Qualifying athletes traveled to Lawrence Central High School on Thursday, May 29, to compete in the track and field regional. The top three in each event advanced to the state track meet that will be Friday, June 6, at North Central High School in Indianapolis.
Richmond junior Jacob Lindahl won the shot put with a career-best toss of 58’10, and Richmond senior Masson Heiny placed third in the discus with a throw of 160’5. The only other Wayne County athlete scoring in the meet was Hagerstown senior Landon Lawson. Lawson, who was not an automatic qualifier out of the sectional, received a callback from the IHSAA to participate and made the most of his opportunity, placing eighth in the discus with a throw of 142’10.
Franklin Central won the event with 82 points, Richmond tied for 10th with 22 points and Hagerstown placed 24th with one point.
Scoring athletes:
Richmond — Lindahl won the shot put (10 points), Heiny placed third in the discus (6 points) and fifth in shot put (4 points), and Trevin Crosby placed seventh in the 400 meter (2 points).
Hagerstown — Lawson placed eighth in the discus (1 point).
Results for other participating athletes by school:
Cambridge City Lincoln — Caden Alvarez did not place in the high jump.
Centerville — Maddox Pritchett placed ninth in long jump (even though Pritchett did not finish in the top three, he was invited to participate in the state meet because he exceeded the IHSAA automatic qualifying distance with his jump); Coleson Campbell placed 15th in discus; and the team of Jonah Cornett, Grayson Hawkins, Clay Johnson and Joe Martin placed 14th in the 4×800 meter relay.
Hagerstown — The team of Ben Hokey, Cory Nash, Max Cabrera and Isaac Schmitz placed 13th in the 4×800 meter relay.
Richmond — Antione West placed 11th in the 100 meter and ninth in the 200 meter; Julian Bowden placed 15th in the 1600 meter; and the team of West, Crosby, Ben Holliday and Ty’ziah Stubbs placed 11th in the 4×400 meter relay.
Seton Catholic — Gavin Killion placed ninth in the 800 meter.
A version of this article appeared in the June 4 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.