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Laracuente-Huebner is first Bearcat to win Big 12 track and field title
Highland graduate Juliette Laracuente-Huebner, who was a multi-time state champion in high school, continues to add to her trophy and medal collection as a member of the women's track and field team at the University of Cincinnati. Laracuente-Huebner won the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in the pentathlon while competing earlier this season in Lubbock, Texas. She scored a 4,182, which was one point from advancing to the NCAA Division I national championships, according to her high school coach Chip Wendt. Advertisement College Notebook: Pair of Presidents earn All-American honors in track and field College Notebook: Juliette Laracuente-Huebner makes All-America for Cincinnati At the Big 12 Championships, she was second in the long jump at 19 feet, 4 inches, third in the high jump at 5-7 3/4 and third in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.56 seconds. She took fifth in the 800 in 2:16.47 and eighth in the shot put at 36-10 1/2. She is the first Bearcat to win an individual Big 12 title, and it was the second-best score ever posted in the pentathlon by a UC athlete. Here are results from other Marion-area college athletes as they competed in indoor track and field this winter: Highland grad Juliette Laracuente-Huebner is an athlete on the University of Cincinnati's women's track team, where she competes in the pentathlon among other events. Mount Gilead's Allison Johnson is a junior on the women's track team at Penn State. She ran the 1000 meters in 2:43.05 to take second at the Nittany Lion Challenge, and she was fifth in the 800 in 2:05.36 at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships. Ohio Wesleyan's Hazel Jolliff is another pentathlete. The junior from Cardington finished 10th at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships with a score of 2,221 where she was third in the shot put at 32-1 1/2, eighth in the high jump at 4-5 1/2, 10th in the 60 hurdles at 10.74, 14th in the long jump at 13-6 and 15th in the 800 at 3:04.84. In the same competition, River Valley's Lainee Valentine , who is a senior at Wittenberg, posted an eighth-place finish in the pentathlon with a 2,590. She was third in the long jump at 16-0 1/2, sixth in the shot put at 28-8 1/2, seventh in the 60 hurdles at 9.82, eighth in the high jump at 4-5 1/2 and 13th in the 800 at 2:56.7. OWU sophomore Alexis Eusey of Highland was seventh in the NCAC's women's shot put at 36-7, which is a personal record. Another Highland grad, Mason Duncan , a junior at Wittenberg, was fifth in the men's distance medley relay at the NCAC meet, helping his team to a 10:32.83. River Valley's Emma Hawk is a junior at Wittenberg, and she produced a PR in the 3000 meters at the NCACs with a 10:34.75 for seventh. She was also eighth in the 5000 at 18:19.29. Aaron Gannon , a freshman from Mount Gilead, competes for Mount Vernon Nazarene, and he was 16th in the 800 in 2:04.43 at the Crossroads League Indoor Track and Field Championships. Northmor's Julia Kanagy ran the 5K in 19:34.62 for 15th at the Crossroads. She is a senior on the MVNU women's team. Another MVNU runner, sophomore Lauren Garber of Highland posted a PR of 3:25.31 for 16th in the 1000 at the Crossroads. Competing for Walsh as a freshman on the men's track team, Mount Gilead's Quade Harris ran second in the 500 at 1:10.9 and fourth in the 200 at 23.68 during an indoor meet at Muskingum. At the Great-Midwest Athletic Conference's indoor meet, he was part of the sixth-place 4x400 relay that ran 3:20.15. He also posted a 51.04 in the prelims at the G-MAC. Kelsey Kennon , a grad student at Findlay, finished third at the Ashland Jud Logan Light Giver with a 43-7 in the shot put. The Mount Gilead grad had a PR of 57-2 1/4 in the weight throw during a home meet and claimed second. At the G-MAC, she was seventh in the shot put at 43-4 1/4 and 10th in the weight throw at 53-6 1/2. River Valley grad Grant Butler , a sophomore at Ohio Northern, was eighth in the long jump with a 21-4 3/4 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. He was also 17th in the high jump at 5-9 3/4. Connor Robins , another RV product who competes at Ohio Northern, was seventh at the OACs in the shot put at 48-0 and ninth in the weight throw at 53-10 1/4. The junior set a PR in the shot put with a 48-9 1/2 for eighth place at Grand Valley State. He also set a PR by finishing third in the weight throw at 53-10 1/4 during a home meet. Highland's Landon Remmert is another ONU competitor. The senior was eighth at the OACs in the 60 hurdles with a 9.44. His indoor PR was set during the OAC prelims when he ran 8.89. Advertisement This is the second of four winter sports college notebooks for Marion-area athletes. Anyone with information on a local college athlete and send material to the Marion Star's Rob McCurdy at rmccurdy@ 419-610-0998, X @McMotorsport and Instagram @rob_mccurdy_star. This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Cincinnati's Laracuente-Huebner wins first Big 12 title
