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Senior Elliott Tedquist and 23 other area athletes will represent NE Ohio at the New Balance Track & Field Nationals June 16-18 at North Carolina A&T Univ. in Greensboro, N.C. Tedquist placed 4th at the OHSAA Div. I state meet in pole vault (15-6).

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Twenty-four track & field athletes from the SportsInk.com coverage area are scheduled to compete at the New Balance Nationals, June 16-18, at North Carolina A&T University.

Maybe the most interesting entry from our area is the Woodridge boys 4x800-meter relay team, which set an all-time Ohio high school record of 7:37.43 on June 3 at the OHSAA state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. That team includes Jimmy Charles, Jake Onifer, Vibushan Sivakumaran and Drake Sulzer.

The New Balance Nationals meet record is 7:32.89 set by Auburn, Washington in 2002.

FRIDAY

Alex Wasik (Medina) – Girls Pole Vault

Jesse Braun (Brunswick) – Boys Shot Put

Jimmy Charles, Jake Onifer, Vibushan Sivakumaran, Drake Sulzer (Woodridge) – Boys 4x800

Emerging Elite

Anna Boyert (Medina) – Girls Mile

Taylor McDonald (Nordonia) – Girls 400

David Knack (Medina) – Boys 2 Mile

SATURDAY

Natalie Zidd (Highland) – Girls 800

Taylor McDonald (Nordonia) – Girls 400 Hurdles

Jacob Swords (St. Vincent-St. Mary) – Boys 800

Elliott Tedquist (Cuyahoga Falls) – Boys Pole Vault

Jesse Braun (Brunswick) – Boys Discus

Cathy Suchy, Abbie Lawson, Julia Burrowbridge, Melanie Winters (Stow) – Girls 4x100 Shuttle Hurdles

Tyler Jones, Jeremy Wentz, Doug Herbert, Ruben Rodriguez (Stow) – Boys 4x100 Shuttle Hurdles

Jimmy Charles, Jake Onifer, Vibushan Sivakumaran, Drake Sulzer (Woodridge) – Boys 4x1 Mile

Robert Robinson, Dan Schwendler, Brent Gaither, David Knack (Medina) – Boys 4x1 Mile

Emerging Elite

Sean Poholski (St. Vincent-St. Mary) – Boys 800