In a field of nine teams, both the girls and boys track and field teams came out on top at a rescheduled Boyne City Invitational. The girls team won with 123 points, followed by Harbor Springs with 89 and Traverse City St Francis with 87.5. The boys racked up 152.5 points over Charlevoix with 121 and Elk Rapids with 106. The top six athletes in each event scored points, contributing to the teams’ victories. Both teams have athletes that continue to set personal (PR) and seasonal (SR) records as well. Coach Scott Menard remarked “It was the first nice day that we actually had favorable conditions to participate in and the kids took advantage of it. We had a number of personal bests. The four relay teams all ran their best times also.”
Both teams were runners up in the first event, the 4×800 relay. Regan Sporte, Izzy McCord, Asia Jones and Stephanie Jones finished with a time of 11:26.36. Shea Armstrong, Chase Aldridge, Evan Huyck and Ian Southwell finished in 8:58.09. Annabelle Fazzari (16.99-PR) placed second in the girls 100m high hurdles. Isaac Niebuhr (16.90-PR) placed second and Owen Rice (18.40-SR) placed sixth in the boys 110m high hurdles. Javonte Bellamy (11.14-PR) won the boys 100m dash. The girls 4x200m relay team of Abrianna Spencer, S. Jones, Grace Mayer and Bella Smith won the event with a time of 1:54.91. Niebuhr, Landon Ryckeghem, Southwell and Caleb Klier finished fourth for the boys, with a time of 1:41.25. Gabe Litzner (4:36.91) won the boys 1600m run. Spencer, Mayer, McCord and Smith won the girls 4x100m relay with a time 54.10. For the boys, Wyatt Peabody, Ryckeghem, Tristan Walcher and Bellamy finished fifth with a time of 50:49. Mayer (1:03.90) placed fourth in the girls 400m dash. Fazzari (53.17-SR) was runner up in the girls 300m low hurdles and Ava Mayer (53.98-PR) placed fourth. In the boys 300m low hurdles, Rice finished third (43.62-PR) and Niebuhr (45.28) came in sixth. S. Jones was fifth in the girls 800m run, while Eli Hills (2:05.11) won the event for the boys. Smith (28.10-SR) was runner up for the girls 200m run and Bellamy (23.68-PR) was runner up for the boys. Sporte (13:27.48) finished fourth for the girls 3200m run, and Litzner (10:06.48) won the boys event, with Armstrong (10:37.87) coming in fifth. In the girls 4x400m relay, S. Jones, Smith, A. Mayer and G. Mayer placed third with a time of 4:27.87 and Huyck, Litzner, Rice and Klier won the boys event in 3:38.84.
The Blue Devils had a number of athletes score in the field events as well. Fazzari (34’9.5”-SR) won the girls shot put, with Thelma Osumili (30’2”) throwing third. Brady Ditmyer (45’5”-PR) was runner up for the boys event. Johnny Osborn (18’2”-PR) won the boys seated shot put event. Fazzari (100’10”-SR) was runner up in the girls discus, and Ditmyer (112’10”) placed sixth for the boys. Deacon Clement (5’6”-PR) placed fourth in the high jump, and Niebuhr (5’6”) jumped fifth. Ayla Menard (6’6”) has a sixth place finish for the girls pole vault. Jordyn Giffin (13’10-SR) and Isabeau Woodard (13’2.5”) placed fourth and fifth in the girls long jump. Walcher (18’6.5”) was runner up for the boys.
Coach Jim Martin continues to praise his athletes’ efforts. “Distance runners really shone brightly last night. We PR’d in the 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 by over 4 seconds. Eli Hills, Evan Huyck Caleb Klier, Gabe Litzner, Brady Ditmeyer, Isaac Niebuhr, Owen Rice and Javonte Bellamy all had a hand in at least 15 points or a PR or both. We had a few disappointments last night but other runners/throwers/jumpers more than picked up the slack as we continue our journey to Regionals and Finals. We had many more PR’s that our staff is really happy with.”
The teams will send athletes back downstate for another invitational on Thursday, this time in East Jordan.
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