BOYS
Admiral King
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Doug Molnar (1981), 800 meters.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 22nd-t, 1981; 12th-t, 1975.
Amherst
Past state champions (6): Dominic Pellittieri (2001), pole vault; Greg Norman (2000), 100 meters; Pete Kummant (1975), two miles; Tom Schoemig (1965), mile; Ken Greer (1963), 880 yards; Jerry Prittie (1949), discus.
Past state runners-up (12): Norman (2001), 100 meters; Nick Bigrigg (2001), pole vault; Pellittieri (2000), pole vault; Norman (2000), 200 meters; Glenn Wilburn (1972), two miles; Schoemig (1964), mile; Wilford Frederick (1950), mile; Prittie (1949), shot put; Joe Lach (1945), 100 yards; Bob Milhuta (1943), 100 and 220 yards.
State championships: none.
State runner-up: 2000.
Number of top 10 finishes (5): 4th, 2001; 2nd, 2000; 10-t, 1965; 3rd, 1949; 10th, 1943.
Avon
Past state champions (2): Brandon Krystowski, (2004), discus; Don Hubbard (1933), high jump.
Past state runners-up (1): Ryan Krystowski (1999), discus.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 11th, 1933.
Avon Lake
Past state champions (4): Trey Stross (2005), high jump; Mike D’Andrea (2001, ‘02), shot put; D’Andrea (2002), discus.
Past state runners-up (2): D’Andrea (2000), shot put; 1,600-meter relay (1999).
Number of top 10 finishes (2): 8th, 2002; 8th, 2001.
Black River
Past state champions (1): Roger Moutox (1971), mile.
Past state runners-up (2): Alan Clement (1979, ’80), shot put.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 21st-t, 1980; 17th-t, 1979; 13th, 1971.
Brookside
Past state champions: none.
Past state runners-up (1): Eric Wagner (1975), high jump.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 18th-t, 1975; 13th, 1971;
Clearview
Past state champions (25): Danny Davis (2001), 100 meters, 110-meter high hurdles; Jarrod Murphy (2001), 200 meters; Murphy (2000), 100 meters; Marlon Sadler (1991), 200 meters; Mark Walden (1979), 440 and 220 yards; Mile relay (1979); 880-Yard Relay (1978); Larry Fortner (1974, ’75), high jump; 880-Yard Relay (1977); Hector Garcia (1977), 180-yard low hurdles; Otis Jenkins (1972, ‘73), 100 and 220 yards; 880-Yard Relay (1972); Bob Williamson (1947), 120-yard high and 220-yard low hurdles; Frank Wright (1942), long jump; Tarver “Cy” Perkins (1939, ’40), mile; Frank Uzak (1939), 120-yard high hurdles.
Past state runners-up (11): Murphy (2001), 100 meters; 400-meter relay (1980); 440-yard relay (1979); Walden (1978), 220 yards: Mile Relay (1978); Jenkins (1973), long jump; Fortner (1972, ’73), high jump; Carl Kosakowski (1950), high jump; Mile Relay (1948); Wright (1941), long jump.
State championships: 2001, 1979, 1978, 1973.
State runners-up: 1977, 1972.
Number of top 10 finishes (14): 1st, 2001; 7th-t. 2000; 1st, 1979; 1st, 1978; 2nd, 1977; 8th-t, 1975; 10th, 1974; 1st, 1973; 2nd, 1972; 5th-t, 1947; 6th-t, 1942; 9th-t, 1941; 6th, 1940; 3rd-t, 1939;
Columbia
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): 880-yard relay (1965).
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 16th-t, 1965.
Elyria
Past state champions (7): 3,200-meter relay (2002); Mark Cannon (1985, ’86, ’87), high jump; Jerry Klyop (1968), pole vault; John Elliott (1952), 100 yards; Charles Decker (1937), pole vault.
Past state runners-up (11): Ken Webber (2004), 100 meters; Ray Armstrong Jr. (2002), 800 meters; Rodney Moore (1986, ’88), 400 meters; 880-yard relay (1976); Klyop (1967), pole vault; Tom Doan (1958), high jump; Wilbur Allen “Lank” Coven (1938, ’39), high jump; Alonzo Hardy (1931), shot put; Melvin Gerhardinger (1930), 880 yards.
Number of top 10 finishes (7): 5th-t, 2002; 8th-t, 1987; 4th, 1986; 8th, 1968; 10th-t, 1952; 6th-t, 1939; 9th, 1937;
Elyria Catholic
Past state champions (6): Marty Coolidge (2010), 3.200 meters; 3,200-Meter Relay (2000); Al McKinney (1984), long jump; Ron Rick (1979), mile and two miles; Bradley House (1978), 880 yards.
Past state runners-up (4): Ted Achladis (2016), discus; McKinney (1985), long jump; Rick (1978), mile; Mike Kozma (1978), 220 yards.
Number of top 10 finishes (2): 8th-t, 1984; 4th, 1981.
