Boys Track Archives/Records

Boys Season Summaries
Year	GMC Standing	District Place	Regional Place	State Place	Coach
1998	10	u/a	—	—	Craig Myers
1999	10	T12 of 15	u/a	—	Craig Myers
2000	7	6 of 16	T26 of 32	u/a	Craig Myers
2001	7	9 of 17	T19 of 40	T71 of u/a	Craig Myers
2002	8	5 of 18	31 of 37	—	Craig Myers
2003	T8	5 of 18	35 of 35	—	Craig Myers
2004	6	7 of 17	10 of 50	27 of 118	Craig Myers
2005	5	6 of 17	28 of 42	T53 of 115	Craig Myers
2006	4	3 of 16	T17 of 50	T71 of 118	Craig Myers
2007	2	3 of 17	T8 of 40+	T38 of 109	Craig Myers
2008	3	2 of 17	10 of 39+	T26 of 116	Craig Myers
2009	5	4 of 17	15 of 48	T62 of 112	Craig Myers
2010	6	7 of 16	13 of 38+	T69 of 105	Craig Myers
2011	6	4 of 18	T15 of 52	T61 of 121	Craig Myers
2012	8	5 of 15	T16 of 48	T63 of 114	Craig Myers
2013	7	10 of 15	29 of 41	—	Larry Cox
2014	3	4 of 16	13 of 55	T72 of 112	Larry Cox
2015	4	3 of 15	T12 of 49	T77 of 113	Larry Cox
2016	4	4 of 15	T29 of 49	—	Larry Cox
2017	3	2of 15	14 of 37+	58 of 113	Larry Cox
2018	3	3 of 16	T15 of 38+	T70 of 116	Larry Cox
2019	2	2 of 16	T6 of 37	T48th of 121	Brenton Eisenhard
2020	Season Cancelled				Brenton Eisenhard
2021	4	2 of 16	25 of 44+	T16th of 130	Brenton Eisenhard
2022	3	1 of 16	12 of 44	T80 of u/a	Brenton Eisenhard
2023	–	–	–	–	Brenton Eisenhard

u/a= unavailable,
— = no team members advanced to that level

Head Coaches:
Craig Myers, 1998-2012 (15 seasons)
Larry Cox, 2013-2018 (6 seasons)
Brenton Eisenhard, 2019-

Boys Track and Field Records
Event	Athlete	Time/ Dist.	Year	Meet/Place
100m Dash	Ben Minnich	10.77*	2022	GMC Championship/ 3rd
110 Hurdles (39″)	Dante Jones	14.59*	2015	State/ 10th
200m Dash	Mykel Chambers	21.78*	2014	Regional/ 2nd
300m Hurdles (36″)	Andrew Whitaker	38.33*	2017	State/ 6th
400m Run	Bakari Bussey	48.66*	2008	Viking Invitational, Princeton/ 2nd
400m Relay	Rashod McClendon Bakari Bussey D.J. Brown Dwight Phillips	42.32*	2008	State/ 5th
800m Run	Heath Gibson	1:54.46	2007	State/ 5th
800m Relay	Rashod McClendon Bakari Bussey D.J. Brown Dwight Phillips	1:26.87*	2008	Regional/ Prelim.
1600m Run	Taylor Candella	4:16.77	2005	State/ 6th
1600m Relay	Brandon Neal Brandon Candella D.J. Brown Bakari Bussey	3:21.16	2008	District/ 3rd
3200m Run	Cole Cronk	9:10.92	2021	Eastern Relays (Louisville)/ 6th
3200m Relay	Cole Cronk Zach Beneteau Sergio Negroe Zach Plotkin	7:47.48*	2021	State/ 1st
Shot (12 pounds)	Jon Rock	52′ 7.5″	2000	Regional/ 4th
Discus (1.6 kg, 3 pounds,9 oz.)	Steven Faucheaux	155′ 11.5″	2018	Colerain Invitational/ 2nd
Long Jump	Dante Jones	22′ 4.25″	2015	Regional/ 5th
High Jump	David Griffin	6′ 8″	2004	GMC Championship/ 1st
Pole Vault	Benjamin Dangel	14′ 6″	2018	District/ 1st
updated through 6/11/2022 * Also the Lakota School District record OHSAA Meet Progression– District to Regional to State

Boys GMC Individual Champions
Year	Athlete	Event
2000	Jon Rock	Shot Put
2004	David Griffin Adam Pumphrey	High Jump 110 Hurdles
2005	Taylor Candella	3200 Run
2006	Josh Chichester Brett Davis Jordan Parayill Chris Martin Heath Gibson	High Jump 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay
2007	Matt Cerone Matt Cerone Quintan Johnson Brandon Candella Brett Davis Jordan Parayil Heath Gibson	Field Athlete of the Meet Discus 110 Hurdles 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay
2008	Bakari Bussey Brandon Candella	400 Run 800 Run
2009	Brandon Candella	800 Run
2010	Ty Brewer Jordan Griffin	800 Run High Jump
2011	Nathan Haynes	800 Run
2012	Nathan Haynes	800 Run
2014	Mykel Chambers Zelwyn Robinson Danny Otakasonga Jawan Holmes Mykel Chambers	200 Dash 400 Relay 400 Relay 400 Relay 400 Relay
2015	Dante Jones	Long Jump
2017	Andrew Whitaker Andrew Whitaker	110 Hurdles 300 Hurdles
2018	Steven Faucheaux Steven Faucheaux Ben Dangel Cedric Thomas	Field Athlete of the Meet Discus Pole Vault Long Jump
2021	Cole Cronk *	3200 Run
2022	Jonah Dangel	Pole vault
updated through 6/1/2022 * also set a new GMC record

