Westerville North's Gabe Wise is Dispatch regular-season boys track athlete of the year
Several central Ohio boys track and field athletes have turned in standout performances this season.
Twenty-one area athletes were featured in a poll to determine the central Ohio high school boys track and field regular-season athlete of the year.
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The votes have been tabulated, and the winner is Westerville North's Gabe Wise.
The senior helped propel North to the OCC-Capital title, winning the 800 meters (1 minute, 56.61 seconds) and running on the first-place 3,200 relay (7:50.9). Wise also was part of the second-place 1,600 relay (3:28.77).
The Warriors edged runner-up Big Walnut 124.5-124.
Westerville North's Gabe Wise was voted Dispatch regular-season boys track and field athlete of the year.
'Gabe has been our most consistent runner,' coach Johnny Jackson said. 'His effort in practice and meets show his commitment and dedication to the team. He is the anchor literally and figuratively for both of our top relays (the 3,200 and 1,600).'
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Wise finished with 35.61% of the vote, ahead of Olentangy Berlin's Miles King (23.84%).
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They were followed by Hilliard Bradley's A.J. Barkhimer (11.48%), Watkins Memorial's John Apel (5.56%), Fairfield Union's Chayse Lipscomb (4.52%), Delaware Hayes' Chaz Sakala (4.22%), Granville's Bode Shoaps (3.29%), Highland's Jett Black (2.53%), Canal Winchester's Grant Hamilton (2.43%), Upper Arlington's Gabriel John Hamilton (1.15%), Olentangy Orange's Matthew Schroff (1.14%), Mount Vernon's Brady Wiles (1.11%), Westerville Central's Elijah Harris (1.04%), London's Cameron Carn (0.58%) Beechcroft's Tyrell Russell (0.36%), Olentangy's C.J. Sanna (0.3%), Dublin Jerome's Charles Guerrera (0.29%), Westerville South's A.J. Smith Jr. (0.25%), Africentric's Jayden Smith (0.12%), Big Walnut's Ashlan Jenkins (0.11%) and Tree of Life's Gabe Oppong (0.07%).
All of these athletes are candidates to make our All-Metro boys track and field team, which will be revealed as part of the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards. The live show is June 18 at Upper Arlington.
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High school sports reporter Frank DiRenna can be reached at fdirenna@dispatch.com and at @DispatchFrank on X.
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