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LEXINGTON, Kentucky -- Area athletes from the Eastern Buckeye Track Club competed USA Track and Field National Masters Outdoor Championships at the University of Kentucky last weekend.
Local Eastern Buckeye members placing at the meet included Mallory Maher, Sherri Liebschner and Kathy Randolph.
Maher, who ran for Salem High School and John Carroll University, placed first in the women's 25-29 5,000-meter run, second in the 400-meter hurdles and third in the 200-meter dash.
Liebschner, a former Beaver Local and Miami University cross country runner, finished thrd in the women's 55-59 steeplechase and also competed in the 800-meter run.
Randolph, Southern Local High School's track and field and cross country coach and former Southern Local and Malone College sprinter, brought home an eighth-place ribbon in the 100-meter dash in the women's 55-59 age division.
Other area team members competing included distance runner David Williams, who took bronze in the men's 70-74 800-meter run. Williams was part of a USA gold medal team in the men's 60 4 x 800 meter relay at the 2017 North and Central America and Caribbean Championships in Toronto, Canada.
Former Poland High School and Bowling Green State University runner Phil Pillin competed in the men's 60-64 5,000 meter run as well as the 4×800 meter relay. Team members Ed McElhiney finished fourth in the men's 70-74 shot put and Ray Russell was seventh in the men's 60-64 discus, eighth in the shot put, eighth in the javelin, 10th in the hammer throw and 12th in the weight throw.