STURGIS — The annual United Auto Workers St. Joseph County Track and Field meet was held in Sturgis on Tuesday, May 26. It once again featured the best track and field athletes in the county and was not scored as a team event.
Angela Cary of Sturgis and Will Hulin of Centreville were named as the Tim Baker Honorary Athletes of the meet. Cary was part of the winning 400 and 800 meter relays and took first in the high jump and long jump. Hulin won three individual events in the 800, mile and two-mile relays plus was part of the second-place finishing mile relay team for Centreville.
McKenzie Bakeman of Mendon and Jaedyn Herlein of Constantine were each honored as the Linda Johnson memorial scholarship winners. This year’s winner of the Jack Grant award was Libby Owens, representing Constantine schools.
There were six records set at this year’s meet, five by the Three Rivers boys.
David Wills set the new county and school record in the high jump for Three Rivers, he cleared 6-7.5 feet. Carter Rice of Three Rivers ran the new fastest time in county history in the 110 high hurdles as he posted 14.63 seconds.
Peyton Muzzey, Blake Stewart, Elijah Craig and Canady Marzett of Three Rivers set a new record in the 400 relay at 43.20 seconds. That group also set the new record for the 800 relay at 1:30.20.
Three Rivers also set a new county record in the mile relay. The team of Brayden Carpenter, DJ Fuller, Wills and Charlie Brauer ran 3:26.94 in that race.
Herlein’s record came in the 300 hurdles. She paced the field at 47.48 seconds.
Check out the complete results from the meet below.
Boy’s results
Adaptive 100 meters — 1. Gift Mugisha (Sturgis) 24.49
Adaptive shot put — 1. Gift Mugisha (Sturgis) 3-2
100 meters — 1. Carter Rice (Three Rivers) 10.99; 2. Canady Marzett (Three Rivers) 11.17; 3, Deandre Stout (Centreville) 11.18; 4. Peyton Muzzey (Three Rivers) 11.42; 5. Brayden Carpenter (Three Rivers) 11.56; 6. Cael Smith (Constantine) 11.70; 7. Maddix Jancasz (White Pigeon); 8. Fernando Villasan (Sturgis) 11.88
200 meters — 1. Caleb Hohn (Sturgis) 22.34; 2. Blake Stewart (Three Rivers) 22.54; 3. Elijah Craig (Three Rivers) 22.74; 4. Deandre Stout (Centreville)) 23.07; 5. Peyton Muzzey (Three Rivers) 23.62; 6. Cael Smith (Constantine) 23.72; 7. Canady Marzett (Three Rivers) 24.08; 8. Dylan Schwartz (Centreville) 24.22
400 meters — 1. Charlie Brauer (Three Rivers) 51.10; 2. Brayden Carpenter (Three Rivers) 52.33; 3. Dalton Williams (Colon) 53.34; 4. Dominick Banks (Three Rivers) 53.46; 5. Micaiah Arreola (Sturgis) 54.17; 6. Ryan Manes (Constantine) 54.25; 7. Luke Platz (Constantine) 55.63; 8. Micaiah Sylvester (Centreville) 57.69
800 meters — 1. Will Hulin (Centreville) 2:01.79; 2. David Kore (Three Rivers) 2:04.43; 3. Bear Geibe (Constantine) 2:05.92; 4. Aaron Hofmeister (Constantine) 2:06.87; 5. Troyer Serna (Three Rivers) 2:07.25; 6. Benji Morales (Sturgis) 2:07.41; 7. Alessandro Avila (Constantine) 2:09.30; 8. Riley Monson (Centreville) 2:09.31
