Youngstown State track and field head coach Brian Gorby announced on Wednesday that a group of 19 high school seniors have signed National Letters of Intent to join the YSU men's and women's track and field program.
The signing class features 13 student-athletes from Ohio, two from Pennsylvania, one from Virginia, Massachusetts, New York and England.
Jack Aulbach (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania/Blackhawk HS)
- Finished 18th in the 5000m run at the PIAA State Championships
- Personal-best times: 1600m 4:24.64, 3200m 9:45.96, 5000m 16:28.85
Hunter Christopher (Salem, Ohio/Salem HS)
- Finished 8th in the 5000m run at the OHSAA Ohio State Cross Country Championships with a personal-best time of 15:59.50
- Placed 3rd in the 3200m run at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships with a personal-best time of 9:34.16
- Finished as the runner-up in the 3200m at the 2019 OATCCC D2/3 Indoor State Championships with a personal-best time of 9:29.88
- No. 46 2020 senior 5000m runner in Ohio
Mitchael Cook (Floyd, Virginia/Floyd County HS)
- Won the title in shot put at the 2019 VHSL 2A State Indoor Championships and 2018 VHSL Group 1A/2A Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Personal best throws: shot put: 16.45m outdoor, 15.88m indoor
- No. 2 2020 senior shot put thrower in Virginia
Tobias Hayes (Youngstown, Ohio/Youngstown East HS)
- Finished 7th in the 200m at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Placed 10th in the 200m at the 2019 OATCCC D2/3 Indoor State Championships
- Competed in the 60m/110m hurdles at the Indoor/Outdor state championships
- Personal-best times: 60m 7.06 seconds, 200m 21.66 seconds, 60m hurdles 8.25 seconds, 110m hurldes 14.56 seconds
- No. 11 2020 senior 60m dash runner in Ohio
Riley Jackson (Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln HS)
- Finished 21st in the 5000m run at the OHSAA Ohio State Cross Country Championships
- Personal-best times: 1600m 4:26.92, 3200m 9:24.26
- No. 6 2020 senior 3200m in Ohio
- No. 22 2020 senior 5000m runner in Ohio
Rachel Jeffries (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop McNicholas)
- Finished 11th in the high jump at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best high jump mark of 1.65m
- No. 4 2020 senior high jumper in Ohio
Ryan Meadows (Dresden, Ohio/Tri-Valley HS)
- Finished 35th at the OHSAA Ohio State Cross Country Championships
- Captured the District Cross Country Title in Cambridge
- Personal-best times: 1600m 4:27.63, 3200m 9:15.86, 5000m 15:53.48
- No. 1 senior 3200m indoor runner in Ohio
Cole Sotak (Elmore, Ohio/Woodmore HS)
- Finished 5th in the pole vault at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best pole vault height of 4.41m
- Personal-best times: 100m 12.20 seconds, 200m 25.70 seconds, 400m 1:07.40
- No. 9 senior outdoor pole vaulter in Ohio
Riley Wright (Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster HS)
- Finished 2nd in the high jump, 3rd in the long jump and 8th in the 110m hurdles at the Ohio Capital Conference Championships - Ohio Division
- Personal-best times: 60m hurdles 9.37 seconds, 110m hurdles 16.04 seconds, 800m 2:04.57
- Personal-best jumps: high jump 1.98m, long jump 6.62m
- No. 4 senior outdoor high jumper in Ohio
Noah Weese (Sharon, Pennsylvania/Sharon HS)
- Finished as the runner-up in the javelin at the 2019 PIAA T&F State Championships with a personal-best throw of 57.12m
- Has personal-best throws of 35.22m in the discus and 12.36m in the shot put
- No. 8 senior javelin thrower in Pennsylvania
Emily Bee (Devon, England/City of Plymouth)
- Scored a personal-best 4979 points in the heptathlon which ranks sixth for U20 in England
- Personal-best times: 200m 25.70 seconds, 100m hurdles 14.30 seconds
- Personal-best field events: high jump 1.68m, long jump 5.59m, javelin 36.34m
Maria Dellimuti (Warren, Ohio/Howland HS)
- Competed in the 5000m at the 2017 & 2019 OHSAA Ohio State Cross Country Championships
- Personal-best times: 1600m 5:39.62, 3200m 11:45.67 5000m 19:10.20
Teddi Kinsey (East Liverpool, Ohio/Beaver Local HS)
- Competed in the 100m hurdles at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best times: 100m 14.77 seconds, 100m hurdles 15.60 seconds, 200m 26.74 seconds
- Personal-best field events: high jump 1.44m, javelin 19.64m, long jump 4.90m, shot put 7.11m
- Personal-best heptathlon score of 3697 points
Madison Murry (Columbus, Ohio/Franklin Heights HS)
- Finished 14th in the 200m dash at the OHSAA State Track & Field Chamionships
- Placed 17th in the 100m dash at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best times (indoor): 60m 7.96 seconds, 200m 26.25 seconds, 60m hurdles 9.62 seconds
- Personal-best times (outdoor): 100m 12.04 seconds, 200m 25.44 seconds, 100m hurdles 15.08 seconds
- No. 4 senior 100m dash sprinter in Ohio
Lauren Sheehan (Sheffield, Ohio/Brookside HS)
- Finished seventh in the shot put at the OATCCC D2/3 Indoor State Championships with a personal-best throw of 11.33m
- Personal-best throws: shot put (outdoor): 11.81m, discus 35.71m
- No. 12 senior indoor shot putter in Ohio
Stephanie Simon (Chelsea, Massachusetts/Chelsea HS)
- First place finish in the triple jump at the MIAA All-State Outdoor Championships
- Finished 4th in the long jump at the MIAA All-State Outdoor Championships
- Captured the long jump title at the 2019 New Balance Nationals Indoor
- Personal-best jumps: high jump 1.65m (5' 5"), long jump 5.86m (19' 3"), triple jump 11.91m (39' 1")
- Personal-best times: 100m 12.60 seconds, 200m 25.62 seconds
- No. 2 senior triple jumper in Massachusetts
- No. 3 senior long jumper in Massachusetts
- No. 27 senior long jumper in the US
- No. 35 senior triple jumper in the US
Madison Skelly (Austintown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch HS)
- Finished 8th in the pole vault at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Cleared the bar at personal-best height of 3.50m
- No. 12 senior pole vaulter in Ohio
Emily Wolf (Oak Harbor, Ohio/Oak Harbor HS)
- Finished 9th in the discus at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Placed 17th in the shot put at the OHSAA State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best throws: discus 38.68m, shot put 12.35m, hammer throw 31.69m
- No. 19 senior discus thrower in Ohio
Nia Williams-Matthews (Rochester, New York/Aquinas Institute
- Finished as the runner-up in the long jump and triple jump at the 2019 New York State Track & Field Championships
- Personal-best jumps: long jump 5.71m, triple jump 12.25m
- No. 3 senior long jumper and triple jumper in New York
- No. 8 senior triple jumper in the US (indoor)
- No. 31 senior triple jumper in the US (outdoor)
