Lorain County Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame

Lorain County Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame To recognize and honor the accomplishments and achievements of Lorain County track and cross country

06/20/2024

Resolving competitive imbalance in Ohio high school track and field

With the exception of varsity football, competitive imbalance has evolved into more and more of a problem for Division I size high schools in Ohio.
The common three-divisional split that existed in the early 1980s appeared sound and fair, but that format disintegrated and broke down. Division I is where the largest discrepancy for competitive balance exists based on enrollment figures.
High school football fixed its competitive imbalance for Division I in 2013 when it went to a seven-division format, up from a six-division format which was first implemented in 1994 and had a five-division format from 1980-93.
The key implementation feature in 2013 for football expansion was making Division I representation the top 10 percent of enrollment.
Until very recently for the last 10 years the Ohio High School Athletic Association didn’t implement the same fix for competitive balance in its other high school sports.
Girls volleyball (1993), girls basketball (1988), boys basketball (1988), softball (2001) and baseball (1991) have all moved to four-division formats from three-division configurations.
Most recently, the OHSAA moved this spring to change soccer from three to five divisions and volleyball from four to seven. The largest 64 schools are placed in Division I, the next 64 largest are placed in Division II and the remaining schools are divided as equally as possible into the other divisions.
However, in all those divisional splits the OHSAA still didn’t fix the Division I disparity in competitive balance for track and field.
Track and field has especially lagged way behind the curve for competitive balance. Discussions have been made but with no traction to resolve the issue as the sport has remained a three-division split.
The two sports of football and track and field have essentially the same number of teams competing in Ohio with 778 member schools. Football expanded in 2013 going from six to seven divisions to address the competitive imbalance that existed for many years. It reduced the difference or range between the largest Division I and smallest Division I school from 1,539 student-athletes for a high to 619 for a low (40 percent) based on 2018 statistics.
Based on 2015-17 statistics for high school boys grades 9-11, the enrollment range for Division I boys track is substantial with a high 1,350 boys to a 293 for a low for 228 member schools. The range for Division II boys track enrollment range is 292 for a high to 151 for a low with 229 member schools. The range for Division III the enrollment figures is 150 student-athletes for a high with 228 member schools. A total of 685 member schools have a minimum of nine student-athletes which is considered “full” track squad with 93 additional schools that have less than nine student-athletes per team.
Although data provided in examples used boys data it is understood a proposal would include the same changes on the girls side.
In the 2015-17 cycle, the smallest school in Division I boys track was only 21.9 percent the size of the largest Division I school – nearly five times the size of the smallest Division I school. Division I affects over 62 percent of the total school enrollments in track and field. The difference in enrollment figures within Division I affects the majority of athletes for this sport.
Jim Vanatsky has been the main proponent of getting competitive balance fixed in Ohio high school track and field.
The District 14 rep for the OATCCC (Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches), Vanatsky is a Loveland High teacher from Hamilton County and former Tiger track coach (2011-21). Vanatsky researched and wrote up the initial 50-page proposal for a 4-division split addressing competitive for track and field to the OHSAA titled Ohio high school sports divisional realignment and expansion.
Vanatsky’s track proposal was strongly supported by liaison and OHSAA staff member Dale Gabor. The movement suffered a tough blow when Gabor, former long-time St. Ignatius athletic director, died on Oct. 28, 2021 at age 73.
The OHSAA subsequently informed the OATCCC leadership in October 2021 that the OHSAA would not be accepting the proposal even though, per OHSAA protocol, the survey the OHSAA sent out to its membership (principals, athletic directors) about the proposal the results were above 90 percent approval - just a survey, not a vote.
But the movement isn’t totally dead, however.
OHSAA executive director Doug Ute informed Vanatsky in the summer of 2023 that the OHSAA is “currently having internal discussions and discussions with our board of directors on the next course of action regarding potential tournament division expansion for several sports.” Despite Gabor’s passing, the OHSAA appears to still be listening and is reconsidering Vanatsky’s proposal.
Vanatsky said he has also shared the proposal with several other coaches or administrators in other varsity sports like soccer, basketball and volleyball that heard about it and wanted to plug in their support and concerns regarding competitive balance for their respective sports.
“We are having that discussion but there's no predetermined or preset goals in mind in terms of what we want to see,” said Ute. “We're just starting the process of engaging our member schools and in discussion with our board.”
