Salem’s Abby Knickerbocker passes the baton to Maggie Hopple in the 3200-meter relay on Thursday at the Salem Div. II district meet at Sebo Stadium.

SALEM — The Salem girls 3200-meter relay team is loaded for another state run.

The Quakers’ team of Abby Knickerbocker, Maggie Hopple, Jill Pieren and Maggie Hall ran together for the second time this season and raced to a Division II district title on a rainy Thursday at Sebo Stadium.

The Salem girls captured their fourth straight district title in a time of 9 minutes, 52.08 seconds — by far the best time in the area this season.

The Quakers have raced at state the previous six seasons, with Hopple and Hall on the last three state teams, leading the Quakers to a second-place finish in 2024 and a fourth-place finish in 2022.

Salem sophomore Maddie Gorby repeated as the district champion in the high jump by clearing 5-foot-0. Salem sophomore Peyton Colbert tied for second at 4-10.

They helped the Salem girls take the early lead in the team standings with 34 1/3 points. Canton South is second at 27 1/3.

The top four finishers in each event advance to the Austintown Fitch regional next week.

A pair of Salem juniors advanced in the field events — junior Lucas Adams was third in the boys long jump (20-11) and Maddy Andres was fourth in the girls shot put (34-7 1/2).

The Salem boys 3200 relay team of Parker Warren, Cooper Barth, Alex Rea and Aiden Wright qualified for regionals with a fourth-place finish (8:26.30).

District action concludes in Salem on Saturday with the remaining field events at 11:30 a.m. and the running finals at 12:30 p.m.

BOYS RESULTS

FINALS

(Top advance to Austintown Fitch regional)

3200 RELAY: 1. CVCA (Noah Mammone, Zac Andamasaris, Will Hyatt, Isaac Solomon) 8:11.94; 2. Mogadore Field 8:12.34; 3. Canton South 8:22.23; 4. Salem (Parker Warren, Cooper Barth, Alex Rea, Aiden Wright) 8:26.30; 5. Canton Central Catholic 8:38.64; 6. Akron Buchtel 8:39.52; 7. Garrettsville Garfield 8:41.37; 8. South Range 9:00.21.

DISCUS: 1. Connor Crilley (Ursuline) 158-2; 2. Camden Radeschi (Field) 146-9; 3. Zeke Sundbury (Manchester) 144-8; 4. Bishop Hafford (Buchtel) 142-8; 5. Hudson Moorefield (South Range) 141-0; 6. Jack Timmons (Garfield) 131-3; 7. Jonathan Stangl (Canton Central) 129-11; 8. Bryce Crofford (Ursuline) 129-5.

LONG JUMP: 1. Cameron Evanich (Marlington) 21-9; 2. Lamar Taylor (Buchtel) 21-1; 3. Lucas Adams (Salem) 20-11; 4. Marquaias Patterson (Ursuline) 20-8 3/4; 5. Trevor Dixon (Field) 20-4 3/4; 6. A.J. Lisko (Poland) 19-10 1/2; 7. Tairan Davis (Ursuline) 19-9 1/4; 8. Tristan Toy (South Range) 19-7 1/2.

POLE VAULT (At Akron Manchester Tuesday): 1. Shane Chula (Manchester) 11-6; 2. Merrik Baker (Manchester) 10-6; 3. Daniel Sponseller (Northwester) 10-6; 4. Luke Neisel (Canton South) 9-0; 5. Ben Rybecki (Northwestern) 9-0.

