Ursuline's Chatman rules

The Irish senior won the 300 hurdle event in Saturday's state meet in Dayton.
By JOE SCALZO
VINDICATOR SPORTS STAFF
DAYTON -- Adam Chatman was mad. He was upset with himself. His legs hurt. He was hot. He was anxious.
He was ready.
The Ursuline senior has a tattoo on his left shoulder that reads "Live for today" in Chinese.
That's his motto.
"You gotta seize the moment," Chatman said.
He forgot about his pain. He forgot about his earlier poor performances.
He forgot about his expectations. Then, he exceeded them.
After falling in the preliminaries off the 300 hurdles last year, Chatman won a state title in the event with a time of 38.91 at Saturday's Division II state track and field meet at Welcome Stadium.
"I was kind of anxious this morning so I just laid down and slept a little and thought about what I had to do," he said. "I had my whole Ursuline family supporting me. I'm glad my career ended on a good note."
Sixth in 110 hurdles
Chatman also finished sixth in the 110 hurdles.
His hurdling teammate, Tim Vidale, tore his hamstring at the Steel Valley Conference meet. But Vidale and teammate Aaron Bagnola were there to congratulate Chatman after the race.
"I'm happy for him and I'm jealous," Vidale, who will run at Florida A & amp; M next year, said with a smile.
Chatman traveled to Cincinnati Saturday night -- his coach's cousin is graduating -- where he will take time to enjoy his title.
"It'll probably sink in tonight," he said. "I'll be sure celebrate a little bit.
Champion senior Ryan Petrick had never been to Welcome Stadium before this weekend. Not to run. Not even to visit.
He has few memories, but it's a safe bet that those memories are good.
Just misses record
Petrick ran 1:53.04 -- just .31 off the state record -- to win a state title in the 800.
"I came in with the best qualifying time so I knew everyone would be looking at me," Petrick said. "I wanted to win it, so I was a little stressed. I think I pushed a little harder in practice."
Before every race, Petrick listens to classical music. Saturday, it was Bach.
"I bought a classical CD during cross country season and I've been listening to it ever since," said Petrick, who earned All-Ohio honors in cross country last fall. "It keeps me calm."
Petrick, who finished sixth at regionals last year, said he trained harder this past offseason. He couldn't shake the memory of missing the state meet.
He wasn't going to let it happen again.
"These are the best runners in the state," he said. "It's an honor just to be with these guys."
Greenamyer is fifth
Salem senior Jason Greenamyer finished fifth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 39.09.
"I couldn't ask for more than that," said Greenamyer, who will attend Thiel next year. "It wasn't the best race, but I'm the only one who made it from Salem.
"I started off well but I felt the heat get to me. On the last hurdle, I lost the third or second place position. Besides that, it was a good race."
Brookfield junior Lou Scudere placed sixth in the 200 and Wilson junior Edward Fetuah placed eighth.
The top eight in each event earn All-Ohio honors.
Lakeview's 4x100 relay team of Josh Province, Matt Shaw, Neil Fiest and Jarred Grzywna placed eighth.
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