COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 3, 2023) -- The Rocky River boys scored five points to place T-48th in the DI Ohio Track and Field Championships, contested Friday-Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University. The Pirates scored points in two events, getting a couple school-record performance from a key senior along the way. The River girls registered solid performances in three events but were unable to tally a point in the Buckeye State title meet which brought the Double-R season to a close. [
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Senior Majid Abuaun capped off a fine season and Rocky River career with an All-Ohio (Ohio-Association of Track Cross Country Coaches) fifth-place finish in the boys 800-meter run. Abuaun has been the author of one impressive run after another through a high-test May slate including the Bell Invitational (May 5), Great Lakes Conference Championships (May 11), DI Amherst District Tournament (May 18), and DI Amherst Region Tournament (May 26). Add to his growing list of career accomplishments a program-record time of 1:52.92 in Saturday's running of the 800.
A day earlier, Abuaun had run the anchor leg in a point-earning eighth-place River relay in the 4x800. He and mates Guillaume Carroll, Henry Lange, and Grant Preto circuited their 3,200 meters in a Double-R record 7:49.7.
The Buccaneer girls got a new school record of their own when junior Mary Sollars blazed a preliminary in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.85 seconds. Sollars just missed qualifing for the championship final in that event.
Sophomore Grace Lavelle missed a point by just a couple ticks in the girls 800; she finished 15th. Lavelle was the anchor leg when the Pirates took 17th in the 4x8 relay (Katie Stirm, Clare Duffy, Brianna Chaves).
The weekend action in Columbus marked the 115th state meet on the boys' side and the 48th on the girls'. It brought an impressive River season to an end, one with accomplished upperclassmen and improving underclassmen lifting both squads on so many big days in May and June.
And like they train for it to be, it all went so fast. by Skip Snow