CDAB

Congratulations Student-Athletes!

2026 CDAB Spring Sport State Champions - Congratulations!

New Albany High School
2026 OHSAA Division II Baseball State Champion

Hilliard Bradley High School
2026 OHSAA Division I Softball State Champion

Lancaster High School
2026 OHSAA Division I Softball State Runner-Up

Westerville Central High School
2026 OHSAA Division II Softball State Runner-Up

Bloom-Carroll High School
2026 OHSAA Division III Softball State Champion

Licking Valley High School
2026 OHSAA Division IV Softball State Runner-Up

Liberty Union High School
2026 OHSAA Division V Softball State Runner-Up

Danville High School
2026 OHSAA Division VI Softball State Champion

West Jefferson High School
2026 OHSAA Division VI Softball State Runner-Up

Olentangy Liberty High School
2026 OHSAA Division I Girls Lacrosse State Champion

St. Franics DeSales High School
2026 OHSAA Division II Girls Lacrosse State Champion
Three-Peat Champions!

Big Walnut High School
2026 Boys Division II Track and Field State Champion

Big Walnut High School
2026 Girls Division II Track and Field State Runner-Up

Gahanna Lincoln High School
2026 Boys Division I Track and Field State Runner-Up

Hilliard Davidson High School
2026 Girls Division I Track and Field State Runner-Up

2026 Central District State Track and Field Champions
Division I

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
Anna Wile - Hilliard Davidson
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
TJ Lichter - Olentangy Liberty
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Anna Wile - Hilliard Davidson
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Miles King - Olentangy Berlin

Girls 800 Meter Run
Celia Schulte - Hilliard Davidson

Boys 800 Meter Run
Gabriel McNeil - Lancaster
Girls 3200 Meter Run
Elena Aldrink - Olentangy Liberty
Girls 4x200 Relay
Gahanna Lincoln
Boys 4x200 Relay
Olentangy
Girls 4x400 Relay
Pickerington HS North
Girls 4x800 Relay
Hilliard Davidson
Boys 4x800 Relay
Dublin Jerome
Boys Long Jump
Ronald Neal - Gahanna Lincoln
Girls High Jump
Reese Holman - New Albany
Girls Discus
Symone Smith - Westerville Central

Division II

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Chase Bergsten - Big Walnut
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
A'Ziya Smith - Columbus South
Boys 100 Meter Dash
Jamier Brown - Big Walnut
Boys 200 Meter Dash
Jamier Brown - Big Walnut
Boys 400 Meter Dash
Nehemiah Mills - Beechcroft
Girls 1600 Meter Run
Lindsey Cochran - Big Walnut
Girls High Jump
Patience Locklear - Bishop Hartley

Division III

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Austin Browning - Buckeye Valley
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Brittany Douglas - Beechcroft
Boys 100 and 200 Meter Dash
Nicholas Thompson - Bishop Hartley
Boys 800 Meter Dash
Cameron Carn - London
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
Jonathan Alder
Boys Pole Vault
Dominic Knapp - Bloom-Carroll

Division IV

Girls Shot Put
Ella Burton - Fredericktown

Division V

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
Ridegdale

State Tournament Runners-Up - Division I
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles - Ric'Keya White - New Albany
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles - Khalil Church - Gahanna Lincoln
Girls 100 Meter Dash - Ric'Keya White - New Albany
Boys 100 Meter Dash - Lorenzo Brazzell - Pickerington HS Central
Girls 200 Meter Dash - Aliyah Bennett - Gahanna Lincoln
Boys 200 Meter Dash - Lorenzo Brazzell - Pickerington HS Central
Boys 400 Meter Dash - Robert Young - Westerville Central
Girls 3200 Meter Run - Elena Aldrink - Olentangy Liberty
Girls 4x200 Relay - Pickerington HS Central

Girls 4x100 Relay - Gahanna Lincoln
Girls 4x400 Relay - Olentangy
Boys Long Jump - Elijah Daniels - Gahanna Lincoln

State Tournament Runners-Up - Division II
Boys 100 Meter Hurdles - Chase Bergsten - Big Walnut
Girls 3200 Meter Run - Lucy Rush - Mount Vernon
Girls 4x200 Relay - Bishop Watterson
Girls 4x400 Relay - Bishop Watterson
Girls 4x800 Relay - Big Walnut
Boys Discus - Ivan Sinkowski - Dublin Scioto

