Morlocks, Wingate shine as Norwayne names track after Terry O'Hare

Friday's Dwight Schar Invitational at Norwayne wasn't just another track meet.

It was a historical day for a few different reasons.

The track at Norwayne Community Stadium is now the "Terry O'Hare Track" in honor of the longtime coach who passed away last year, and several athletes set records in a field that featured some of the best runners, throwers and jumpers in Wayne County and the surrounding areas.

It was fitting that Norwayne's own Dillon Morlock had perhaps the most impressive day of anyone at the meet.

Morlock, who won the Division III shot put state title as a sophomore last year, hasn't been challenged much this season, and that continued Friday as he set meet records in both the shot put and discus.

The junior thrower hurled the discus 182-10 to best Dalton's Quentin Lehman, who recently set the school record in the event, by 28 feet, 5 inches. In the shot put, Morlock was just as dominant while competing against Rittman's Tyler Thompson, a fellow state qualifier. Morlock won handily with a toss of 64-7.25 with Thompson placing second with a 59-2.5.

Morlock wasn't the only multi-event winner for Norwayne either. In fact, he wasn't the only Morlock to win multiple events. Allie Morlock swept the throwing events on the girls side with a shot put of 36-9.5 and a discus throw of 128-02, holding off teammate Haley Bittinger in each event.

Bobcats star distance runner Jaylee Wingate, who O'Hare coached in track and cross country, won every open and relay event in which she ran, winning the mile (5:05.25) and two-mile (11:08.42) races and anchoring first-place 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams. Norwayne swept the four girls hurdles events.

Norwayne held a ceremony honoring O'Hare before the meet, officially naming the school's track after the legendary coach and educator.

While Norwayne's standouts took centerstage, several other locals had big days.

Perhaps none of those had a better day than Dalton's Brianna Chenevey, who ran one of the area's fastest 400-meter dash times ever, shattering Kellie Geiser's school record (1986, 58.05) by running a 57.17. She also won the 100-meter dash (12.50), besting teammate Lauren Clos (12.94). Clos won the 200 with a time of 27.03.

Top-three finishers in all events are listed below:

BOYS

100: Brady Lendon, Norwayne (11.43); Thomas Christman, Revere (11.46); Roman Portis, Norwayne (11.49)

200: Kanoa Hevia, Dalton (23.47); Gabe Stephens, Revere (23.62); Andrew Farrow, Revere (23.88)

400: Gabriel Chupp, Hiland (51.87); Jon Graham, Norwayne (52.79); Cole Maibach, Smithville (53.55)

800: Anthony DeRubeis, Revere (1:59.35); Luke Snyder, Rittman (2:00.13); David Kollin, Rittman (2:04.32)

1,600: Luke Snyder, Rittman (4:25.66); Anthony DeRubeis, Revere (4:34.69); Devin Bowlby, Rittman (4:40.79)

3,200: Akshay Elango, Revere (10:10.56); Devin Bowlby, Rittman (10:16.77), Tripp Wingate, Norwayne (10:28.58)

110 hurdles: Joe Sunkin, Revere (15.92); Jack Maibach, Norwayne (15.97); Jake Hershey, Smithville (16.46)

300 hurdles: Jack Maibach, Norwayne (42.51), Brendan Lehman, Dalton (43.10); Ely Hutson, Dalton (43.70)

4x100: Zach Olechnowicz/Thomas Christman/Merit Wagstaff/Johlil Blanchard, Revere (44.43); Caleb Erhard/Roman Portis/Brayden Hostetler/Brady Lendon, Norwayne (44.67); Sam Tomlinson/Kanoa Hevia/Caden Gazboda/Cameron Gazboda, Dalton (45.14)

4x200 relay: Sam Tomlinson/Colin Pearson/Kanoa Hevia/Cameron Gazboda, Dalton (1:32.13); Gabe Stephens/Johlil Blanchard/Joab Bockstoce/Andrew Farrow, Revere (1:32.90); Cole Maibach/Luke Hershey/Mac Butzer/Cooper Torrence, Smithville (1:37.98)

4x400 relay: Trei Durstine/Cameron Carr/Mac Butzer/James Arthur, Smithville (3:37.41); David Anand/Calin Milicia/Langston Ford/Anthony DeRubeis, Revere (3:37.94); Brendan Lehman/Brendon Steiner/Kanoa Hevia/Cameron Gazboda, Dalton (3:40.00)

