T&F: Claremore boys dominate regional while Lady Zebras pile up state qualifiers

By the end of the day Saturday in Owasso, Claremore had rewritten school records and overwhelmed the rest of the field. Powered by dominant sprint relays, standout individual performances and depth across nearly every event, Claremore’s boys captured the Class 5A East Regional championship by 28 points at Owasso High School, while the Lady Zebras added a third-place team finish and a long list of state qualifiers of their own. The Zebra boys scored 135 points to easily outdistance the field, while the girls finished with 94 points behind only champion Tahlequah [128] and runner-up Bishop Kelley.

Regional champions, runners-up and third-place finishers automatically qualified for the state meet, while select fourth- through seventh-place finishers advanced based on statewide qualifying marks. Mason Fraley led the way for the boys, winning the 400 meters in dominant fashion with a time of 48. 54 seconds, more than two seconds faster than the runner-up.

He also helped power Claremore’s sprint relays to historic performances. The 4x200 relay team of Fraley, Graham Williams, Furious Poole and Brandon Shaw broke the school record with a time of 1 minute, 29. 14 seconds while finishing second.

Later, the same quartet captured the regional title in the 4x400 with another school-record performance of 3:20. 99. The Zebras' 4x100 team of Jace Hogan, Fraley, Poole and Shaw also qualified for state with a runner-up finish in 42.