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Boys OHSAA Meets (District winners, and/or State Qualifiers)
Year	Athlete	Event	District	Regional	State
1998	Tim Hufford (first district placer)	800 run	3rd

2000	John Rock	shot put	1st	4th	12th
2001	Kyle Jepson Sam Dickey	800 run 200 dash	1st 1st	2nd 8th	15th
2002	Adam Blanford Keith Hamilton David Griffin Mike Lovell	400 relay ” ” “	1st ” ” ”	– – – –
2003	David Griffin	high jump	1st	5th
2004	David Griffin Adam Pumphrey Michael Erwin Taylor Candella Jordan Criswell Max Wagner Michael Erwin	high jump 110 hurdles 800 run 3200 relay ” ” “	1st 1st 1st 1st ” ” “	4th 6th 1st 3rd – – –	3rd 6th
2005	Taylor Candella	1600 run	1st	3rd	6th
2006	Josh Chichester Roscoe Jeffries Bakari Bussey Khalid Shudooh Josh Chichester	high jump 1600 relay ” ” “	1st 1st ” ” “	4th unknown ” ” “	T11th
2007	Dwight Phillips Heath Gibson Brandon Candella Bret Davis Jordan Parayil Heath Gibson Ra. McClendon Devon Favors Marc Brogden Dwight Phillip	100 dash 800 run 3200 relay ” ” ” 400 relay ” ” “	1st 1st 1st “ “ ” 1st ” ” “	4th 2nd 4th ” ” ” 4th ” ” “	13th 5th 6th ” ” ” 13th ” ” “
2008	Brandon Candella Jordan Pariyil Jordan Pariyil Josh Clarke Aaron Gehrig Brandon Candella	800 run 1600 run 800 relay “ ” “	1st 1st 1st ” ” “	7th ? 7th ” ” “
2009	Brandon Candella Ty Brewer Josh Clarke Brandon Candella Aaron Gehring	800 run 3200 relay ” ” “	1st 1st ” ” “	3rd 1st ” ” ”	11th 7th ” ” “
2010	Aaron Gehring Nathan Haynes Will Clevidence Aaron Gehring Ty Brewer	1600 run 3200 relay ” ” “	1st 3rd “ “ “	6th 4th ” ” “	9th ” ” “
2011	Nathan Haynes	800 run	3rd	3rd	6th
2012	Will Wilson Nathan Haynes Will Clevidence Will Clevidence Nathan Haynes Reid Becker Brady Holmer	high jump 800 run 800 run 3200 relay ” ” “	2nd 2nd 1st 1st ” ” ”	T3rd 4th withdrew 6th ” ” “	14th 16th

2014	Mykel Chambers Mykel Chambers Marcus Aull Zelwin Robinson Danny Otakasowga Jawan Holmes Mykel Chambers	200 dash 100 dash high jump 400 relay ” ” “	2nd 3rd 1st 2nd ” ” “	2nd 3rd – 4th ” ” “	11th 12th 12th ” ” “
2015	Dante Jones Mykel Chamber	110 hurdles 100 dash	1st 2nd	2nd 2nd	10th 10th

2017	Andrew Whitaker Brandon Gillis Andrew Whitaker	110 hurdles 300 hurdles 300 hurdles	1st 1st 2nd	4th 5th 1st	13th 6th
2018	Ben Dangel Alex Kelker Julian Wagner Jason Watkins Riley Meek Cedric Thomas Julian Wagner Jalen Swanson J.J. Ross Jason Watkins	pole vault 800 run 400 relay ” ” ” 800 relay ” ” “	1st 1st 1st ” ” ” 1st ” ” “	5th 14th 4th ” ” ” 4th ” ” “	17th ” ” ” 13th ” ” “
2019	Julian Wagner Julian Wagner Malcolm Wrencher Zach Benneteau Riley Meek J.J. Ross Malcomb Wrencher Julian Wagner	200 dash 100 dash Long Jump 3200 run 400 relay ” ” “	1st 2nd 4th 1st 1st ” ” “	2nd 2nd 2nd 9th 1st “ “ “	15th 11th 7th7th ” ” “
2021	Cole Cronk Zach Benneteau Cole Cronk Sergio Neagro Kaleb Martin	3200 run 3200 relay ” ” “	1st 1st ” ” “	6th 3rd ” ” “	14th 1st ” ” “
2022	Kavelle Favors Issac Elliot Kemen Norman Ben Zimerer Connor Davis Niko Krause Ryan Johnson Collin Shanks	1600 relay ” “” 3200 relay ” ” “	1st ” ” ” 1st ” ” “	3rd ” ” ” 10th “ “ “	15th

Boys All-State Honors
Year	Name	Event	Finish
2004	David Griffin	High Jump	3rd
2004	Micheal Erwin	800 Run	6th
2005	Taylor Candella	1600 Run	6th
2007	Heath Gibson	800 Run	5th
2007	Brandon Candella Brett Davis Jordan Parayil Heath Gibson	3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay	6th ” ” “
2008	Rashod McClendon DJ Brown Bakari Bussey Dwight Phillips	400 Relay, 800 Relay 400 Relay, 800 Relay 400 Relay, 800 Relay 400 Relay, 800 Relay	5th, 4th ” ” “
2009	Ty Brewer Josh Clarke Brandon Candella Aaron Gehring	3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay	7th ” ” “
2011	Nathan Haynes	800 Run	6th
2017	Andrew Whitaker	300m Hurdles	6th
2021	Coleman Cronk Zach Beneteau Sergio Negroe Zach Plotkin	3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay 3200 Relay	1st
The top 8 finishers in each event at the state meet are designated as All State honorees.