Warren’s Amanda Rauch, left, and Sydney Starcher celebrate after placing in the top eight in the high to earn All-Ohio honors at the OHSAA state track championships Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. (Courtesy photo)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A pair of Warren Warriors found themselves on the All-Ohio podium together during Friday’s OHSAA state track championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Junior Sydney Starcher cleared 5 feet, 4 inches in the high jump to place fifth while teammate Amanda Rauch, a senior, hit 5-2 to finish tied for sixth as both athletes earned all-state status.

Starcher, who also cleared 5-4 last year but placed ninth in the event to miss All-Ohio honors by one spot, missed her first two attempts at 5-4 Friday before clearing on the third try.

Rauch, who will also compete in the pole vault at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, was one of six girls to finish at 5-2. Four of those girls, including Rauch, cleared it on their first try to finish tied for sixth. The other two finished tied for 10th and missed out on the podium.

Warren also had Clay Perry competing on the boys side. He was 12th in the 300 hurdles prelims with a time of 38.47.

Caldwell’s Gwyn Lori claimed a pair of state championships in the throws.

Lori, who was third in the discus last year, recorded her winning mark on her third attempt. Her teammate, Camy Crock, was 17th in the discus at 107-1.

The defending champ in the shot put, Lori smoked the competition with a mark of 45-5.5, which she recorded on her first throw of the day.

Another Caldwell thrower, Ethan Crock, placed 10th in the boys discus with a top mark of 151-5.

Shenandoah’s Braxton Barnett had a busy day. He found himself on the podium in the high jump after clearing 6-5 to place seventh. He cleared 6-2, 6-4 and 6-5 all on his final try.

He then notched a pair of first-place finishes in the hurdles prelims. Barnett ran in the 110 in 14.37 and the 300 in 37.61, both PRs, to advance to Saturday’s finals.

In the long jump, Barnett finished ninth at 21-1.25.

Federal Hocking’s Annamarie Montle won the pole vault at 12-4.

Montle, the returning runner-up in the event after clearing 12-2 last year, hit 12-4 on second try. She was almost out at 12-0, missing her first two tries before succeeding on the third.

She also ran in both hurdles prelims, finishing ninth in the 100 (15.51) and 10th in the 300 (47.21). Montle will run in the 100 hurdles finals at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Fellow Lancer Jaylee Orsborne ran in the 100 (12.83) and 200 (26.57) prelims.

Two local relay teams competed in the 4×800.

The Fort Frye girls team of Laine Spindler, Ava Huck, Camryn Huck and Cadence Waller finished 18th (10:22.94) while Shenandoah boys quartet of Chuck Estadt, Noah McElroy, Emmitt Slevin and Jarrett Wentworth finished 17th (8:29.66)

Fellow Zeps Isa Estadt (3200, 11:30 a.m.) and Alyssa Crum (800, 10:55 a.m.) are set to run Saturday.

Morgan’s Braylon Miller raced in the 200 prelims, coming in 11th with a time of 22.22. He’ll also run in the 400 finals at 2:05 p.m. Saturday.