It’s been a long road for Vanatsky getting the proposal serious consideration. He said he first started tabling the proposal on the side to some members of the OHSAA as early as 2016.
“The OATCCC leadership informed me that if we get the fourth division then we would then look at the Division I issue (largest 10 percent sized schools in Division I) and try to get that changed through a proposal that might include other sports with four divisions that would be interested in that change as well, but that would be in the future,” said Vanatsky. “It's a very slow, moving process. They (the OATCCC) is scared of offending the OHSAA.”
Vanatsky said the effort to fix Division I school enrollment disparity helps the OHSAA accomplish its mission, not just for track and field but for other sports like boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and cross country. The OHSAA mission statement reads: “The OHSAA’s mission is to regulate and administer athletic competition in a fair and equitable manner…”
Track and field is the only sport with 700 member schools in the OHSAA that does not have more than three divisions. Boys and girls track individually have more participants than the five sports that currently have four divisions, respective to their gender. Based on 2015-16 numbers, outside of football boys track led the way in participation with 24,464 athletes, followed by boys basketball (23,609), baseball (22,650), girls track (21,861), volleyball (17,960), girls basketball (16,118) and softball (15,116).
From 2012-15, 80 percent of the ‘top 10’ finishing teams at the Division I state track meet were schools in the top 10 percent largest schools in the state.
“A girls soccer coach (Sidney High’s Kevin Veroneau) from my area (Southwest district) got a copy of my proposal and told me he's going to run with this,” said Vanatsky. “He told me something's got to be done. No one else out there is championing this so he wanted to get this information from me.
“He’s been in the same boat as we have been at Loveland. Sidney is a small Division I high school that’s had some very good teams but can’t compete with the larger Division I schools when it gets deep into the tournaments. He’s pushing hard to get his conference (Miami Valley Conference) behind it.
“They’re (the MVC) definitely looking at it from a Title IX angle because a boys sport (football) was given a fairness principle to expand. The template from football expansion in 2013 is already there. We just need to utilize it. I’ve also spoken with the executive directors for high school basketball (boys and girls) along with volleyball and they all appear on board with the movement.
“I brought it up to our executive board for the OATCCC and they said, ‘Oh well let's just play this thing out. We don't want to go to court or anything.’ You know they're so afraid of it drives me nuts. I've been very frustrated the times. Kids are continually denied these opportunities. We need to do this and make this thing right. I believe the key is to get as many member schools as possible on board behind this as possible.”
Sixteen states with like or smaller populations than Ohio (11.78 million) have five, six or seven divisions in track and field.
Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Idaho have five divisions. New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Mississippi and Kansas each have six divisions. In addition, Texas and New York also have six divisions but are larger than Ohio. Louisiana and Georgia have seven divisions.
“My biggest complaint with track is that there should just be standards,” said Avon High athletic director Erich Frombach. “Set time, distances and heights to be able to qualify for districts. They figured out a way to do it with junior high. Avon, for example, has four discus throwers that can throw 140 or better. You should all be able to qualify all four to districts. Pennsylvania does it. That doesn't help the story, but that sport should start there for change.
“Basketball, baseball, softball and soccer definitely need to add another division. There is too big of a gap from small Division I to large Division I. They are certainly focused on money. Adding divisions, you would think, would make some more money.”
Division expansion allows the OHSAA to correct a miserably low percentage of participation currently competing at the state meet.
For 2013, 45,340 boys and girls participated in track and field statewide. A total of 1,936 athletes competed at the state meet for a 4.27 percent participation rate, ranking Ohio 47th lowest nationally.
Ohio is the seventh most populous state and has the second highest number of track and field participants in the sport (updated by the National Federation of High Schools in Jan. 2019) but 31 states have more athletes participating in their respective state meet than does Ohio.
A concern for many is the number of officials. The number of track and field officials has shrunk 13 percent since the 2010-11 school year.
During the 2010-11 school year, the state had 1,046 track officials statewide. Today there are 909. Numbers fell to its lowest point during COVID-19 when it fell to 848 officials, an almost 19 percent decline versus 2010-11. During the last two years, there has been a 6.8 percent increase or 61 officials.
