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All-Ohio honors come home to area runners at OHSAA state cross country
OBETZ — The fourth time is a charm for Shelby’s Anna Will. After qualifying for the state cross country championships in each of the last three seasons, but coming up short in her quest for an All-Ohio honor, the senior accomplished the elusive goal when she finished 33 rd with a 19:29.2 to take second team All-Ohio honors. LEXINGTON TAKES STATE RUNNER-UP HONORS: Lexington's amazing journey leads to Division II state runner-up finish “I am really happy about it,” Will said. “Every year, I have come here with the goal of earning All-Ohio and I have never got it. Finally getting it my senior year and my last race in a Shelby jersey is thrilling and means so much to me. It is something I have been working for since I was a freshman.” Last week at the regional meet, Will got boxed in and while she still earned an individual qualifying spot, she felt like she was held back from running her absolute best. So, she changed her strategy at Saturday’s Ohio High School Athletic Association State Cross Country Championships and sprinted off of the line to get ahead of the pack. It worked well for her as she
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Jayme Rardon went from first-gen student to C-TEC education leader | Aces of Trades
NEWARK - She likes changing lives for the better. “As a kid I always wanted to be a meteorologist,” Jayme Rardon said. “I was obsessed with storms and thought it would be fun to broadcast the weather every day! As I got older, I figured out that math and science are not my forte and those are important in the field of meteorology. My sisters and I used to ‘play school’ a lot when we were kids, so I guess I’m not totally surprised I ended up in education.” Today, Rardon is the assistant director of postsecondary education for Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County (C-TEC). She oversees student services, the testing center and financial aid. Rardon grew up in Martinsburg, graduated from Utica High School in 2004, Bowling Green State University in 2008, then earned a master’s degree in higher education administration from Kaplan University in 2010. “Going to college is what really sparked my interest in academia,” she said. “As a first-generation college student, I had to navigate a lot of things on my own. I changed my major my junior year – which is not ideal – so I spent a lot of time with