COLUMBUS — Skipping the 3200 relay turned out to be a good move. Kyle Evans sat out the first event of the state slate to focus on his 400 dash, and he delivered the top time in Division III.

COLUMBUS — Riverdale senior thrower Carrol Pauley believes she has come a long way since her freshman year and she proved it with a second-place Division III discus throw at the state meet Friday in Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Gavin Woods continues to improve. A week after setting a personal record and qualifying for state with a 50.77 in the regional finals of the 400 dash, Woods made the state finals with another record-setting race Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

COLUMBUS — Mohawk’s girls distance relay finally made it to state, but once it was there, it felt every bit of the pressure. The Warriors did not run nearly as well as the 9:51.26 at Fairfield Union regionals that qualified them for state. Friday, Destini Oler, Anna Stillberger, Alexa Konkle and Madison Fredritz were 16th in 10:08.99.

COLUMBUS — With the best time in the state, Kyle Evans decided to focus on the 400 dash, leaving his teammates to run the 3200 relay for Riverdale. Ben Gannon, Justyn Scott, Josh Hunter and Antonio Renteria finished 14th in 8:27.58, 10 seconds slower than their regional time.

COLUMBUS — Addystin Lykins reached her peak at regionals. At the state meet in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Friday morning, she fell back down a bit. The Carey freshman was 14th in the 400 dash preliminaries in 1:01.74, nearly three second off the personal-record 58.86 she ran in the regional finals the weekend before.

COLUMBUS — Riverdale’s Taylor Bacon also came into the meet with high expectations for himself in the pole vault. And while he did not reach his goal of winning the event or setting a Riverdale school record, the junior did get over a personal best by 8 inches when he cleared 13-10 to finish 10th.

AKRON — Carey’s first state tournament appearance was a short one. Victims of early errors and a pair of three-run blasts, the Blue Devils fell 10-0 to Williamsburg in a five-inning Division IV semifinal at Firestone Stadium in Akron.

AKRON — Carey’s state semifinal could have gone better. The Blue Devils were shut out, 10-0, in five innings against Williamsburg, putting an early end to their first state softball trip in school history.

AKRON — There was little Carey could do to be prepared for the best player it has faced all season. Williamsburg junior pitcher Carly Wagers asserted her dominance both in the circle and at the plate in a 10-0 Wildcats victory over the Blue Devils on Thursday in the Division IV state semifinals at Firestone Stadium in Akron.