Grandview Heights Roundup: Balance lifts Bobcats boys track team to MSL-Ohio title
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The Grandview Heights boys track and field team used muscle and depth to win its first league championship since 2017.
The Bobcats scored 176 points to outdistance runner-up Bexley (109) in the MSL-Ohio Division meet May 11 and 14 at Whitehall. Collin Haj Abed won three events and Owen Billiter and Matthew Taylor dominated in the throws to help secure the victory.
“To score that many points, you need a lot of points from a lot of different areas,” coach Brian Schoch said. “We had a big day in the field, and we were able to score a lot across the board in the (running) finals on the second day.”
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Grandview Heights Roundup: Bobcats boys track and field team getting newcomers up to speed
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Grandview Heights track and field coach Brian Schoch is trying to put the feeling of what could have been behind him.
The boys team was graced with “ridiculously talented” athletes last spring, but the season was canceled because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. That dashed any hopes of winning MSL-Ohio Division, district, regional or even state titles.
Schoch does have talented performers this season, but few will be in the class of 2020 graduates Ravi Kumar (middle distance), Luke Lachey (sprints, high jump), Iain McCormick (pole vault, sprints), Chris Miller (distance) and Luke Wallace (high jump, 100-800 meters).
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