PORTSMOUTH — On Tuesday, Portsmouth High School’s Hadsell Track played host to the Ohio Valley Conference’s Track and Field Championship meet for 2024.

However, there was no home advantage for the Trojans — as the teams placed eighth out of eight teams.

On the women’s side, Coal Grove took home first place with 173 points, 41 more than second-place South Point (132).

The Trojans totaled 30 points as a team.

For the men, first-place honors went to Rock Hill, which had 141 points against the next closest — South Point a dozen back at 129.

Portsmouth ended with 39 points.

Senior Jermya Powell had one of the top finishes out of any female Trojan, placing third in the girls shot put event.

In the finals, she threw 34 feet and seven and one-half inches.

Portsmouth senior Jermya Powell

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Powell also placed seventh in the discus throw, going for 87 feet and 11 inches in the final.

In the girls long jump, freshman Bry Shannon impressed with a fifth-place showing, second among freshmen who competed.

Portsmouth freshman Bry Shannon

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Shannon also finished third in the 300-meter hurdles with a blazing 53.17 seconds time.

Kingston Littlefield was the top finisher for the men, going for 20 feet and five inches in the long jump.

In the event, Rock Hill’s Izaak Cox broke the OVC record with a 23-foot, two and one-half inch leap.

As a team, the Trojans finished third in the boys 4x100m relay and fourth in the 4x200m relay.

Juniors Zion Froe, Lukas Bradley and Chase Heiland teamed with sophomore Kayleb Johnson for this event.

Portsmouth junior Zion Froe

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Other performances of note included Portsmouth’s Chase Heiland, who placed fifth in the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 11.40 seconds.

Portsmouth freshman Reid Click

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Freshman Reid Click ran a two-minute 13.29-second time in the 800-meter run, good for seventh-place.

Portsmouth senior My’Shawn Williams

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Senior My’Shawn Williams placed sixth of nine in the 110-meter hurdles with a 19.11-second finish.

Williams also ran in the 300-meter hurdles, placing fifth among 13 runners in 44.90 seconds.

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Ohio Valley Conference

2024 Track & Field Meet

Girls Team Results

1. Coal Grove 173; 2. South Point 132; 3. Gallia Acdemy 99; 4. Fairland 79; Ironton 65; 6. Chesapeake 50; 7. Rock Hill 31; 8. Portsmouth 30

Field Events

Discus: 1. Savannah Perego (SP) 124-11, Isabella Wynn (CG) 108-2; 3. Olivia Newman (CG) 98-8; 4. Avery Byers (Fa) 94-9; 5. Tashawna Young (Ir) 89-7; 6. Hannah Taylor (Fa) 88-6; 7. Jermya Powell (Po) 87-11; 8. Madison Hanshaw (RH) 84-10

High Jump: 1. Sophia Sola (Ga) 4-10; 2. Laney Dressel (Ir) 4-10; 3. Rylie Myers (CG) 4-10; 4. Kylee Bruce (Fa) 4-8; 5. Abigail Clark (Ga) 4-6; 6. Amelia Laney (CG) 4-4; 7. Aubrey Wentz (Ch) 4-4; 8. Bindi Staley (SP) 4-2

Long Jump: 1. Molly Dunlap (Fa) 15-8.5; 2. Samiya Blackburn (SP) 15-4; 3. Lauren Pater (Ch) 15-1.5; 4. Makayla Bryant (CG) 14-10; 5. Bry Shannon (Po) 14-6; 6. Sophia Sola (Ga) 14-0; 8. Bridgette Stapleton (RH) 13-8

Shot Put: 1. Kaegan Henderson (Ir) 36-4.50; 2. Savannah Perego (SP) 35-1.25; 3. Jermya Powell (Po) 34-7.50; 4. Klara Klaiber (CG) 31-4.5; 5. Olivia Newman (CG) 31-2.5; 6. Avery Byers (Fa) 30-5; 7. Hannah Taylor (Fa) 29-6.25; 8. Abigail Payne (RH) 29-1

Pole Vault: 1. Bindi Staley (SP) 8-6; 2. Allison Stallard (CG) 8-6; 3. Katie Stitt (Fa) 8-0; 4. McKenzie Williams (SP) 8-0; 5. Violet Gilcher (Ch) 8-0; 6. Averiana Arbaugh (Ch) 7-0; 7. Jenna Henry (Ga) 7-0

