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Friday
evening the track teams competed in the Manton Invitational. Once
again the Manton Rangers proved their dominance, winning the meet with
139 points. Onekama Girls finished in 7th place with 28.6
points. The team score doesn’t show the tremendous effort the girls put
into their events. We are struggling with some injuries and trying to
work around all the extra spring activities going on. I am overjoyed at
all their efforts. We were juggling athletes around and into events
that were outside many of their comfort zones. We are seeing
improvements across the board, even with the unfavorable weather
conditions. This is promising for the athletes with their focus being
on the WMD conference and the Regional meet held this week.
Bringing
home medals for the lady Portagers were:
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1600M
Relay:
Stacey Keith, Anna Veverica, Yumi Babinec, Shelby Sidor 1st
4:29.5
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800M
Co-Ed Relay:
Yumi Babinec, Stacey Keith, Parker Johnson, Eric Maddox 1st
place 1:46
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800M
Run:
Anna Veverica 4th place 2:40.6
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3200M
Co-Ed Relay:
Katie Alkire, Anna Veverica, Ryan Pienta, John Evans 5th
place 10:10.3
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400M
Relay:
Alyssa Cole, Yumi Babinec, Courtney Swisher, Stacey Keith 5th
57.0
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High
Jump:
Alyssa Cole and Stacey Keith tie 6th place 4’6”
Other
performances were turned in by:
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Shot
Put:
Carmen Hayes 23’, Erin Brown 18’7
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Discus:
Carmen Hayes 67’9
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100M
Hurdles:
Yumi Babinec 18.7, Ashley Hobart 20.8
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1600M:
Brenna Miller 6:20, Elizabeth Schoedel 6:49
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300M
Hurdles:
Carmen Hayes 1:02
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800M:
Shelby Sidor 2:46, Katie Alkire 3:01
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The
Onekama/Bear Lake boys track team placed seventh in a field of 14 teams
competing at the Manton Invitational held on Friday, May 8th.
Host
team Manton won the meet handily by scoring 141 points, with Evart a
distant second at 77.5 points followed by North Muskegon (66), McBain
(58.5, Mancelona (55.5), Hesperia (46), Onekama (40), Brethren
(22), McBain Northern Michigan Christian (13.5), Forest Area (4) and
Buckley (3). Big Rapids Crossroads, Grand Traverse Academy, and Traverse
City Christian also participated.
“There was some great competition at this meet, and I was very pleased
with the results,” noted Coach Mickey Story. “Our athletes had many
personal bests, including those athletes who did not place in the top
six in their events. One of those was freshman Bobby Myers, who improved
his 3200meter run time by over 40 seconds to finish in 11:58.”
Other
personal bests included Jaron Llewellyn, who placed third in the 1600
meter run with a PR of 4:45.9; Chuck Schoedel, placing third in the
3200m run with a season’s best 10:41.1, and Parker Johnson, who vaulted
to a PR of 12’6” in the pole vault for third place. The Portager 1600m
relay team (Jordan Maxey, Eric Maddux, John Evans and Jaron Llewellyn)
raced to a PR of 3:46.84 for fifth place.
Manton’s meet featured several coed relay events. The Portager coed 800
meter relay team of Maddux, Parker Johnson, Yumi Babinec and Stacey
Keith earned second place with their time of 1:46.08, while the 3200m
coed relay team (John Evans, Ryan Pienta, Katie Alkire and Anna Veverica)
took fifth in 10:10.31.
A
fourth place finish was recorded by the 400m relay boys’ team (Jordan
Maxey, Eric Maddux, Parker Johnson and Troy Rau) with a time of 47.8.
Evans
took fifth place in the 400 m run (56.1), while Nick Bradford was sixth
in the discus (120’11”) and Llewellyn ran to sixth place in the 800m run
(2:112).
Next
up for the Onekama/Bear Lake track teams is the WMD conference meet to
be held at Onekama High School on Weds, May 14th. |
