William Henry

With the conclusion of the OATCCC Indoor State Meet, see here for the current/updated All-Times lists for the top-25 performances ever in Ohio.

MIRAMAR, Florida -- The 16th Pan American Junior Championships got under way today at the Ansin Sports Complex, featuring athletes from nations across the Americas. Periodic updates will be posted here. Before the first storm of the morning hit, the decathlon 100 was completed. American Junior record holder Kevin Lazas was second in heat two at 10.92, while Gunnar Nixon won the first heat at 11.15. Victor Santos of Brazil had the best time overall at 10.84.

It was a big day at the University of Kentucky’s Nutter Fieldhouse and it had nothing to do with the ‘Cats match-up against Vanderbilt. Track and field was the main focus in this impressive facility and the results of todays meet showed why some of the best athletes in the country continue to come back to this meet. 

Each year, some of the best high school athletes in the nation make their way to the Bluegrass State for the UK High School Invitational and this year is no different. The meet consistently yields some of the best performances in the nation as the oval in the University of Kentucky’s Nutter Fieldhouse is a friendly 290-meters, which means fewer curves in all the races 200 meters and up. Last year, Tavaris Tate (Starkville, MS) and Takeia Pinckney (Columbia, GA) both scored US #1 performances for the entire indoor season, with Tate running 47.06 for 400 meters and Pinckney running 7.33 for 60 meters. In all, there were close to 20 different performances that ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the entire indoor season during last year’s edition, continuing an impressive tradition that keeps the talent level high each year.While the meet has consistently brought in several athletes that were clearly the best in their event nationally (Wayne Davis, Chalonda Goodman, and Jacquelyn Coward to name a few), this year the entries don’t pack so much star power, but there is depth in almost every event that should make for nationally-ranked results in all but a few of the events on the day.

William Henry (Trotwood, Ohio) has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Arizona State University where he will continue his education and athletic career with the Sun Devil track & field program, ASU Assistant Coach Ronnie Williams announced today.

Wayne senior Demoye Bogle has been on fire the last two weeks.  This week Demoye won three events, the 60m hurdles, 60m dash and the 200m dash, and both of the 60m races are current OH #1 and US Top 10 times.  Last week Bogle posted an OH #1 and a US Top 10 time in the 55m dash on his way to winning four individual events.

While the official start of the indoor season was two weeks ago, this weekend is usually the time that most teams decide to dust off the spikes and open up their season.  This weekend was full of new OH #1 and US Top 10 times.  

Will Henry of Trotwood-Madison has verbally committed to continue his education and track and field career at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

The Top Five Boys Individual Races to watch in all divisions

For over 45 years the Volunteer Track Classic has been a fixture on the Southeastern high school track and field schedules. This year should be no different.  A National Scholastic Sports Foundation (www.nssf.org) Select meet, the 2009 Vol Classic will see the inclusion of collegiate competition as the UT Lady Vol  College sections bring in the 2009 NCAA Indoor Champion Lady Vols, Alabama, Ohio State and Carson Newman College.  On the high school side the action should be great on the track as well as the field as numerous nationally ranked teams and individuals start competition Friday at 5PM.

What a state meet it was!

With one month to go until the OATCCC Indoor State meet, many student athletes put up some great times and marks.  A total of 30 new Ohio #1 marks were set this weekend, with 25 of those marks being OATCCC Indoor State Meet events.

Another week down and another set of great marks on the performance lists.  Eight new Ohio leading marks were set this past weekend, two on the boys side and six on the ladies side.  Relays, Sprint and throws lead the way in the new Ohio leading marks.

Cedarville, a notoriously long meet, wrapped up quite early on Saturday, but still provided many fast times and good marks.  Good sprints, a strong distance field, and many great marks in the field events provided for a memorable meet.

This past weekend saw fast times out of Kent State, with Kendall Gregory (Strongsville) rolling to a #1 US time in the 400m and Jared Hall (Cleveland Heights) cruising to the US #2 spot in the 800m. The Case Western HS Meet saw a US #3 performance in Emily Infeld's 1600m run. Athletes throughout the state improved their performances before the first release of the OATCCC performance list, which is used in qualifying for the OATCCC Indoor State Championship. The Kent State HS Meet #2 garnered national attention because of the amazing performances, see the full story here.

It was the first busy weekend for Ohio Indoor Track and Field with seven different meets taking to the track to heat up the competition for qualifying to the state meet. Many great performances were ran, jump and thrown this weekend. Click on the title to read about each meet.