Summit Country Day highlights day 2 of OHSAA track state meet

COLUMBUS, OH — One day after Cincinnati Country Day's Luke Schnieber won a pole vault state title, a Summit County Day relay team made it two track and field titles in as many days for Cincinnati.

In the first year with five divisions at the Ohio High School Athletic Association track and field state championships, Fenwick, CHCA and Summit Country Day led the way among the area's Division IV teams, while a pair of sprinters claimed spots on the podium.

Here are the highlights from Friday's action at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Saturday will see field events in Divisions I, II and III, running semifinals and a handful of finals in DI and DII, and the DIII running finals.

Maddy Amend, Brielle Bryant, Alaina Williams and Ama Karikari brought home Cincinnati's lone state championship on Friday, winning the Division IV 4x100 meter relay in a new overall DIV state record of 48.59 seconds.

Running the anchor leg, Karikari took the baton in second place and caught Girard to win the Silver Knights' first track state title since Braeden Austin, Oscar Loehrer, Oren Jenkins and Matthew Shuler won the 2022 DIII 4x200 meter state title.

"We knew the whole season that we were really close to winning and yesterday during prelims, we were 0.05 (seconds) away, so worked really hard on our handoffs and knew that if I got the stick in first or second, we'd definitely win," Karikari said.

The junior also helped SCD to a fifth-place finish in 4x200 meter relay and took sixth place in the 200-meter dash.

Summit Country Day, which doesn't have a track, was the top local team in the girls standings, tying for 12th place with 17 points.