Bobcat Invitational

Girls Take 2nd
Boys Take 3rd

May 5th,  2007

Portager Boys take third at Bobcat Invitational

The Portager boys amassed 73 points for a third place trophy behind Gladwin (130 points) and Manton (124 points) at the Bobcat Invitational, held on Sat., May 5th at  Brethren High School. 

Other meet participants included Forest Area (55 pts), Mason County Eastern (43), Manistee (38), Mesick (31), Brethren (29), and Traverse City Christian (4).

The 3200m relay team of Nick Swisher, John Evans, Jaron Llewellyn and Chuck Schoedel ran a season’s best time of 8:57.11 for a third place finish. The 400m relay team of Tayler Fraley, Justin Sedelmaier, Jordan Maxey and Evans took fifth with a time of 48.29, while the 800m relay team of Nick Bradford, Evans, Parker Johnson and Patrick Spalding placed sixth in 1:45.45.

Nick Bradford was the Portagers’ sole first place winner at the meet with his throw of 117’06” in the discus. Bradford also placed fourth in the high jump at a height of 5’06”. Earning second place honors were Maxey in the 110m hurdles at 16.82, Fraley in the 300m hurdles in 44.97, and Johnson in the pole vault at  11’06”. Swisher placed third in the 1600m run with his time of 4:51.04, while Sedelmaier raced to third place in the 400m run with 56.38. Sedelmaier also placed fourth in the 200m, posting a personal record time of 23.88

Other place winners included Fraley with fifth in the 110m hurdles in 17.33; Maxey, fourth in the 300m hurdles in 45.86; Tim Veverica, sixth in the long jump with a leap of 17’10.50”, and Chuck Schoedel, whose sixth place time of 10:55.06  in the 3200m run was also a personal record.  

Several Portager athletes posted personal bests in their events Saturday. Andrew Cabot had his best times of the season in the 100m dash (12.8) and the 200m run (25.9), while Patrick Spalding ran a 17.53 in the 110 high hurdles to earn a berth as an extra qualifier in the upcoming regional meet on May 19th. Other PRs included Bradford in the long jump (17’1”), Justin Zupin in the 400 (69.2), Nick Schmoke in the 400 (69.5), and Johnson in the 100m dash (11.79).

“Every personal record shows that an athlete is improving, which helps the entire team to improve," noted Coach Mick Story. “I’m looking forward to watching all our track athletes continue to progress."  Besides their weekly Jamboree, held at Mason County Eastern on Monday, the Portagers will be also be participating in the MOM meet in Scottville on Thursday, May 10th.

~Coach Story

Portager Girls Took 2nd in the Bobcat Invitational in Brethren.  The girls place 2nd with 86 points behind a strong class B Gladwin team who scored 182 points. 

*denotes new Personal Records

First place finishes were recorded by…

  • 400M relay team of Stacey Keith, Marlee Herkelrath, Kelsey Acker, Ashley Crawford 55.1

  • 3200M run:  Brenna Miller 13:10

Second place finishes were recorded by…

  • 3200M relay team of Anna Veverica, Brenna Miller, Shelby Sidor, Ronnie Maidens 10:58 *

  • 100M dash:  Stacey Keith 12.9 *

  • 800M relay:  Stacey Keith, Kelsey Acker, Carmen Howard, Ashley Crawford 2:00

  • 1600M relay:  Stacey Keith, Shelby Sidor, Anna Veverica, Carmen Howard 4:37

Third place finishes were recorded by…

  • long Jump:  Ashley Crawford 14’3”

Fourth place finishes were recorded by…

  • 400M:  Shelby Sidor 1:08.2

  • Pole Vault:  Kelsey Acker 8’0”

  • High Jump:  Alyssa Cole 4’4”

Fifth place finishes were recorded by…

  • 400M:  Anna Veverica 1:08.5

  • 800M:  Shelby Sidor 2:49

  • Pole Vault:  Marlee Herkelrath  7’6” (tie)

  • Ronnie Maidens  7’6” (tie)

Other finishes were recorded by…

Long Jump:

  • Carmen Howard 13’4”

  • Ashley Schultz 11’4 ¾”

 Discus:

  • Autumn Miller 53’8”

  • Cali Schoedel 53’8”

  • Carmen Hayes 51’3

100M Hurdles:

  • Kelsey Acker 18.1

  • Marlee Herkelrath 18.7

100M:

  • Alyssa Cole 14.5

  • Ronni Brown 14.7

1600M:

  • Elizabeth Schoedel 6:55

  • Cali Schoedel 7:27

400M:

  • Carmen Howard 1:10

300M Hurdles:

  • Courtney Swisher 59.7

  • Olivia Bolthouse 59.9

800M

  • Anna Veverica 3:01

 200M

  • Olivia Bolthouse 31.8

  • Chelsea Miller 34.2

I was pleased with the girl’s times today, it was very windy and much cooler than we have been racing in. All the girl’s are working hard and they’re starting to see the pay off.

Gladwin was a well stocked team in all areas today, they’re a tough class B school. 

Sophomore Stacey Keith stepped up and ran outside her comfort zone today in the 1600m relay, and actually made a spot for herself on the team.

We are still doctoring some injuries and illnesses that we hope to be taken care of soon.  With Conference and Regionals just a few weeks away we need everyone performing at 100%.

The girl’s track team will next see action on Monday, May 7th at MCE for our final WMD Jamboree. ~Coach Brown

Track Schedule for 2007

Photos by Bonnie

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