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20-05-2025
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College Notebook: Elgin grad Tiffany Hix earns NCAC top scholar-athlete honor
Elgin graduate Tiffany Hix is leaving her mark on the field and in the classroom at Wittenberg University. The junior track and field standout was recently given the North Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award for 2024-25, an honor given to one male and one female athlete at every NCAC school. Advertisement "Tiffany is a great example of what a student-athlete represents," Wittenberg track coach Paris Hilliard said in a release. "She has done a great job of balancing all aspects of college. I am extremely proud of her and her accomplishments." Hix is an exercise science major who holds a 3.91 grade point average. Over the winter, she finished second in the women's pole vault at the NCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, going 10 feet, 10 3/4 inches. During a home meet in December, she went 10-11 3/4. She has missed the spring outdoor season following a knee injury. "I am very honored and humbled to receive this award that recognizes both my work in the classroom and in the Wittenberg track and field program," Hix said in a release. "This award wouldn't be possible without the incredible support I received from all my coaches and all my professors." Here are some other Marion-area college athletes who competed in sports over the winter: Marion Harding grad Jayden Combs , a former Division I state champion bowler for the Presidents, continues to bowl at college powerhouse Indiana Tech. He appeared in 14 games in five events, averaging a 191.29. He posted one top 25 finish in a tournament, averaging a 204.8 at the RotoGrip Keystone Quaker Classic. Combs made all-academic in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference and was a Daktronics scholar-athlete. Highland's Paige Hicks helped Mount Vernon Nazarene's women's bowling team to a sixth place in the Crossroads League Tournament. She was 20th individually with a 147.33 average. Competing for the men's team at MVNU were Christian Phillips of Mount Gilead, Bryce Rinehart of Cardington and Benjamin Brubaker of Marengo. Grace McCrery of Marion Harding was a junior on the women's swim team at Ripon. She made the 400-yard individual medley finals at the Midwest Conference Championships, ending 16th in 5:09.24. At the Wisconsin Private Championships, she was 14th in the 400 IM in 5:22.11, 17th in the 100 backstroke in 1:12.04, 12th in the 200 back in 2:28.98 and 12th with the 400 freestyle relay in 4:11.96. Advertisement Laracuente-Huebner is first Bearcat to win Big 12 track and field title | College notebook College Notebook: Pair of Presidents earn All-American honors in track and field Carter Chase , a redshirt sophomore from Pleasant, was a member of the Ohio State men's wrestling team, competing at 165 pounds. He was Academic All-Big Ten and went 1-2 this season before a knee injury ended his year. He is 13-9 for his career. Younger brother Daxton Chase was a freshman wrestler at Ohio State. He wrestled at 149 pounds and went 2-3 at the Cleveland State Open and 2-2 at the Edinboro Open. He was 5-6 with one major decision in his first season. Former Pleasant wrestler Anwar Alli, who transferred to Wyoming Seminary in high school, completed his freshman year at Virginia. He went 3-6 at 165 pounds. Also at Virginia, River Valley's Hadyn Danals ended his senior year. He was 4-10 at 184 pounds for the Cavaliers and went 19-17 for his career. Samson St. Germain of Marion Harding, a sophomore at Ferrum College, wrestled at 125 pounds, going 5-18 with a pair of pins, a technical fall and one major decision. Ashland University wrestler Caleb Wetzel of Highland ended his sophomore year by finishing sixth at 141 pounds at the Great-Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament, helping the Eagles to a fourth G-MAC team title in the last five years. River Valley's Gabe Thacker was a sophomore wrestler at Otterbein, competing from 125 to 141 pounds. He went 11-12 and 4-1 in the OAC with four pins and two tech falls. He was fourth at 133 pounds at the Adrian Futures and eighth at 133 at Baldwin Wallace's John Summa Invitation. Austin Amens, a graduate student from Northmor, was also on the Otterbein wrestling roster at 157 pounds. Elgin graduate Tiffany Hix was given the NCAC Scholar-Athlete Award during her junior indoor track and field season this winter. Ariyah Douglas , a senior from Marion Harding, played women's basketball at Findlay. The 5-foot-8 guard appeared in six games before a season-ending injury. She had six points with three assists in 16 minutes against Saginaw Valley. Pleasant's Kyla Columber , a 5-5 guard on the women's basketball team at Bluffton, appeared in 17 games, averaging 2.1 points per game. She had seven points in 18 minutes at Anderson. A 5-8 junior guard at Kentucky Christian, Cardington grad Beth Hardwick played in 22 games, averaging 3.