Contending with sometimes ferocious winds throughout the day, the Gahanna girls team and the Medina boys squad took top honors in the annual Wildcat Premier track and field meet at Hilliard Davidson Saturday, April 3.

Gahanna's girls scored 97 points to beat runner-up Pickerington Central (88). And Medina's boys tallied 129.5 points to outdistance Pickerington North (101.5).

In all, 18 teams were on hand. Twenty-one events were scored.

Local winners were:

In the high jump, Hilliard Darby's Brianna Rispriss won with a leap of 5 feet while Brookhaven's Nigel Preacher topped the field at 6-8.

In the long jump, Hilliard Davidson's Rachel Trautman paced the event (16-3).

In the discus, Dublin Scioto's Hannah Miller won (112-06) as did Westerville South's Collin Smith (190-02).

In the 6,400 relay, Davidson's girls team won (23:47) as did Pickerington North's boys (18:39.1). Lauren Hoover, Elsa Saelens, Caroline Hildebrand and Heather Coonfare made up the Davidson team, while Nick Hissrich, Daniel Garleb, Justin Simmons and Abuckar Shegow made up the Pickerington North contingent.

In the 400 shuttle hurdles, Darby's girls squad came out ahead of the pack (1:09.0). Xerina Hughey, Rispriss, Jordan Alexander and Ellen Ransom ran for Darby.

In the 3,200 relay, Gahanna's girls paced the field (10:04.4). KayKay Garber, Haley Schmitt, Kassy Thomas and Meghan McGuff made up that unit.

Westerville South's Leah Coleman earned the girls' 100 dash crown (13.0) and Brookhaven's boys team took the 800 relay title (1:28.6). Jonzelle Meek, Michael Sellers, Aryton Preacher and Deshawn Alston ran for Brookhaven.

Davidson's Jessica Hoover won the 1,600 (5:33.9) run while Pickerington North's Garleb (4:32.1) also took top honors.

Gahanna's girls won the 400 relay (51.5) with Tianna Morris, Myeshia Parker, TaVen Caruthers and Lynnsey Brim.

Pickerington North's Zena Kolliesuah (58.7) took the 400 dash as did Brookhaven's Alston (50.9) in the boys event.

Pickerington Central's girls (14:16.6) won the distance medley as did Davidson's boys (11:24.8). Nevada Brancifort, Jordon Robinson, Kaitlin Peters and Annie Curie ran for Pickerington Central while Jack Kincade, Austin Shafer, Kenta Shimizu and Nathan Moore ran for Davidson.

Davidson's Coonfare (2:28.6) brought home the 800 run title as did Westerville South's girls (1:54.8) in the 800 sprint medley. Edna Akora, Nikia Buckingham, Alex Hall and Coleman ran for Westerville South.

Gahanna's Brim (26.9) was victorious in the 200 dash as was Sellers (23.5) of Brookhaven.