Archers Shine at OHSAA District Meet, Send Multiple Athletes to Regionals

ANTWERP — Antwerp track and field athletes turned in an outstanding performance at the OHSAA District Track and Field Meet at Ayersville recently, highlighted by district championships, school records, and a strong contingent advancing to next week’s regional competition in Fostoria.

Leading the way for the Archers were two district champions. The girls 4×800 relay team captured first place honors, while Amelia Graham earned a district title in the pole vault with a winning performance.

Antwerp also secured two district runner-up finishes as Braxton Peters placed second in the boys pole vault and Reese Durbin finished second in the girls 3200-meter run.

Third-place honors went to Corbin Sargent in the boys 3200-meter run, while the boys 4×800 relay team placed fourth. All of those athletes and relay teams qualified to advance to the regional meet.

Durbin added another major accomplishment to her impressive postseason by breaking Antwerp’s school record in the girls 3200-meter run. Durbin posted a new school-best time of 12:17.17, surpassing the previous record of 12:26.4 set by Alexis Godeke in 2007.

Antwerp athletes also performed well during district preliminaries, qualifying numerous competitors for the district finals (which took place an May 23).

Advancing to finals were Zaine McMichael in both the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles; Kora Zuber in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash; Mia Stoye in the 300-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash; Reese Durbin in the 1600-meter run and 800-meter run; Colten Sargent in the 800-meter run; and Corbin Sargent and Leigha Doster in the 1600-meter run.

The Archers also qualified both the girls 4×200-meter relay and girls 4×100-meter relay teams consisting of Amelia Graham, Kora Zuber, Gianna Laker, and Mia Stoye.

Additional finals results included Gianna Laker earning a fifth-place finish in the girls 3200-meter run.