Track and Field: Centerville, Wayne capture GWOC crowns

TL;DR

Centerville and Wayne won the girls and boys titles, respectively, at the 2026 GWOC Track and Field Championships. This marks the third consecutive year both teams have secured their championships.

Key points

Centerville won the girls team title
Wayne won the boys team title
Both teams secured their titles for the third consecutive year
Wayne outscored Beavercreek 150-141
Wayne won eight of the 17 events

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May 14—Centerville and Wayne have tightened their strangleholds over the remainder of the Greater Western Ohio Conference track and field contenders.

The Elks captured the girls team title, and the Warriors did the same on the boys side Wednesday at the 2026 GWOC Track and Field Championships hosted by Beavercreek.

It's the third consecutive year the two groups have won GWOC titles.

"This was a tough one," Wayne head coach Mike Fernandez said. "You've got to make sure the next guy is ready. My hurdler, Keng [Martin], was coming off soreness in his leg and told me it was up to me, so I took him out and Sean Heisle wins [the event]. When you see people step up like that, it just makes you smile."

Wayne outscored Beavercreek 150-141 and won eight of the 17 events. The Warriors the GWOC boys title for the seventh time in their last eight league meets.

Centerville's girls bested Beavercreek 169.5-143.5, and were the only team to score points in every event.

"It's been such a good Spring at Centerville between the softball and baseball teams winning conference, and tennis teams winning, lacrosse teams winning, and it's like we knew there was pressure on us to hold our end up," Centerville head coach Mike Somerlot said. "We told the girls, you gotta be able to compete. The conference is really good, it's balanced, there's a ton of state contenders. We knew we had to really take advantage of our spots we had and then fill in those gaps."

Beavercreek won the seated division 18-9 over Centerville.

Six league records were broken on the chilly and windy evening.

Wayne senior Key'Shawn Garrett broke a 20-year record in the 100 meter dash. His time of 10.56 seconds beat the old mark by .24 seconds previously set by Piqua's Brandon Saine in 2006.

Beavercreek sophomore Enora McEllroy broke her own record in the 100 dash seated, as did Centerville freshman Ellie Davenport. The two also shattered McEllroy's 400 dash seated record as well by nearly 20 seconds. McEllroy also set a new record in the shot put seated, joining senior Zoe Roll with both beating Roll's distance from last year.

The Centerville girls 800 relay team and senior Ethan Ireland in the boys pole vault also set new meet records.

Garrett was the star of the meet. He won three individual events — the 100 and 200 meters, and the long jump — and was a member of the winning 400 relay team.

Beavercreek junior Faith Brown was close to matching him on the girls side with three race wins in the 100 meters, and 100 and 300 meter hurdles.

The Division I Super Regional meet begins Tuesday with prelims. The regional meets will resume on May 28 and conclude on May 30. Beavercreek, Fairmont, Miamisburg, Northmont, Springfield and Wayne will attempt to start their paths to qualifying for state at the meet hosted by Wayne. Centerville and Springboro go to the meet at Mason High School.