“To put the need for officials into perspective while we have 909 officials, only around 600 meet the requirements to be tournament-eligible at the district level,” said BJ Duckworth, OHSAA assistant sport administrator and director of officiating development. “We have roughly 50 district track tournament sites, each needing 20 officials minimum. That means we need roughly 1,000 officials to cover the district tournament at minimum staffing, 400 more than are currently eligible.
“On that ratio we would need around 1,300 - 1,400 officials to have 1,000 district-eligible officials. Many of our officials will work in multiple districts bringing down the number from 1,000 to probably 700/800; however, even with people working multiple sites, we still don't have enough. This causes us to have volunteers, parents, and coaches officiating at the district tournament level or have some officiating positions completely unfilled.”
Amherst track coach Rob Glatz likes the expansion idea but is cautious.
“It’s important before we make a decision like that that we look before we leap,” said Glatz. “It’s so hard to find officials right now. I’m an official. I’ve been an official for 20 years and I go to all the officials’ meetings. They are booked solid. Schools are giving officials less pay. They are making them buy shells. The cost of shells are through the roof. I use to buy a box of shells for $30 a box. We just found a deal for $60 a box. A lot of schools don’t even give officials shells.
“It’s a great idea (divisional expansion) because there are some monster Division I schools. I would kind of like to see some of the private schools racing against each other because their net is so huge. My wife’s cousin used to coach for Mason. They have three teams for track. Their A team practices on the track. The B team is allowed to go on the track for some workouts. The C team practices in the parking lot and never gets to see the track for workouts because it’s so huge. Their enrollment is just gigantic.”
Vanasky said that there is a way to counter or offset the shortage in track and field officials for the postseason.
“It would be easier on the officials because we are going to piggyback heats/races at the postseason meets at the district, regional and state levels so it actually saves officials from running around from different meet sites on different dates,” said Vanasky. “It actually helps solve the problem of lack of officials.
“A key for all of this (divisional expansion and realignment) in addition to member school support is that we need a proposal to include changing the bylaw (for realignment protocol) to what’s best, feasible and financially responsible for each individual sport. It can’t be just a fixed number of schools for a particular divisional split. It has to be what is best and financially feasible for each sport.
“I can’t be the only coach that thinks this way. Maybe other coaches are just complaining amongst themselves. I don’t know. Football has been fixed for 10 years. The OHSAA needs to do what’s right, not just take baby steps.”

Paul Heyse from Strongsville, Ohio wrote this article. He has covered Ohio high school and cross country since 1981, first for Sun Newspapers and most recently since 1994 for the Elyria Chronicle Telegram.

Today's 16th enshrinement of the Lorain County Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame has been moved to a different site. ...
04/11/2024

Today's 16th enshrinement of the Lorain County Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame has been moved to a different site. Due to the postponement of the county meet today (Friday) the Hall of Fame induction will be held at the Pine Lakes HOA clubhouse in Strongsville at 5:30 p.m. this evening.
This year’s class of six is a very noteworthy group. Samuel Barnes (Oberlin High, class of 1932); John Elliott (Elyria, 1952); Kermetta Folmar (Admiral King, 1977); the 1985 Oberlin High girls 4x100 consisting of Marnele Jackson, Dawn Ross, Vetta Alston and Crystal Tolbert; Melissa Rittenhouse (Brookside, 1994); and Melody Farris (Lorain, 2012).
Samuel Barnes, Oberlin (1932) – Barnes graduated from Oberlin High in 1932 and Oberlin College in 1936. He was a four-time All-Ohio track and field athlete for Oberlin High and is current long jump school record-holder (23-9) for Oberlin College. In 1972 Barnes became the first African-American chosen to serve on the board of the NCAA.
A World War II veteran, he was commissioned as an ensign in March 1944 and was one of the US Navy’s first 13 black officers who were called members of The Golden Thirteen. He was sent to Williamsburg, Virginia, for training and later commanded a black stevedore battalion on Okinawa and Guam. He earned the rank of lieutenant.
“He pulled life lessons obviously from serving in the US Navy and other places but he always drew it back from what he learned in sport,” said Olga Welch, one of his three children. “Sport began it for him with his brother (James Jr.) at Oberlin who he idolized. He modeled those behaviors he developed at a young age throughout his career. We had some very deep conversations around how one needed to and comport oneself wherever they went.”
