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Quakers piling up district trophies

Salem freshman Chaya Murray broke her own school record in winning the 200-meter dash at the Austintown Division III district meet Saturday. (Salem News/Ron Firth)

AUSTINTOWN — The Salem girls and boys track teams found a new home at Austintown Fitch High School.

The Quakers swept the Division III district track and field team titles going away at Falcon Stadium.

Salem won the girls team title for the fifth straight year, while the boys claimed their first district team title since 2022.

The Salem girls won the last three races to beat Streetsboro, 162-135.

The Salem boys scored 120 points, followed by Streetsboro with 107.

Freshman Chaya Murray, junior Abby Knickerbocker and senior Laura Hovorka each were double winners for the Salem girls on Saturday.

Murray helped set a pair of school records. She won the 200-meter dash, breaking her own school record in 24.82 seconds, and joined Angie Hoffaker, Karlie Sampson and Knickerbocker on the second-place 400 relay team that ran a school-record 50.79.

Knickerbocker also won the 400 dash (60.52) and Hovorka the 800 run (2:25.23).

Senior Karlie Sampson joined the threesome on the winning 1600 relay (4:15.39).

The top four in each event return to Austintown Fitch for the regional meet on Thursday and Saturday.

Salem senior Lucas Adams won the high jump (6-2) on Saturday to go along with the district long jump title in the long jump on Thursday.

Salem senior Cooper Barth added a win in the 1600 run (4:37.18).

The Salem boys were second in the three relays on Saturday after winning the 3200 relay on Thursday.

BOYS RESULTS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Salem (120), 2. Streetsboro (107), 3. Marlington (83), 4. West Branch (65), 5. Youngstown Ursuline (61), 6. Lakeview (60), 7. Ravenna (56), 8. Girard (35), 9. Poland (24), 10. Hubbard (16), 11. Struthers (4), 12. Niles (1).

FINALS

(Top four to Austintown regional)

110 HURDLES: 1. Xavier Starghill (Ursuline) 14.31; 2. Tyler Starghill (Ursuline) 14.38; 3. Landon Coffee (West Branch) 15.63; 5. Sevin Woods (West Branch) 17.36; 7. Aiden Davis (Salem) 18.69.

100 DASH: 1. Ethan Laryea (Streetsboro) 10.77; DNS-Will Harmon (Salem).

800 RELAY: 1. Streetsboro 1:31.71; 2. Salem (Will Harmon, Max Zacharias, Ben Severe, Lucas Adams) 1:32.26; 3. West Branch (Johnathan Edwards, Kasen Weaver, Aiden Handy, Noah Dean) 1:33.80.

1600 RUN: 1. Cooper Barth (Salem) 4:37.18; 3. Alex Rea (Salem) 4:45.35.

400 RELAY: 1. Streetsboro 43.70; 2. Salem (Will Harmon, Max Zacharias, Ben Severe, Lucas Adams) 44.04; 3. West Branch (Johnathan Edwards, Kasen Weaver, Jax Rockwell, Aiden Handy) 44.16.

400 DASH: 1. Braxon Sloan (Girard) 50.48; 2. Cameron Evanich (Marlington) 51.38; 5. Noah Dean (West Branch) 51.82.

300 HURDLES: 1. Xavier Starghill (Ursuline) 39.37; 6. Jax Rockwell (West Branch) 42.28; 8. Landon Coffee (West Branch) 46.87.

800 RUN: 1. Zander Mehalic (Ravenna) 2:03.77; 2. Colton Cantwell (West Branch) 2:04.24; 3. Colton Hall (Salem) 2:04.37; 4. Sam Yakubek (Salem) 2:05.02.

200 DASH: 1. Ethan Laryea (Streetsboro) 22.24; 7. Aiden Handy (West Branch) 23.76.

1600 RELAY: 1. Streetsboro 3:34.02; 2. Salem (Will Harmon, Max Zacharias, Cooper Barth, Sam Yakubek) 3:36.43; 4. West Branch (Johnathan Edwards, Garrett Felgar, Colton Cantwell, Noah Dean) 3:43.39.

SHOT PUT: 1. Connor Crilley (Ursuline) 56-3; 2. Hunter Owen (Salem) 51-0 1/4; 6. Tyler Sprowl (West Branch) 44-10 3/4.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Lucas Adams (Salem) 6-2; 4. Jax Rockwell (West Branch) 5-10; 5. Mackston Ellis (Salem) 5-8.

GIRLS RESULTS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Salem (162), 2. Streetsboro (135), 3. Marlington (104), 4. West Branch (75 1/2), 5. Canfield (46 1/2), 6. Lakeview (38), 7. Youngstown Ursuline (28), 8. Poland (23),6 10. Niles (16), 11. Ravenna (2), 12. Struthers (1).

FINALS

(Top four to Austintown regional)

100 HURDLES: 1. Olivia Johnson-Wilson (Streetsboro) 15.52; 3. Alli Kanagy (West Branch) 16.48; 4. Sophia Dorris (West Branch) 16.51.

100 DASH: 1. C’Niyah Ivory (Streetsboro) 12.39; 2. Chaya Murray (Salem) 12.48; 6. Hailie Singer (West Branch) 13.26.

800 RELAY: 1. Marlington 1:46.63; 2. Salem (Angie Hoffaker, Abby Knickerbocker, Karlie Sampson, Laura Hovorka) 1:47.76; 4. West Branch (Brianna Clark, Madi Hoopes, Addison Lee, Hailie Singer) 1:52.51.

1600 RUN: 1. Irelyn Johnson (Marlington) 5:05.87; 2. Addison Hopple (Salem) 5:28.06; 4. Emily Sinsley (Salem) 5:39.49.

400 RELAY: 1. Marlington 50.76; 2. Salem (Angie Hoffaker, Karlie Sampson, Abby Knickerbocker, Chaya Murray) 50.79; 6. West Branch 53.08.

400 DASH: 1. Abby Knickerbocker (Salem) 60.52; 3. Hailie Singer (West Branch) 62.67.

300 HURDLES: 1. Olivia Callahan (Marlington) 47.30; 2. Alli Kanagy (West Branch) 49.40; 7. Sophia Dorris (West Branch) 53.34.

800 RUN: 1. Laura Hovorka (Salem) 2:25.23; 3. Addison Hopple (Salem) 2:27.78.

200 DASH: 1. Chaya Murray (Salem) 24.82; 3. Brianna Clark (West Branch) 27.29.

1600 RELAY: 1. Salem (Abby Knickerbocker, Laura Hovorka, Karlie Sampson, Chaya Murray) 4:15.39; 4. West Branch (Kylah Stryffeler, Alli Kanagy, Rachel Teague, Hailie Singer) 4:25.99;

DISCUS: 1. Jada Jones (Ursuline) 120-7; 2. Maddy Andres (Salem) 107-7; 4. Addi Bloor (West Branch) 102-1; 6. Leah Barnett (West Branch) 98-4.

LONG JUMP: 1. Carman Marcini (Streetsboro) 16-10; 2. Karlie Sampson (Salem) 16-8 13/4; 3. Angie Hoffaker (Salem) 16-8 1/4; 7. Callie Muniz (West Branch) 14-11.

POLE VAULT: 1. Bria Robinson (Streetsboro) 6-6.

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