Ohio's top high school boys track and field athletes: Meet the state’s best hurdlers
By Owen Racer | Photo by Mike Cook
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at some of the top track and field athletes in Ohio.
We started with the top sprinters in the girls division and then the top boys sprinters, followed by girls distance runners and boys distance runners.
Now it's the hurdlers' turn, and we'll start with the boys.
There are hundreds of standout hurdlers in Ohio, and these lists are not intended to be comprehensive! Tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @SBLiveOH and let us know about other athletes worthy of fans’ attention.
Note: We'll also be posting lists of the state's top jumpers and throwers in the coming weeks. Many athletes excel in multiple events, but we won't do write-ups on the same athlete on multiple lists.
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Ayden Bath, Vermilion, senior
Cracking Ohio’s top 10 of all non-seniors running the 110-meter hurdles in the 2021 outdoor season, Bath ran a 14.73. He also ran a PR of 40.42 in the 300.
Camden Beatty, Thomas Worthington, senior
Also cracking Ohio’s top 10 of all non-seniors running the 110 in the 2021 outdoor season, Beatty ran a 14.77, plus a 38.05 300. This season he recently ran a 14.79 in the 110.
Isaac Brooks, Madison Comprehensive, senior
Brooks entered the 2022 outdoor season with the second-fastest 110 time among returning hurdlers with a 14.37. His PR in the 300 is 38.32, and he's top 5 in the state so far this season in both events.
Huntyr Butler, Heath, senior
Of all non-seniors who competed in Ohio’s 110-meter hurdles in the 2021 outdoor season, Butler had the third-fastest time of 14.51. His PR in the 300 came in at 40.88.
Alec Carr, Big Walnut, senior
Carr had Ohio’s fifth-fastest 110-meter hurdles time of all non-seniors in the 2021 outdoor season. In the 2022 outdoor season, Carr has the top times in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 14.35 and 38.47 seconds, respectively.
Malachi Collier, Maple, junior
In the 110-meter hurdles, Collier ran the fastest time (14.33) of any 2022 returner in Ohio’s 2021 outdoor season. He ran a 14.69 in the event on Saturday.
Jordan Cortner, Northmont, junior
During his sophomore season in 2021, Cortner ran a 39.43 in the 300-meter hurdles, among the top 15 for Ohio’s returning runners. Cortner also excels as a sprinter.
Michael Donkor, Westerville South, senior
After running the 300-meter hurdles in 39.44 seconds during the 2021 outdoor season, Donkor ran a 15.57 110 in the 2022 outdoor season. His fastest 110 time of the 2021 outdoor season was a 15.51.
Jayden Douglas, Beechcroft, junior
As just a sophomore, Douglas ran Ohio’s second-fastest 300-meter hurdles in the 2021 outdoor season with a time of 38.24. He also recorded a 15.08 in the 110.
Brett Geer, Mentor, senior
With the 10th-fastest 60-meter time (8.27) in Ohio’s 2022 indoor season, Geer is looking to break his 2021 outdoor PR in the 110 (15.06) and 300 (41.83).
Marcus Gordon, Westerville Central, junior
An 8.22 in the indoor 60-meter hurdles was enough for Gordon to secure the eighth-fastest time in Ohio during the 2022 indoor season. He clocked PRs in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles Friday with times of 15.06 and 39.00, respectively.
Daishawn Gossett, Centennial, senior
Gossett ran Ohio’s fifth-fastest 300-meter hurdles of any non-senior in the 2021 outdoor season with a time of 38.69.
Matthew Hayes, Nordonia, senior
A 38.96 in the 300-meter hurdles during the 2021 outdoor season was good enough for Hayes to snag a spot in the top 10 of Ohio’s non-seniors.
Joe Mitchell, Princeton, senior
During the 2022 indoor season, Mitchell clocked an 8.32 time in the 60-meter hurdles. Since then he has run a PR in the 110 with a time of 14.67 and a 300 time of 40.73 during the outdoor season.
Javin Richards, Perry, senior
Richards ran a 38.20 last outdoor season in the 300-meter hurdles, the fastest of any non-senior in Ohio. The multi-event athlete also does high jump, sprints, shot put and pole vault and has signed to compete next year for Utah State.
Jonathon Richardson, Springfield, senior
Cracking Ohio’s top 10 of all non-seniors running the 110-meter hurdles in the 2021 outdoor season, Richardson recorded a 14.71, a personal record. In the 60, Richardson ran an 8.11 in the 2022 indoor season, fifth-fastest in the state.
Malachi Snow, Northwest (Cincinnati), junior
As a sophomore during the 2021 outdoor season, Snow ran a 39.31 in the 300-meter hurdles. He also clocked a 15.21 in the 110.
Tyler Stargel, Wayne, senior
Stargel’s 110-meter hurdle time of 14.52 during the 2021 outdoor season was good enough for fourth-fastest in Ohio of all non-seniors. Stargel also ran a 38.65 (PR) 300 in the 2021 outdoor season.
Ryan Stoller, Garrettsville Garfield, senior
After running a 2021 outdoor PR of 15.13 in the 110-meter hurdles, Stoller beat that mark earlier this month with a 15.00. Also in the 2021 outdoor season, he ran a 40.07 in the 300, a PR.
Brady Wilson, Clyde, senior
Of all non-seniors in the 2021 outdoor season, Wilson recorded the sixth-fastest time (14.63) in Ohio for the 110-meter hurdles. He also recorded a PR of 39.18 in the 300.
