High School Track

April 22, 2024 Local Sports

High School Track Results from the weekend.

Ralph Rice Invitational @ Western

With the Panther boys handily winning the meet, the results of Friday night’s 12-team Ralph Rice Invitational show a much more hotly-contended competition. Western scored 179 points to Olivet’s 98, Charlotte’s 95, and Marshall’s 92. 
“We’re still looking to fine tune a few things,” Western head coach Lucas Sponsler said, “but for late April we’re making great progress. With a meet like this, it’s great to see our young guys have the kind of break-through moments that can be like rocket fuel for competitive confidence.”
Western’s throwers led the way, with Brennan Faber, Noah Shaw and Ron London taking first, second and fourth in the shot put, respectively. In the discus, Shaw, AJ Scutt and Faber swept first, second and third, also in that order.
Josh Veneziano continued his win streak in the high jump, while Edison Lopeman ran the 3200m in a blistering fast 9:42.94, beating the second-place runner by 17 seconds. Also winning their event was Western’s 4x200m relay team of Evan Craddock, Michael Brant, Jackson Jones and Mitchell Williams. Caleb Rudd-Jones placed second in the long jump, and Cooper Singleton finished second in the 1600m and third in the 800m.
“The final score really highlights how important depth is in this sport,” Sponsler said. “We had guys score points for us by finishing in the top eight in every single event. That kind of balance will help, come championship season.”
Western’s next meet is at home on Tuesday, when they open the Interstate-8 season by hosting the Marshall Redhawks.
Men’s Varsity Results
  1. Western 179
  2. Olivet 98
  3. Charlotte 95
  4. Marshall 92
  5. Jonesville 63
  6. Hanover-Horton 48
  7. Whiteford 35
  8. Michigan Center 26
  9. Lumen 21
  10. Northwest 21
  11. Grass Lake 13
  12. Adrian 8
Women’s Results
  1. Olivet 145.5
  2. Charlotte 103
  3. Grass Lake 90.5
  4. Lumen 80
  5. Western 62.5
  6. Whiteford 57.5
  7. Marshall 46
  8. Jonesville 34.5
  9. Hanover-Horton 24
  10. Northwest 22
  11. Adrian 20
  12. Michigan Center 16.5

Hanover-Horton

Friday, our athletes competed at the Ralph Rice Invitational (@ Western). Out of 12 teams, our girls ended in 9th place with 24 points and the boys ended in 6th place with 48 points.

Graham Jumper earned the meet champion title in 2 events – Long Jump (21′ 2) and 100m (11.11). JJ Russ also medaled for the comets in High Jump with a jump of 5’11 earning him 3rd place.

The girls 4x400m Relay including Brynlee Swihart, Olivia Perrine, Chelsea Russ, and Sophie Reynolds got 2nd place with a time of 4:28.89. And Brooke Hadley earned a career record throw in discus (72′ 0).

Panther Invitational at Dewitt 4/19

Napoleon competed in the invitational Friday evening. For the men Holden Van Poppel finished 2nd in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 15.06, DeVonta Habern took 2nd in the High Jump with 6’2″, Holden Van Poppel and DeVonta Habern with 1 and 2 in the Long Jump with 22’2.75″ (pr) and 21’2.5″ repectively,  Kyler Pequet finished 4th in the 800 with a time of 2:04.42 and he finished 5th in the 1600 with a time of 4:49.70.

For the women, Alexis Kerman took 2nd in the long jump with 15’0″.

The Royals Invitational 4/20

Manchester men took 1st this weekend in Blissfield and the women took 2nd.

Men results include Jayden Johnson 2nd in the 100 with 12.89. Grand and Jayden Johnson went 3rd and 4th in the 200 25.90 and 25.94. Grant Johnson and Carson Horky went 2nd and 3rd in the 400 with 54.26 and 56.16. Cade Sayer took 3rd in the 800 with 2:20.06. Hunter Anderson took 3rd in the 1600 with 5:08.67 and he took 2nd in the 3200 with 11:40.19. Sawyer Lutton went 3rd in the 110 hurdles with 19.78. Grant Johnson took 1st and Lutton took 3rd in the 300 Hurdles with 44.50 and 48.92.

For the women, Gianna Turek and Ellie Marsh took 2nd and 3rd in the 400 with 1:12.47 and 1:13.74. in the 3200 Caroline Mason took 3rd with 15:26.56. In the 100 Hurdles Siera Jedele and Addie Gale took 2nd and 3rd with 20.00 and 20.43. Siera Jedele also took 2nd in the 300 hurdles 55.80.

Team results

Men’s

  1. Manchester 58
  2. Blissfield 48
  3. Petersburg-Summerfield 38
  4. Britton Deerfield 30
  5. Hillsdale 5
  6. Washtenaw Christian 4

 

Women’s Results

  1. Blissfield 88
  2. Manchester 41
  3. Petersburg Summerfield 27
  4. Britton Deerfield 21
  5. Hillsdale 5
  6. Washtenaw Christian 1