Onekama Track April 27, 2005

The Portager boys took first place in the first West Michigan D Jamboree of the season, held on April 27^th at Mason County Eastern (MCE). The trackletes tallied a total of 171.5 points, followed by Brethren with 140 pts, MCE with 91.5 points, Baldwin, 44 pts; Pentwater, 16 pts; and Walkerville, 15 pts.

Once again, several personal bests were recorded. Track season moves with the speed of lightning as the season packs in lots of competition in a short time, and the trackletes are doing an admirable job of keeping up with the pace. Next up — the Mesick Inviational on Saturday, April 30.

Boys Individual Results:
The meet was highlighted by several personal bests on the boys’ squad. Names/events in boldface indicate new personal records:

Pole Vault: (no event; MCE does not have a pole vault pit.)
Shot Put: 4^th — Mike Coryell, 36’5 _", 5^th — Chris Smith, 34’7 _"
Discus: 1^st: — Smith, 121,1 _", 5^th — Josh Vertalka, 104’
Long Jump: 2^nd — Dustin Thomas, 17’9 _"
High Jump: 2^nd — Thomas, 5’8" 4^th — Anthony Reedy, 5’2"
3200 Relay: 1^st: – Andy Desmarais, Josh Groenwald, Luke Allen, Nick Swisher 9:21
110 High Hurdles: 1st – Ryan Brown, 16.93, 3^rd: — Jordan Maxey, 18.37, 5^th — Taylor Fraly, 18.96 6^th — Tim Veverica, 20.31
100 m Run: 2^nd — Thomas, 11.92, 3^rd — Reedy, 12.23, 6^th — Ryan Brown, 12.44
800 m. Relay: 1st – Nate Milarch, Fraly, Eric Maddux, Reedy 1:41
1600m Run: 1^st- Luke Allen, 4:51, 5^th — Josh Groenwald, 5:03
400m Run: 1^st – Milarch, 56.07, 4^th — Tom Gillespie, 59.28, 6^th — Desmarais, 1:01.89
400 m Relay: 1^st — Reedy, Maxey, Milarch, Maddux 49:04
300 Hurdles: 1^st-Brown, 43.52, 2^nd — Maxey, 47.64, 3^rd — Fraly, 48.01 6^th — Veverica, 50.7
800 m Run: 1st -Allen, 2:08
200m run: 2nd — Thomas, 25.07, 5^th —Gillespie, 26.18
1600 m Relay: 3rd — Nick Bradford, Andy Allen, Jordan Wilson, Desmarais 4:16

Girls Team Results:
Girls Varsity Track results from last nights Jamboree at MCE

MCE 175
OHS 114
Baldwin 76
Brethren 61
Walkerville 16
Pentwater 13

Girls Individual Results: boldface indicate new personal records
1st place:

Marylynn Bradford - 800m 2:48; Discus 87'6 1/2"
3200m Relay - 11:00 Marylynn Bradford, Ronnie Maidens, Ashley Zupin, Sam Mitchell
1600m Relay - 4:46 Marylynn Bradford, Sam Mitchell, Ashley Zupin, Shannon Eddy

2nd place:

Stephanie Keith Long Jump 13' 10 1/4"
Alyssa Cole High Jump 4'4
Kelsey Acker 100m High Hurdles 19.7
Sam Mitchell 400m 1:08

3rd place:

Shannon Eddy High Jump 4'4
800m Relay - 2:08 Marlee Herkelrath, Jade Wethy, Carmen Howard, Sarah Acker
400m Relay - 59.01 Marlee Herkelrath, Alyssa Cole, Shannon Eddy, Kelsey Acker

4th place:

Marlee Herkelrath High Jump 4'4
Ronnie Maidens 1600m 6:29
Kelsey Acker 300m Hurdles 1:00

5th place:

Ashley Zupin 1600m 6:33 *

6th place:

Sarah Eipperele 100m Hurdles 22.7
Carmen Howard 400 1:16
Sarah Acker 800m 3:16

Other performances were turned in by

Jade Wethy Long Jump 10'4; 100m 15.8; 200m 33 *
Jessica Rick Shot put 18'7 1/2
Kristy Sievert Shot put 18'7 1/2; Discus 48' 1/2 *
Elise Bobian 100m 16.3; 200m 35.8 *
Rika Landa 800m 3:50; 400m 1:29
Carmen Hayes 1600m 7:05; 800m 3:28
Stephanie Keith 100m 14.5 *

And it's outta here! Another nice throw by an OHS Discus competitor.

Seems his finger has been hurting him for awhile now, so he taped it up to be safe also. Better hurry, it's first call for Boy's Shot Put.

Sr. Mike Coryell gives it his all for OHS in the Shot put event as well as spotted his team mate's throws so that they received the proper measurements.

Sr. Chris Smith was throwing around 130 feet in the warmups. After two disappointing throws during the actual competition around 109 feet, he pulled it together and flew one 122 feet.

Sr. Dominic Morrill was a little disappointed with one of his throws, but the other two flew nicely out there.

He is our left handed fellow so I had to run to the other side quickly to snap this shot of him as the shot put leaves his hand.

Sr. Josh Vertalka PR'd at today's meet. He is over 101 feet now and while i couldn't quite hear the lady to grasp his actual measurement, he was jumping for joy. Well done!

Sr. Chris Smith had determination set on his mind to put a good one today.

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Sr. Dominic Morrill demonstrated good technique in his puts today as well.

Onekama Sports Boosters

What makes our trackletes so good in their events I asked of them? Why, it is their hairy chins....ohhhhhhhh! As I looked around there did appear to be several with hairy faces and they were all proud of it!	Miss Zupin tapes her ankles in preparation of the meet at MCE. She should think about maybe Nursing or Doctor, as she is very good at this taping procedure!
Not only does Tim Veverica golf and wrestle, he can fly over hurdles too! Here he flies over the first hurdle in the event. Onekama Sports Boosters	While others huddled in masses for warmth between turns, our OHS shotputter steps up to the box and puts one out there for OHS.
While going over to the Discus event i came across Sr. Dustin Thomas competing in the high jump event.	All of our Shot putters did well today, including Sr. Josh Vertalka.
This height found the bar being knocked off by the competitors including Dustin...but he was still smiling when I left. Main Track Page	As the shot put left his hand, you could feel that there will be great things to come from him in the future! Power and determination was demonstrated by all of our shotputters today.