Mayfield’s Sharnise Worthams reigns at adidas, several locals compete at New Balance

The push in the calendar toward July 4 typically brings with it a glut of outdoor national track and field meets, and 2025 is no exception.

Several News-Herald coverage area student-athletes who just completed their high school outdoor campaigns took part in outdoor national competition recently.

There are three: An adidas meet in Greensboro, N.C., a Nike meet in Eugene, Ore. and a New Balance meet in Philadelphia.

At adidas Track Nationals, Mayfield senior-to-be Sharnise Worthams paced the coverage area charge.

Coming off an outdoor campaign for the Wildcats during which she was a Division I 100- and 300-meter hurdles state qualifier and first-team News-Herald girls track and field all-star, Worthams took home gold in 400 hurdles and was 100 hurdles runner-up in adidas’ National Elite division.

Worthams won 400 hurdles with a meet-record time of 62.84 seconds, .46 ahead of runner-up Shari Jackson. She was second in 100 hurdles in 14.82, behind Kherington Johnson (14.68).

Harvey’s Ethen Eudell was 19th in the Championship 400 hurdles in 57.82.

The bulk of the local contingent competed at New Balance Nationals Outdoor at venerable Franklin Field.

Perry’s Traxton Richards was second in the Freshman pole vault, clearing 14 feet, 7 1/4 inches. The D-II state runner-up for the Pirates earlier this month was second here to a fellow Ohioan, Piqua’s Carson Holtvogt, who went 14-11.

Mentor’s Rapolas Ogorodnikas was 11th in the Freshman 200 (22.13) and 19th in the Freshman 100 (11.03).

Beachwood’s 4×200 quartet of K’Dyn Harris-Tate, Marley Readance, Meena Abdul-Basser and Kyrsten Ginn, coming off winning the D-II state high school title in the event, was 25th in the Championship division with a 1:41.90. The same group of four was 39th in the Championship 4×1 in 48.45.

Abdul-Basser, the 2025 News-Herald girls track and field athlete of the year, was sixth in the Freshman 400 (56.26) and 34th in the Freshman 200 (25.56). Ginn was 17th in the Freshman 200 (25.02) and 24th in the Freshman 100 (12.43).

Chagrin Falls’ Gabby Byrne was 25th in the Freshman mile (5:11.91), and Tommy Mooney was 60th in the Championship 1,500 (3:59.42) and 73rd in the Championship mile (4:17.98).

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin’s Owen Thomas, competing for Cleveland Youth Running Club, was 34th in the Freshman 3,000 (9:22.42) and 35th in the Freshman two-mile (10:02.08).

Euclid’s boys 4×4 of John Jordan, Mario Seats, Malik Hogan and LaJuan Hamelin, fresh off setting the all-time News-Herald coverage area record in the event at the D-I state meet as they took third, was 37th in the Championship division in 3:18.82.

Mayfield’s Antonio Steele was 46th in the Freshman 110 hurdles (16.25) and 82nd in the Freshman 400 (52.37).

University junior-to-be Thomas Lodowski, who had a breakout performance at state by taking third in the D-I 800 final, was 48th in the Championship open 8 here in 1:52.80. US’ Noah Hope competed in the Freshman shot put, placing 25th (40-11 1/2).

The national middle school shot put title for Mentor incoming freshman Ashlyn McKinney at New Balance is profiled in a separate story.

Originally Published: June 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT