return.

The 800 will have L. Ball coming back with a 2:25.40. M. Dunlap comes back in the 1600 with a time of 5:23.37. The 3200 should have two boys back in M. Dunlap at 12:08.01 and E. Shook with a 12:10.37.

The field events will have J. Milum in the shot put along with P. Lucas. Lucas returns in the discus with a throw of 99' 05". JC. Auxier comes back in the high jump. Auxier will be doing the long jump coming back at 18' 11.75" and K. Blake with 16' 10.00". C. Black will be doing the pole vault with a 2025 vault of 12' 06"

Upcoming freshmen to watch are A. Trimble in the PV, 100m and the 400m, C. Kazer in the long jump, I. Bergquist in the 110 hurdles, B. Adkins in the 800/1600.

Fairland will struggle again this year where they might not score in close to half the events. They should do okay in the sprints. The hurdles look good. Should do better than average in the relays. The distant races don't show much and most of the field events will be hard to get points in. Look for a 7th place finish. With some help from the 2025 MS, it is possible for them to move to a 6th place finish.

Fairfield SHAC-

Fairfield finished in the 10 spot in the SHAC meet with 9 points. Didn't find any seniors or junior with points earned in the SHAC meet.

Fairfield took part in two relays that earned two points. 4x100 51.94 M. Lightle, C. Ayers, W. Rowe and L. Burgess will have four coming back. 4x400 3:06.96 took the 7th spot and will see four coming back.

Nothing showing up in either hurdle

The 100 meters shows no one coming back. 200 meters has W. Rowe coming back at 25.64 and the second man is Z. Moore with a 28.68. 400 meters will have Rowe returning with a time of 58.03 followed by L. Burgess.

800 shows C. Achterman with a 2:27.88 and C. Ayers at 2:38.33 Achterman will do the 1600 at 5:22.41. Nothing coming up in the 3200 meters

Shot put has S. Allering with a 29' 11" coming back in 2026. Allering will also do the discus at 62' 05'. The high jump shows L. Burgess with a 5' 06" jump. LJ/PV show nothing.

Middle school coming up this spring shows B. Walter in the discus, P. Abbott in the Long jump and V. Ballard with a 5:37.80 should be watched in 2026.


Fairfield Union MSLB-III

Fairfield Union had eight boys who graduated that totaled 115 points and shows six juniors coming back with 30 points. So far this is the most points, after Athens 107, graduated by a team.

Fairfield Union scored in three relays and only returns four coming into the 2026 season. The three relays totaled 28 points averaging a 1.3 finish. 4x200 1:32.85 finish in eighth place will have three boys return in 2026 W. Deny, Z. Berry, C. Rowley and W. Ogg. 4x400 3:26.43 took the top spot should have one boy return L. Osborn, C. Rowley, C. Runkle and C. Lipscomb, 4x800 also took the top spot with an 8:08.99 one of the best times in SEO but lost all four runners C. Runkle, N. Phillips, C. Reindle, A. Walton.

110 hurdles will have B. Kraft back at 17.98. He will also do the 300 hurdles with a 42.47 time returning.

The sprints show only one boy returning and that should be L. Osborn 51.49. Both top boys graduated in the 100/200

The distance has Cor. Runkle coming back in the 800 with a time of 2:02.03. Top boys for the 1600/3200 graduated.

The field events will see T, Shall with a 40' 01.75 toss in the shot put along with G. Shaw at 39' 02'. Shall has a throw of 122' 09" for the discus with A. Moore at 110'.00". W. Ogg will do the high jump with a best of 5' 10". G. Gobert will lead the pole Vault with a 12' 00" vault followed by B. Kraft at 8' 00". Ogg will be back in the long jump.

Fayetteville SHAC-V

Fayetteville came in 8th place with 23 points. G. Valentine was the only senior with 2025 earned points. Right off they have 20 points returning for the 2026 meet.

Fayetteville competed in two relays in the conference meet. 4x100 48.02 2nd place, W. Murphy, C. Valentine, A. Beers, AJ. Johnson should have three return. 4x200 1:45.34 took 5th place three will be returning.

110 hurdles should have K. Burkhart back with a 22.34 and B. Arnett at 22.78. Arnett will run the 300 at 1:08.55.

The sprints will have AJ. Johnson with a time of 11.83 in the 100 meters with the number two boy being W. Murphy at 11.98. AJ. Johnson will bring a 24.58 200 meters along with Murphy at 25.18. K. Burkhart comes back with a 1:07.63 400 meters.

In the 800 meters E. Crosley returns with a time of 3:00.64 and B. Arnett at 3:15.72. Nothing showing in the 1600/3200.

The field events will have B. Arnett with a 32' 02" and K. Burkhart at 29' 02" in the shot put, E. Crosley shows a 57' 09" discus, the long jump has AJ. Johnson with a leap of 18' 04" with A. Beers at 17' 03.50. Nothing in the high jump or pole vault.

some freshmen to watch this spring M. Williams in the high jump, long jump and the 300 hurdles, C. Rhinehimer in the shot put, L. Espinoza 100m,110h and the 400

Federal Hocking TVCH-V

Federal Hocking Took first place in the TVCH with 117 points. T. Walker is the only senior who earned points in the 2025 TVCH meet (21). Three juniors I. Linscott, D. Haynes and B. Bray earned 58 points. This and 38 points from other returning boys should have 96 points returning for the 2026 season.

Federal Hocking participated in four relays gathering a total of 30 points. 25 of those will return in the spring whereas a team will return 14 runners. 4x100 46.12 took 1st place and should return three runners. 4x200 1:36.13 finished in 1st with 3 returning, 4x400 3:50.25 came in 2nd with 4 returning in 2026, 4x800 13:07.03 finished in 5th place and could return 4 runners.

110 hurdles have I. Linscott returning with a time of 16.12 that earned 2 points. Linscott also will return in the 300 hurdles with a time of 48.39 which earned him 2 points.

100 meters should have B. Hill coming back with a 11.94 that earned 4 points plus he will be in the 200
meters with a 24.66 and 2 points. C. Boyer has a 55.37 (6 points) and B. Rudehaver (1 point) for the 400 meters.

Couldn't find where Federal Hocking picked any points up in the 800/1600/3200.

Federal Hocking earned 46 points in the field events. Discus has L. Davis with a throw of 85' 02" and the next boy up D. Basim has a 65' 08'. L. Davis will do the Shot put too with a toss of 27' 00" M. Sisson brings a 26' 01" toss. In the Long jump D. Haynes shows a 19' 05' leap with G. Bray at 19' 01.50" leap. G. Bray comes back with a 6' 00" high jump followed by D. Haynes with a 5' 10" jump, I. Linscott shows a pole vault of 8' 06" with G. Bray also at 8' 06".

Keep an eye on W. Blower in the 400 and 1600

Federal Hocking will be strong this year. If they could find some distant runners, they could give a lot of team trouble. Their field events will be what beats other team. I can see them getting 50 or more points in some of their meets. Their hurdle teams look good. Federal Hocking should take the TVCH.

Gallia OVC-III

Gallia came in second place in the OVC with 112.5. Two seniors A. Rykowski and B. Simmons, collected 14.50 points with two juniors, T. King and C. Mock, earning 13. Gallia should have 98 points coming back in 2026.

Gallia entered four relays scoring 23 points and have 13 runners coming back in 2026. 4x100 48.21 finished in 8th place, C. Rodgers, A. Brown, C. Mock and E. Patterson 4 runners will be back, 4x200 1:33.79 came in 3rd M. Canaday, C. Rodgers, C. Frances and B. Simes 3 runners should return, 4x400 3:39.87 2nd place A. Simmons, J. Saxton, T. Hersman and S. Francies 3 return, 4x800 8:59.40 2nd place A. Rykowski, J. Saxton, T. Hersman, L. Shaffer 3 coming back.

Nothing showing in the 110/300 hurdles

The sprints show M. Canaday coming back with a 11.54 100 meters. In the 200 meters Canaday shows a 23.76. The 400 will have S. Francis coming back with a 52.46 and Hersman will be the second man.

J. Saxton will be running the 800 coming back with a 2:20.74. L. Shaffer will be coming back in the 1600 meters with a 4:41.26 and R. Kuhn Shows a 5:05.68. Shaffer has a returning time of 10:22.34 in the 3000 meters with N. Brown at 11:07.48.

The field events have C. Mock with a shot pot throw of 48' and King has a 43' 02". The discus shows Mock with a 159' 08" and King at 99' 08". High jump will see Mock with a 5' 06" and C. Rodgers will be the second man. M. Canaday will lead the long jumpers with a leap of 19' 10" and Childers has a 17' 02". Pole vault will have E. Patterson at 12' 00: and B. Brown with 10' 06".

Boys to watch as freshmen are 1600 K. Daniels, 100 meters E. Smith and L. Davis in the long jump, 200 and the 400.

This could be Gallia years. I can see them scoring a lot in four categories. The hurdles look to be the area where they will have some problems. In the sprints they have depth that will get plenty of points. The distant will get an average amount. The relays will get them their share of points. The field events will be Gallia's strongest area. The five events should carry them to a first-place finish. But one slip up or DQ could ruin it.

Glenwood SOC-V

Glenwood finished in 17th place in the SOC with 6 points. G. Dickerson was the only senior to graduated who earned points in the SOC meet. No junior was found who earned point in the SOC meet.

Glenwood only took place in two relays where they scored 5 points and will return 8 runners. 4x100 48.70 took 6th place and 4 boys returning T. McQuithy, Cn. Trapp, Cd. Trapp, C. Russell. 4x200 1:53.72 took the 7th spot and will return 4 runners J. Hamilton, C. Russell, C. Trapp, J. Ruggles.

110 hurdles will have G. Spence turning with a 21.04 time. The 300 hurdles show C. Russell with a 49.17 and the number two boy is G. Spence with a time of 1:01.13.

The sprints show Co. Trapp with a 12.27 and a 13.04 from T. McQuithy. T. Ruggles and A. Takahashi will run the 200. J. Hamilton will be in the 400 at 1:04.23.

The 800/1600/3200 show nothing

Long jump has T. McQuithy at 17' 01" and a 12' 11" leap from G. Spencer
Discus shows T. Ruggles throwing the discus 73' 03" and A. Takahashi at 55' 10"
Shot put will have T. Ruggles with a 27' 05.25" and J. Hamilton at 24' 11.50"
HJ and PV show nothing

Up coming 8th grade doesn't show much.

Hamilton Twp MSLB-II

Hamilton participated in four relays earning 36 points. Four seniors combined for 40 points K. Sheppard, B. Baker, B. Thomas, K. Terry. Seven juniors totaled 62 points L. King, J. Jardine, A. Dieng, C. Martin, J. McBride, Z. Coles, K. Akins. 4x100 43.98 1st place K. Akin, K. Terry, J. McBride, B. Thomas 2 boys returning, 4x200 1:31.50 1st place J. Henry, K. Terry, J. McBride, B. Thomas, 4x400 3:29.45 2nd place J. Henry, Z. Coles, A. Blair, K. Akin, 4x800 8:29.70 2nd place A. Dieng, C. Jardine, C. Martin, A. Blair.

110 hurdles 16.71 T. Baldwin, 17.24 K. Akin. The 300 hurdles have K. Akin at 42.48 and J. Henry 43.92. The hurdles brought in 14 points in the MSLB.

The 100 meters will have Z. Coles with a 11:21 and he will also bring a 22.57 in the 200 meters. Coles has a 400 time of 50.08 and J. McBride has a 54.14 Those two combined for 30 points in the 2025 meet.

The 800 meters shows 2:01.46 for C. Martin and A. Dieng with a 2:02.43. 1600 C. Martin has a 4:35.55 and C. Jardine a 4:55.98. Martin also brings a 10:55.87 3200 with C. Jardine at 11:36.16. Those three events earned 23 points in 2025s meet.

In the field events A. Jackson has a shot put throw of 39' 11". The high jump has two jumpers over 6' 00 returning for 2026 in L. King at 6' 04" and J. McBide at 6' 02'. E. Cook and L. Hill should do the pole vault. Both boys graduated in the Discus and Long jump. The boys coming back combined for 12 points last year.

Hillsboro-II

Hillsboro had Five seniors who combined for 56 points at the 2025 FAC meet. Five juniors will return in 2026 with 34 points they earned from 2025.

Hillsboro participated in four relays gathering 36 points. Their rating for finishing a relay game out to 9. 4x100 43.97 finished in the 2nd spot. 4x200 1:31.77 took the number two spot, 4x400 3:28.12 came in 1st, 4x800 finished in 1st with an 8:15.27

The hurdles should see C. Swackhammer at 15.67 and K. Evers at 16.42. The 300 hurdles have Evers with a 41.60 and Swackhammer at 42.36. The four totaled 24 points in the FAC 2025 meet.

F. Britton returns with a time of 11.66 for the 100 meters. He also carries has a 23.39 200 meters along with C. Swope at 23.93. In the 400 meters C. Swope has a time of 50.81 and D. Moreda a 54.72. The 3 scored 18 points in the 2025 FAC meet.

