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Coldwater’s Izzy Zahn competes in the Long Jump during Thursday’s Division III OHSAA Track & Field State Championships at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. Richard Parrish | The Lima News DAYTON – Coldwater junior Izzy Zahn is accustomed to staying busy. Zahn was very busy on Thursday, the first day of the Ohio High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships at the University of Dayton.

Zahn qualified in four events for this year’s Division III state track meet at last week’s regional at Fostoria. All of Thursday’s action at the state track meet was in Division III. Today, D-II and D-I athletes will kick off their competition, along with the D-III finals on the track, later in the day.



On Thursday, Zahn competed in the semifinals of the 200-meter dash and clocked a new D-III state-record time of 24.06 seconds. Zahn will defend her D-III state title today when she competes in the finals.

“I was planning on saving more of my energy for tomorrow (200 finals), but that happened,” Zahn said about the 200 semifinals. “So, I’m glad I ran that, and I broke the record. Hopefully, tomorrow I can run sub 24 (seconds in the 200 finals).

So, we will see.” In Thursday’s long jump finals, Zahn won on a tiebreaker as she jumped 18 feet, 7.75 inches to garner the state title in dramatic fashion.

“I couldn’t have done it without God, my coaches and their support. So, I’m grateful,” she said. In the 100 semifinals, Zahn clocked a time of 12.

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