Following a fantastic 2023 season which saw relay teams qualifying for districts and the girls 4x400m relay making it to state, Lakeview High School’s first track meet started off strong. Against Hubbard and Struthers, Lakeview took the win.
The Dogs have been training hard with their new coach, Bob Easton, and are ready to go the distance.
There was a crazy amount of first place wins at the first meet showcasing Bulldogs ability.
The girls and boys 4x800m relays both brought in first place wins. The boys relay is comprised of freshmen Nick Seikel, Hudson Lasher, Bryson Richard, and junior Ethan Shackelford, and the girls team features junior Jalyn Deleon, sophomores Nora Lewis and Leah Clark, and freshman Samantha Oravec.
Brother and sister dynamos junior Landon and freshman Aurora Hall won first place in the 100, 110, and 300m hurdles.
Junior Thomas Easton and sophomore Jocelyn Burkey took first place in both the 100 and 200m dashes.
The boys and the girls 4x200m relays took first place with seniors Sam Harper, Oniah Russo, Easton, and freshman Noah Engle for the boys and junior Hailey Anderson and sophomores MaKenna Doran, Burkey, and Annabelle Humphrey for the girls.
Junior Anthony Marble-Salem won first place in the boys 1600m run.
The boys and girls 4x100m relays also won first place consisting of Harper, Landon Hall, Engle, and Easton for the boys and Doran, Burkey, sophomore Addison Lenox, and Humphrey for the girls.
Senior Jaden Kropp won first place in the 400 and 3200m runs.
Junior Jacob Langmeyer and Deleon won first place in the 800m run.
Harper and Humphrey took first place in long jump.
Junior Jadon Warner took first place in high jump.
Juniors Caden Baldwin, Leo Parise, and Jason Campana all tied for first place in pole vault.
The boys team had a great win by 83 points, and the girls won by a great amount as well.
Burkey had some positive words to share on how her season is going, “This season has had a really good start. We’ve been working really hard and it’s paid off. At the first meet I got a PR in the 100m dash and won first place in all of my events.”
Burkey takes a look into the future of this season, “I feel like this season has a really good chance at being successful. It’s started off strong and I think I can make it far and past the Trumbull County Meet.”
Anderson expresses her excitement for this season, “I’m really excited to get back into running this season. We’ve been training hard and preparing to win meets. It’s unfortunate because so many meets keep getting canceled and we need the smaller meets for practice so that we can do well at invitationals and be prepared.”
Anderson has hope for the outcome of this season, “I have hope for the future of this season based on the results of this past meet. I got 4th in the 400m dash and I got a PR in both the 400 and the 200m dashes. With training I believe I can improve my time and get it down.”
Doran emphasizes her excitement for the upcoming season, “On our first meet I was a part of the winning 4×100 and 4x200m relay teams. I’m excited to see where it goes and how far we get into the meets.”
Doran has great predictions for this year, “This year I think we will do really good. We’ve been working hard and doing hard workouts that set us apart from other teams. Hopefully we continue to progress and get better so we can do well in the important meets and make it past the Trumbull County Meet.”
Bulldogs track is looking like they are going to have a promising season. This is just the first meet, but there will be many more to come. We encourage everybody to come out and support the Lakeview Bulldogs at their track meets.
