The Streetsboro boys track and field team placed third with 79 points at the 10-team Clipper Invitational May 10 at Columbiana High School.

East Palestine won the competition with 126 points and North Lima South Range (122) finished first and second, respectively.

Kasey Schwing scored the Rockets' two wins with first-place times of 11.1 seconds and 22.5 seconds in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

Schwing's time broke teammate Cory Lanterman's and Hanoverton United's Zane Smith's meet-record times of 23.1, which they set in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The previous stadium record was owned by Steubenville Catholic Central's Dan Cook (22.8).

Streetsboro's 3,200- and 1,600-meter relays finished third with times of 9:08 and 3:47.9, respectively. The Rockets' 800 (1:41.1) and 400 (46.6) relay teams placed fourth.

Others who placed in the top six for Streetsboro were the following:

110 hurdles: Justin Sabol, fourth, 17.2

1,600: Greg Lanham, sixth, 5:13.3

300 hurdles: Leon Hedgepeth, sixth, 46.4

800: Stan Rocuskie, fourth, 2:13.2

3,200: Tom Grice, fourth, 11:16; and Brett Nola, fifth, 11:23.4

Shot put: Jason Tibbs, second, 41 feet, 7 inches; and Shane Felger, fifth, 39-7

Discus: Tibbs, third, 116-9; and Jason Bennison, fourth, 111-7

High jump: Jake Lewis, fourth, 5-4

On May 6, Streetsboro won all four relays en route to a 64.5-63.5 victory over Portage Trail Conference County Division rival Rootstown at Ravenna Stadium.

Schwing won four events to lead the Rockets. He won the long jump (18-2.5), the 100 (11.1), the 200 (23.5) and the 400 (55.2).

Also placing in the top three for Streetsboro included the following:

High jump: Hedgepeth, third

Long jump: Drew Kluchorosky, third

3,200 relay: Rocuskie, Jan Sohlmann, Troy Wendell and Matt Melice, first, 9:09.7

100 hurdles: Sabol, second

100: Brandon Richardson, third

800 relay: Richardson, Seligman, Valenti and Wiseman, 1:39.1

1,600: Melice, second

400 relay: Richardson, Mario Valenti, Jarred Seligman and Terrance Pegram, 47.0

400: Sohlmann, second

300 hurdles: Nick Wiseman, second

200: Pegram, third

3,200: Grice, second

1,600 relay: Sohlmann, Wiseman, Melice and Hedgepeth, 3:47.7

The Portage Trail Conference Meet is scheduled to take place May 15. The field events are set to begin at 4 p.m. and the running events follow at 4:30 p.m.

The PTC Meet is scheduled to resume at Ravenna Stadium. The action is slated to begin at 10 a.m.

-- From staff reports

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