SHADYSIDE — It was a welcome return for Morgantown women observe head coach Steve Blinco on Saturday when his Mohigans gained the staff title on the 53rd annual Shadyside Relays on the sunny Fleming Area oval, however windy and funky. The Mohigans made it a Motown sweep with the boys title, too.
Blinco is a graduate of Shadyside and performed at Fleming Area throughout his college days.
The Mohigan women racked up 152 factors to simply edge out Weir, who completed with an 89.5. Morgantown had a double distance winner Jennifer Palko (800, 1600) whereas three others (Sasha Hunter, 400; Emma Smith, excessive soar; and Charlee Dunlap, lengthy soar) whereas a trio of relay groups (four×200, four×) 400 and four×800) all positioned first.
Buckeye Native, with a pair of two-time champions, was third with 66. Wheeling Central was fourth with 43 and Shadyside rounded out the highest 5 with 40.
On the boys aspect, Morgantown posted 138 factors to 72 for runner-up Buckeye Path. Wheeling Central and Linsly tied for third with 60, whereas Shadyside knocked off Claymont for fifth, 32-31.
Mohigan's particular person winners had been Zachary Workman (800) and Evan Stacy (1600). The four×400, four×800 and shuttle hurdle groups additionally prevailed.
Regionally, Caldwell junior Gwyn Lori set a pair of meet information within the discus and energy throw. Her heave of 43 ft, 1 inch broke the previous mark of 42-1 set by Alyssa Robinson of St. Clairsville in 2012. She flipped the disc 142 ft to interrupt the mark of 140-04 set in 2000 by Revere's Melissa Bickett. .
The one male doubles winner, individually, was Union Native singer Johnny Sabinski. The College of Louisville recruit set a brand new discus meet file with a throw of 177-11, which was higher than Bellaire's Colt Sechrest's 175-7 effort in 2022. Sabinski gained the shot put with a throw of 61-10.5. Each performances had been effectively forward of the second-place pitcher.
Shadyside's Nathan Sales space simply missed a meet file within the 110 excessive hurdles. His time of 14.13 seconds was simply .02 off the mark set in 1997 by Barnesville's Ryan Grear. Sales space was second within the 300 medley behind Linsly's Colby Gibbons, who clocked 40.78.
The Cadets had one other champion in lengthy jumper Ramello Derr, who sailed 20-7.
Wheeling Central had particular person champions in Braden McWreath within the 100 in 11.03 and JJ White within the 400 in 50.82. The Maroon Knights four×100 relay staff of Luke Minor, White, Quinton Burlenski and Dominic Gianangeli almost set a file with their time of 44.90, which was .63 off the 2007 Hamilton Township mark.
Martins Ferry sophomore Jermale Thompson gained the excessive soar with a leap of 6 ft.
Buckeye Native's duo of Brynn McKeever (100, 200) and Jenna DelVecchio (100H, 300H) had been the one girls's double winners in addition to Lori. McKeever, a Marshall College recruit, sprinted to a 12.44 time within the 100, which was .33 off Bridgeport's Brittany Hocker in 2004. McKeever completed the 200 in 25.59.
DelVecchio doubled in hurdles with instances of 15.89 and 51.07, respectively.
Wheeling Central claimed the four×100 relay as Isabelle Cox, Ally Jefferson, Mischa McGhee and Kayleigh Whittington went 53.59. The Maroon Knights' Alexa Loy was second within the excessive soar.
Shadyside's Kaci Tsoras jumped 9-6 to win the ladies pole vault, whereas Weir's shuttle staff gained in 1:09.64.