Brock Waitman is your Region 12 Discus Champion with a throw of 160’ 4”! Catch him throwing next week in Columbus! #thestreaklives #21consecutiveyears pic.twitter.com/KgCSok4IBz
— W-G Tiger Athletics (@WGTigersAD) May 23, 2018
(5-23-18) Day 1 is complete at the OHSAA D III District Track and Field Meet .
In the boys meet Ft. Loramie leads with 21 points, followed by Waynesfield-Goshen with 16 points and Minster in 3rd with 14 points.
In the girls meet the first three teams are very close, Columbus Grove is in 1st with 11 points, while Covington and Minster both have 10 points.
Top four places advance to the State meet next week.
State qualifiers from the boys meet today include, three participants in the discus, Waynesfield-Goshen’s Brock Waitman who added the Regional title to his resume, Marion Local’s John Dirksen was 2nd and Minster’s Max Prenger was 3rd. In the long jump, Waynesfield-Goshen’s Gabriel James moves on with a 3rd place finish.
Good job. Erin! pic.twitter.com/quG6tSZGxx
— Kay Webb (@nkrangers) May 23, 2018
In the girls meet, Minster’s 4×800 meter relay team (Francis , Albers , Watcke , Magoto ) picks up a Regional title. In the field events advancing to state, include New Bremen’s Elli Roetgerman who picked up a 4th place finish in the high jump and New Knoxville’s Erin Scott finishes 3rd in the shot put to advance.
Elli Roetgerman finished 4th and qualified for the OHSAA state track meet next week in Columbus. #top4 pic.twitter.com/daSALUFb4B
— @NBCARDS_track (@NBCARDS_Track) May 23, 2018
Prelims were also held tonight for the remainder of the events, with those finals taking place Friday night.
Troy D III Track and Field Placers
COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS, including prelims
GIRLS
place/name/grade/school/time or distance
4×800 meter relay
1. Minster – Francis , Albers , Watcke , Magoto 9:25.32
High Jump
4. Elli Roetgerman 9 – New Bremen 5-02.00 ft
7. Audra Meeks 12 – Waynesfield-Goshen 5-00.00 ft
Shot Put
3. Erin Scott 11 – New Knoxville 37-04.00 ft
BOYS
place/name/grade/school/time or distance
4×800 meter relay
5. Minster – Felice , Broering , Barga , Pohl 8:22.58
6. Marion Local – Tangeman , Kremer , Pohlman , Huelsman 8:26.82
Discus
1.Brock Waitman 12 – Waynesfield-Goshen 160-04.00 ft
2.John Dirksen 12 – Marion Local 159-07.00 ft
3.Max Prenger 12 – Minster 143-04.00 ft
Long Jump
3. Gabriel James 12 – Waynesfield-Goshen 21-02.50 ft
8. Jared Timmerman 10 – Ft. Recovery 19-07.75 ft
Pole Vault
5. Broc Miller 11 – Minster 13-04.00 ft