Heights High Runners Headed To Indoor State Championships

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — The Heights High track team qualified for 11 events at the indoor state championships this year.

Heights High will send a total of 12 student athletes to the Ohio Indoor Finale at the Spire Institute on Satuday. That's nearly double the runners the team sent last year. Many of the athletes will compete in multiple events, the district confirmed.

“The fact that we doubled our qualifiers for the state championship really shows the direction of the program,” Coach Scott McNulty said.

For the girls' team, freshman Jordyn Brand will run the 200-meter dash and the 4 x 200 meter relay. The Heights girls are seeded fourth in that race. Brand will also run in the 4 x 400 meter relay, where the girls are seeded sixth.

Senior Jojo Morman will run the 60-meter hurdles. She is seeded fourth for that race. She will also participate in both relay races.

Junior McKenzie McNitt will run the 400-meter race, where she's seeded eighth, and will run in both relays.

Senior Lilly Banks will anchor the 4 x 200 relay, while senior Asia Fair will anchor the 4 x 400 relay.

The boys' team will also be sending both individual runners and relay teams to the meet.

Senior Jeremiah Dillard will compete in the 200-meter race.

Junior Kenoshae Boyd Bey will compete in the 400-meter race.

If any runner scratches from the 1600-meter race, junior Braedan Gallagher will step in and compete.

The boys have three relay teams competing, with a total of seven runners. Heights High is ranked third in the 4 x 200, with Dillard, junior Elijah Fowlks, sophomore Sulé Linda and Boyd Bey running.

Linda, junior Marius Coleman, senior Jamal Russ and Boyd Bey will compete in the 4 x 400. That squad is ranked fourth in the state.

Finally, Gallagher, Coleman, Linda and Russ will run the 4 x 800 relay. That team is seeded 16th in the state.

Here's a full list of participating athletes:

Girls:

• 60m hurdles - Jojo Mormon
• 200m - Jordyn Brand
• 400m - McKenzie McNitt
• 4x200m relay - Jojo Mormon, Jordyn Brand, McKenzie McNitt, Lilly Banks
• 4x400m relay - Jojo Mormon, McKenzie McNitt, Jordyn Brand, Asia Fair

Boys:

• 200m - Jeremiah Dillard
• 400m - Keonshae Boyd Bey
• 4x200m relay - Jeremiah Dillard, Elijah Fowlks, Sule Lunda, Keonshae Boyd Bey
• 4x400m relay - Sule Lunda, Marius Coleman, Jamal Russ, Keonshae Boyd Bey
• 4x800m relay - Braedan Gallagher, Marius Coleman, Sulé Lunda, Jamal Russ

The team will open up their spring season by hosting the Weingart Relays on Saturday, April 10.