Jackson, Vinton County athletes advance from district meet in McArthur
Vinton County hosted the district meet and sent five regional qualifiers from home, with Carter Lindner and Lillian Mapes leading the McArthur push.
Vinton County High School turned its home track into a postseason launch pad, and Jackson and Vinton County left McArthur with five regional qualifiers apiece. The Division III district meet, held Monday and Thursday at the school on U.S. 50, sent all 10 regional qualifiers from the McArthur competition, making every advancing effort on the home oval matter to the county’s next week of track and field.
Jackson junior Lillian Mapes delivered the clearest all-around day for the Ironladies. She finished second in the long jump at 16 feet, 10.25 inches, then placed third in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Mapes also ran with Jackson’s 4x200 relay group. Her work helped Jackson finish fifth in the girls standings with 47 points, behind Athens with 125, Fairfield Union with 101, Warren with 71 and Unioto with 70.
Vinton County also had a home-track result to build around. Senior Carter Lindner won the 110-meter hurdles, the kind of championship performance that can define a senior season in front of a home crowd. The Vinton County girls finished ninth among 15 scoring teams with 29 points, a solid showing in a meet where district placings determined who kept their seasons alive and who stayed home.
Jackson sophomore Parker Curtis added another regional berth with a runner-up finish of 36 feet in the shot put. Curtis had already won the FAC title earlier in May with a throw of 35 feet, 6.25 inches, and Mapes entered districts on a strong run of form after winning the FAC long jump at 17 feet, 5.5 inches. Lindner, meanwhile, has made postseason hurdling a familiar path, after advancing to regionals in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles in 2025.
The regional round is set for May 28 and May 30, giving Jackson and Vinton County another chance to turn a strong district meet in McArthur into a deeper postseason push. For local fans, the next stop will show whether the county’s home-track momentum can carry into the regional stage.
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