Photos: Field girls lead Don Faix Invitational as Crestwood names track for Bridget Franek

Girls jump during the 100 meter hurdes at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.

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Photos: Field girls lead Don Faix Invitational as Crestwood names track for Bridget Franek

- Michael Indriolo ,

In the first Don Faix Invitational at Bridget Franek Track, the Field Falcons girls track and field team took first place in a highly competitive landscape.

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  • West Geauga High School’s Trae Zimmerman attempts an unorthodox jump during the boys high jump prelims at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • A Suffield thrower launches a shot put at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • An official measures a shot put throw at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Runners rest after finishing the 1600 meter run at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Riverside High School runners Bryce Weber, who placed second, and Scott Cavell, who placed sixth, congratulate each other after finishing the 1600 meter run at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Walsh Jesuit’s Luke Ondracek wins the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:34.78 at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • A Normandy runner prepares to hand off the baton during the girls 4×200 meter relay at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Walsh Jesuit’s Christian Ochei wins the boys 100 meter dash with a time of 10.96 seconds at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Bridget Franek, a former middle and long distance star at Crestwood, wates as Crestwood High School Track and Field coaches unveil a plaque and officially announced the track to be named after her at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Bridget Franek, a former middle and long distance star at Crestwood, poses with Crestwood High School Track and Field coaches after they unveiled a plaque and officially announced the track to be named after her at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Bridget Franek, a former middle and long distance star at Crestwood, hugs a Crestwood High School Track and Field coach after they unveiled a plaque and officially announced the track to be named after her at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Crestwood High School Track and Field seniors give a bouquet of flowers to Bridget Franek, a former middle and long distance star at Crestwood, at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Crestwood’s track was named officially named after Franek during the meet.
  • Spectators watch the boys 4×800 meter relay at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • A jumper from Riverside High School competes in the boys long jump at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • St. Vincent St. Mary’s girls 4×200 meter relay runners hand off the baton at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • A Riverside High School thrower launches a shotput during the boys shot put prelims at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Spectators and athelets line up for concessions and merch at the beginning of the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
  • Spectators gather at the Don Faix Invitational at Crestwood High School’s newly renamed Bridget Franek Track on Saturday, April 10, 2021.

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