TOP QUALIFIERS

110 HURDLES: 1. Xavier Starghill (Ursuline) 15.12.

100 DASH: 1. Cedric Martin (Field) 11.11; 3. Josh Mayhew (Salem) 11.22; 7. Troy Combs (South Range) 11.49.

800 RELAY: 1. Ursuline 1:32.54; 2. Salem 1:32.56; 6. South Range 1:34.43.

1600 RUN: 1. Emmitt Slabach (South Range) 4:56.45; 1. 12. Alex Rea (Salem) 4:56.88; 16. Cooper Barth (Salem) 5:03.16.

400 RELAY: 1. Salem 44.51; 6. South Range 46.62.

400 DASH: 1. Michael Charles (Ursuline) 52.64; 3. Tristan Toy (South Range) 53.69.

300 HURDLES: 1. Lucas Pollard (Field) 42.54; 3. Parker Warren (Salem) 43.10.

800 RUN: 1. Xavier Winner (South Range) 2:14.00; 4. Colton Hall (Salem) 2:14.48; 8. Cole Porter (Gafield) 2:16.30.

200 DASH: 1. Cameron Evanich (Marlington) 22.46; 4. Josh Mayhew (Salem) 23.53; 8. Troy Combs (South Range) 24.53.

1600 RELAY: 1. CVCA 3:35.46; 5. South Range 3:40.81.

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GIRLS RESULTS

FINALS

(Top advance to Austintown Fitch regional)

3200 RELAY: 1. Salem (Abby Knickerbocker, Maggie Hopple, Jill Pieren, Maggie Hall) 9:52.08; 2. CVCA 9:53.27; 3. Marlington 10:15.38; 4. Canton South 10:41.98; 5. Mogadore Field 10:43.61; 6. Ursuline 10:50.40; 7. Akron Springfield 10:50.45; 8. Poland 11:34.33.

SHOT PUT: 1. Emily Thompson (Northwestern) 38-8; 2. Mollie Mathews (Field) 37-2 1/4; 3. Brooklyn Woods (Ursuline) 37-0 1/4; 4. Maddy Andres (Salem) 34-7 1/2; 5. McKenzie Neal (CVCA) 33-6 1/2; 6. Macey Troy (Salem) 31-7 3/4; 7. Laniyah Queen (Buchtel) 31-1; 8. Idonika Woods (West Branch) 30-11.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Madolyn Gorby (Salem) 5-0; 2. Peyton Colbert (Salem), Nah’Zyia Moses (Ursuline) and Ainsley Horning (Canton South) 4-10; 5. Kendelle Hoopes (West Branch) 4-10; 6. Jule Stoller (Northwestern) and Emmerson Miller (Field) 4-10; 8. Aaryn Gamble (CVCA) 4-8.

POLE VAULT (At Akron Manchester Tuesday): 1. Korryn Baddeley (Canton South) 8-6; 2. Addyson Connelly (Northwestern) 6-6; 3. Megan Hussar (Canton South) 6-0.

TOP QUALIFIERS

100 HURDLES: 1. Brooke Nolletti (Northwestern) 16.52; 2. Alli Kanagy (West Branch) 16.64; 6. Sophia Dorris (West Branch) 17.28.

100 DASH: 1. Allie Gill (Marlington) 12.96; 6. Angie Hoffaker (Salem) 13.31; 8. Brianna Clark (West Branch) 13.47.

800 RELAY: 1. Akron Buchtel 1:44.15; 3. Salem 1:50.87; 7. West Branch 1:57.01.

400 RELAY: 1. CVCA 50.83.

400 DASH: 1. Miniya Mitchell (Buchtel) 59.88; 2. Abby Knickerbocker (Salem) 63.08; 6. Hallie Singer (West Branch) 64.33.

300 HURDLES: 1. Joelle Cherry (CVCA) 48.55; 5. Alli Kanagy (West Branch) 51.40.

800 RUN: 1. Jayna Cooley (CVCA) 2:34.24; 4. Maggie Hopple (Salem) 2:37.56; 5. Maggie Hall (Salem) 2:37.57; 10. Clarice Martin (West Branch) 2:39.21; 16. Allie Brammer (West Branch) 2:57.94.

200 DASH: 1. Miniya Mitchell (Buchtel) 26.57; 7. Brianna Clark (West Branch) 28.75.

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