UNDATED (WTVB) – It was a busy Friday for Branch County’s track and field athletes as they competed in MHSAA Regional meets throughout the state. At the end of the day, 19 individuals and 6 relay teams qualified for the Lower Peninsula State Finals on May 31st. They did so by finishing in the top two in their event or by meeting the published state qualifying standard.
Division 2 Regional at Berrien Springs
At the Division 2 Regional at Berrien Springs, Coldwater’s boys team finished in a tie for 4th place with Otsego; both schools had 70.5 points. The host school won with 110 points. The Lady Cards finished second with 93.5 points; Sturgis won with 110.5 points.
Five Four school records were also broken during the meet; they are noted below.
Five relay teams and 10 individuals from Coldwater advanced to the Division 2 Lower Peninsula Finals at Hamilton.
Boys 4x100m Relay
- 5th – Dayne Knapp, Kaden Lewis, Evan Lewis, Naseem Taha – :43.21 (NEW SCHOOL RECORD; old record of :44.51 was set by this team earlier this season)
Boys 4x200m Relay
- 3rd – Dayne Knapp, Kaden Lewis, Evan Lewis, Naseem Taha – 1:30.03 (NEW SCHOOL RECORD; old record of 1:31.84 was set by the team of Adam Bailey, Matt Gipple, Tyler Kooi, and Mohamed Saleh in 2018)
Boys 4×800 Relay
- 4th – Luke Aerts, Sebastian Ocampo, Claudel Wischmeyer, Drew Vanderpuyl – 8:18.08
Boys Shot Put
- 1st – Jackson Reilly – 55’ 7.5”
- 4th – Garrett McVicker – 51’ 5”
Boys Discus
- 4th – Jackson Reilly – 144’ 9”
Girls 200m
- 5th – Miyah Moore – :26.73
Girls 800m
- 1st – Grace Huff – 2:17.82
- 4th – Gwen Eby – 2:24.13
Girls 4x100m Relay
- 5th – Ella Thompson, Aubrey Gebbink, Ava Longstreet, Miyah Moore – :50.96 (NEW SCHOOL RECORD; old record of :51.79 was set by the team of Madison Klotz, Jasmine Wellet, Kathy Potter, and Claire Sheppard in 2018)
Girls 4x200m Relay
- 4th – Ella Thompson, Ella Grabowski, Grace Huff, Miyah Moore – 1:46.97
(NEW SCHOOL RECORD; old record of 1:47.4 was set by the team of Dawn Mariott, Sonya Smith, Joy Strawser, and Penny Scheetz in 1988)It has been pointed out since this story was first published that the current school record for this event of 1:46.18 was set in 2024 by the team of Grace Huff, Jaelah Sloan, Ella Thompson, and Miyah Moore.
Girls 4x400m Relay
- 3rd – Gwen Eby, Ella Grabowski, Ella Thompson, Grace Huff – 4:09.76
Girls Shot Put
- 1st – Marie Powers – 41’ 5.5”
- 2nd – Elli Foley – 39’ 2.5”
- 3rd – Danika Cox – 37’ 1”
Girls Discus
- 2nd – Elli Foley – 116’ 10.5”
Girls Long Jump
- 1st Ella Grabowski – 18’ 3.5” (NEW SCHOOL RECORD; old record of 17′ 8.5″ was set by Grabowski earlier this season)
Girls Adaptive 100m
- 1st – Brianna Barle – :34.02
Girls Adaptive 200m
- 1st – Brianna Barle – 1:10.48
Full meet results: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/577217/results/all
Division 3 Regional at East Jackson
At the Division 3 East Jackson Regional, Quincy’s boys finished 8th with 49 points, Union City was 11th with 20 points, and Bronson was 14th with 15 points. Jonesville won with 86 points. Quincy’s girls tied with Homer for 3rd place with 63 points apiece, Union City and Centreville tied for 8th with 37 points apiece, and Bronson was 16th with 17 points.
Between the three schools, nine individuals and a relay team advanced to the Division 3 Lower Peninsula Finals at Kent City.
Boys 300m Hurdles
- 2nd – Clayton Benson, Quincy – :40.61
Boys 4x800m Relay
- 5th – Cohen Burdick, Jason Shoop, Malachi Payne, Ben Gautsche, Union City – 8:23.46
Boys Discus
- 3rd – Brayden Fritz, Bronson – 136’ 1”
Boys High Jump
- 1st – Noah Rufenacht, Quincy – 6’ 6”
Boys Pole Vault
- 1st – Corey Turner, Quincy – 14’ 6”
- 5th – Kaleb Handy, Quincy – 12’ 6”
Boys Long Jump
- 1st – Noah Rufenacht, Quincy – 21’ 0.25”
Girls 3200m
- 3rd – Skyler Fraley, Union City – 12:03.62
Girls 100m Hurdles
- 1st – Brookelyn Parker, Quincy – :15.90
Girls 300m Hurdles
- 1st – Brookelyn Parker, Quincy – :47.38
Girls High Jump
- 1st – Aubree Calloway, Bronson – 5’ 3”
- 3rd – Ashlyn Fickle, Quincy – 5’ 2”
Full meet results: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/577236/results/all
Before the State Finals, Coldwater will travel to Harper Creek on Tuesday for the Interstate 8 meet, while Bronson and Union City will make the short trip to Quincy on Wednesday as the Orioles will host the Big 8 Conference meet.
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