High School Track: Lakota East's Horter Leads Local Qualifiers

Lakota East High School senior Dustin Horter will lead the area contingent in the state track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus on Friday and Saturday.

Horter, one of the top prep distance runners in the country, has qualified in the Division I 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs and will be looking to capture his second straight state title in the 1,600. He was fourth in the 3,200 as a sophomore.

The following is a list of all local state qualifiers from the Journal-News coverage area:

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DIVISION I BOYS

400 relay — Lakota West (Riley Meek, Cedric Thomas, Julian Wagner, Jason Watkins)

800 relay — Lakota West (J.J. Ross, Cedric Thomas, Julian Wagner, Jason Watkins)

3,200 relay — Lebanon (Sam Duncan, David Klenk, Samuel Packer, Jackson Siddall)

1,600 — Dustin Horter, Lakota East; Jackson Siddall, Lebanon

3,200 — Dustin Horter, Lakota East; Conant Smith, Middletown

DIVISION I GIRLS

400 relay — Fairfield (Jada Bostick, Monica Johnson, Jasmine Kennedy, Tyra Kennedy); Lakota East (Serena Clark, Kaylyn Heath, Abigail Stoughton, Danni Stoughton)

800 relay — Fairfield (Onagite Abasina, Monica Johnson, Imani Neal, Tyra Kennedy)

100 — Serena Clark, Lakota East

200 — Serena Clark, Lakota East

400 — Danni Stoughton, Lakota East

3,200 — Carly Spletzer, Lakota East

100 hurdles — Tyra Kennedy, Fairfield

Long jump — Nina Ward, Fairfield

High jump — Valerie Green, Talawanda