Midpark junior Kaila Barber, a double gold-medal winner at the State Meet (Long Jump and 300m Hurdles) was recently honored as the Gatorade Girl's Track and Field Athlete of the Year for Ohio.
Justin Welch, a recent graduate of Eastwood High School in Pemberville, Ohio, and a soon to be University of Georgia Bulldog was recently honored as the Gatorade Boy's Athlete of the Year for boys Track and Field in Ohio.
OHRunners had a chance to interview Wadsworth's Jake Hiltner and talk about his high school track career and his plans for the future. And what a bright future it could be.
NIKE ANNOUNCES 24 QUALIFYING CLUBS TO COMPETE IN FIRST EVER “NIKE TRACK NATIONALS” COMPETITION
Take a look inside to see how some of Ohio's top athletes performed at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina
The girls 4x800m relay team of Bekka Simko, Katie Bunker, Allison Peare and Kaitlin Good show their Ohio pride after the final scores were announced. The Ohio team won the combined trophy with 397 points to Indiana's 280.5 points, Michigan finished third with 268.5 points.
Nine State Records tumbled on Friday and Saturday in Columbus, with another four state meet records crumbling as well. Look inside for to find out where to find 1000's of pictures from the state meet as well as see the list of the 795 National Elite marks set this weekend.
Final Nike Elite story on Bryan Clay continues our Elite coverage as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals on June 2nd. One more video interview to go! (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)
(Photo by Don Rich of PennTrackXC.com at FootLocker Nationals) Colby Alexander, a senior from Strongsville, Ohio is the premier Miler in the State of Ohio. Credentials? Some of the best the State has seen. This year he was the Ohio State Indoor champion at 1600 meters with a national best time of 4:09.53 and he has the fastest 1600 in this years outdoor campaign, leading up to this Saturdays State Championships, with a time of 4:11.99. He has personal bests of:
