Edgerton boys duo, North Central's Burt post wins at D-III district track and field meet

Edgerton, which saw Herman sweep the hurdles, scored 60.5 points for fifth to lead area teams. Fairview (37) finished seventh, Montpelier (30) ninth, Edon (23) 11th, North Central (15) 13th and Stryker (12) 15th.

Tinora won with 134 points. Ayersville (70) and the Raiders (67) made up the top three.

Herman, a Division III state qualifier in the 300-meter hurdles last year, posted a victory in the event on Saturday by finishing in 39.42. He also won the 110 hurdles (15.63) for his first trip to regionals in the event.

Herman and Roth also teamed up with Dakota Burke and Caden Sinclair for third in the 800 relay (1:34.75). Burke, Roth and Herman advanced to regionals with 2022 Edgerton High School graduate Nate Timbrook last season.

Roth, a two-time regional qualifier in the 200 dash, won the event in 23.47. The junior also advanced in the 100 after a one-year absence with the second-fastest time (11.50).

North Central’s Joey Burt, meanwhile, rounded out area boys winners. The junior won the high jump with a personal-best 6-2 to be regional bound for a third consecutive season.

Burke also secured a trip to Fostoria in the 400. The junior had the fourth-best time (52.33).

For Fairview, Kyle Rabe qualified for regionals in the 800. Rabe, a state qualifier in the event last year, had the second-best mark (2:01.67). Austin Gates also placed third in the discus (142-5) for the Apaches.

Eli Fackler took fourth in the discus (137-4) to lead Montpelier on Saturday, while Edon had two relay teams advance.

Ashton Oberlin, Kendol Brigle, Jacob Smith and Gauge Nester got third in the 400 relay (46.01). Brigle, Smith and Nester then joined Eli Dickmann in the 1,600 relay for fourth (3:46.11). Dickmann also had the fourth-best time in the 110 hurdles (17.15).

Several athletes also came up short of regionals.

Sinclair almost advanced in the high jump (5-6, tied for fifth), while Aspen Brubaker took fifth in the 3,200 (11:06.22) for Fairview. Rabe was also fifth in the 1,600 relay (3:46.25) with Jon Huffman, Braylin Snyder and Caleb Sprague.

For Montpelier, Brennen Friend got fifth in the 100 dash (11.75) and 800 relay (1:35.49) with Fackler, James Camper and Chavez Martin.

North Central’s Cameron Laney, who advanced to regionals in the 300 hurdles last season, was just shy of advancing in the same event. He had the fifth-fastest time (43.91).

Garret Moser, meanwhile, took fifth in the 800 (2:11.60) for Stryker. Jake Gaskill was also sixth in the discus (130-11).

Montpelier also had two sixth-place relay teams.

Fackler, Martin, Brennen Friend and Nathan Rummel got sixth in the 400 relay (46.53) and Friend, Camper, Martin and Joel Saneholtz were sixth in the 1,600 relay (3:47.69).

Edon’s Hayden Tennant finished sixth in the 1,600 (5:07.47) to beat Edgerton’s Nathaniel Tomlinson (seventh, 5:08.93) and North Central’s Carter Eckley (eighth, 5:13.66), while Burke also scored in two more events.

Burke was seventh in the pole vault (10-0) and eighth in the 200 (24.82). Sinclair also had the seventh-best mark in the 110 hurdles (17.71).

Dickmann (300 hurdles, 55.54), Montpelier’s Logan Pontious (discus, 122-6) and Fairview’s Kaiden Kern (100 dash, 12.20) also had eighth-place finishes.