State Tournament Runners-Up - Division III
Boys 800 Meter Run - Cameron Carn - London
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay - Bishop Hartley
Boys 4x400 Meter Run - London

State Tournament Runners-Up - Division IV
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles - Hannah Watson - Columbus School for Girls
Girls Long Jump - Gabby Lindsey - North Union

State Tournament Runner-Up - Division V
Boys 1600 and 3200 Meter Run - Beckett Negley - Mechanicsburg

State Tournament Runner-Up - Seated Division
Girls Shot Put - Julia Kuba - Elgin

Jo Dimond
2026 United State Bowling Congress
Hall of Fame Inductee

Congratulations to Jo Dimond, OHSAA Central District Bowling Tournament Manager, for her induction to the United State Bowling Congress Hall of Fame on April 29, 2026. Jo was recognized for her work and efforts to serve and promote the sport of bowling at all levels, including the national level, left a lasting impression on those in the bowling industry and inspired others to work for the good of the sport.

Dimond served three terms on the USBC Board, starting with the 2011-2012 season. Prior to that, she served as a director for the Women’s International Bowling Congress from 2002-2005.

Shortly after the merger of the WIBC and American Bowling Congress to create the USBC, Dimond served on the USBC Restructuring Task Force (2008-2009). Her national service included time spent on the Nominating Committees for WIBC and USBC and as an original member of the Membership Development and Local Delivery System teams for Bowling Headquarters in the early 1990s.

She served on the Legal and Legislative, National Policy Manual and USBC Hall of Fame Committees and as chair of the Awards and Recognition committee. Additionally, Dimond served on the Performance Standards Task Force and the Membership Task Force. Simply put, there seemingly isn’t an area of national service that Dimond didn't touch.

Dimond also championed charitable causes and worked on fundraising campaigns for national organizations such as Special Olympics (where she learned sign language to better communicate with the bowlers) and the Bowlers to Veterans Link.

Her numerous bowling accolades include the 1997 WIBC Helen Baker Award, the 1996 Ohio Association Manager’s Club Gene Myers Award and the 1995 Buckeye Bowling Writers Mary Jannetto Award.

Photo and Bio credit : USBC

2026 CDAB Winter Sport State Champions - Congratulations!

Bishop Watterson High School
2026 OHSAA Boys Division II Wrestling State Champion

2026 Central District State Boys Wrestling Champions
Division I
120 lbs. - Oliver Lester - Dublin Coffman

Division II
126 lbs. - Joe Curry - Licking Valley
150 lbs. - James Lindsay - Bishop Watterson
165 lbs. - Joel Welch - St. Francis DeSales
215 lbs. - Michael Boyle - Bishop Watterson

2026 Central District State Boys Wrestling Runners-Up
Division I
126 lbs. - Tommy Wurster - Dublin Coffman

Division II
144 lbs. - Kasey Clark - Highland
157 lbs. - Tommy Rowlands - Bishop Watterson

2026 Central District State Girls Wrestling Champions
Division I
110 lbs. - Ashlynn Brokaw - Mount Vernon
120 lbs. - Mackenzie Carder - Olentangy Orange
155 lbs. - KyLee Tibbs - Gahanna Lincoln

2026 Central District State Girls Wrestling Runners-Up
120 lbs. - Cami Leng - Marysville
140 lbs. - Nora Johnson - Bishop Hartley
145 lbs. - Reese Thomas - Jonathan Alder

Divine Reynolds
Marion Harding High School
2026 OHSAA Floor Exercise State Champion
2026 OHSAA Vault State Runner-Up

Gahanna Lincoln High School
2026 Girls Division I State Champions
Lacey Holden, Jessica Goldman, Rachel Goldman, Kadince Grigsby, Mikayla Hull, Pyrrha Grigsby,
Amy Dalton, Kennedy Carruthers, Head Coach Todd Burns, Assistant Coach Madison Stiffler

Kael Clous
Gahanna LIncoln High School
2026 Boys Division I State Bowling Individual Champion
232-255-233 721 Series

Upper Arlington High School
2026 Division I Girls Swimming & Diving State Champion

St. Charles Preparatory
2026 Division I Boys Swimming & Diving State Champion

2026 Central District State Swimming & Diving Champions
Division I
Girls 1 Meter Diving
Samantha Petroff - New Albany

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
Upper Arlington - Abby Oriphant, Lexi Hartzell, Riley Hollingworth, Ashton Mumaw

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay - 1:27.20 - New State Record
St. Charles - Will Liu, Austin Carpenter, Caden Mahl, Jake Lloyd