Running Events

100M Hurdles: Leila Hall (SP 15.67, 2. Madison McDaniel (CG) 16.70; 3. Molly Dunlap (Fa) 17.63; 4. Abbey Isaacs (Ch) 17.95; 5. Allison Rogers (RH) 18:58; 6. Raleigh Adkins (Ga) 18:62; 7. Bry Shannon (Po) 18.65; 8. McKenzie Williams (SP) 19:72

100M: 1. Emma Layne (SP) 12.5224; 2. Madison McDaniel (CG) 12.5228; 3. Leila Hall (SP) 13.0; 4. Olivia Kingrey (CG) 13.08; 5. Gracyn Clark (Ga) 13.57; 6. Brynna Kellogg (RH) 13.88; 7. Kylee Dixon (Po) 13.91; 8. Lauren Prater (Ch) 14.02

200M: 1. Emma Layne (SP) 25.36 (new meet record); 2. Madison McDaniel (CG) 25.93; 3. Olivia Kingrey (CG) 26.83; 4. Camille Hall (SP) 26.98; 5. Gracyn Clark (Ga) 28.17; 6. Kylee Dixon (Po) 28.96; 7. Tiyeh Brown (Ir) 28.97; 8. Katie Stitt (Fa) 29.00

300 Hurdles: 1. Madison McDaniel (CG) 48.11; 2. Molly Dunlap (Fa) 50.45; 3. Bry Shannon (Po) 53.17; 4. Gracyn Clark (Ga) 54.05; 5. Peyton Deer (Ir) 55.13; 6. Abbey Isaacs (Ch) 56.06; 7. Violet Gilcher (Ch) 56.76; 8. Miranda Howard (RH) 58.27

400M: 1. Samiya Bradburn (SP) 59.38; 2. Kylie Montgomery (CG) 1:01.62; 3. Olivia Kingrey (CG) 1:01.82’ 4. Layla Wentz (Ch)1:02.60; 5. Camille Hall (SP) 1:02.97; 6. Katie Stitt (Fa) 1:07.25; 7. Kate Evans (Ga) 1:08.62; 8. Bree Allen (Fa) 1:09.22

800M: 1. Laura Hamm (CG) 2:35.17; 2. Laila Wentz (Ch) 2:39.13; 3. Kennedy Smith (Ga) 2:41.71; 4. Ryen Nunn (Ga) 2:46.42; 5. Kalli Vanderhoof (CG) 2:52.27; 6. Olivia Wood (Fa) 2:55.85; 7. Samiya Bradburn (SP) 2:58.52; 8. Addison Neal (Ir) 2:58.66

1600M: 1. Laura Hamm (C) 5:25.79; 2. Marlena McCown (Ir) 5:29.53; 3. Molly Dunlap (Fa) 5:42.62; 4. Elizabeth Hout (Ga) 6:04.72. Elizabeth Clagg (Ga) 6:05.35; 6. Kylie Gilmore (RH) 6:25.90; 7. Brinkley Spears (Fa) 6:36.12; 8. Regan Jiles (CG) 6:46.24

3200M: 2. Laura Hamm (CG) 12:27.73; 2. Marlena McCown (Ir) 12:35.26; 3. Madison Clagg (Ga) 13:44.11; 4. Kylie Gilmore (RH) 14:08.77; 5. Jill Montgomery (Ga) 14:11.94; 6. Allana Pemberton (CG) 14:20.59; 7. Jocelyn Skeens (SP) 15:14. 82; 8. Leah Gorby (Ga) 16:20.03

Relays

4x100M: 1. South Point (Molly Adams, Leila Hall, Bindi Staley, Emma Layne) 51.04 (new meet record); 2. Coal Grove (Alyssa Thibodaux, Klara Klaiber, Alivia Noel Kylie Montgomery) 52.89; 3. Gallia Academy (Makayla Bryant, Alexis Carter, Ariah Sinclair, Gracyn Clark) 53.05; 4. Rock Hill (J’lynn Risner, Autumn Blankenship, Destiny Bledsoe, Miranda Howard) 55.10; 5. Ironton (Emerson White, Hannah Leith, Libby Presston, Tiyeh Brown) 55.32; 6. Chesapeake (Jaden Roberts, Abbey Isaacs, Clairynn Romans, Lauren Prater) 56.00; 7. Portsmouth (KK Mays, Bry Shannon, Chloe Spriggs, Kylee Dixon) 56.33; 8. Fairland (Jade D’Angelo, Bree Allen, Kylee Bruce, Addi Waddell) 57.39