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and shooting 39 percent from the field and 36 percent on 3-pointers. She had high games of 12 points against Union Commonwealth and seven rebounds against Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg. Pleasant grad Trey Booker was a freshman guard on the men's basketball roster at Marietta. Anyone with information on a Marion-area college athlete are encouraged to send it to the Marion Star's Rob McCurdy at rmccurdy@ 419-610-0998, X @McMotorsport and Instagram @rob_mccurdy_star. This article originally appeared on Marion Star: College Notebook: Elgin's Tiffany Hix earns high honors at Wittenberg
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20-05-2025
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Who had the best week? Vote in the latest Marion Star athlete of the week polls
The postseason is upon us. Baseball holds its opening rounds starting the week of May 19, while softball teams will be going for district championships this week. In track and field, district meets will be held in Hilliard, at River Valley and in Granville this week. The boys tennis tournament is over for all Marion-area boys. Advertisement To celebrate the athletes who had big weeks last week, fans are encouraged to vote as often as allowed in the latest Marion Star Best of the Week Performer Polls, which will be open through early Sunday morning. Here are the latest nominees: MOAC track: Pleasant's Sean Murphy wrestles away a championship from the competition at the MOAC meet Latest college notes: College Notebook: Elgin grad Tiffany Hix earns NCAC top scholar-athlete honor Marion Star Boys Best of the Week Performer Poll North Union's Griffin Osborne won the 100 and 200 meters and was third in the 4x100-meter relay to earn Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division Performer of the Year in track and field. Northmor track's Cowin Becker won the 100, 200 and 400 meters plus the long jump at the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference Championships. Ridgedale track's Brogan Weston won the 1600 and 3200 meters at the Northwest Central Conference Championships. Highland baseball's Kort Sears pitched a no-hitter with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts, plus hit a double in a Mid Ohio Athletic Conference-clinching win over Ontario. Pleasant baseball's Owen Lowry hit a home run in a win over Cardington. Cardington baseball's Josh Goers threw a 3-hitter with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts in a win over Northmor. Marion Star Girls Best of the Week Performer Poll North Union's Gabby Lindsey set a meet record in the long jump, won the 400 meters, was second in the 200 meters and 4x200-meter relay and earned Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division Performer of the Year in track and field. Ridgedale track's Maddie McKenzie won the 100-meter hurdles and was third in the 300 hurdles at the Northwest Central Conference Championships. Elgin track's Kadence Gear won the high jump and was second in the 400 at the Northwest Central Conference Championships. River Valley softball's Samantha Woods put up two doubles and a single for five RBIs, including the game-winning hit over Clear Fork to clinch a piece of the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference championship. Marion Harding softball's Raina Smith went 4-for-5 including the game-winning hit in the bottom of the eighth inning over Hamilton Township in a Division III tournament game. Highland softball's Saylor Squires hit a double and 2 singles, plus pitched a 6-hitter with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks in a Division IV tournament win over Buckeye Valley. Last week's winners In last week's boys poll, Pleasant baseball's Avery Hamper, who posted a game-winning single to beat Marion Harding, earned 1,082 of 2,312 votes (47 percent) to win the poll. Other nominees were North Union baseball's Ashtin Haubiel, Highland baseball's Jayden Collins, Ridgedale track's Breyton Richmond, Elgin baseball's Jeremy Skaggs, Mount Gilead track's Owen Hershner and Northmor track's Levi Hunter. Advertisement In last week's girls poll, North Union softball's Leah Cox, who had a double, two singles and three RBIs against Bellefontaine, earned 444 of 1,356 votes (33 percent) to win the poll. Other nominees were River Valley softball's Kylie Eastep, Pleasant track's Taydon Obenour, Highland softball's Lydia Shaffer, Ridgedale softball's Kenzie Delaney and Mount Gilead track's Danielle Pohlkotte. Marion Star athlete of the week polls rmccurdy@ 419-610-0998 X @McMotorsport Instagram @rob_mccurdy_star This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Vote: Marion Star Best of the Week Performer Polls for boys and girls