Girls 100 Yard Individual Medley
Kiera Powers - Upper Arlington

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Leah Nebraska - Olentangy Berlin

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle - 19.39 - New State Record
Jake Lloyd - St. Charles
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
Leah Nebraska - Olentangy Berlin
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
Jake Lloyd - St. Charles
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
Kiera Powers - Upper Arlington
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Upper Arlington - Kiera Powers, Ellie Snider, Ashton Mumaw, Maren Berg
Boys 200 Freestyle Relay - 1:19.41 - New State Record
St. Charles - Austin Carpenter, Alex Wu, Caden Mahl, Jake Lloyd
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke- 53.06 - New State Record
Jake Lloyd - St. Charles
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Upper Arlington - Kiera Powers, Riley Hollingsworth, Alli Funge, Maren Berg

Division II
Boys 1 Meter Diving
Jackson Monus - Bexley

Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley
Luke DeFrancisco - St. Francis DeSales
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
Jack Mahaffey - Wellington School
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
Luke DeFrancisco - St. Francis DeSales

2025 Central District State Swimming & Diving Runners-Up
Para Swimming
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle and 100 Yard Backstoke
Charlotte Galbreath - Bishop Hartley
Girls 10 Yard Backstoke
Charlotte Galbreath - Bishop Hartley

Division I
Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley
Alex Wu - St. Charles
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Maren Burg - Upper Arlington
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
Griffin O'Neill - Upper Arlington
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Upper Arlington - Griffin O'Neill, Sammy DaJusta, Oliver Hulse, James Berg

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Upper Arlington - Griffin O'Neill, Sammy DaJusta, TJ Rucker, Vince Masters

Division II
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
Bexley - Sophiie Dankof, Vivi Hoy, Katie Drummond, Genevieve Bennett
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Katie Drummond- Bexley
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
Lily Schneider- Jonathan Alder

2025 CDAB Fall Sport State Champions - Congratulations!

Bishop Watterson High School
2025 Division III Football State Champion

Olentangy Orange High School
2025 Division I Football State Champion

Dublin Jerome High School
2025 Division I Boys Soccer State Champion

Bishop Watterson High School
2025 Division III Boys Soccer State Champion

Worthington Christian High School
2025 Division IV Boys Soccer State Champion

Upper Arlington High School
2025 Division I Girls Soccer State Champion

Columbus Academy
2025 Division IV Girls Soccer State Runner-Up

Newark Catholic High School
2025 Division VI Girls Volleyball State Champion

Bloom-Carroll High School
2025 Division III State Girls Volleyball Runner-Up

Buckeye Valley High School
2025 Division IV Girls Volleyball State Runner-Up

Thomas Worthington High School
2025 Field Hockey State Champions
Four-Peat!!

Elena Alcrink
Olentangy Liberty High School
2025 Division I Girls Cross Country State Champion

Gahanna Lincoln High School
2025 Division I Girls Cross Country State Champion

Bishop Watterson High School
2025 Division II Girls Cross Country State Champion

Hilliard Davidson High School
2025 Division I Girls Cross Country State Runner-Up

Soleil Cordell
Olentangy Berlin High School
2025 Division I Girls Tennis State Singles Champion

Columbus Academy
2025 Division II Girls Golf State Champion
Eva Lim, Nala Chebli, Claire Zeiger, Niya Chebli, Ava Hammond, Coach Maggie Freytag


Meadow Tian Olentangy High School 2025 Division I Girls Golf State Champion	Eva Lim Columbus Academy 2025 Division II Girls Golf State Champion

Dublin Jerome High School
2025 Division I Girls Golf State Champion
Nikitha Suresh, Adella Pawlowski, Mallory Quickel, Maya Faustino,
Mingyuan Zheng, Coach Charles Butcher

Dublin Jerome High School
2025 Division I Boys Golf State Champion
Brady Barnum, Blake Hartman, Evan Menges, Trent Thompson,
Blaise Barnum, Coach Brad Sparling

St. Charles Preparatory
2025 Division I Boys Golf State Runner-Up
Mikey Pagnotto, Pierce Stealey, Hudson Berkey, Beckham Martin,
Harry Hadden, Coach Brian Unk

Buckeye Valley High School
2025 Division II Boys Golf State Runner-up
Sam Reynolds, Matthew Ralph, Harloh Hafner, Jace Haunhorst,
Grayson Keller, Coach Mark Paluszak


Brady Barnum Dublin Jerome High School 2025 Division I Boys Golf State Champion	Meadow Tian Olentangy High School 2025 Division I Girls Golf State Champion	Sam Reynolds Buckeye Valley High School 2025 Division II Boys Golf State Champion

2025 CDAB Spring Sport State Champions - Congratulations!

Olentangy High School
2025 OHSAA Division I Baseball State Champion

Licking Valley High School
2025 OHSAA Division III Baseball State Champion

Hilliard Davidson High School
Division I Girls Track and Field State Champion

Olentangy Liberty High School
Division I Girls Lacrosse State Champion
Back-to-Back State Champions!

