Cross Country/Track Action

Unioto head coach Matt Paxton catches runner Robert Immell after Immell almost collapses from exhaustion after completing the last leg of the boys 4x400 meter relay Tuesday night in Frankfort, Ohio, on April 30, 2019. The Unioto boys won the relay with a time of 3:45.70 during the 95th annual Ross County Meet.

Huntington’s Hunter Sheets washes the dirt from his legs after the Zane Trace Cross Country Invitational as other runners wait to also clean themselves off after a muddy, wet run at Zane Trace High School Saturday morning in Chillicothe.

Unioto’s Indy Spetnagel cools down by throwing water on herself during a hot 3200-meter run at the 2019 Division II region seven track meet at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, on May 25, 2019.

Unioto’s Elayna Gunnoe comforts Allie Cox after both failed to qualify for regionals in the girl’s 100-meter hurdles race at the Division II southeast district meet at Washington Courthouse on May 18, 2019.

Led by coach Austin Ridenour and senior Preston Clifton, the Westfall boys varsity cross country team take part in their regular “meat machine” chant before their race at the annual Dunlap Ridge Farm Down on the Farm cross country invitational in Chillicothe, Ohio, on October 2, 2019. While unsure of the origin, the chant has been done ever since coach Ridenour ran cross country at Westfall. “We do it because everyone thinks we are hicks and cant spell so we spell ‘meat’ wrong,” said senior Preston Clifton.

Westfall sophomore Lance Chalk (red) helps walk injured Zane Trace sophomore Wyatt Vick (blue) to the finish line after Vick collapsed 500 meters before the finish line at the 2021 SVC Cross Country tournament at Westfall High School on Oct. 16, 2021, in Williamsport, Ohio. “I saw him limping right towards the end and I know I had to help,” said Chalk. “I’ve always had this mindset when running to help others when they are struggling.”