4x200M: 1. Coal Grove (Alyssa Thibodaux, Lara Roach, Alivia Noel, Kylie Montgomery) 1:53.25; 2. South Point (Anna Fahey, Samiya Blackburn, Molly Adams, Camille Hall) 1:54.31; 3. Gallia Academy (Ariah Sinclair, Alexis Carter, Kendra Davis, Cloey McCarty) 1:56.81; 4. Ironton (Peyton Deer, Libby Preston, , Hannah Leith, Tiyeh Brown) 1:57.19; 5. Rock Hill (J’lynn Risner, Autumn Blankenship, Destiny Bledsoe, Allison Rogers) 1:57.47; 6. Chesapeake (Violet Gilcher, Jaden Roberts, Lauren Pater, Laila Wentz) 1:59.75; 7. Portsmouth (KK Mays, Tayland Edwards, Chloe Spriggs, Kylee Dixon) 2:04.97; 8. Fairland (Jade D’Angelo, Isabelle Swindler, Dani Fitzpatrick, Addi Waddell) 2:12.56

4x400M: 1. Coal Grove (Alyssa Thibodaux, Olivia Kingrey, Kylie Montgomery, Laura Hamm) 4:02.94 (new meet record); 2. South Point (Leila Hall, Molly Adams, Emma Layne, Camille Hall) 4:05.89; 3. Ironton (Hannah Leith, Rachel Leith, Emerson White, Peyton Deer) 4:32.00; 4. Gallia Academy (Kate Evans, Brittyn Snedaker, Elizabeth Hout, Kennedy Smith) 4:36.66; 5. Fairland (Olivia Wood, Bree Allen, Kylee Bruce, Dani Fitzpatrick) 4:43.00; 6. Chesapeake (Viloet Gilcher, Kate Ball, Abbey Isaacs, Laila Wentz) 4:55.80

4x800M: 1. Gallia Academy (Elizabeth Hout, Brittyn Snedaker, Kennedy Smith, Ryen Nunn) 11:09.09; 2. Coal Grove (Kalli Vanderhoof, Regan Jiles, Allana Pemberton, Amelia Laney) 11:28.84; 3. Fairland (Olivia Wood, Kadence Ulrich, Gracie Rogers, Brinkley Spears) 11:56.30; 4. Ironton (Lexi Cochran, Alli Davis, Addison Neal, Rachel Leith) 12:04.02; 5. South Point (Jocelyn Skeens, Tiara Liston, Kamia Howard, Bella Sarabia) 12:58.33; 6. Rock Hill (Kylie Gilmore, Emma Scott, Kayleigh Sisler, Shelbi Wigandt) 12:58.58; 7. Chesapeake (Clairynn Romans, Kate Ball, Brooklyn Webb, Jaden Roberts) 13:57.39; 8. Portsmouth (Lisek Esqivel-Beltran, Lexie Potts, Andrea Lott, Joanna Li) 14:19.25

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Boys Team Results

1. Rock Hill 141; 2. South Point 129; 3. Gallia Academy 102.5; 4. Fairland 73.5; 5. Ironton 62.5; 6. Coal Grove 56.5; 7. Chesapeake 55; 8. Portsmouth 39

Field Events

Discus: 1. Derrick Taylor (SP) 141-3; 2. Will Callicoat (Fa) 138-6; 3. Cory Mock (Ga) 138-0; 4. Owen Fredrick (SP) 136-5; 5. Tristan Dailey (Fa) 131.8; 6. Morgan Gleichauf (Ir) 130-5; 7. Tanner King (Ga) 126.4; 8. Eli Smith (RH) 120-0

High Jump: 1. Izaak Cox (RH) 6-2; 2. Tyler Carmon (Ir) 6-1; 3. Cade Mock (Ga) 6-0; 4. Carter Smith (SP) 5-10; 5. Jacob Spitler (Ch) 5-8; 6. Alex Blair (Ga) 5-6; 7. Maddix Markel (Ir) 5-6; 8. Landon Roberts (CG) 5-6