The 800 meters graduated both runners. the 1600 meters will have E. Inman at 4:57.69. 3200 meters should see C. Burkard with a time of 11:14.56. The distance earned 4 points in 2025.

Field events show the long jump with Swackhammer having a 19' 02.25" leap. The pole vault has J. Seaman at 10'. The discus will show G. Hawk with a 140' 11" throw along with J. Pitts at 136' 03". Shot put looks to have J. Pitts at 43' 05.50" and G. Hawk with 42' 01". The high jump had both boys' graduate.

I'm going to say Hillsboro comes in second in the FAC unless they make a big improvement in the field events and distant events. Hillsboro weakest events might be Chillicothe strongest. Hillsboro can win the conference, but it will depend on how Chillicothe performs. It could only take one mistake or bad event from Chillicothe to pull it off.

Only see T. Bender in the pole vault that could help the varsity

Huntington SVC-IV

Didn't find where Huntington had any seniors score in the 2025 SVC meet. Did come up with two juniors, E. Ward and K. Manson where they combined to score 11 points in the 2025 meet.

Huntington took part in four relays where they scored 11 points, and they averaged a 6.25 finish. 4x100 48.11 6th place, E. Ary, J. Yates, D. Nickels C. Parker, 4x200 1:40.93 6th place, C. Parker, J. Yates, E. Ward, T. Taylor. 4x400 3:51.87 6th place, C. Uhrig, K. Woodruff, J. Yates, T. Taylor, 4x800 9:46.35 took 7th place K. Woodruff, S. Moncla, J. Elder, C. Uhrig. From what I can find Huntington should have all their runners back for 2026.

The 110 hurdles will have C. Turner returning. E. Ward will be doing the 300 hurdles.

The 100/200/400 showed no one coming back.

C. Stritenberger return for the 800 with a time of 2:27.00 with C. Uhrig being the second boy with a time of 2:33.49. 1600 should have J. Elder at 5:46.06 and A. Neff with a time of 6:37.82. S. Moncla has a 12:37.52 along with J. Elder at 12:56.93 returning in the 3200. Last year the distance scored 5 points.

The field events look to have the most experience come back with K. Manson having a 137' 09 throw in the discus along with C. Kinzer at 105' 01". C. Parker returns with a leap of 18' 05" for the long jump and E. Ward has a 17' 10" leap. The high jump should see A. Breniser and E. Cox. Manson will bring back a throw of 43' 10" in the shot put and C. Kinzer with a 38' 07 toss. E. Ward shows a 9' 06 pole vault with A. Breniser in the second spot. The field events earned 18 points in 2025.

Keep an eye on B. Wilson as a freshman in the 400 meters

Huntington will probably take the 4th spot in the 2026 SVC meet. The 100 meters and the 400 meters will need some work. Right now, those two events might have them going scoreless. If the income freshmen can help and Adena slips a bit Huntington could finish in the 3rd spot.



Ironton OVC-IV

Ironton came in 5th place in the OVC meet for 2025 with 51.50 points. Found two boys M. Sly and M. Gleichouf with 10.25 points between them that graduated. Only see one junior, M. Wheeler with points coming back in 2026. The boys from Ironton should have 40 plus points returning this spring.

Ironton took part in three relays last year where they came away with 20 points. Out of the 12 runners they had last year 10 should be back. 4x100 45.77 4th place, D. Edens, Z. Dressell, A. Forest, J. Whaley 4 should return, 4x200 1:54.07 took 4th place, Z. Dressell, D. Edens, M. Sly. J. Whaley 3 could return, 4x400 3:38.01 finish in 1st place, M. Sly, J. Whaley, Z. Dressell, D. Edens. 4x800 did not participate.

110 hurdles will have A. Forest returning at 18.24. No one shows coming back in 2026 for the 300 hurdles. The hurdles show 3 points coming back.

100 meters Will have I. Turley back with a time of 12.34 with L. Wetzel the 2nd boy. 200 meters has Turley back at 25.50 and a 27.27 from M. Banks. 400 will see Turley at 1:06.52 and T. Spencer with a 1:06.57.

800 looks to have A. Lawson back with a time of 2:23.16 and a 2:27 from G. Payton.1600 meters have L. Duvendeck at 4:56.27 and A. Lawson with a 5:16.50. Duvendeck comes back in the 3200 with a time of 10:46.26. This bunch collected 10 points in 2025.

