Onekama boys, girls move to 3-0 in league jamborees

By DYLAN SAVELA  Manistee News Advocate Sports Writer

ONEKAMA — The third West Michigan D League Jamboree of the season was a little different than the previous two — cooler, wetter, and for the first time, the sun was nowhere to be seen.

But, for the host Onekama Portagers, there was nothing different about Wednesday’s event.

Both the boys and girls Portager teams took the top spots, just as they each have in the last two WMD jamborees, thus clinching at least a share of the league title.

The other half will be determined at the conference championship meet next Tuesday.

With the help of nine first place finishes the girls ended with 177.5 points, while the boys had 210 points with eight top spots.

“It was a really good meet,” Onekama boys coach Mickey Story said. “I don’t think (the weather) had a major impact on the events, so we were very fortunate.”

Among the many highlights for the boys squad was foreign exchange student Laust Merrild’s personal bests in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs.

Also for the Portagers, Patrick Spalding finished first in three events — high jump (5-8), 110-meter hurdles (17.39), and 300-meter hurdles (44.41).

“It was a little bit tougher running in the rain, but we’re still coming in with pretty good times,” Spalding said.

Freshman Jaylee Brown took two individual top spots for the girls in the pole vault (9-0) and the 100-meter hurdles (16.85).

Onekama’s Olivia Bolthouse clears 7-0 in the pole vault en route to a third-place finish Wednesday in a West Michigan D League jamboree at Onekama. The Portagers are 3-0 in the events. (Dylan Savela/ News Advocate)

The Onekama girls also took first in all four relay events.

The Brethren Bobcats girls and boys teams took a third and sixth place finish respectively.

“I was pleased with how the girls performed today,” Bobcats’ coach Rob Isble said.

The girls took two second place finishes with Megan Paskell in the discus (80-4) and the 400-meter relay team of Karen Lewis, Rebecca Priest, Ashleigh Maier, and Kailyn Ware (57.61).

Both the Portagers and Bobcats will be competing in regional competition this Saturday in Frankfort.

  • 100-meter hurdles — 1, Jaylee Brown, OHS, 16.85; 3, Kailyn Ware, BHS, 17.19; 4, Rebecca Priest, BHS, 18.02; 5, Ashleigh Maier, BHS, 18.73; 6, Olivia Bolthouse, OHS, 19.29.
  • 100-meter dash — 3, Karen Lewis, BHS, 13.94; 4, Yumi Babinec, OHS, 14.14; 5, Danielle Ward, OHS, 14.15; 6, Nicole Slater, OHS, 14.16.
  • 200-meter dash — 3, Ashley Rupert, OHS, 29.88; 4, Lewis, BHS, 20.33; 6, Slater, OHS, 31.35.
  • 300-meter hurdles — 2, Brown, OHS, 52.04; 3, Priest, BHS, 56.10; 4, Bolthouse, OHS, 57.43.
  • 800-meter run — 1, Schoedel, OHS, 2:43.73; 2, Anna Veverica, OHS, 2:49.32; 4, Amber Sullivan, OHS, 3:49.42.

Girls Results

  • 800-meter relay — 1, OHS, 2:05.42; 3, BHS, Lewis, Jessika Howell, Mia Orlandi, Autumn Beebe, 2:15.47.
  • 1600-meter run — 1, Schoedel, OHS, 6:23.43; 2, Veverica, OHS, 6:50.16; 3, Brenna Miller, OHS, 7:11.30; 4, Sullivan, OHS, 8:15.38.
  • 1600-meter relay — 1, OHS, 4:48.07; 3, BHS, Maier, Carlee Broughton, Beebe, Orlandi, 6:57.08.
  • 3200-meter run — 1, Tobi Schoedel, OHS, 13:30.31; 3, Elizabeth Schoedel, OHS, 14:01.99.
  • 3200-meter relay — 1, OHS, 12.32.
  • Pole vault — 1, Brown, OHS, 9; 3, Bolthouse, OHS, 7.
  • Long jump — 4, Slater, OHS, 13-1/2; 6, Kailani Buckner, OHS, 11-5.
  • High jump — 2, Rupert, OHS, 4-5; 3, Priest, BHS, 4-2; 5, Buckner, OHS, 3-10 (tie).

    Shot put — 5, Schoedel, OHS, 26-7 1/2.
  • Discus — 2, Megan Paskell, BHS, 80-4.
  • 400-meter relay — 1, OHS, 55.32; 2, BHS, Lewis, Priest, Maier, Ware, 57.61.
  • 400-meter dash — 2, Taylor Hagen, OHS, 1:11.09; 4, Shelby Sidor, OHS, 1:11.62.

  • 100-meter dash — 4, Joerdon Daldos, OHS, 12.12; 5, Troy Rau, OHS, 12.20.
  • 110-meter hurdles — 1, Patrick Spalding, OHS, 17.39; 2, Danny Brown, OHS, 18.04; 3, Lewis Bartlett, OHS, 19.32; 4, Dustin McConnon, BHS, 20.10.
  • 200-meter dash — 2, Rau, OHS, 25.73.
  • 300-meter hurdles — 1, Spalding, OHS, 44.41; 2, Brown, OHS, 47.51; 5, Bartlett, OHS, 50.75; 6, McConnon, BHS, 50.90.
  • 400-meter dash — 2, Jaron Llewellyn, OHS, 53.85; 5, Cody Graf, OHS, 57.18; 6, Joe Kosiboski, OHS, 58.29.

Boys Results

  • 400-meter relay — 1, OHS, Daldos, Rau, Parker Johnson, Tyler Fogarty, 48.04; 5, BHS, Aaron Hillsamer, Wayne Slone, Sam Sacksteder, Lucas Connolly, 54.81.
  • 800-meter run — 2, Llewellyn, OHS, 2:09.49; 3, Ryan Pienta, OHS, 2:12.59; 4, Tyler Groenwald, OHS, 2:14.37; 5, Nathan Hobart, BHS, 2:18.07; 6, Bartlett, OHS, 2:26.21.
  • 800-meter relay — 2, OHS, Daldos, Rau, John Evans, Johnson, 1:39.07; 5, BHS, Hillsamer, Connolly, Slone, McConnon, 1:51.74.
  • 1600-meter run — 1, Pienta, OHS, 5:06.13; 2, Hobart, BHS, 5:10.13; 3, Laust Merrild, OHS, 5:17.01; 4, Bobby Myers, OHS, 5:25.21.
  • 1600-meter relay — 1, OHS, Michael Bobian, Ian Smith, Llewellyn, Daldos, 3:51.23.
  • 3200-meter run — 2, Merrild, OHS, 11:50.75; 3, Myers, OHS, 11:55.27; 4, Pienta, OHS, 12:21.60; 5, Hobart, BHS, 12.44.30.
  • 3200-meter relay — 2, OHS, Josh Goins, Nolan Miller, Brandon Morrill, Myers, 10:12.
  • Pole vault — 1, Johnson, OHS, 11; 3, Fogarty, OHS, 10.
  • High jump — 1, Spalding, OHS, 5-8 (tie); 3, Kosiboski, OHS, 5-5.
  • Shot put — 6, Chase Callaway, OHS, 34-6.
  • Discus — 1, Callaway, OHS, 121-4; 4, Kosiboski, OHS, 99-7; 5, Tyler Bajtka, OHS, 96-4.

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