Track & Field

Talawanda’s Hodgson and Mills, Lakota West’s Shepard defy seeds on stormy Day 3 at state

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Talawanda High School's Nolan Hodgson is en route to a fifth-place finish June 6, 2026, in the Division II boys pole vault in the state track & field tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. RICK CASSANO/STAFF

COLUMBUS — Day 3 of the Ohio prep state track & field tournament was a tough stretch of rain and weather delays, but it’s safe to say that Nolan Hodgson, Abra Mills and Ava Shepard made the most of it

All three seniors — Hodgson and Mills are from Talawanda, Shepard is

 
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