Medina sophomore places 5th at state meet

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 10 June 2022 at 7:26 pm

Contributed Photo – Medina High sophomore Madelynn Rutledge in action at today’s state championship meet where she placed fifth in the Division 2 Long Jump.

Medina High sophomore Madelynn Rutledge placed fifth in the Long Jump at the Division 2 (small schools) state track and field championships today at Cicero North High School near Syracuse.

Rutledge had a leap of 17-1 on her sixth and final attempt to earn fifth place honors.

She qualified for the state championships with a school record leap of 17-6 1/2 at last weekend’s Section VI state qualifier. That effort broke her own school record of 17-4 1/2 hich she set a couple of weeks early at the Niagara-Orleans All-League meet.