Barnes ran against four-time Olympic champion Jesse Owens at the All-Ohio championships, finishing second in the 100 meters to Owens who ran for Ohio State.
“He ran with Jesse Owens but he refused to boast about it,” said Welch. “That just wasn't him. My father loved to interact with people from all walks of life love to interact with my father. He never let on who he was or what he did. He was happy and comfortable doing what he did professionally but he was still the next door neighbor that was always willing to help out someone when they needed it.”
From 1947-71, Barnes served as athletic director and chairman for the department of physical education, line coach of the football team and coach of the boxing and wrestling team for Howard University. He was department head of physical education for District of Columbia Teachers College and its successor, the University of the District of Columbia, from 1971 until his retirement in 1981.
“When I was pursuing my masters degree and pursuing research for a graduate paper and got tired and decided to get up in the library and wander around,” said Welch. “I wandered into the section of the library about African American history. I started running my fingers over the backs of the binders and found the book called blacks in the military. I pulled the book out just started thumbing through it until I came across a picture of 13 men on a bulkhead of a ship dressed as officers and they're all African-American. I look in the front row and I said you know that looks like a younger version of my father and I ran my fingers at the under the picture and I said ‘Oh my God. That is my father.’ I took the book, ran down the steps took it ran to the first pay phone I could find in the library put the call to my father collect back in Washington DC. I said ‘dad, I'm holding a book in my hand and it says the first African-Americans commissioned in the United States Navy. I'm looking at the picture where you one of The Golden 13. Why am I 22 years old and you never told me this? He said, ‘well, a lot of men served in the military during the war.’ That's my dad. He was always so very, very humble.”
Barnes passed away in Jan. 21, 1997 at the age of 81.
John Elliott, Elyria (1952) - For nearly 17 years, John Davis "Brother 37" Elliott, Jr. met monthly at Blue Sky Restaurant on Cleveland Street with about 10-30 of his former Elyria High school classmates from the class of 1952.
They talked and reminisced about many things, the good times and the good old days. The group would also have a yearly summer picnic and Christmas dinner.
Elliott was a well-known jitterbug dancer among his peers. He was also a male cheerleader for football and basketball.
A not-so-well known fact that appeared to slip through the cracks at the monthly meetings was Elliott was a former state track champion for the Pioneers - only the second in school history up to their 1952 graduation year (pole vaulter Charles Decker was the Elyria boys’ first state champ in 1937).
Elliott won the 1952 Division I state track champion for 100 yards at Ohio Stadium. He won the big school dash in 10.0 seconds as he defeated highly-touted Marion Harding senior Paul Geissler for the top spot. Geissler later came back to win state for the 220-yard dash in 21.6.
In capturing the 1952 state meet in 10 flat marked the fifth time Elliott had run the 100 yards in that fast a time. In meters, Elliott’s time would have been 10.9 for 100 meters. His average time in winning 10 consecutive races for 100 yards was 10.22 seconds which converts to 11.12-second clip for 100 meters.
Nicknamed JD, Elliott qualified to the 1952 state meet by winning the Lakewood Division I regional over Cleveland Central High’s Bob Jones with a winning time of 10.5.
“I'm going to say what everyone else has said. I just wish he was here to receive this honor,” said Regina Shockley, Elliott’s daughter. “We're just excited to receive it in his honor. This is beautiful.”
There wasn’t the same type of prep track rankings back in the 1950s as provided today by milesplit.com. But Elliott was the likely favorite at the Big Dance even though the 1952 state tournament was his state debut.
Elliott finished the 1952 season with a perfect record of 10 straight victories, including six dual meets and one triangular meet during the regular season, the Lake Erie League meet and the Lakewood Class A District (the equivalent of Division I regionals).
“He was on a definite hot streak and he took it all the way to the top,” said Shockley. “That was that was so cool. I could just imagine how he felt back then. He loved school. When Elyria built the new high school (in 2013), he loved it.”
Elliott passed away on May 11, 2018 at the age of 84.
Kermetta Folmar, Admiral King (1977) – The 1976 Class AAA (now Division I) 100-yard dash state champion, Folmar was one of the first two girls from Lorain County to win a high school state track and field title.
As a high school junior, Folmar defeated Toledo Rogers’ Jane Guilford and Dayton Stivers-Patterson’s Karen Jett to win the 1976 state title. Folmar and Guilford both clocked 11.0 while Jett went 11.1.
