There were numerous meet records, school records, and personal bests across the area as Blue Water Area athletes competed Friday and Saturday at a variety of track and field invitationals.
Barnyard Invitational and Elite Mile Showcase @ Romeo: Friday, April 26
The Barnyard Invitational had many unique features for a high school track meet: it only featured distance events (800 meters, 1500 meters/1600 meters/full mile, and 3200 meters), athletes were seeded by times into various heats including elite sections, and the meet announcer was none other than the man, the myth, the legend…Matt Armelagos of Michigan Cross Country Speed Ratings. The Rising Stars and Elite race participants had their athlete bios and photos on the big screen as they were introduced at the starting line, which was a nice touch for the runners and spectators alike. While every race and heat had great competition, the big news of the night was the Elite Mile race, where Seth Norder won in 4:06, which when converted to a 1600-meter race is 4:04.81, the second-fastest time in the nation and third-fastest in MHSAA history. Anchor Bay’s Thomas Westphal was third in 4:10.64 (4:09.14 1600), resetting his school record and ranking him second in the nation right behind Norder. Michigan State University will add these two speedsters to the Spartan roster next school year. Cardinal Mooney’s Tyler Lenn was 20th in 4:23.21 and ranked first in Michigan’s Division 4. Anchor Bay also had Zachary Rubicz finish in 4:33.32 (45th). Every performance now on the updated Blue Water Area Top-10 List in the 1600-meter run was run at this meet.
In the early sessions of the 1600, Marine City Cardinal Mooney’s Isaac Zammit was fourth in 4:30, his PR, ranking him fourth in D4 currently in this event. Yale’s Giovanni Pardo-Keegan (2nd; 4:28.98), Blake Ferguson (6th; 4:32.81), Acer Campbell (29th; 4:40.35), Wyatt Murtos (42nd; 4:45.27), and Teddy Rutkofske (74th; 4:54.66) all ran their personal bests to finish under five minutes. Dylan Distelrath of St. Clair hit his best mark in this event with a 4:36.2, finishing 14th. Season bests were set by Anchor Bay’s Greg Vogt (33rd; 4:41.58) and Gabe Rush (53rd; 4:49.56). Aidan Leslie of NB Anchor Bay (75th/4:54.91), Jerry Westrick of St. Clair (4:55.27/77th) and Carson Prone of Port Huron Northern did the same, finishing 79th in 4:56.26. Gunnar Wessel of MACH was 73rd in 4:54.59, a best for him. Ethan Kreger, a freshman from St. Clair, snagged 83rd, running his high school best in 4:57.24. There were several more local runners in this race, so check out the full results at https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/520381/results/all.
St. Clair pictures courtesy of St. Clair Cross Country Facebook/Dylan Distelrath (Instagram).
Other notable performances:
Port Huron Northern’s Luke VanderHeuvel was runner-up and set a PR in the 800 meters, running 2:02.03 and moving into the third spot on the area Top-10 list, with teammate Grant Gonser right behind in 2:02.92 (seventh place; PR). New Baltimore Anchor Bay’s Aaron Osterman ran 2:05.79 to take ninth, also a PR.
Brewer Snay of Macomb Lutheran North took fifth in 9:53.87 in the 3200-meter run. Freshman Oliver Howie of PHN finished 12th (11:27; PR) and Trevor Zoli was 13th for Anchor Bay in 11:54.
In the girls’ 1600, Lauren Thomas was 11th in her season best of 5:42.21 for Anchor Bay. Freshmen Maddie Leslie (36th; 6:03.61) and Mary Wright (49th; 6:17.01) ran personal bests for the Tars. MACH athlete Faith Wessel was 18th in 5:51.81, a personal best, Molly McNabb of St. Clair was 42nd (6:08.31 PR), and fellow Saint Ella Thornton was 45th in 6:14 (PR). Celia Ford of Yale was 59th in 6:36 and Eden Brewer (St. Clair) 60th in 6:39. In the 3200, Kayla Lange (Anchor Bay) ran 12:36.9 (PR), and Port Huron Northern’s Haley Sharp improved her freshman best to 12:42, while teammate Samantha Langolf ran 12:46. Miley Caughel finished 26th in the 800 in 2:43 for the Huskies and Aubrey Sargent of St. Clair ran 2:44 to place 28th.
