Salem, OH — Coach Falasca and the West Branch girls track and field team made the short trip to Salem to compete in the OHSAA Division 2 district meet at Sebo Stadium. After Day 1 of competition, the Lady Warriors have scored 8 points and currently sit in eighth place. While some athletes' seasons concluded today, several West Branch girls qualified to continue competing in Saturday's district finals with solid performances.

Today's competition featured mostly preliminary rounds, with several West Branch girls advancing to Saturday's finals in their respective events. Here are the athletes who qualified:

100 Meter Hurdles

• Alli Kanagy — 2nd place, 16.64 seconds

• Sophia Dorris — 6th place, 17.28 seconds

Girls 100 Meter Dash

• Brianna Clark — 8th place, 13.47 seconds

Girls 4 x 200 Meter Relay

• Cadence McCartney-Mason, Kylah Stryffeler, Makenna Woost, Brianna Clark — 7th place, 1:57.01

Girls 400 Meter Dash

• Hailie Singer — 6th place, 1:04.33

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

• Alli Kanagy — 5th place, 51.40 seconds

Girls 800 Meter Run

• Clarice Martin — 13th place, 2:39.21

Girls 200 Meter Dash

• Brianna Clark — 7th place, 28.75 seconds

Girls Shot Put

• Indonika Woods — qualified for finals with a top 9 prelim throw of 30-11

Upcoming Saturday Finals:
The Girls Discus Throw and Girls Long Jump events will be held as straight finals on Saturday since there were no preliminaries today. West Branch will be represented in the discus by Jocelyn Brink (seeded 111-11) and Addison Bloor (97-5), while Izabella Ludwig (12-6) and Kendelle Hoopes (15-5.25) will compete in the long jump.