Long Jump: 1. Isaac Cox (RH) 23.2.5 (new meet record); 2. Josiah Swann (Ga) 21-0; 3. Kingston Littlefield (Po) 20-5; 4. Carter Smith (SP) 20-3.50; 5. Elijah Wilburn (SP) 20-0; 6. Max Canaday (Ga) 19-7.50; 7. Connor Lowe (Ir) 19-5.50; 8. Rylan Barker (RH) 19-3

Shot Put: 1. Derrick Taylor (SP) 54-7; 2. Tristan Dailey (Fa) 45-11; 3. Will Callicoat (Fa) 41-1; 4. Daniel Medinger (RH) 40-80; 5. Andrew Bryant (CG) 40-8; 6. Chris Calderon (Ch) 38-9.50; 7. Owen Fredrick (SP) 38-9.50; 8. Tanner King (Ga) 38.6

Pole Valut: 1. Carter Smith (SP) 14-7 (new meet record); 2. Sam Rusk (RH) 12-6; 3. Conner Black (Fa) 12-0; 4. Enoch Patterson (Ga) 11-6; 5. Logan Roberts (CG) 11-0; 6. Landon Thomas (Ir) 11-0; 7. (Tie) Jack Lambert (Ir), Nathaniel Hackworth (RH) , Gavin Ballard (Fa) 10-0

Running Events

110M Hurdles: 1. Cameron Burgess (Ch)14.81; 2. Kamren Miller (SP) 17.78; 3 AaronWorkman (RH) 18.37; 4. Cody Estep (Ir) 18.55; 5. Jeremiah Fizer (F) 19:05; 6. My’Shawn Williams (Po) 19.11; 7. Skylar Francis (Ga) 19:26; 8. Lucas Long (Ga) 19:65

100M: 1. Wade Hankins (RH) 11.14; 2. Izaak Cox (RH) 11.23; 3. Elijah Wilburn (SP) 11.23; 4. Kamren Miller (SP) 11.34; 5. Chase Heiland (Po) 11.40; 6. Hunter Shamblin (Ga) 11.43; 7. Hudson Shamblin (Ga) 11.53; 8. Kayden Edwards (Ir) 11.56

200M: 1. Joey Bloebaum (SP) 22.20; 2. Izaak Cox (RH) 22.26; 3. Hudson Shamblin (Ga) 22.98; 4. Hunter Shamblin (Ga) 23.10; 5. Elijah Wilburn (SP) 23.16; 6. Camron Shockley (Ch) 23.35; 7. Wade Hankins (RH) 23.46; 8. Jack Hayden (Fa) 23.74

300M Hurdles: 1. Cameron Burgess (Ch) 39.05; 2. Deshawn Garred (SP) 43.72; 3. Gavin Gipson (CG) 44.68; 4. Jermiah Fizer (Fa) 44.78; 5. My’Shawn Williams (Po) 44.90; 6. Aaron Workman (RH) 46.03; 7. Jonathon Nida (Fa) 46.24; 8. Cody Estep (Ir) 46.67

400M: 1. Joey Bloebaum (SP) 52.10; 2. Camron Shockley (Ch) 52.96; 3. Wade Hankins (RH) 53.28; 4. Lyndon Jackson (SP) 54.59; 5. Weston Goff (Fa) 54.63; 6. Kingston Littlefield (Po) 54.98; 7. Tatum Moore (Ir) 55.41; 8. Jackson Milam (Fa) 55.84.

800M: 1. Seth Hamm (CG) 2:02.29; 2. Nixon Snavely (RH) 2:05.84; 3. Lane Shaffer (Ga) 2:06.56; 4. Zane Dressel (Ir) 2:07.26; 5. Ben Simpson (H) 2:09.30; 6. Owen Johnson (CG) 2:12.33; 7. Reid Click (Po) 2:13.29; 8. Wesley Saunders (Ga) 2:16.13

1600M: 1. Nixon Snavely (RH) 4:31.05; 2. Lane Shaffer (Ga) 4:43.15; 3. Dakotah Sanders (RH) 4:46.48; 4. Kaiden Harris (Ch) 4:49.92; 5. Reid Click (Po) 4:54.92; 6. Lucien Heaberlin (SP) 5:01.06; 7. Dalton Griffing (Fa) 5:04.16; 8. Wesley Saunders (Ga) 5:07.94.

