Onekama Track 2005: May 4, 2005

Girls Team Results:

MCE 187.5
OHS 143
BALDWIN 72
Brethern 49.5
Walkerville 33
Pentwater 6

Girls Individual Results:

(*bold = Personal records)

1st place

3200m relay: Marylynn Bradford, Ashley Zupin, Sam Mitchell, Ronnie Maidens 11:26
100m High Hurdles: Ronnie Maidens 19.2
400m Dash: Sam Mitchell 1:06*
300m Low Hurdles: Ronnie Maidens 54.8
Pole Vault: Marlee Herkelrath 7'6
Long Jump: Stephanie Keith 14' 1 1/2"
Discus: Marylynn Bradford 92'9"
1600m Relay: Marylynn Bradford, Sam Mitchell, Ashley Zupin, Shannon Eddy 4:44

2nd place

1600m Run: Ashley Zupin 6:09*
800m Run : Marylynn Bradford 2:40
800m Relay: Stephanie Keith, Jade Wethy, Shannon Eddy, Sarah Acker 2:02*

3rd place

800m Run: Jade Wethy 2:52
3200m Run: Ronnie Maidens 14:02
Pole Vault: Kelsey Acker 6'6"
400m Relay: Marlee Herkelrath, Alyssa Cole, Sarah Acker, Kelsey Acker 56.9*

4th place

100m High Hurdles: Kelsey Acker 20.6
400m Dash: Carmen Howard 1:12*

5th place

100m Dash: Marlee Herkelrath 13.2*
High Jump: Alyssa Cole 4'6

6th place

100m High Hurdles: Sarah Eipperle 22.1
200m Dash: Marlee Herkelrath 30.5
High Jump: Shannon Eddy 4'2"
Shot Put: Jessica Rick 23'11"*

Other finishers:

Pole Vault: Sarah Eipperle 4'0
Long Jump: Kelsey Acker, Elise Bobian
Shot Put: Kristy Sievert
Discus: Carmen Hayes, Kristy Sievert, Jessica Rick
100m Dash: Stephanie Keith 14.1, Elise Bobian 16.3
1600m Carmen Hayes 7:11
400m Dash: Rika Landa 1:27*
800m Run: Sarah Acker 3:11*, Jade Bolthouse 3:17, Carmen Hayes 3:24, Carmen Howard
200m Dash: Elise Bobian 35.6
3200m Run : Jade Bolthouse 17:05

The Portager boys took first place in the second West Michigan D Jamboree of the season, held on May 4th at Brethren.

Onekama was first with 191 points
Brethren, 129 pts.
Mason County Eastern, 118 pts,
Baldwin, 55 pts.
Walkerville, 13 pts,
Pentwater, 4 pts.

Senior Chris Smith placed first in the shot put with a personal best of 39’5", and also took third in the discus. In the 800 meter run, senior Luke Allen was just a stride away from the school record (2:00, held by Tigran Bailey), winning that event with a personal best of 2:01.04.

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: 1^{st
-} Ryan Brown, 12’0" 3^rd — Nick Swisher, 10’6", 4^th — Jordan Wilson, 10’
Shot Put: 1^st: Chris Smith, 39’5"
Discus: 3rd: Smith, 114’10_"
Long Jump: 2^nd — Dustin Thomas, 18’1 1/4"
High Jump: 1^st- Thomas, 6’0"
3200 Relay: 2^nd - Luke Allen, Eric Maddux, Andy Desmarais, Josh Groenwald, 9:01.34
110 High Hurdles: 1^st – Brown, 17.51, 3^rd: — Jordan Maxey, 18.17, 4th — Taylor Fraly, 18.76 5^th — Tim Veverica, 20.32
100 m Run: 4^th - Brown, 12.21
800 m. Relay: 3rd – Nate Milarch, Fraly, Eric Maddux, Maxey 1:40.58
1600m Run: 1^st- Luke Allen, 4:45.81, 2^nd — Swisher, 4:49.36, 4th — Josh Groenwald, 4:56.88
400m Run: 3rd – Milarch, 55.95, 6th — Andy Allen, 1:00.74
400 m Relay: 2nd — Thomas, Milarch, Maxey, Maddux, 47.93
300 Hurdles: 1^st-Brown, 42.59, 2^nd — Fraly, 45.07 3^rd — Maxey, 45.25
800 m Run: 1st -Allen, 2:01.04, 5^th — Desmarias, 2:15.15
200m run: 3rd — Maddux, 24.79 5^th —Thomas, 25.16
3200m run: 1^st — Luke Allen, 10:22.40, 4^th — Swisher, 10:39.88
1600 m Relay: 3rd — Andy Allen, Jordan Wilson, Desmarais, Milarch 4:01.42

Although the scoring sheets indicate first through sixth place only, several Portagers worked hard to score personal bests. Senior Dominic Morrill had a shot put PR of 29’4"; senior Josh Vertalka scored a PR in the long jump with a leap of 13’7"; sophomore Nicholas Schmoke posted a PR of 3:07 in the 800 meter run while freshman Nick Bradford raced to an 800 meter PR of 2:36.8.