The Portagers piled up 100 points to take home the first place trophy at Saturday’s Mesick Invitational. Marion was second with 65 points, while remaining teams and places included: 3^rd — Frankfort, 58.5 points, 4^th — Manton, 55.5 pts, 5^th —(tie) Glen Lake & Mason County Eastern, 44 pts, 6^th — Buckley, 37 pts, 7th - Brethren, 28 pts, 8th — McBain Northern Michigan Christian, 22 pts, 9th — Baldwin, 21 pts, and in 10th — Mesick 17 pts. Manistee Catholic Central, Walkerville, Crossroads Christian Academy, Pentwater and Traverse City Christian also participated.

Senior Luke Allen had a very successful day at Mesick, taking first in the 1600 and 800 meter runs, while also helping his team earn first place finishes in both the 3200 and 1600 meter relays. Junior Ryan Brown set a new junior class record with his time of 41.84 in the intermediate hurdles, breaking the previous record of 41.99 set by Bob Thomas in 1998. Brown also posted a personal best in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 16.3, while several of his teammates also had PRs in their events

Boys Individual Results:

Names in boldface indicate a personal best: (no pole vault competition at this meet)

• Long Jump: 2nd — Dustin Thomas, 18’11"
• High Jump: 3rd — Thomas, 6’
• 3200 meter relay: 1^st — Luke Allen, Nick Swisher, Andy Desmarais, Josh Groenwald, 8:43.78
• 110 High Hurdles: 2nd — Ryan Brown, 16.3
• 100 m. dash — 6th — Thomas, 12.2 (PR in prelims: 23.9)
• Discus: 4th — Chris Smith, 117"
• 800 meter relay: 3rd — Nathan Milarch, Taylor Fraly, Eric Maddux, Anthony Reedy, 1:40.40
• 1600 m Run: 1st- Allen, 4:36.52
• 400 m. relay: 3rd — Milarch, Maddux, Brown, Jordan Maxey, 48.01
• 400 m Run: 5^th — Nate Milarch, 55.55
• 300 Hurdles: 2nd — Brown, 41.8
• 200 m. dash: 6th — Thomas, 24.3
• 800 m Run: 1st:— Allen, 2:03.65
• 3200 m.Run: 2^nd — Josh Groenwald,10:36, 5^th — Swisher, 10:44
• 1600 m Relay: 1st — Brown, Allen, Milarch, Maddux 3:37.92

Although the scoring sheets indicate first through sixth place only, several Portagers worked hard to score personal bests. Fleet-footed freshman Eric Maddux had a time of 24.7 in the 100 dash prelims, while fellow freshman phenom Jordan Maxey had a 17.4 in the 110 high hurdles. Senior Tom Gillespie ran a 57.3 in the 400 meter run, while junior Andy Desmarais raced to a 2:14 in the 800, shaving 12 seconds off his previous best time.

• Manton 121
• Marion 56
• Frankfort 46
• NMC 45
• Baldwin 42
• Mesick 42
• Onekama 33

Girls Individual Results:

Medal winners (* denotes Personal records)
2nd place

• 3200m relay 10:44.98 *Marylynn Bradford, Ronnie Maidens, Sam Mitchell, Ashley Zupin

3rd Place

• Marylynn Bradford Discus 91'5";  800m 2:39.9*

4th place

• 1600m Relay 4:40.6 Marylynn Bradford, Sam Mitchell, Ronnie Maidens, Shannon Eddy,Alyssa Cole High Jump 4'6

5th place

• Sam Mitchell 400m 1:07
• Ronnie Maidens 300m low Hurdles 54.2

6th place

• Kelsey Acker 100m High Hurdles 20.1
• 800m Relay 2:07 Marlee Herkelrath, Jade Wethy, Carmen Howard, Sarah Acker

Other finishers:

• High Jump: Shannon Eddy 4'4
• Long Jump: Marlee Herkelrath 13'8;  Jade Wethy 11'1 *
• Shot Put:  Kristy Sievert 18'10"*; Jessica Rick 19'3
• Discus: Carmen Hayes 46' 7"
• 1600m run:  Carmen Hayes 7:13
• 400m Relay: 60 Marlee Herkelrath, Alyssa Cole, Kelsey Acker, Shannon Eddy
• 400m dash:Carmen Howard 1:12 *
• 800m run:  Jade Bolthouse 3:07 *
• 200m dash:  Jade Wethy 34.4