STATE MEET At a glance

Where: Scioto Downs, Columbus
Race schedule: Girls -- 11:05 a.m. (Div. III); 11:50 (II); 12:35 p.m. (I). Boys -- 1:20 (III); 2:05 (II); 2:50 (I).
Cost: $7. Parking is free.
If you go: Take I-71 South to Route 270 East on the south side of Columbus to Rt. 23 (High Street) south. Continue two miles and you will see Scioto Downs on your left.
AREA QUALIIFERS
DIVISION I
Girls
Individual: Brittany Durkin (Boardman).
DIVISION II
Boys
Team: Mooney (Colin Durina, Dan Finnerty, Ben Garchar, Noah Brak, Brian Stevens).
Individuals: Bobby Caldwell (Girard), Jeff Sarchione (West Branch), Patrick Gorby (Salem).
Girls
Individual: Deirdre Clary (Salem), Erin Murphy (Salem), Colleen Moran (Poland).
DIVISION III
Boys
Team: McDonald (Joe Kunkel, Jason Corman, Tyler Lunn, Nick Testa, Aaron Thornton), Maplewood (Andy Arnio, Craig Rupe, Paul Moser, Jon Carlson, James Hall).
Individual: Luke McCluggage (Jackson-Milton), Dan Nemergut (South Range), Doug Miller (South Range), Ryan Gilanyi (Southington).
Girls
Team: McDonald (Ashleigh Tondo, Kyrsti Sowers, Jennifer Molinari, Erin Koppel, Nicole Tondo).
Individual: Andra Sanders (South Range), Samantha Bonar (Badger).
Notebook: Cardinal Mooney has three boys teams competing on Saturday -- the soccer team (last year's Div. II state champs) and the football team play at 7 p.m. McDonald's boys team is favored to win its third state title in five years (1999 and 2001). The Blue Devils were runners-up in 2000 and 2002. Maplewood, last week's regional champions, won last season's boys state title. If you're planning to go, be sure to bring binoculars -- the grandstand sits far back from the middle of the field and the race is difficult to see.
-- Vindicator staff report