Jonny was invited to run at the Central District Championships held at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH. He was only scheduled for one race the 4×800 relay. We were hoping he was also going to run the 800 meter as he is less than a second from qualifying in that event as well.
The team all ran well in the 4×800 and finished in 8:15.13 which put them in 8th in the state and they only needed to be in the top 16 to qualify. Jonny ran the 4th leg of the race and got the batan while the team was a distant 3rd place. Jonny grinded through the entire race and made up the distance to take over first place at the finish line. He ran his leg in 1:58 which would have put him in the 800 state finals if he ran that time in the 800 as he would have been 6th in the state.
Next week he will be running in the Ohio State Championship at the University of Akron for the 2nd time. I guess we are going to have to reschedule his SAT test for this upcoming Saturday! I have to apologize as there is no video this week.
If Granville was running in Division II, where they compete in all other sports, except Cross Country and Track, today’s performance would have put them in first place in the state by almost 16 seconds in the 4×800. In the 800 Meter Run Jonny would be 4th place in the state and in the 1600 Meter run he would have placed 4th place as well. He could have ran in 3 events at the State Championships! If we would have run the 800 last week in this weeks time, he would have been 1st in the state for Division II.
Looking at an article on MileSplit.com they had the top 25 Juniors for Indoor Track. Jonny was on that list twice, he actually made the top 10 list for the 800 Meter Run and the 1600 Meter Run as he is ranked 9th in the state on both. Congratulations again Jonny.