Field events look a little bare. Shot put will have M. Wheeler at 44' 03". The discus will also have Wheeler with a 131' 08'. Pole vault has J. Lambert at 10' 06'. The HJ and The LJ will have no one returning.

Freshman stepping in could be X. Henderson in the shot put and his buddy should be W. Easterling.

Ironton will show a much-improved team from 2025. They will have a nice sprint group. The hurdles, relays and distant will gather a lot of points. Their field events will be their most solid group. It would help if they came up with a good 800 runner and long jumper. Ironton looks like they could take the number three spot.

Jackson FAC-II

Jackson was in all four relays scoring 24 points. 4x100 45.20 finished in 3rd place, 4x200 1:32.29 took 4th, 4x400 3:28.92 came in 3rd place, 4x800 8:45.95 finished in 3rd place.

The 100 meters had both boys graduate, 200 meters had the same results. 400 meters will have C. Gillum with a 52.86.

800 Will see J. Bargen back with a 2:03.95 along with B. Newman at 2:13.63. In the 1600 W. Putney comes back with a 5:04.01. M. Malone should be back with a 11:40.68 in the 3200.

CJ. Crabtree has a 6' 00" high jump, G. Sites comes back with a 19' 03.25 long jump, A. Ruddle is back at 127' 10" for the discus with G. Leach with a 118' 02", Shot Put will have S. Taylor at 42' 05.75" and B. Evans with a 37' 10". Jackson does not do the pole vault

Jackson had 4 boys graduate that combined for 37 points and one junior scored 4 points.

Jackson lost a lot and will finish in the bottom three in the FAC meet. I will go with them edging out Miami Trace for fourth. Jackson finishing ahead of Miami Trace is just like Chillicothe taking the conference over Hillsboro and Washington they need to perform at their best to do it. It just might take someone from Jackson to pull a shocker out in one event. Not doing the pole vault could also make the difference. Even if Jackson has a great day, I don't see them breaking the top three.

In 2026 watch these boys as freshmen-G, Michael 1600
E. Taylor in the 110/300 hurdles
J. Johnson in the long jump
Discus has J. Gallagher

Liberty Union MSLB-

Liberty Union had six seniors score a total of 67.25 points in their league meet. Three juniors came in with 14 points. Seniors were A. Lortz, N. Shook, C. Hague, D. Savage, C. Strawser and C. Hinton. The juniors are C. Bergados, M. Harris and C. Meachem.

Liberty Union finished in three relays gathering 14 points and it looks if 9 runners will return. 4x200 1:36.08 took 4th place J. Banegas, D. Savage, Strawser, N. Shook, 4x400 3:36.77 3rd place C. Strawser, C. Meachem, C. Hinton and A. Robinson, 4x800 9:22.01 came in 6th, W. McCreery, C. Sponseller, X. Piper and D. Savage. 4x100 where they didn't finish, runners were M. Harris, C. Strawser, C. Walton and N. Shook. Two of those runners should return with the other 9.

In the sprints it looks Liberty Union will only return one point. 100 meters should have C. Wilson back with a time of 12.10. Both runners graduated from last year in the 200 meters. The 400 will have C. Maechem with a time of 54.33 and the only runner returning in 2026 with points. S. Kahler will be the 2nd runner in the 400 at 1:00.30.

The 800 meters will see C. Sponseller back at 2:19.69. W. McCreery comes back in the 1600 with a time of 5:08.54 and M. Strawser has a 5:28.73. McCreery shows a 10:48.86 3200 And a 11:50.79 from M. Fisher. looks like 6 points return.

The hurdles will have S. Robson at 20.13. The 300 runners graduated.

In the field events C. Maechem return at 18' 00" in the long jump. Pole vault should see M. Harris with one of the best vaults in SEO at 14' 00", C. Bergados will be the #2 vaulter, J. Martin comes back in the shot put with a throw of 38' 10.50". The high jump and the discus will need to work on replacing the ones that graduated.

Logan OCCB-II

Logan scored 133.25 points in the conference meet. Six seniors, J. Gill, J. Stimmel, N. Tucker, J. Fraley, K. Wilson, T. Roush, scored 28.50 points. Five juniors B. Alford, S. Glenn, J. Mohler, A. Perry and B. Shriner will return with a total of 46.50 points. Logan should return this spring with 105 points.

