Lexington's Division II 4x800 state championship a total team effort
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COLUMBUS — The Lexington Minutemen are state champions yet again.
The 4x800-meter relay team of Trevor Reed, Nathan Reed, Will Hooper and Latrell Hughes helped the Minutemen win a second consecutive state championship in the 4x800-meter relay by running a 7:47.59 on Saturday, June 6, in the Division II Jesse Owens Ohio High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University.
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Last season, the team of Hughes, Nathan Reed, Will Perkins and Chance Basilone won the Division I state title before the Minutemen moved to Division II before the 2026 season after the OHSAA implemented division expansion in the sport.
Lexington spent the entire regular season and much of the postseason figuring out the best lineup for their 4x800 squad to make a run at a state championship. They also used Clay Hooper, Drew Hooper Lincoln Rice, Gage Devaney and John Bartone at different times this season. Ultimately, the state championship quartet proved themselves after posting a 7:48.68 at the Division II regional meet at Lexington High School on May 27 to become the regional champions and the group to be given the opportunity to win a state title after owning the best time in Division II by 15 seconds coming into state championship weekend.
Nathan Reed, Trevor Reed, Will Hooper and Clay Hooper started the postseason off strong with a Division II district championship with an 8:01.29, a week Trevor Reed joined with Clay, Drew and Will Hooper to win the Ohio Cardinal Conference title with an 8:14.48.
At the Galion Kiwanis, it was Devaney, Will Hooper, Hughes and Trevor Reed winning the meet with an 8:12.45 and the week before, it was Nathan Reed, Drew Hooper, Clay Hooper and Hughes that posted a 7:55.28 at the Marion Harding Night Invite.
The 2026 Division II 4x800-meter relay state championship was truly a team effort.
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Lexington boys OHSAA state track champions
1983: Terry Smith - High Jump
1997: Mark Simmons - Discus
1997: Mark Simmons - Shot Put
2016: Nick Stricklen - 3,200-meter run
2016: Ryan Johnston, Bailey Stach, Forest Volz, Nick Stricklen - 4x800-meter relay
2017: Mason Kearns, Tony Gerrell, Forest Volz, Hunter Biddle - 4x400-meter relay
2025: Latrell Hughes - 800-meter run
2025: Latrell Hughes, Chance Basilone, Nathan Reed, Will Perkins - 4x800-meter relay
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Lexington brings home second straight OHSAA 4x800 relay state title