“The biggest thing is my father who had been extremely ill was able to make to the state meet,” said Folmar. “My parents were at every meet. I really have to give kudos to my teammates. I had a phenomenal team every year.”
Folmar lettered three times for varsity track and four times as a gymnast for Admiral King. Injuries from a traffic accident limited her track contributions her sophomore year.
Despite a running with a broken right big toe at state, Folmar came back her senior year to finish second for 100 yards at the 1977 Class AAA state meet. Folmar clocked 11.2 as she was second to Cincinnati Princeton’s Sharon Walker (11.0). She was also third as a member of the 880-yard relay (1:44.7) and fifth in the 220 (25.3).
“Edie Lewandowski was our track coach, but it was training with David Cook and Kenny Smith from our boys team that really made a difference,” said Folmar. “I trained with them most of the time. As an athlete the perseverance and the endurance and the willingness to win was because of Leslie Kitzerow, who was my high school gymnastics coach.”
Folmar ran three years in college for Bowling Green State University. She contributed to establishing the school record for the 800-meter medley relay. This relay took firsts at the Mid-American Conference, Central Michigan Relays, Mid-American Invitationals, Central Michigan Invitationals to name a few. She also continued to win and place in the 100-meter dash.
1985 Oberlin girls 4x100 – It wasn’t an easy journey, but when it mattered most the 1985 Oberlin High girls 4x100 of Marnele Jackson, Dawn Ross, Vetta Alston and Crystale Tolbert was up to task.
The 1985 Oberlin High girls 4x100 won the Class AA (now Division II) state title at Ohio Stadium in a time of 50.00 by beating out Cleveland Orange (50.22), Youngtown Mooney (50.32) and Oak Harbor (50.66). They were the second Lorain County girls team to win this event at state and one of only three county girls team to achieve this relay win in the 4x100 at the state meet level.
It was a fantastic rebound for the Oberlin High girls 4x100. A week earlier, Oberlin finished runner-up to host Oak Harbor (49.7) at the Oak Harbor Regional.
“Our problem at certain times was baton passing,” said Jackson. “We were very close so we were able to talk things out. We knew each other’s character.”
It wasn’t an easy time in Jackson’s life. She moved to Oberlin with her dad prior to the start of the 1984-85 school year after her parents split. Jackson was a member of the 1984 Elyria West Class AA state champion 4x100.
“It was an adjustment phase but I'm grateful and I can tell you it's a blessing to be inducted,” said Jackson. “Coach (Joe) Harris was amazing. He kept pushing me but he was always kind in how he did it.”
Alston ran the 4x100 lead-off leg, followed by Tolbert handling the back straightaway and Ross running the third leg with Jackson bringing home the anchor.
“I never ran track in middle school. I always sang in the choir from third grade on through high school but I never had experience anything like going to state before,” said Alston. “My sophomore year (1985) was the very first time I ran track. At the state meet, our assistant (Herb Willis), told me not to look into the stands prior to the start of the race. He didn’t want me to be nervous. I just remember that I shot out of the blocks.”
Ross initially didn’t think Jackson was first across the finish line.
“When Marnele crossed the finish line at first I couldn’t tell that we had won.,” said Ross. “She usually had a very strong second half. Then I heard Vetta and Crystal yelling, screaming and reacting. Then I knew that we had won.
“Ohio Stadium woke something up in me. I remember thinking I’m not going home without winning. I fought all year long to get here. I was very sick most of the winter. I missed a month of school being out sick, including a week in the hospital. I played volleyball, basketball and was a cheerleader. I think I got sick because of a shared water bottle in volleyball. I missed basketball season and nearly all of indoor track. My weight dropped from 117 pounds to 102. I was just trying to get my muscle back trying to get my stamina back. I was very weak for quite awhile.”
Crystale Tolbert passed away on October 13, 2020 at age 52. Her son, Deltrin Kimbro, and her brother, John Tolbert III, will represent Crystale at the induction.
Melissa Rittenhouse, Brookside (1994) – Rittenhouse’s running career took off starting in college at the University of Dayton (1994-99). She was Atlantic-10 Conference runner-up for the 5,000 meters indoors and an A-10 Conference runner-up for the 10,000 meters outdoors.
Her inspiration for the Olympics Marathon Trials came when Rittenhouse was pursuing her masters degree.
“I was in graduate school attending Georgia State (1999-2001),” said Rittenhouse. “The girls in Atlanta I trained with we went and watched the 2000 Olympic Trials. It inspired me to really challenge myself to compete against the best in the country. It gave me the belief that I could do it, too.”
Not only did Rittenhouse qualify for the Olympic Trials once, not only twice, but did it three times in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Rittenhouse’s best performance at the Olympic Trials was when she was 40th out of 107 in 2:45:55 at the 2004 Trials in St. Louis. Rittenhouse finished 100th out of 124 in 2:50:17 at the 2008 Trials in Boston.
Making her third and final appearance at the US Olympic Trials in 2012 held in Houston, Rittenhouse finished 120th out of 152 runners with a time of 2:49:40
“For my Olympic Trial races I always focused on myself more so than on those around me,” said Rittenhouse. “I knew what was best for me. I wasn't easily influenced by what other people were doing or anything like that. I didn't pay attention to other people or track what other people were doing. I only focused on myself. I knew what was good for me. It seemed to have paid off. I just listened to my body. I knew what my body was able to handle it and I was able to push myself to the best of my abilities.”
Melody Farris, Lorain (2012) – Farris was an integral part of the Lorain High girls’ tremendous run in the early 2010s following the merger of Southview and Admiral King high schools starting with the 2010-11 school year.
Farris was an eight-time Division I All-Ohio and 12-time state qualifier. She was a two-time Division I runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles and the county record-holder for that event (42.23). Farris finished fifth at state twice in the 100-meter hurdles. She also holds school record for the 100-meter hurdles (14.10), just missing the county record (14.09)
Her biggest season came as a senior. Along with her cousin Alicia Arnold, Farris helped the Lorain High girls to a second place finish at the 2012 Division I girls state meet. She was second in the 300 hurdles (42.35) and second as a member of the Titans’ county record 4x100 (46.83). Farris was also fifth in the 100 hurdles (14.72) and eighth as a member of the 4x400 (4:00.88).
The 2012 Lorain High girls finished with 34 points. Only four-time defending champ Reynoldsburg (56) was better. The Titans eclipsed the Lorain boys third place finish in 1915.
“I’m shocked,” said Farris, after the 2012 state meet. “I’m very proud of my team. Lorain High has never done anything like this before.”
In addition, Farris helped the Titans to Amherst District and Amherst Regional titles in 2012. She wrapped up her high school career with a win in the 2012 Midwest Meet of Champions in a county-record time of 42.23 as she helped Team Ohio girls win for the fourth year in a row as it edged Team Michigan, 185-184.33. Farris also teamed with Arnold, Vermilion’s Emily Cunningham and Walnut Ridge’s Asia Range for a second in the 400-meter relay (47.17).
Jack Wilhelm Running Leadership Memorial Award
This service award recognizes county residents - one man, one woman - that have contributed to the sport of road running. The second-year award is the Jack Wilhelm Running Leadership Memorial Award, named in honor of the late long-time coach for Amherst, South Amherst and Lorain County Community College.
LCCC's Jim Powers and Grafton's Julie Gauvreau are this year's recipients.
Powers, age 59, since 1988 has been at Lorain County Community College in various capacities. Currently Powers is an associate professor in the health and wellness sciences division; head men and women’s cross country coach; assistant athletic director; and recreation coordinator.
Powers has been the LCCC cross country coach since 2009 after bringing back the sport since was first mothballed in 1981. His teams have earned 15 NJCAA Division III Regional 12 championships (men and women combined) and has had 13 NJCAA Division III All-Americans. He has been race director of the Penton Memorial 10K Turkey Trot since 1999.
Gauvreau, 62, has been an OHSAA track and cross country official since 2004 and a USATF track and field official since 2010. She is a past president of the Lorain County Track Officials Assn. and was a state cross country meet umpire from 2018-21. She is currently the assistant starter for the Tiffin cross country regional and in the rotation to be state meet starter. For track and field, she was selected to state track in 2023 and serves as the head high jump official. As a USATF official, she has been head high jump official for several Big 10 and Big East meets, as well as part of the high jump crew for the US Indoor Masters Track Championships.

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