3200M: 1. Nixon Snavely (RH) 9:59.23; 2. Seth Hamm (CG) 10:13.62; 3. Lane Shaffer (Ga) 10:40.91; 4. Kaiden Harris (Ch) 10:45.08; 5. Dakotah Sanders (RH) 10:51.52; 6. Waylon Michael (Fa) 11:33.23; 7. Anthony Bell (Ir) 11:49.08; 8. Austin Rykowski (Ga) 12:08.60

Relays

4x100M: 1. Ironton (Kayden Edwards, Maddix Markel, Connor Lowe, Tatum Moore) 44.20; 2. Gallia Academy (Parker Burris, Braydn Simmons, Max Canaday, Hudson Shamblin) 44.50; 3. Portsmouth (Zion Froe, Kayleb Johnson, Lukas Bradley, Chase Heiland) 45.40; 4. Fairland (Jack Hayden, Xander Collins, Conner Black, Tristan Daily) 46.2; 5. Coal Grove (Kamryn Hall, Rylan Smith, Landon Roberts, Kaden Murphy) 46.74; 6. Rock Hill (Rylan Barker, Aaron Workman, Cameron Stevens, Dylan Griffith) 47.15; 7. Chesapeake (Marquis Branch, Liam Hunt, Mikey Rose, Kyler Sexton) 51.55

4x200M: 1. South Point (Davin Heckard, Joey Bloebaum, Deshawn Garred, Elijah Wilburn) 1;31.21; 2. Ironton (Jack Whaley, Maddix Markel, Connor Lowe, Tatum Moore) 1:33.30; 3. Gallia Academy (Parker Burris, Braydn Simmons, Max Canaday, Hunter Shamblin) 1:34.00; 4. Portsmouth (Zion Froe, Kayleb Johnson, Lukas Bradley, Chase Heiland) 1:34.24; 5. Fairland (JackHayden, Xander Collins, Weston Goff, Jeremiah Fizer) 1:36.83; 6. Coal Grove (Owen Johnson, Kamryn Hall, Landon Roberts, Kaden Murphy) 1:37.19; 7. Rock Hill (Cameron Stevens, Aaron Workman, Rylan Barker, Dylan Griffith) 1:38.69; 8. Chesapeake (Noah Preston, Mikey Rose, Marquis Branch, Liam Hunt) 1:47.13

4x400M: 1. Gallia Academy (Braydn Simmons, Wesley Saunders, Hudson Shamblin, Hunter Shamblin) 3:34.89; 2. South Point (Deshawn Garred, Lyndon Jackson, Uriah Gardner, Kamren Miller) 3:36.51; 3. Coal Grove (Kaden Murphy, Rylan Smith, Gavin Gipson, Owen Johnson) 3:37.62; 4. Rock Hill (Ben Simpson, Dylan Griffith, Connor Blag, Wade Hankins) 3:38.85; 5. Fairland (Conner Black, Dalton Griffing, Weston Goff, Jonathon Nida) 3:41.00; 6. Ironton (Zane Dressel, Bryce Martins, Wyatt Baumgardner, Tatum Moore) 3:45.00

4x800M: 1. Rock Hill (Ben Simpson, Wyatt Knipp, Colin Hannon, Dakotah Sanders) 8:39.62; 2. Coal Grove (Owen Johnson, Jayden Malone, Gavin Gipson, Seth Hamm) 8:45.43; 3. Ironton (Zne Dressel, Ethaniel Helfer, Anthony Bell, Bryce Martins) 9:10.90; 4. Fairland (Dalton Griffing, Mitchell Dunlap, Jonathon Nida, Jackson Milam) 9:15.81; 5. Chesapeake (Kaiden Harris, Logan Diamond, Julius Preston, Jonas Washington) 9:37.07; 6. Gallia Academy (Wyatt Webb, Enock Patterson, Austin Rykowski, Nathan Hout) 9:46.40; 7. Portsmouth (Kaden Wood, Brody Morraga, Gavin Stillwell, William Dunn) 10:48.19; 8. South Point (Jonah Fitzpatrick, Jayshon Pratt, Nate Williams, Caiden Tram) 10:48.52