Jones carries the county Div. 4 banner
Southern Local senior Maddy Jones grabs her disc during the Division IV regional meet at Austintown Fitch High School. (The Review/Ron FIrth)

Southern Local senior Maddy Jones gets off a toss of 114-feet-0 on her first attempt at the Austintown Division IV regional meet Friday. (The Review/Ron Firth)
Jones was third in the shot put Wednesday and no county athletes got through the Austintown Division IV regional finals Friday.
Jones topped the first flight in the discus Friday with a toss of 114-feet-0 on her first attempt. That was her best toss as she placed seventh overall.
The top five finishers in each event advance to the Division IV state meet June 4-5 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.
There also will be three at-large state qualifiers from the three regionals, but Jones missed out in the discus.
She will be in the shot put at the state meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Norwayne senior Haley Bittinger beat out sophomore teammate Hannah Froelich on her last attempt with a winning discus toss of 133-9.
The highest county finisher on Friday was United sophomore Taylor Simmons, who was sixth in the girls 400-meter dash in a personal-best 60.14 seconds.
South Range senior Taylor Dado earned a state berth by finishing third in a personal-best 58.66 seconds.
The Fairless boys (74 points) and Norway girls (72 1/2) won the regional team titles.
The Southern girls scored the most points by area teams with eight — as Jones was third in the shot put and seventh in discus.
BOYS RESULTS
FINALS
(Top five to state)
110 HURDLES: 1. Braxton Barnett (Shenandoah) 14.36.
100 DASH: 1. Nathan Lennon (Gilmour) 10.89.
800 RELAY: 1. West Muskingum 1:29.38.
1600 RUN: 1. Andrew Hearn (Fairless) 4:18.30; 2. Brice Fuller (Fairless) 4:18.70; 13. Josh Hawkins (United) 4:52.72.
400 RELAY: 1. Youngstown Mooney 42.98.
400 DASH: 1. Abe McElwee (Tuscarawas Valley) 49.191. 8. Cole Billy (United) 50.39.
300 HURDLES: 1. Braxton Barnett (Shenandoah) 36.98.
800 RUN: 1. Bradlee Keehn (Fairless) 1:56.11; 3. Luke Snyder (Rittman) 1:56.47; 9. Cole Porter (Garfield) 2:03.28; 12. Josh Hawkins (United) 2:08.21; 13. Cole Rininger (United) 2:08.83.
200 DASH: 1. Nathan Lennon (Gilmour) 22.05.
1600 RELAY: 1. Youngstown Mooney 3:26.91.
SHOT PUT: 1. Jonathan Culp III (Mineral Ridge) 56-4; 12. Levi Lucas (United) 46-3.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Braxton Barnett (Shenandoah) 6-4; T9. Braydon Gilbert (Crestview) 5-10; T12. Tyler Savage (Crestview) 5-10.
GIRLS RESULTS
FINALS
(Top five to state)
100 HURDLES: 1. Jenna Delvecchio (Buckeye Local) 14.97.
100 DASH: 1. K’Dyn Harris-Tate (Beachwood) 12.13.
800 RELAY: 1. Beachwood 1:39.45.
1600 RUN: 1. Alanna Williams (Martins Ferry) 5:02.74; 2. Julia Wheeler (Southeast) 5:07.19; 11. Annie Board (Edison) 5:37.36; 14. Sidney Schlueter (Columbiana) 5:49.19.
400 RELAY: 1. Girard 48.68.
400 DASH: 1. Meena Abdul-Basser (Beachwood) 54.88; 3. Taylor Dado (South Range) 58.66; 6. Taylor Simmons (United) 60.14.
300 HURDLES: 1. Taylor Smola (Gilmour) 45.26.
800 RUN: 1. Alanna Williams (Martins Ferry) 2:13.49; 2. Julia Wheeler (Southeast) 2:17.12; 13. Annie Board (Edison) 2:31.49; 14. Ruby Marshall (United) 2:35.63.
200 DASH: 1. Meena Abdul-Basser (Beachwood) 25.25.
1600 RELAY: 1. Beachwood 4:00.58.
DISCUS: 1. Haley Bittinger (Norwayne) 133-9; 3. Jocelyn Traw (Mineral Ridge) 128-9; 5. Kadence Conaway (Mineral Ridge) 120-0; 7. Maddy Jones (Southern) 114-0; 15. Virginia Birkmire (South Range) 91-5.
LONG JUMP: 1. Sydney Hill (Mentor Lake Catholic) 16-11; 11. Phiatra Bradley (Crestview) 14-5; 15. Haley Fry (Columbiana) 13-5 1/2.
POLE VAULT: 1. Anna Pittman (Waynedale) 11-8.