Logan participated in all four relays earning 21 points. Logan average finish was 3.75. 4x100 42.70 finished in 3rd place J. Fraley, B. Alford, N. Tucker and B. Shriner. 4x200 1:29.55 took 3rd place J. Fraley, J. Stimmel, B. Alford, N. Tucker. 4x400 3:31.62 finished 5th C. Crawford, J. Stimmel, N. Tucker, D. Bauers. 4x800 8:23.31 4th place. J. Gill, E. Hembree, C. Martin, A. Perry. Should return with 8 runners back.

100 meters will have both of their top two runners with B. Shriner with a best time in the OCCB at 10.77 and D. Alford at 11.39. 200 will have Shriner with a 21 plus. 400 meters had both boys' graduate. The sprints will return 18 points.

800 meters has C. Martin back with a time of 2:16.51. 1600 shows A. Perry with a time of 4:32.71 and E. Hembree at 4:49.90. 3200 shows A. Perry at 10:05.61 and E. Hembree with a 10:43.22. The distance should return 16 points.

The field events show 32 points from participates. Shot Put will have T. Alford back with a throw of 44' 05.00" and E. Courtney at 43' 05'. Discus has T. Frazier with a toss of 145' 11" and J. Cordle at 138' 03". The high jump will S. Glenn at 6' 00" and J. Cordle at 5' 10". Pole vault shows C. Camechis with a vault of 11' 00 and G. Deer at 11' 00". Long jump show B. Shriner with a leap of 21' 02" and C. Tootle at 18' 08".

Freshmen to watch this spring
A. Rager 100 meters
J. Ballenger 400, 800
B. Patton 300 hurdles
G. Desputorich Discus and shot put
R. Enderle High jump and long jump
N. Blain shot put

Logan Elm MSLB-III

Logan Elm scored 75.50 points in the MSLB. They had five seniors who graduated who earned points in the 2025 MSLB meet. J. Marcum, O. Groff, G. Williams, P. Disbennett, M. Bock. Five seniors to be scored 19, E. Murdock, T. Bowlby, M. Harber, A. Pryor, D. Liggins. Logan Elm should have 59.5 points returning this spring.

Logan Elm took part in four relays and placed in all four. 4x100 45.72 took 3rd place with 6 points, one runner should return. 4x200 1:35.19 placed 3rd with 6 points, 2 runners will return, 4x400 3:36.44 came in 4th with 5 points with 4 runners returning for 2026, 4x800 8:52.49 took the 3rd spot with 6 points all 4 runners are coming back. Team scored 23 total points with 15.50 returning this spring.

The sprints show L. Williams coming back with a 11.88 in the 100 meters. 200 meters will have Williams back at 23.93. The 400 meters looks to have D. Liggins back with a 51.88 and A. Pryor at 52.77. This group will return 8 points.

O. Russell returns for the 800 meters with a 2:06.49 M. Harber shows a 2:14.63. 1600 meters will have Russell returning at 4:43.57 with the number 2 runner at 5:04.54 T. Dille. Russell will also run the 3200 in 2026 coming back with a 10:38.24. 16 points return for these three events.

110 hurdles will have T. Bowlby at 17.51 and B. Bowlby with a 20.32. M. Wilson has a 46.31 returning and T. Bowlby shows a 47.44. Just one point returning here.

The field events look to return 19 points from 2025 with E. Murdoch at 40' 04' in the shot put. Murdock also has a 130' 09 throw for the discus. C. Kint will have a 5' 08" jump coming back. Pole vault will have two boys that cleared 11' 06" in the league meet in C. Disbennett and C. Forest. Long jump should see C. Klint at 18' 07.50". This group will see 19 points return from 2025.

Lynchburg SHAC-IV

Lynchburg came in 6th in the SHAC meet with 45 points. Don't see any player going from graduation with 2025 ponits.. 2 juniors with a combined 25.75 points will return W. Osborn and K. Fite.

Lynchburg took part in all the relays earning 18 points. Their average finish was 4.75 and average points were 4.5 per relay. 4x100 49.27 finished 6th, C. Goings, W. Holcomb, C. Layne, A. Manning 3 return, 4x200 1:39.99 came in 2nd, A. Manning, C. Layne, W. Holcomb, C. Arrington 3 return, 4x400 4:22.38 8th place C. Arrington, T. Huguely, C. Layne, W. Osborn 4 return, 4x800 9:21.16 3rd place, C. Arrington, W. Osborn, T. Hugely, K. Fite 4 should return.

