Carroll was seeded second in the event (7:55.41) behind Marlington (7:54.94), which won the state championship last year with three of the same runners. Carroll finished fifth last year with Seth Tivakaran, Neil Tivakaran, Christopher Ruetschle and Logan Arnold.
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Boys Div. 2 - 4x800 Relay
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The Division II meet held preliminaries in most events Friday and will conclude with finals on Saturday morning.
Here is the list of other area athletes who scored in D-II finals on Friday. This list will be updated as events conclude:
Girls 4x800 relay: Waynesville’s team of Emme Greely, Kyla Harvey, Kendal Erbach and Samantha Erbach finished third (9:18.60).
• Oakwood’s team of Katherine Erwin, Annie Neff-Isom, Elizabeth Erwin and Delaney Cahill finished seventh (9:34.90).
Boys discus: Shawnee senior Darian Dixon finished eighth (162 feet).
Girls high jump: Graham junior Taylor Aldredge placed fourth with a personal-record height (5 feet, 5 inches).
Boys long jump: Milton-Union junior Payton Mayfield placed fourth (21-3¾).
Girls shot put: Urbana junior Lyza Forson finished fifth (40-0¼) and set a personal record.
Girls pole vault: Northwestern junior Alaina Freeze finished sixth (11-4) and set a personal record.
There were also finals in the 4x800 in Division I on Friday. Centerville’s team of Lucas Melzer, Daniel Emmert, Eric Bucher and Ben Cannon finished seventh (7:44.33).
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