Catching up after a two-week, 3,330-mile road trip that encompassed seven states: — Central Ohio will be well represented in the US Olympic Track and Field Trials July 1-10 in Eugene, Ore. Thomas Worthington grad Molly Ludlow is seeded second in the 800 meters with a qualifying time of 1:58.68. Gahanna grad Jake Blankenship (Tennessee) is tied for the No. 3 mark in the pole vault (18-8) and Olentangy Liberty grad Joe Uhle (Air Force) is tied for seventh at 18-7. Other area products include Olentangy Orange grad Katelyn Daniels (Michigan State) in the discus, Ryan Wilson of Westerville North in the 110 high hurdles, Desmond Palmer of Pickerington North (Pitt) in the 400 hurdles, Brannon Kidder of Lancaster (Penn State) and Drew Windle of New Albany in the 800 and Aisha Cavin of Hartley and Ohio State in the 200. Other current or former Buckeyes in the meet are Jeff See in the 1,500 and 5,000, Cory Leslie in the 1,500 and 3,000 steeplechase, Christina Manning in the 100 hurdles, Antonio Blanks in the 400 hurdles, Alexis Franklin in the 400 hurdles, Michael Hartfield in the long jump, John Murasky in the shot put and Billy Stanley in the javelin. — Ohio State sophomores-to-be Nick Gray of Pickerington North, Karrington Winters of New Albany and Sade Olatoye of Dublin Coffman qualified for the IAAF U-20 World Track and Field Championships July 19-24 in Poland with strong showings in the USA Track and Field Championships in Clover, Calif. over the weekend. Gray placed…
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