New Richmond's Grant Harrison repeats as OHSAA pole vaulting state champion
The first day of the Ohio High School Athletic Association 's outdoor track and field meet was another historic one for New Richmond senior Grant Harrison.
Harrison, a University of Kentucky commit , broke the Division II state meet record with a vault of 16 feet 7 inches, winning his third pole vaulting state title. Harrison was the outdoor state champion in the event in 2024 and won an indoor state title in March.
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Three pole vaulters made the jump at 14 feet 10 inches, but all three failed to clear 15 feet 2 inches. Harrison made his opening jump of the day at 15 feet 6 inches, missing his first attempt before clearing the second for the state title. He then cleared jumps of 16 feet and 16 feet 7 inches to set the meet mark.
Wyoming's Penelope Webb finishes third in final high jump
Wyoming senior Penelope Webb, a two-time state runner-up in the high jump and the state champion in the event in 2024, placed third in her final go in the event in 2025.
Webb cleared 5 foot 2 inches, 5 foot 4 inches and 5 foot 5 inches, missing only one attempt at those levels. With the bar raised to 5 foot 6 inches, Webb missed on her opportunities which put her behind Fairfield Union's Christian Thompson and Graham's Taylor Aldredge.
Aldredge finished as runner-up after failing to improve to on the 5 foot 6 inch mark while Thompson, who was the state runner-up behind Webb last year, cleared a jump at 5 foot 8 inches.
Lakota East's Landyn Bomar repeats as seated division shot put champ
Lakota East senior Landyn Bomar is a champion again.
Bomar, who competes in the seated division of the track and field meet, set a personal record on his final throw in the shot put to win the state title for the second-straight year.
Each of Bomar's six throws were good enough to take first place, but the senior saved his best for last with a toss coming in at 23 feet 11.50 inches.
Podium finishers after one day at the 2025 OHSAA track and field state championships
Division I girls 4x800 meter relay: 6th - Lakota West (Prashi Vatsal, Evelyn Prodoehl, Alyese Caldwell Downing, Kaitlin Kaszubski); 7th - Milford (Maren Barnett, Mahima Vasa, Schylar Sperl, Elle Campbell); 8th - Loveland (Delaney Cilley, Caroline Murnan, Kali Rodriguez, Parker Mentzer)
Division II girls discus: Kristen Berwanger, Mercy McAuley (5th)
Division II girls high jump: Penelope Webb, Wyoming (3rd)
Division II boys long jump: Cale Wilson, Clinton-Massie (6th)
Division II boys pole vault: Grant Harrison, New Richmond (1st); Curtis Ramage, CHCA (6th)
Division II boys 4x800 meter relay: 6th - Indian Hill (Pratt Gibson, Zixiang Hong, James McGrath, James O'Driscoll)
Division III boys high jump: Jesse Brown, Purcell Marian (T-4th)
Division III boys long jump: Chike Anusionwu, Summit Country Day (6th)
Division III boys pole vault: Luke Schnieber, Cincinnati Country Day (3rd)
Seated boys shot put: Landyn Bomar, Lakota East (1st)
Which Cincinnati athletes qualified for finals on Saturday?
Division I girls 100-meter hurdles: Lily Eagleston, Mason; Mikaylah Chandler, Lakota East
Division I boys 110-meter hurdles: Gavin Barry, Moeller
Division I girls 100-meter dash: Emma Goins, Little Miami; Heaven Wills, Lakota East; Azarae Hawkins, Mason
Division I girls 4x200 meter relay: Mason (Nora Moore, Taylor Birdsong, Tori Killens, Azarae Hawkins)
Division I boys 4x200 meter relay: La Salle (Conner Sherman, Walter Berry Jr., Donivan Stinson, Patrick McLaughlin)
Division I girls 4x100 meter relay: Lakota East (Mikaylah Chandler, Ivy Smith, Qiersten McClain, Heaven Wills); Mason (Nora Moore, Taylor Birdsong, Eden Orr, Azarae Hawkins)
Division I boys 4x100 meter relay: Lakota West (Kolyn Ogletree, Finn Mason, Rece Mason, Joel Nimoh); La Salle (Conner Sherman, Donivan Stinson, Tyrone Brown, Walter Berry Jr.); Kings (Vicent Santiago, Toriano Johnson, Jaxon Frisk, Brennan Johnson)
Division I girls 400-meter dash: Tori Killens, Mason; Haylie Yeazell, Lakota East
Division I boys 400-meter dash: Sam Afari, Lakota West
Division I girls 300-meter hurdles: Katlyn Pham, Lakota East; Lily Eagleston, Mason
Division I boys 300-meter hurdles: Gavin Barry, Moeller
Division I girls 200-meter dash: Azarae Hawkins, Mason; Emma Goins, Little Miami
Division I boys 200-meter dash: Joel Nimoh, Lakota West
Division I girls 4x400 meter relay: Mason (Tori Killens, Elizabeth Resig, Taylor Birdsong, Lily Eagleston)
Division I boys 4x400 meter relay: Moeller (Dana Walker, Gavin West, Dominic Marmora, Jackson Butler)
Division II girls 100-meter dash: Olivia Hill, Wyoming; Chloe Hamilton, Mercy McAuley
Division II boys 100-meter dash: Jah'vion Jarmon, Taft
Division II girls 4x200 meter relay: Mercy McAuley (Kenya Howard, Lailah Shepard, Haley Murphy, Chloe Hamilton)
Division II girls 4x100 meter relay: Finneytown (Sophia Roque, Macee Moore, Tiniya Chess, Jayla Kittles)
Division II boys 4x100 meter relay: Taft (Marcus Hawkins, Eddie Holloway, Jah'vion Jarmon, Monsanna Torbert)
Division II girls 400-meter dash: Vivian Momper, Madeira
Division II boys 400-meter dash: Cale Wilson, Clinton-Massie
Division II girls 300-meter hurdles: Riley Van Frank, Batavia
Division II girls 200-meter dash: Vivian Momper, Madeira
Division II girls 4x400 meter relay: Mercy McAuley (Kenya Howard, Alaynah Milano, Lailah Shepard, Lily Davis)
Division III boys 400-meter dash: Matthew Wright, Purcell Marian
Division III boys 200-meter dash: Matthew Wright, Purcell Marian
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: New Richmond's Grant Harrison repeats as OHSAA pole vaulting state champion
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