North Branch County Press Invitational: Friday, April 26
The North Branch County Press Invitational featured many local Blue Water Area teams and season-best marks and records were set. The meet was scored in large and small school divisions.
Pictures courtesy of Almont T&F Facebook/Grace Clemens Instagram.
Chase Battani of Almont (pictured above, top center) set a meet record in the pole vault at 14-3. He also was second in the 100-meter dash (11.31) and 110-meter hurdles (15.56), along with a third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles (43.15). The Almont 4x200 Relay ( Brody Corneau, Cole Walton, Nolan Maxlow, Matthew Bacholzky) tied for second in 1:36.96. Bacholzky (pictured above, top left) won the long jump in 19-2 and was second in the small-schools division 400 (53.64). Ethan Dinanath was fourth in the 100 (11.5), second in the 200 (23.3), won the 400 (52.45), and helped the North Branch Broncos win the 4x400 relay in an area-leading time of 3:33.89. Thomas Kann (North Branch) and Trent Glass (Marysville) were fourth and fifth in the 800 in 2:04.06 and 2:04.20. Alan Valdovinos of Imlay City was third in the 200 in the smaller division (23.67). Imlay City’s Elliot Whitney ran the 1600 (4th; 4:46) and 3200 (3rd; 10:31). Brennan Francek of Marysville was fifth in the high jump (5-11) and then won the 110-meter hurdles in 16.7: Tye Kirschner of Cros-Lex was third in the small school division in 15.7. Francek also won the 300 hurdles in 41.17, while Kirschner did the same in his race in 41.66. North Branch took second in the 4x100 with Micheal Gorman, Wyatt Muxlow, Liam McIntyre, and Dalton Perkett running 46.05. Eli Bickel won the shot put in 46-04.25 and the discus in 144-07 for North Branch, while his teammate Leyton Hutchins won the pole vault (12-06) in his division.
Grace Clemens of North Branch (pictured above; second row, far left) won the 100 (12.40) and 200 in 25.91, a school record. She also took the long jump victory in the large schools' division in 16-07.5 and her fellow Bronco Ella Swoish was second in 14-10. Ava Oleski of Cros-Lex was fourth in 27.76. For Almont, the high jump was won with a tie between Lauren Webster and Isabella Irwin at 4-8 in the small schools' division, while Paige Sheldon jumped 4-10 for Marysville to take fourth in the large schools competition. Raider Madison Niedermaier was second in the pole vault (8’) and long jump (14-5.5). Clara Gyomory won the 100 hurdles for North Branch in 16.84, while Melody Persig was second in her race in 18.11. Cora Katulski was second in the 300-meter hurdles for the Cros-Lex Pioneers in 53.58. Carlee Woolum of Marysville was second in the 400, running 63.0. Aubree Deshetsky was fourth for North Branch in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:39.9, while Cros-Lex’s Eva Thompson was second in 2:27.85 and Morgan Newton was fourth in 2:32.63 in the small schools section. Thompson was runner-up in the 1600 (5:14) and Newton fifth (5:30) against some of the best distance runners in the region (and possibly the state) from Goodrich. Rowan Conley was fifth in the 3200 in 13:35. Abagayle Barkley and Brynn Hurley were fourth and fifth in 12:36 and 12:42, respectively, in their small-schools division race.
In the large school relays, Brooklyn Rubin, Katherine Gwisdala, Breanna Gentner, and Jenna Ebenhack were third in the 4x100 meter relay in 55.54. Cros-Lex was fourth for small schools in 55.57 with Melody Persig, Christina Seghi, Addison Gardner, and Ashton Temple. The same relay members garnered third-place finishes in the 4x200: Cros-Lex in 1:58.21 and Marysville in 1:56.83. Marysville combined Ebenhack, Gwisdala, Gentner, and Woolum in their 4x400 to take fourth in 4:38. Oleski, Newton, Cora Katulski, and Thompson were third in 4:30.41. The Pioneer ladies ran a huge personal best in the 4x800 relay to take second to Goodrich in 10:04. Janae Hudson of Marysville and Aubree Deshetsky of North Branch had throws far beyond the rest of the competition: Hudson broke the meet record in shot put with 43-07, while Deshetsky threw 38-06. Hudson threw 125-06 to Deshetsky’s 120-8. Jennifer Baldwin, a freshman at Cros-Lex, won the small-schools shot put in 32-07.5 and her fellow Pioneer, Katelyn Welter, was second in 29-11. Welter won the discus with a throw of 92-9.