St. Francis DeSales High School
Division II Girls Lacrosse State Champion

Bishop Watterson High School
Division II Boys Lacrosse State Champion

Nason Lo
Columbus Academy
Division II Singles

Henry Lessard and Sam Lessard
Bexley High School
Division II Doubles

Abhinav Dandu and Jackson Clements
New Albany High School
Division I Doubles

2025 Central District State Track and Field Champions
Division I

Girls 200 Meter Dash
Alyvia Mentlow - Westerville Central
Girls 400 Meter Dash
Grace Alls - Pickerington HS Central
Boys 400 Meter Dash
Nahemiah Mills - Beechcroft
Girls 800 Meter Run
Celia Schulte - Hilliard Davidson
Girls 1600 Meter Run
Brooke Chapman - Olentangy Orange
Boys 1600 Meter Run
Matthew Schroff - Olentangy Orange
Girls 4x100 Relay
Pickerington Central - Lachele Nicholas, Genesis Poke, Brianna Duncan, Serenity Franklin
Girls 4x200 Relay
Pickerington Central - Grace Alls, Gabbi Maddox, Serenity Franklin, Genesis Poke
Girls 4x800 Relay
Hilliard Davidson - Ashley Alsko, Erica Kaulen, Gemma Pusateri, Celia Schulte
Girls Long Jump
Lila Bendick - Olentangy Liberty
Girls Shot Put
Kamille Smith - Pickerington Central
Boys Shot Put
Josiah Montgomery - Reynoldsburg
Boys Discus
CJ Sanna - Olentangy

Division III

Girls 100 and 300 Meter Hurdles
Isabel Evans - Northridge
Boys 200 and 400 Meter Dash
Jayden Smith - Africentric Early College
Boys Long Jump
Cowin Becker - Northmor

State Tournament Runners-Up
Baseball
Newark Catholic - Division VII
Softball
Mount Vernon - Division II
Liberty Union - Division V

Girls Lacrosse
Upper Arlington - Division I
Boys Volleyball
Thomas Worthington - Division I
Mount Vernon - Division II
Track and Field
Lancaster - Marisa Heil - Division I Girls 3200 Meter Run
Hilliard Davidson - Anna Wile - Division I Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Pickerington HS North - Mya Clark, Chanah West, Layla Wilson, Paris Williamson - Division I Girls 4x400 Relay
Lancaster - Marisa Heil, Amelia Fries, Hadley Allen, Harper Allen - Division I Girls 4x800 Relay
Bishop Hartley - Paitence Locklear - Division I Girls High Jump
Granville - Annie McCracken - Division I Girls Pole Vault
Pickerington HS Central - Kamille Smith - Division I Girls Discus
Beechcroft - Tyrell Russell - Division I Boys 100 Meter Dash
Westerville Central - Robert Young - Division I Boys 400 Meter Dash
Dublin Jerome - Charles Guerrera - Division I Boys 1600 Meter Run
Olentangy Berlin - Miles King - Division I Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Pickerington HS Central - Xavier McCoy, Lorenzo Brazzell, Isaac Dukes, Juell Scott - Division I Boys 4x200 Relay
Dublin Lerome - Ethan Ishida, Cayden McClure, Graham Tyler, Charles Guerrera
North Union - Gabby Lindsey - Division II Girls 400 Meter Dash
Beechcroft - Brittany Douglas - Division II Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
River Valley - Eva Moran - Division II Girls Pole Vault
Horzon Science Academy - Temidayo Owoyemi - Division II Girls Shot Put
Marion Franklin - Dawayne Galloway - Division II Boys 100 Meter Dash
London - Cameron Carn - Division II Boys 800 Meter Run
Grandview Heights - Maci Tew - Division III Girls 3200 Meter Run
Africentric Early College - Kiyaun Sherman - Division III Boys Long Jump