After two full days of competition in the OHSAA Eastern District Division 3 Track & Field Championships at St. Clairsville HS, the West Holmes Knights finished 5th in their respective fields with numerous thinclads moving on to the OHSAA D3 SE Regional at Muskingum University on Thursday May 28 and Saturday May 30. The West Holmes Girls finished 5th of 17 teams with 55 points in a field that saw the top 9 teams separated by only 32 points. The Knight Boys earned 5th place of 10 teams in Division B with 73.5 points. Junior Maddax Graham became a two event District Champion with a victory in the Shot Put at 51’5.5” to go along with his championship in the Discus earlier in the week at 159’2”. Also advancing to Regionals in both throwing events was Junior Mallory Marmet who placed third in the Shot Put on Wednesday and finished 4th in the Discus with a toss of 115’0” only inches out of 2nd. Senior Katherine Kaster earned two more trips to Regionals later this week by qualifying 2nd in the 1600 meter run in 5:16.95 and anchored the 4×400 of Breslyn Brown, Iriel Mena and Alizah Sigler to a season best of 4:13.94 to finish 9 tenths out of first in third. Sophomore Iriel finished third in the 800 meters in a Personal Best of 2:21.20 while Junior Breslyn earned a 4th place qualifying spot in a new Personal Best in the two-lap race in 2:24.47. Others advancing on Saturday to the Regionals were the Boys 4×200 relay of Rhett Chaney, Garrett Obrst, Marshall Yoder and Mac Craft with a season best of 1:32.60 to garner 2nd while the squad of Rhett, Garrett, Cody Gallion and Mac finished a close 4th by fractions of a second to advance. Marshall finished 4th in the 300 m hurdles in 42.88 to earn his spot at the Regionals. Other Knights scoring but not advancing were Noah Grassbaugh in the High Jump in 8th, Jimmy Wengerd 5th in the 800 in a new Personal Best of 2:06.88, Parker Garver 7th in the 800, Chet Cooper 6th in the Shot Put in a new Personal Best of 41’9.75”, Mac in the 200 in 8th after a long day of anchoring qualifying relays and Senior Owen Mallasch who ran a Personal Best of 5:03.80 in the 1600 run to score in 5th. Also scoring but missing qualifying by fractions of a second was the Boys 4×400 squad of Parker, Cole Troyer, Garrett and Marshall who finished 5th in a season best of 3:39.33 just behind Morgan HS in 3:39.22. Ninth grader Cole Troyer ended up 7th in the 400 meters in a Personal Best of 55.68. Senior Saige Krownapple did not score in the Discus throw but represented the Knights bravely throughout the 2026 season. All of Saturday’s qualifiers will join those from last Wednesday to advance to Muskingum University in New Concord later this week.