Blue Devil Invitational @ Richmond: Friday, April 26
Top Three Finishes = Medals
Notable performances: Samantha Whitlam, a freshman at Macomb Lutheran North, won the 400-meter dash, the long jump, the 4x200 relay, and was second in the 4x400 with the team’s fastest split at 63 seconds.
Will Haskins of MLN won the 200, 400, was third in the 100, and was on the winning 4x400 relay with the fastest split of 57 seconds.
BOYS ARE LISTED FIRST, GIRLS SECOND.
100-Meter Dash
2. Joseph Pacitto 12.05; Richmond
3. Will Haskins 12.07; Macomb Lutheran North
1. Liana Martoni 13.97 Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Estella Avolio 14.31 Macomb Lutheran North
3. Kendall Ahern 14.44 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
200-Meter Dash
1. Will Haskins 23.68 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Max Gallagher 25.81 Macomb Lutheran North
1. Brooklyn Shadley 27.70 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Liana Martoni 28.06 Macomb Lutheran North
3. Kendall Ahern 28.63 SR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
400-Meter Dash
1. Will Haskins 54.6 Macomb Lutheran North
2. Joseph Avolio 57.21 PR Macomb Lutheran North
1. Samantha Whitlam 1:03.91 PR Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Iyanna Brown 1:04.73 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Katya Anderson 1:07.95 PR Macomb Lutheran North
**FRESHMEN SWEEP
800-Meter Run
1. Joshua Macri 2:14.83 PR Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Grant Garner 2:15.28 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Ryan Delarosa 2:18.35 SR Macomb Lutheran North
1. Evelyn Buckley 2:45.17 Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Avery Stallmann 2:46.59 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Karissa Lewis 2:49.73 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
1600-Meter Run
2. Xavier Roman 4:50.74 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Joshua Macri 4:55.67 Macomb Lutheran North
2. Evelyn Buckley 6:01.01 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Avery Stallmann 6:01.37 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3200-Meter Run
2. Samuel Kochensparger 11:13.19 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Preston Corneillie 11:13.94 PR Richmond
2. Brianna Albers 13:14.52 SR Richmond
3. Pauline Chapman 14:09.04 Richmond
110-Meter Hurdles
1. Jonah Konarz 15.94 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Joseph Pacitto 16.81 Richmond
3. Greg Glaser 19.15 Macomb Lutheran North
1. Bella Wetter 18.01 PR Capac
2. Autumn Pratt 18.33 Macomb Lutheran North
3. Katelyn Goulding 19.56 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
300-Meter Hurdles
1. Jonah Konarz 41.38 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Aiden Champagne 44.71 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay - FIRST TIME EVER HURDLING!
