Lakewood, Ohio - While the 4x800 team has secured its spot in next week's Amherst Regional, the Wildcats qualified a strong contingent to Friday's district finals at First Federal Lakewood Stadium.

Among those Friday qualifiers are the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams, the versatile Pat Jeffries and Matt McVey, who qualified in the 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles, and many more, including freshman standouts Luke Wagner and James Norris.

Joining the 4x800 team with solid performances in Wednesday night's three other finals events were Mike Schafer, who was second in the long jump with a season-best 20-6.50, Kevin Kavalec, who was third in the discus at 160-08 and Zach Keirn and Pat Politowicz, who were 2-3 in the pole vault. The meet started under blue-gray cloudy skies and stiff warm winds at 4:30 and ended in rain around 9 p.m.

Here are the team standings heading into Friday's district finals on Bunts and Madison.

Saint Ignatius (39 points); Normandy (32 points); St. Edward (26); Cleveland John F. Kennedy (18 points); Lakewood (13 points); Parma (10 points); Valley Forge (8 points); Rhodes (6 points); Garfield Heights (2 points) and John Adams (1 point).

Here is look at all of the efforts by Coach Chuck Kyle's team on Wednesday night, followed by some astute comments by the Wildcats' competitors.

Note: A star next to the event indicates that is was a final. The others are prelim qualifiers to Friday's district finals at Lakewood, which get underway at 4 p.m.

100 meter dash: James Norris was third in 11:48 and Dan Way was sixth at 11.77.

200 meter dash: James Norris was third in 22:48.

800 meter run: Vince Bartram and Luke Wagner were 1-2.

4x100 meter relay: The Wildcats (Enzo Cannata, Pat Jeffries, Dan Way and James Norris) and the other 4x100 teams got an automatic qualification to Friday because one of the seeds failed to show for the event.

110 meter hurdles: Pat Jeffries (16:21) and Matt McVey (16:43) were 2-3.

300 meter hurdles: Pat Jeffries (41.52) and Matt McVey (42.18) were 2-3.

Note: St. Edward's Steele Wasik set meet records in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles.

4x200 meter relay: The team of Dan Way, Nick Christescu, Tyler Delhees and Scott Arthrell finished third in 1:32.45.

4x400 meter relay: The team of Matt McVey, Pat Jeffries, Jeff Foerg and James Norris placed third at 3:30.79.

*4x800 meter relay: The team of Jack Miller, Jake Maier, Luke Wagner and Joe Arquillo took first place in 8:09.14.

*Pole Vault: Zach Keirn and Pat Politowicz were 2-3.

*Long jump: Mike Schafer was second with an effort of 20-06.50.

*Discus: Kevin Kavalec was third with a throw of 160-08. St. Edward's brother tandem of Aaron (194-03 meet record) and Jonathan Zedella (161-05) were 1-2.

HOW THEY SAW IT:

Jack Miller, Wildcats cross country and track standout: "Coach Kyle likes the philosophy of racing. It is not about times, it's about going out there and racing. I'm really excited to see what the team (the district champion and regional qualifying 4x800) can do. We looked really good today and I can't wait to see us when we're being pushed. Because I know we'll come out on top."

Mike Schafer on his long jump: "I felt really good, it was my best jump (20-06.50) of the season. The first two jumps, the wind got me a little bit. But the third one was perfect. The wind settled down, I felt really good, my legs were loose and I just hit full speed." Mike pointed out that he placed second to Ohio's defending indoor state champion, Antwon Smith of Cleveland John F. Kennedy, who jumped 21-10.00.

Coach Kyle's Mr. Versatility, Pat Jeffries: "I thought the 110s (hurdles) went smoothly. The wind was kind of a killer, but it happens. Everybody had to go through the wind. Second seed, I was pretty happy with that. Not a PR, but we'll see what Friday brings. In the 300s, my heat was a little on the cruise control side. I just wanted to get through to Friday. I wanted to get through the motions of this track (Lakewood Stadium) and see how it feels. I haven't been here in a year. It was like how are my steps going to go on the turn, which I was really worried about. I got four more (races) on Friday, so I wanted to keep my legs a little bit intact."