Crestview's Leon wins Div. III high jump crown

By Joe Scalzo | June 5, 2009 at 4:02p.m.

Crestview senior Jakob Leon won the Division III high jump title at Friday's state track and field meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.

Leon's winning jump was 6 feet, 10 inches. He was the second Columbiana County state champion on Friday, joining United senior Victoria Bates, who won the Div. II discus title earlier in the day.

Lordstown senior Kayla Ellks finished second in the long jump in Div. II with a school-record jump of 17 feet, 10 inches.

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