North’s boys’ and girls’ track teams finished as the runner-up at the 2025 Ranger Invitational at Nick Carter Stadium on Thursday.
Junior Brayden Sandstrom led the way for the Rangers as he won three individual events and helped the 4×100-meter relay team finish second.
“It felt amazing to be at home and me being able to walk away with three gold medals,” Sandstrom said.
Sandstrom won the 100-meter dash in 11.03 seconds, a new personal record by .11 seconds, the 200 in 22.55, a new PR by .09 seconds, and the long jump with a best leap of 19 feet, 6 ½ inches.
“My best event was the 200-meter dash,” he said. “I have good endurance and finish strong, and I PRd every time I ran it this year, and I’m only going to get better.”
Sandstrom and the 4×100-meter relay team of Drake Martinez, E.J. Cauton, and Alexavier Harris placed second with a new season PR of 44.92 seconds.
Junior Matthew Dupnock won a pair of events as he finished first in the 1600 with a time of 5:00.64, and first in the 3200 in 11:23.79.
Freshman Zoey Prosen claimed first place in the long jump with a best leap of 15 feet, 2 ½ inches, and sophomore Amaya Majette won the discus with a best throw off 111-2. Prosen also placed second in the high jump with a top clearance of 4-10.
Other athletes finishing second for the Rangers were junior Tatyana King (200, 28.78), senior Daniel Snyder (800, 2:05.01), junior Rylee Smith (long jump, 15-0.25), junior Alexavier Harris (discus, 129-8), sophomore Paylin Oostdyk (discus, 105-8), senior Annie Gillespie (800, 2:44.75), and sophomore Amaya Majette (shot put, 34-3).
The boys’ 4×800-meter relay team finished as the runner-up with a time of 3:46.36.
North’s other scorers included Brand Bambrick (6th, 200, 24.88), Breonna Buchanan (4th, pole vault, 6-0), Ethan John Cauton (6th, long jump, 17-5.50; 6th, pole vault, 7-6), London Cecil (8th, 400, 1:09.31), Dionna Chaney (6th, 1600, 7:29.89; 4th, 3200, 17:11.41), Ashanti Compton (3rd, 100, 13.29), Alexavier Harris (3rd, shot put, 41-3.50), Thomas Holtman (4th, discus, 118-2), John-Michael Hopkins (3rd, 300 hurdles, 43.67; 5th, 110 hurdles, 17.53), Tatyana King (4th, 400, 1:07.83), Jaiden Kramer (6th, 400, 1:00.05; 8th, 300 hurdles, 55.37), Drake Martinez (4th, 100, 11.71), Temperance Martinez (5th, 200, 29.57), Paylin Oostdyk (4th, shot put, 30-7.75), Alexis Panzarella (5th, 1600, 7:13.08; 3rd, 3200, 16:31.06), Vincent Panzarella (7th, 400, 1:00.55; 4th, 3200, 11:58.13), Rylee Smith (5th, high jump, 4-6), and Camden Zappola (3rd, pole vault, 10-6; 4th, 110 hurdles, 17.15).
The Rangers placed third in the girls’ 4×200-meter relay (1:55.31), third in the girls’ 4×100 (54.09), fourth in the girls’ 4×400 (5:08.57), and third in the girls’ 4×800 (12:51.02). North’s boys’ 4×200-meter relay team finished fourth in 1:40.66, and the boys’ 4×800 team placed third in 9:00.10.
Boys Team Scores
1. Harvey 195
2. North 150
3. Brush 148
4. West Geauga 70
5. Wickliffe 33
6. Richmond Heights 32
7. Cornerstone Christian 6
Girls Team Scores
1. Brush 186
2. North 139
3. Harvey 91
4. St. Joseph Academy 74
5. West Geauga 67
6. Wickliffe 28
7. Richmond Heights 22
8. Cornerstone Christian 4