Elyria West
Past state champions (6): 400-Meter Relay (1995); Otis Shannon (1987), 110-meter high hurdles; Ray Armstrong (1979), 100, 220 and 440 yards; Armstrong (1978), 220 yards.
Past state runners-up (3): Edwin White (1990, ‘91), 110-meter high hurdles; Armstrong (1978), 100 yards.
State championships: None.
State runner-up: 1979.
Number of top 10 finishes (5): 6th-t, 1995; 7th-t, 1983; 2nd, 1979; 3rd, 1978; 5th-t, 1977.
Firelands
Past state champion (1): J.D. Sheppard (2003), 800.
Past state runners-up (5): Sheppard (2004), 800; Eric Yearley (1997), 110-meter high hurdles; Chuck Lyngaas (1994), 1,600 meters; 3,200-Meter Relay (1983); Doug Benedict (1981), 3,200 meters.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 11th, 1981.
Keystone
Past state champions (6): Ryne Schackelford (2022), long jump, 100, 200. Schackelford (2022), long jump. Matt Botos (1991), pole vault; Mile relay (1970).
Past state runners-up (3): Lee Gnagy (1976), pole vault; Ed Carey (1975), two miles; Delaine Winningham (1968), 220 yards.
Number of top 10 finishes (1): 2nd, 2022; 8th-t, 1968.
LaGrange
Past state champions (1): Fred Wolfe (1953), mile.
Past state runners-up (1): Darius Nutt (1958), 440 yards.
Number of top 10 finishes: 12th-t, 1953.
Lake Ridge Academy
Past state champions (1): Kendall Gregory (2005), 400 meters.
Past state runners-up: None.
Lorain Catholic
Past state champions (1): Bob Francis (1972), high jump.
Past state runners-up: none.
Number of top 10 finishes (1): 10th-t, 1972.
Lorain Senior
Past state champions (7): Bob Telatnik (1947), high jump; Al Kuncel (1942), shot put; Dick Sanford (1923), 220-yard low hurdles, long jump; Howard Ross (1923), javelin; Norris Sinclair (1915), 120-yard high and 220-yard low hurdles.
Past state runners-up (5): Tim Wasco (1971), two miles; Chris Cowie (1968), high jump; Ken Deshuk (1958), 120-yard high hurdles; Willis (1940), shot put; Wolfe (1927), javelin.
Number of top 10 finishes (4): 9th-t, 1958; 8th, 1926; 3rd, 1923. 10th-t, 1921.
Lorain St. Mary
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Tom Jenkins (1969), high jump.
Number of top 10 finishes: 19th-t, 1969.
Lutheran West
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 11th-t, 1973.
Midview
Past state champions: none.
Past state runners-up (2): Aaron Fenzel (1997), 400 meters; Charles Lange (1982), 3,200 meters.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 17th-t, 1997.
Oberlin
Past state champions (18): 400-meter relay (1999); Jehu Anderson (1998), 100 and 200 meters; Anderson (1997), 100 meters; Robert Bryant (1953), discus; Clarence Bowman (1938, ’39), 880 yards; 880-yard relay (1938); Herman Hudnell (1937), high jump; McCarthy (1936), 220 yards; Jarvis Strong (1936), 880 yards; 880-yard relay (1936); LeRoy Fields (1932), 220 yards, 120-yard high hurdles; Greg Gordon (1931), 220 yards; Charles Parkhurst (1931), 120-yard high hurdles; 880-yard relay (1930); Engle (1924), 220 yards.
Past state runners-up (19): Lavar Maben (1999), 100 and 200 meters; Anderson (1997), 200 meters; Jay Coniam (1958), pole vault; Robert Bryant (1952), shot put; Robert Thompson (1949), 880 yards; White (1948), shot put; Duane Gordon (1947), long jump; Norman Willbond (1939), 220-yard low hurdles; McCarthy (1938), 220 yards; 880-yard relay (1937); Shaffer (1935), 120-yard high hurdles; Fields (1932), long jump; Greg Gordon (1931), 100; 880-yard relay (1931); Charles Parkhurst (1930), 120-yard high hurdles; James David “Jimmie” Barnes Jr. (1926), 440 yards; Barnes (1925), 100 and 440 yards.
State championships: 1936, 1932
State runner-up: 1939, 1931, 1930
Number of top 10 finishes (14): 3rd, 1999; 7th, 1998; 4th-t, 1997; 6th-t, 1952; 2nd, 1939; 3rd-t, 1938; 3rd, 1937; 1st, 1936; 1st, 1932; 2nd, 1931; 2nd, 1939; 6th-t, 1929; 4th, 1928; 9th-t, 1925
South Amherst
Past state champions (2): Bruce Alexander (1964), 880 yards; John Hemminger (1962), long jump.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (2): 10th-t, 1964; 8th, 1962.
Southview
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 44th-t, 1986.
Vermilion
Past state champion (1): Roger Ruetenik (1948), 880 yards.
Past state runners-up (3): Scott Rogers (1998), long jump; Fieback (1942), mile; Hall (1925), 880 yards.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 11th-t, 1948.
Wellington
Past state champions (2): Mark Kepler (1973), pole vault; John Worchester (1968), pole vault.
Past state runners-up (1): Kepler (1974), pole vault.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 16th-t, 1973; 11th-t, 1968.
GIRLS
Admiral King
Past state champions (1): Kermetta Folmar (1976), 100 yards.
Past state runners-up (1): Kim Walton (1983), long jump.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 14th, 1983; 23rd-t, 1976.
Amherst
Past state champions (3): Theresa Feldkamp (2000, ’01), 800 meters; Amy McKinley (1993), 1,600 meters.
Past state runners-up (4): Christine Thompson (1995), 800 meters; Sue Dziama (1994), 3,200 meters; McKinley (1993), 3,200 meters; Kristi Keplinger (1987), 100-meter high hurdles.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 14th-t, 2001; 20th-t, 2000.
Avon
Past state champions (4): Molly Radcliffe (2021), shot put, discus. 1,600-meter relay (1980); Mile relay (1978).
Past state runners-up (5): Jenny Schaefer (1988), 3,200 meters; Karin Endrai (1978, ‘80), 400 meters; 880-yard relay (1979); 880-yard relay (1978).
State championships: None.
State runner-up: 1979, 1978.
Number of top 10 finishes (3): 5th, 1980; 2nd, 1979; 2nd, 1978;
Avon Lake
Past state champions (1): Donna Schuh (1982), long jump.
Past state runners-up (4): Brooke Lumpkin (2021), shot put. Katie Nowak (2004), pole vault; 3,200-meter relay (1998); Jennifer Saul (1990), 800 meters; 3,200-meter relay (1986).
Number of top 10 finishes (2): 6th, 2021; 6th-t, 1990; 11th, 1989; 8th, 1982.
Black River
Past state champions (1): Becca Herte (2011), pole vault
Past state runners-up (1): Annette Franz (1982), 1,600 meters.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 17th-t, 1982.
Brookside
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Sue Harlan (1976), high jump.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 15th-t, 1976.
Clearview
Past state champions (6): Francene Woods (1989), 400 meters; Woods (1988), 100 meters; Woods (1987), 200 meters; 400-meter relay (1987); 800-meter relay (1987); Diane Mihalic (1977), long jump.
Past state runners-up (6): Valerie Holland (2000), 200 meters; Holland (1999), 100 meters; Woods (1988), 200 and 400 meters; Woods (1987), 100 meters; Julie Hancock (1982), long jump.
Number of top 10 finishes (3): 9th, 1989; 4th-t, 1988; 3rd, 1987.
Columbia
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Elyria
Past state champions (13): Christina Madison (2006), long jump; Tianna Madison (2001-03), long jump; Madison (2002-03), 100 and 200 meters; 400-meter relay (2002-03); Alexis McCall (1999), shot put; Tammy Porter (1978), 100 yards; 880-yard relay (1977).
Past state runners-up (5): 400-meter relay (2006); McCall (2000), shot put; Anne Densmore (1985), 3,200 meters; Mile relay (1976, ‘77).
Number of top 10 finishes (6): 1st (2003); 2nd (2002); 4th, 2001; 4th, 2000; 4th, 1978; 7th, 1977.
Past state champions: 2003.
Past state runners-up: 2002.
Elyria Catholic
Past state champions (1): Jessica Patton (1995), 1,600 meters.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 15th-t, 1995.
Elyria West
Past state champions (2): Ann Forbes (1988), high jump; 400-meter relay (1984).
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 12th-t, 1984.
Firelands
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Mile relay (1976).
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 15th-t, 1976.
Keystone
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Lake Ridge Academy
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Lorain Senior
Past state champions (1): Lillian Saez (1988), 400 meters.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 15th-t, 1988.
Lorain Catholic
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Anita Godlewski (1987), 800 meters.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 20th-t, 1987.
Midview
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
North Olmsted
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Marilyn Jenkins (1984), shot put.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 20th-t, 1984.
North Ridgeville
Past state champions (1): Sharon Clarke (1976), 80-yard high hurdles.
Past state runners-up: None.
Number of top 10 finishes (1): 6th, 1976.
Oberlin
Past state champions (4): Marnele Jackson (1985), 100 and 200 meters; 400-meter relay (1985); 880-yard medley relay (1975).
Past state runners-up (1): 880-yard relay (1979).
State championships: None.
State runner-up: 1985.
Number of top 10 finishes (1): 2nd-t, 1985.
Southview
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up: None.
Vermilion
Past state champions (1): Maureen Masin (1975), high jump.
Past state runners-up (4): Hannah Bartlome (2014), long jump; Bartlome (2012, ’14), high jump; Danielle Kost (1983), high jump; Cathleen Masin (1977), long jump.
Number of top 10 finishes (1): 12-t, 1983; 8th-t, 1976.
Wellington
Past state champions: None.
Past state runners-up (1): Robin Storrow (1979), mile.
Number of top 10 finishes (or best performances): 16th-t, 1990.