100m 14.66 M. Goings, 200m M. Boyd 27.85, 400m 57.59 C. Arrington, 1:01.42 T. Huguely. Zero points coming back here.

800 meters 2:12.61 K. Fite, 2:35.04 T. Huguely, 1600 meters 4:46.80 K. Fite, 5:17.20 W. Osborn, 3200 10:25.17 K. Fite, 11:06.53 W. Osborn. Should have 24 points returning from these boys.

The hurdles didn't show much.

Long Jump has C. Layne at 15' 02", The discus will have M. Fisher with a throw of 94' 05" and M. Goings at 72' 05", The shot put shows J. Hall with a 29' 06.25" and M. Fisher at 29' 02.00" Not much showing for the high jump and pole vault. 3 points will return from the field events

need to keep an eye on freshmen R. Cloud.

Manchester SHAC-V

Manchester finished in the number 4 spot in the SHAC meet with 73 points. Two boys graduated with a combined score of 18. M. Gillam and B. Roberts. Four juniors, K. Grey, H. Raines, J. Blythe and R. Raines return with a total of 21 points.

Manchester entered all four relays and placed in three of them. They earned 16 points 4x100 48.42 third place. 4x200 2:03.27 did not place, 4x400 3:44.56 took the number two spot, 4x800 11:00.84 finished at number eight.

In the sprints Manchester has 11 points returning. The 100 meters has A. Brown coming back with a time of 11.79. He also will run the 200 meters coming back with a 24.73. J. Blythe will return with a 55.15 time for the 400 meters.

R. Raines returns with a 2:14.58 in the 800 meters with A. Jones being the number two runner with a time of 2:37.54. R. Raines will also run the 1600 at 4:52.03 and A. Will shows a 6:17.54. The 3200 has A. jones with a 13:16.44. This group will come back with 8 points from the 2025 meet.

H. Raines comes back in the 110 hurdles with a time of 18.29 and the 300 hurdles should see A. Brown with a 46.36 time. between the two they will bring 8 points back.

The high jump will see K. Grey with a 5' 06" jump and H. Raines a 5' 02". Grey will also do the long jump coming back with a 17' 07" leap. C. McChesney shows a discus throw of 107' 01" and a 39' 07 toss for the shot put plus A Gilliam has a 26' 03.75" toss.

Looks like Manchester will have better than 50 points return this spring.

Marietta TSL-II

Marietta finished in third place in the TSL meet with 37 points. C. Chaves was the only boy that graduated who earned points in the meet and that mounted to 16 points. R. Sloter looks to be the only junior who comes back with 2025 earned points.

Marietta scored in two of the four relays earning a total of 12 points. 4x100 50.16 took third place. The 4x200 had a time of 1:39.90 for 3rd place. 4x400 didn't place but had a time of 4:18.09. 4x800 10:55.28 did not place. Scored 12 points in 2025

The sprints had R. Sloter running a 11.90 for the 100 meters and M. Booker comes back too with a 13.72. 200 meters has Sloter with a 23.58 and in the 400 it was Sloter again at 51.73 and K. Schaad at 57.14. Sprints return with 22 points

The 800 lost both runners from the 800 meters. I. Putman will be back with a 5:07.59 1600 and E. Parman has a 5:13.26. The 3200 should have Putman back with a 10:36.59 and E. Parman should be back at 11:05.19. The Team will have 22 points come back.

110 hurdles will see S. Barnhart back with a 17.63 and he will also be back in the 300 at 48.50. Barnhart will also be in the 300h. Two points will return

Long jump will have L. Hearn back with a 16' 10.75" and A. Archer at 15' 03.75". The discus show 113'.3" from Dickerson and 75' 06" from J. Moore. Shot put has Dickerson at 37' 05" and Moore with a 25' 07". The HJ and PV have no one coming back. 6 points will be back in 2026.

Miami Trace FAC-II

Miami Trace entered four relays and placed in all four with a total of 9 points. Their average finish was 5.0. 4x100 47.51 place 6th, 4x200 1:33.88 came in 5th, 4x400 3:37.87 took the 4th spot, 4x800 9:18.17 placed 5th. Only 2 seniors earned points in 2025 outside the relays. 2 juniors come back with 27 points.