4x800 relay: Calin Milicia/Akshay Elango/David Anand/Anthony DeRubeis, Revere (8:08.95); Tripp Wingate/Trenten Woodall/Colton Roda/Kyle Olszewski, Norwayne (8:37.12); Brendan Lehman/Jace Eberly/Ely Hutson/Brandon Steiner, Dalton (8:44.61)

High jump: Andrew Farrow, Revere (6-00); Josh Davis, Smithville (6-00); Jack Maibach, Norwayne (6-00)

Pole vault: Jon Graham, Norwayne (12-07); Carson Steiner, Dalton (11-00); Lane Kindy, Smithville (10-06)

Long jump: Andrew Farrow, Revere (21-01); Gabriel Chupp, Hiland (20-06); Joab Bockstoce, Revere (19-08.75)

Shot put: Dillon Morlock, Norwayne (64-07.25); Tyler Thompson, Rittman (59-02.5); Brandt Morlock, Norwayne (52-05)

Discus: Dillon Morlock, Norwayne (182-10); Quentin Lehman, Dalton (154-05); Brandt Morlock, Norwayne (140-05)

GIRLS

100: Brianna Chenevey, Dalton (12:50); Lauren Clos, Dalton (13.00); Shelby Vaughn (13.01)

200: Lauren Clos, Dalton (27.03); Lacy Hess, Norwayne (27.24); Maddy Lengacher, Smithville (27.44)

400: Brianna Chenevey, Dalton (57.17); Maddy Lengacher, Smithville (1:00.20); Lacy Hess, Norwayne

800: Rayauna Lies, Hiland (2:26.14); Lillith Dreibelbis, Norwayne (2:27.09); Brooke Bowlby, Rittman (2:28.08)

1,600: Jaylee Wingate, Norwayne (5:05.25); Pyper Gibson, Rittman (5:14.03); Kaitlyn Carr (5:19.70)

3,200: Jaylee Wingate, Norwayne (11:08.42); Pyper Gibson, Rittman (11:16.53); Kaitlyn Carr (11:35.54)

100 hurdles: Ava Maibach, Norwayne (16.20); Tessa Milicia, Revere (16.52); Macy Seeman, Dalton (16.65)

300 hurdles: Tessa Milicia, Revere (49.49); Lily Fox, Revere (49.93); Leah Keib, Smithville (50.21)

4x100 relay: Shelby Vaughn/Sydney Emler/Kendra Berger/Ava Maibach, Norwayne (50.86); Zoey Baker/Ava Gaffey/Kalie Campbell/Addison Hudson, Triway (50.86); Leah Valentine/Chloe Grimm/Allison Meixner/Lauren DiSalvo, Revere (51.79)

4x200 relay: Reece Urban/Sydney Emler/Shelby Vaughn/Lacy Hess, Norwayne (1:46.87); Ava Golias/Zoey Baker/Kalie Campbell/Addison Hudson, Triway (1:47.75); Leah Keib/Claire Haas/Abby Hartzler/Maddy Lengacher, Smithville (1:50.13)

4x400 relay: Shelby Vaughn/Kaylee Graham/Lacy Hess/Jaylee Wingate, Norwayne (4:11.31); Leah Valentine/Megan Diulus/Kayla Kephart/Chloe Grimm, Revere (4:23.49); Pyper Gibson/Cadence Soucek/Allyson Stuart/Merrick Gibson, Rittman (4:26.49)

4x800 relay: Annabel Stanley/Corinne McCall/Lillith Dreibelbis/Jaylee Wingate, Norwayne (9:44.50); Ellie Meech/Keira Lang/Allyson Schultz/Caroline Wilson, Revere (9:49.28); Pyper Gibson/Caroline Kennel/Merrick Gibson/Aquinnah Rufener, Rittman (10:25.80)

High jump: Kayla Kephart, Revere (5-00); Kara Watson, Norwayne (4-10); Abby Hartzler (4-10)

Pole vault: Kendra Berger, Norwayne (9-00); Lauren Weil, Revere (8-06); Mackenna Thiel, Dalton (8-00)

Long jump: Kalie Campbell, Triway (16-09); Reece Urban, Norwayne (15-11); Ellie Golias, Triway (15-07.25)

Shot put: Allison Morlock, Norwayne (36-09.5); Haley Bittinger, Norwayne (36-07); Cassie Keaton, Revere (32-00.25)

Discus: Allison Morlock, Norwayne (128-02); Haley Bittinger, Norwayne (103-05); Maggie Zurn, Revere (96-01)

Seated 100: Katy Loughney, Mogadore (31.67)

Seated shot put: Katy Loughney, Mogadore (8-00)

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Track & Field: Dillon Morlock sets meet records at Dwight Schar Invite