​  ​​Read More​     1 / 17Clear Fork’s Davis Hoeflich competes in the Division III Ohio High School Athletic Association Jesse Owens State Track and Field Championships on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University.(Jake Furr/News Journal)COLUMBUS — There were plenty of reasons why it was a memorable weekend at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.For starters, it marked the first time a state track and field meet was held featuring more than three divisions.And the Muskingum Valley showed out, led by the first state title in 32 years at Zanesville after Cam Willett claimed the 300 hurdles in Division II.Blackburn colunn: OHSAA needs to make adjustments to state track format. Will it?Standard setter: Cam Willett wins first state track title at Zanesville in 32 yearsWillett’s school-record time of :37.92 was the best of his career in an event considered by most to be his second-best behind the 110 hurdles. His time was the best mark a Muskingum County hurdler has produced in eight years.He was the lone area hurdler to earn All-Ohio, but there were many other impressive showings over the course of four days. One was his sophomore teammate Chloe Wahl, who earned her own spot on the podium with a sixth-place finish in the Division III pole vault.In all there, were 13 individuals — four were runners-up —and four relay teams that sported medals by the end of business on June 7.Zanesville’s Camron Willett, the eventual champion, competes in the 300-meter hurdles during the Division III state championships on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Willett broke his own school record and eclipsed the 38-second mark for the first time with a winning time of :37.92.Maysville senior Bella Van Wey entered the state with confidence and left with two silver medals around her neck for runner-up finishes in the Division III shot and discus. She trailed only Shelby sophomore Emily Mechenbier for supremacy.”It was a really great week of practice,” Van Wey said. “We were feeling ready to go, finally feeling better after (the regional) when I was kind of fighting that illness. Mentally, I felt really ready to go. I was so ready to compete.”More: Maysville senior Bella Van Wey eyeing ‘clean slate’ at state meetThe otherworldly Mechenbier, who stands almost 6-4, produced a 154-10 in the discus that ranked as the best throw in the state in 2026, regardless of division. Van Wey’s 143-2 was more than eight feet better than third-place Addison Mason, of Sandusky Perkins, and would have been a winning throw in Division I and II.Mechenbier’s 48-0 3/4 launch in the shot was six feet better than Van Wey’s 42-4 1/2 that would have placed in the top four in every division.Maysville senior Bella Van Wey flexes from the podium after placing runner-up in the shot during the Division III state t