The sprints show K. Hicks at 11.87 for the 100 meters, the 200 meters has J. Smith with a 23.85 and J. Armstrong with a time of 24.68, 400 meters will see J. Smith at 51.67 and B. Gurr at 56.53. Only 1 point comes back for the 2026 season.

J. Rheinsheld come back with an 800 time of 2:12.62, S. Smith returns with a 5:26.30 in the 1600 meters. The 3200 will have M. Bloom back at 12:11.98. No points earned in 2025.

In the hurdles K. Hicks, one of the top hurdlers in the SEO returns with a 15.60 and the league winner plus B. Gurr will be the number 2 hurdler at 18.95. K. Hicks return in the 300 with a 40.77 and a first-place finish in the league and R. Hassell has a 45.47. The hurdles will bring 20 points back for the 2026 season.

The high jump will see C. Harris with a jump of 5' 08", J. Rheinsheld has a long jump of 18' 04.25", discus has D. Mason coming back with a 104' 01", B. McIntier will do the shot put with a throw of 28' 08.50" Didn't find any vaulters.

Miami Trace will probably fall in the fifth spot in the FAC. Other than the hurdles they don't seem to be strong in any other events. The 3200 and the shot put are going to hurt them. Most of the other events are going to bring in lower half points. It will be a battle with Jackson to see which one could get fourth place. Jackson doesn't have the depth to make mistakes.

McClain FAC-III

McClain finished in the 6th spot in the FAC meet scoring 21 points. 7 to 10 boys graduated without scoring a point in the conference meet. 1 junior, R. Ruddle scored one point. McClain should return all points scored in the 2025 meet.

McClain took part in four relays and place in all four. They only collected five points and averaged a 5.75 finish. 4x100 46.47 5th place, 4x200 1:36.63 took the 6th spot, 4x400 came in 6th at 3:55.57. 4x800 finished in 6th with a 10:00.83. Didn't find a list of runners.

The sprints should have E. Eakins back with a 12.25 in the 100 meters along with N. Gundy with a 12.76. For the 200 meters G. Bishop has a 25.44. Nothing in the 400 meters.

The 800 had both boys' graduate. D. Stovall has a 5:35.76 in the 1600 meters and Stovall has a 3200 time of 12:16.59 with Z. Lyons the number 2 runner.

The hurdles had most of the boys' graduate with nothing showing for returners.

Pole vault should have Z. Knisley back at 9' 00", A. Ruddle has a throw in the discus of 124' 10" with A. Roeder being the second man at 100' 10", The shot put shows Ruddle at 40' 05.25" and L. Corey with a 39' 07.25". Nothing showing in the high jump or long job.

McClain just doesn't have the boys to get out of last place in the FAC. Going to be too many events where they won't be picking up points. Looks like the field events will be the category where they pick up most of their points.

Meigs TVCO-III

Meigs finish in second in the TVCO with 65 points. Two boys combed for 26 points that graduated A. Tobin and L. DeVees also two juniors will be back who scored 5 points. Meigs should return 49 points for the 2026 season.

Meigs entered two of the four relays to earn 16 points, 4x100 44.70 took 2nd place D. Tackett, L. DeWees, J. White and C. Hudson. 4x200 1:32.57 came in 2nd D. Tackett, J. White, L. Dewees and G. Hudson. looks like Meigs will return 6 runners and 12 points.

110 hurdles will see E. Hunt with a time of 20.50 and B. Blackburn. The 300 hurdles will have E. Hunt at 53.87. No points will return here.

G. Hudson comes back with a time of 1.27 in the 100 meters and J. White has a time of 11.59. The 200 meters has Hudson at 23.68 and Blackburn at 24.71. This group should return 14 points.

The 800 meters will have C. O'Neil return at 2:10.10 and C. Cole at 3:05.12. J. Stevens shows a 5:35.17 for the 1600. Stevens will also return in the 3200 with a time of 12:13.42. Two points will return here.

Z. Masom comes back in the Discus with a throw of 107' 00". High jump shows C. O'Neil back with a 5' 06" jump. The long jump has W. Mullins back at 18' 11.00" and D. Tackett at 15' 09.75". Z. Matson shows a 29' 02.50" throw for the shot put. Pole Vault shows nothing.

Two freshmen boys to watch will be G. Hill and R. Fowler.

Meigs lost some talent last season due to graduation. Looks like they might fall to 4th place. Don't see much out of them when it comes to the 1600 meters and the pole vault. 300 hurdles might give them some problems along with the three distant races. Don't see them falling any more than 4th or going any high.

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