In the annual battle of Paulding County track teams, it was the Wayne Trace Raiders who swept to the county titles by winning both the boys and girls championships at Paulding.
Wayne Trace’s boys totaled 85 points to easily get past Paulding’s 32 and Antwerp’s 22.
Riley Stoller won the discus for the Raiders with a toss of 115-5 while Kaden Woolbright took first in the shot put after a throw of 38-3-1/4.
Brayson Parrish was a double winner, capturing the 300 hurdles in 44.84 seconds and the 110 hurdles in 15.65 seconds.
Trevor Sinn was the first runner to cross the finish line in the 3200 run (11:50.97) with Ryan Wenninger winning the 400 dash (53.46) and Ethan Moore placed first in the long jump (17-3).
Other winners for the red, white and blue were Jarrett Hornish (pole vault, 11-0), Cameron Sinn (1600 run, 5:10.69), Owen Manz (200 dash, 24.16) and Jeremiah Molitor (800 run, 2:19.28).
The Raider 3200 relay team of Owen Manz, Cameron Sinn, Jeremiah Molitor and Ryan Wenninger took first in 9:01.99 while the 1600 relay quartet of Manz, Sinn, Wenninger and Gage Tinlin won in 3:45.62.
Paulding’s foursome of Caleb Manz, Adrian Manz, Dom Carnahan and Brian Manz won both the 800 relay (1:38.21) and 400 relay (47.21).
Brian Manz also took first in the 100 dash (12.06) and Adrian Manz jumped 5-6 to win the high jump.
The Lady Raiders totaled 66 points in slipping past second place Antwerp’s 54 points. Paulding finished third with 28 points.
Leslie Pollock took both the discus (116-3-1/2) and shot put (32-1-1/4) for the Lady Archers and Siera Octaviano won the 3200 run (14:17.06). Mia Altimus jumped 13-8-1/2 to win the long jump for the blue and white.
Antwerp’s 400 relay team of Izzy Meyer, Layla Copsey, Mia Altimus and Kennadi Recker finished first in 54.41 seconds.
Claire Schweller, Janae Pease, Baylee March and Maggie Manz combined to win the 800 relay for Paulding with a time of 1:54.34.
Schweller won multiple events individually for the Lady Panthers, taking first in the 300 hurdles (51.40) and pole vault (11-0).
For Wayne Trace, Gracie Shepherd took first in the high jump with a leap of 5-4-1/2 while Rachel Stoller finished first in the 100 dash (13.34) and 200 dash (27.78). Katrina Stoller picked up a first-place finish in the 100 hurdles (18.15) and Abby Moore crossed the finish line first in the 1600 run (5:52.07). Kiara Bahena captured the 800 run (2:30.03) with Sydnee Sinn winning the 400 dash (1:01.25).
The Lady Raider quartet of Rachel Stoller, Bahena, Moore and Sinn was victorious in 4:13.78 while the 3200-relay foursome of Kassidy Campbell, Bahena, Moore and Sinn won in 10:22.78.
