Jump for joy! The 2026 high school track and field season is here!
As The Enquirer continues its track and field previews, it’s time to take a look at the athletes that will be flying through the air this spring, including eight individuals that have won an indoor or outdoor state title.
Here are the best high jumpers, long jumpers, triple jumpers and pole vaulters in Greater Cincinnati.
Teague Boland, Moeller
The junior had the second-highest high jump mark in the state during the indoor season at 6 feet, 10 inches. He eventually took third place at the Division I state meet. He has an outdoor best of 6-8 but has finished eighth and ninth at the last two outdoor state meets.
Samantha Clyde, Sycamore
The sophomore is the youngest in a trio of outstanding Southwest Ohio pole vaulters. She took eighth place at the 2025 DI state meet thanks to a personal best of 12-0. She has also dabbled in the long and triple jump, even though the latter is only offered during the indoor season in Ohio.
Lauren Cravens, Batavia
Cravens has appeared at the indoor state meet ever since she was a sophomore but has yet to advance to the outdoor state meet. She recently took third place in the high jump at the DII indoor state meet. Her outdoor personal bests are 5-4 for the high jump and 16-7.5 for the long jump.
Anna Curtsinger, Bishop Brossart
She is quickly becoming one of the best pole vaulters in Northern Kentucky. In the last year, she was the outdoor Class 1A state runner-up and the indoor state champion. Her out door personal best is 10-3.
Hayden Harlan, St. Henry
The junior had an exceptionally strong high jump season in 2025, opening at 5 feet before earning a new personal best of 5-6 and eventually taking second place at the Class 1A outdoor state meet for the second year in a row. She is also a two-time indoor state champion. Harlan recently opened her 2026 season with a clearance of 5-4 at Boone County.
Layton Hartsough, Monroe
Just a sophomore, he has a lot of momentum heading into the outdoor season after placing fourth in both the high jump and the triple jump at this year’s DII indoor state meet. His indoor personal bests for those events are 6-5 and 40-3.25, respectively, providing a baseline for the spring.
Olivia Hill, Wyoming
In her final season, can she finally grab the outdoor long jump state title that has eluded her for three years? Hill has finished second, third and fifth at the outdoor state meet. She did win the 2025 DIII indoor long jump and triple jump state titles. Her outdoor long jump best is 18-4.75.
Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton
Howard started her senior season in outstanding fashion, winning the Class 3A indoor state titles in the long jump and triple jump. Between the indoor and outdoor seasons, she has four state titles and has never finished worse than sixth at a state championship meet. Her outdoor personal bests are 19-0 for the long jump and 38-2.25 for the triple jump.
Claire Iaciofano, Turpin
She is the two-time defending DI pole vault state champion but will compete in DII this year as the sport expands to five divisions in Ohio. Iaciofano broke her own outdoor school record last year, culminating in a clearance of 13-4 to win the state title. She recently took second place at the DII indoor state meet.
Rachel Johannesmeyer, St. Ursula
Just behind Iaciofano is the junior from St. Ursula. She has taken third place at the most recent indoor and outdoor state championships. Her outdoor personal best is 12-8 and she has also shown promise in the 200- and 400-meter dash.
Paul Klosinski, Covington Catholic
The junior is a two-time Class 2A pole vault state champion (one indoor, one outdoor) and has a solid chance to own the state record by the time his career is over. In each state championship performance, he has needed just four jumps to claim the title. His outdoor personal best is 14-7, one inch higher than his indoor best.
D.J. Lack, West Clermont
The senior, who is also an exceptional bowler for the Wolves, entered the 2025 season with a high jump personal best of 6-2 but took it to the next level, finishing as the DI state runner-up with a new best of 6-9.
Lorenzo McMullen, Taft
McMullen has a handful of offers to play football in college and is also one of the Senators’ leading scorers on the basketball court, but shocked the state by taking second place in the DII high jump as a freshman. His two best jumps came in the postseason, including a new personal best of 6-6.
Emma Naylor, Campbell County
The senior has matching indoor and outdoor personal bests in the pole vault of 10-6. She took third place at last year’s Class 3A outdoor meet and was this year’s indoor runner-up.
Luke Schnieber, Cincinnati Country Day
Cincinnati should claim a third straight boys pole vault state title (New Richmond’s Grant Harrison won the previous two). Schnieber owns the DIII outdoor state record at 16-7 but ended up taking third year at the state meet. He recently won the DIV indoor state meet with a clearance of 17-0.25.
Tyler Schwinn, Loveland
While Schwinn has competed more often in the 400 meters and 800 meters during the outdoor season, he has recorded top-three finishes in the high jump at two of the last three indoor state meets, including winning the 2026 DII title with a clearance of 6-6.
James Theobald, St. Xavier
The Bombers have a pair of pole vaulters that can place on this year’s state podium in Theobald and Beckett Stimson, a senior who recently took second place at the DI indoor state meet. Theobald took fifth place at last year’s DI outdoor state meet with a new personal best of 14-8.
Peyton Trauth, Bishop Brossart
She is the defending Class 1A state runner-up in the long jump, then took fifth place in the same event at this year’s indoor state meet. She has an outdoor best of 16-2 and has already jumped 15-9.75 this season.
Tripp Wilson, Bishop Brossart
The junior most recently took second place in the long jump and fifth place in the triple jump at the Class 1A indoor state meet. He took sixth place in the triple jump at the 2025 outdoor state meet thanks to a new personal best of 40-10.75 and recently set a long jump best of 20-6.
Winter Wyant, Beechwood
She has appeared at the last two Class 1A outdoor state championships, competing in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump. She recently took third place in the long jump at the indoor state meet and already set a new outdoor triple jump personal best of 32-2.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Who are the top jumpers in Greater Cincinnati track and field in 2026?
Reporting by Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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