3. Brandon Gump 47.78 PR Macomb Lutheran North
1. Aubri Baciorowski 55.73 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Natalie Monday 56.40 SR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Katelyn Goulding 56.80 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
4x100 Relay
Macomb Lutheran North: 49.75
Memphis: 50:15
Anchor Bay 55.02
3. Memphis 57.75
4x200 Relay
1. Memphis: 1:44.74
3. MLN: 1:47.62
1. MLN: 1:54.87
2. AB: 1:55.81
4x400 Relay
1. MLN: 3:55.6
3. Richmond: 4:21.65
AB: 4:33.35
MLN: 4:33.73
4x800 Relay
1. MLN: 9:11
2. Richmond: 10:18
3. Memphis: 10:23
2. AB: 11:53
Shotput
1. Matthew Grawburg 42-10.50 PR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Taiku Wargo 39-10.75 PR Macomb Lutheran North
3. Kaiden Griebe 33-07.75 PR Richmond
1. Korin Hutton 31-09.50 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Jaeda Tilton 28-09.50 SR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Maria Fortuna 28-07.00 PR Macomb Lutheran North
Discus
1.Cameron Gramzow 123-03 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2.Taiku Wargo 111-06 PR Macomb Lutheran North
1. Jaeda Tilton 98-05 SR New Baltimore Anchor Bay
2. Korin Hutton 94-09 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Sidney James 88-00 PR Richmond
HighJump
1. Greg Glaser 5-08.00 Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Tim Short 5-06.00 Memphis
1. Autumn Pratt 4-08.00 Macomb Lutheran North
1. Alysia Goudelock 4-08.00
New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Sela Slay 4-06.00 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Pole Vault
1. Lucas Smith 10-00.00 Brown City
2. Cameron Kuzdzal 8-00.00 Macomb Lutheran North
2. Lukas Schultz 8-00.00 Richmond
2. Emma Pitcel 7-00.00 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
3. Mackenzie Regier 6-06.00 New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Long Jump
3. Thomas Stocki 16-11.75 PR Capac *FRESHMAN
1. Samantha Whitlam 15-08 PR Macomb Lutheran North *FRESHMAN
2. Keira Smith 14-09 PR Capac
Port Huron High - Friday Night Lights @ Livonia-Franklin: Friday, 4/26/24
Port Huron High Top-10 finish highlights:
9th: 400-meter dash. Jaedyn Carswell, 55.31 SR
6th: 800-meter dash. Austin Trudeau, 2:09 PR
10th: 110-meter hurdles. Dion Edwards, 17.32a
Dryden @ Vassar: Friday, 4/26/24
Olivia Reynolds was back on top of the invitational finishes, placing second in the 200 (27.19), while Caila Fitchett was eighth in 28.79. Delaney Wolle was fifth in the 100 in 14.03. Sophia Peter won the 300 hurdles (46.69) and Caila Fitchett was third in her personal best of 51.97. Reynolds won the 400 in 59.87 - she’s currently ranked second in the state for Division 4 - and teamed up with Wolle, Peter, and Miller to win the 4x100 (1:51.64) and Fitchett, Peter, and Wolle for the 4x400 victory in 4:21. The Cardinals are ranked fifth in the state in that event. Aiden Fitchett ran his season-best 1600 on the boys’ side, running 4:48.87.
Yale Relays: Saturday, April 27
While results of the Yale Relays are atypical due to the mixed-gender Co-Ed relay teams, the meet did have some interesting highlights:
The throwers’ relay earned a pizza as a first-place trophy. The Armada Tigers earned the pie with Riley Agee, Emily Brown, Chase Walker, and Jacob Meerschaert running the fastest 4x100 relay amongst the shot put and discus crew.
The Bulldog Field Event Relay featured four represented members of various field event crews, in any combination or order they desired.
The cross country race was scored with four runners from each team on a grassy 3000-meter course that finished on the track. Yale won 1st, 3rd, 11th, and 17th places by Acer Campbell, Teddy Rutkofske, Isabelle Goulding, and Micayla McClelland.
When you have some of the best hurdlers in the league and region, it’s no surprise Yale won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay with Keirra Taube, Sadie Dykstra, Leo Bearss, and David Bianchini winning by three seconds. One of the best spectator moments of the meet was watching Colin Boullard of St. Clair execute phenomenal hurdling to make up a large deficit and almost catch the leaders.
There was a Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600): Armada took the victory but St. Clair’s Dylan Distelrath gave a valiant effort in the anchor leg to catch first place, running a fast mile less than 24 hours after running his PR at the Barnyard Invitational the night before.
St. Clair DMR relay team and Armada throwers' relay team. Photos by Blue Water Running.
Oxford Invitational: 4/27/24
Anchor Bay’s Luke Bowman won the adaptive 100, 200, 400, and shotput, making him four-for-four in his events. He came close to his PR in the 100 in 20.17, 37.21 in the 200, 72 in the 400, and threw a huge personal best in the shot put with a toss of 19-7.75.
*Due to some missing meet information and glitches in Athletic.net, the Blue Water Area Top-10 Performance List has not been updated for this weekend's performances. It will be updated as soon as all athlete and meet information is available.
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