Saturday, April 26th

The girls' track teams competed in bitter, cold, windy conditions at the Mesick Invitational on Saturday.  Onekama girls placed 9^th   with 28 points.  The Manton Rangers once again proved their dominance scoring 157.5 points for the win. 

Scoring for the Portagers were: 

• High Jump: Alyssa Cole (3^rd) 4’4

• 3200 Relay: Taylor Hagen, Anna Veverica, Brenna Miller, Elizabeth Schoedel (4^th) 12:12

• 100 Hurdles:  Yumi Babinec (3^rd) 18.5

• 800 Run :  Anna Veverica (5^th) 2:49

• 1600 Relay: Taylor Hagen, Yumi Babinec, Anna Veverica, Stacey Keith (2^nd) 4:41

Other performances:

• Long Jump: Alex Callaway 10’2, Erin Brown 8’4 ½”

• Shot Put: Kelsey Acker 25’, Erin Brown 18’3

• 800 Run:  Elizabeth Scheodel 3:24

Not only was there a competitive field of 11 teams, but the cold, windy weather proved to be a formidable competitor as well for the Onekama/Bear Lake boys' at the annual Mesick Bulldog Invitational held on Sat., April 26^th.   Yet the Portagers were able to fend off both to take home the second place trophy behind a strong Manton team, who finished in first place with 174 points.  Onekama scored 70 points, followed by Mesick in third with 68 points, and Frankfort in fourth place with 65 points.

“The closeness of the score – just five points between second and fourth place – reflects the fact that every athlete’s contribution is important,” noted Coach Mickey Story. “It was a miserable day in terms of temperature and wind, which affected times and distances in all events. No personal records were set, but I was very proud of the effort of all of the athletes.”

Second places were recorded by two Portager relay teams. The 3200 meter relay squad of Jaron Llewellyn, Chuck Schoedel, Dan Brown and John Evans had a time of 9:22, while the 400 meter relay team – Jordan Maxey, Eric Maddux, Parker Johnson and Joerdan Daldos – placed with 48.2 Schoedel’s time of 11”07 in the 3200 meter run also earned him a second place in that event.

Placing third were Portager athletes Nick Bradford in the high jump (5’06”), Maxey in the 110 high hurdles (17.20),  and Llewellyn in both the 1600 (5:10) and 3200m runs. 

In the fourth place positions were Bradford in the discus (113’06”), Schoedel in the 1600 meter run (5:18), the 800 meter relay team of Maddux, Evans, Johnson and Ryan Pienta (1:42.9), and the 1600 meter relay team of Maxey, Evans, Llewellyn and Pienta.

Fifth place finishes included Lewis Bartlett in the 110 high hurdles (23.90). Evans in the 400 meter run (60.5), and Justin Zupin in the 3200 meter run.(11:58).  

Other places recorded were freshman Raul Torres, 13^th place, shot put and discus; freshman Bobby Myers, 15^th place in the 200 meter run; Michael Bobian, ninth place in the 200, and Ian Smith, 13^th place in the 800 meter run.