Mile run — 1. Will Hulin (Centreville) 4:32.62; 2. Alessandro Avila (Constantine) 4:35.43; 3. Benji Morales (Sturgis) 4:46.30; 4. Max Reed (Centreville) 4:47.70; 5. David Lane (White Pigeon) 4:52.21; 6. Jesse Fielis (White Pigeon) 4:59.62; 7. Cooper Hohn (Sturgis) 5:08.55; 8. Derek Sonnevil (Constantine) 5:27.55
Two-mile run — 1. Will Hulin (Centreville) 10:17.90; 2. Max Reed (Centreville) 10:21.10; 3. Dontrel Taylor (Three Rivers) 10:31.91; 4. David Lane (White Pigeon) 10:36.39; 5. Alessandro Avila (Constantine) 10:45.92; 6. Will Swanwick (Centreville) 10:48.58; 7. Cooper Hohn (Sturgis) 10:59.34; 8. Elijah Harris (Three Rivers) 11:17.13
110 hurdles — 1. Carter Rice (Three Rivers) 14.63; 2. DJ Fuller (Three Rivers) 14.78; 3. Cooper McGee (Constantine) 15.82; 4. Darren Speelman (Sturgis) 17.02; 5. Jorge Rubio (Constantine) 17.10; 6. Noah Garcia-Beers (Constantine) 17.54; 7. Eduardo Espinoza (Sturgis) 17.63; 8. Jacin Selent (Three Rivers) 18.43
300 hurdles — 1. Carter Rice (Three Rivers) 40.50; 2. Cooper McGee (Constantine) 42.22; 3. Darren Speelman (Sturgis) 43.29; 4. Noah Garcia-Beers (Constantine) 45.23; 5. Zak Iobe (Mendon) 45.65; 6. Drew Swanwick (Centreville) 45.71; 7. Jorge Rubio (Constantine) 46.86
400 relay — 1. Blake Stewart, Peyton Muzzey, Elijah Craig, Canady Marzett (Three Rivers) 43.20; 2. Drake Fisher, Caleb Hohn, Beckett Lamb, Lukis Bir (Sturgis) 43.56; 3. Maddix Jancasz, Jase Roach, Mason Yoder, Hunter Pant (White Pigeon) 44.68; 4. Deandre Stout, Brayden Swanwick, Dylan Schwartz, Matthew Bates (Centreville) 45.32; 5. Xavior Zinsmaster, JT Lux, Ryder Gorham, Owen Gorham (Mendon) 45.89; 6. Jeremiah West, Tyler Smith, Tucker Davis, Dalton Williams (Colon) 46.90; 7. Cooper McGee, Jorge Rubio, Ryder Schoetzow, Noah Garcia-Beers (Constantine) 47.75
800 relay — 1. Peyton Muzzey, Elijah Craig, Canady Marzett, Dominick Banks (Three Rivers) 1:30.20; 2. Drake Fisher, Beckett Lamb, Caleb Hohn, Jason Stutzman (Sturgis) 1:32.12; 3. Jayden Hasse, Micaiah Sylvester, Brayden Swanwick, Dylan Schwartz (Centreville) 1:34.58; 4. Hunter Pant, Jase Roach, Maddix Jancasz, Mason Yoder (White Pigeon) 1:35.30; 5. Remington Carper, Ryder Schoetzow, Ryan Manes, Cael Smith (Constantine) 1:35.71; 6. Zak Iobe, Kyron Truckey, Xavior Zinsmaster, Owen Gorham (Mendon) 1:48.68
Mile relay — 1. Brayden Carpenter, DJ Fuller, David Wills, Jonah Zietlow (Three Rivers) 3:26.94; 2. Deandre Stout, Micaiah Sylvester, Brayden Swanwick, Will Hulin (Centreville) 3:33.55; 3. Owen Gorham, Ryden Gorham, Xavior Zinsmaster, Kyron Truckey (Mendon) 3:33.95; 4. Ryan Manes, Aaron Hofmeister, Cael Smith, Bear Geibe (Constantine) 3:34.15; 5. Micaiah Arreola, Drake Fisher, Caleb Hohn, Benji Morales (Sturgis) 3:39.68; 6. Jase Roach, Maddix Jancasz, Jesse Fields, Mason Yoder (White Pigeon) 3:46.01
Two-mile relay — 1. Charlie Brauer, Jonah Zietlow, Troyer Serna, David Kore (Three Rivers) 8:15.19; 2. Alessandro Avila, Aaron Hofmeister, Luke Platz, Bear Geibe (Constantine) 8:23.61; 3. Kyron Truckey, Xavior Zinsmaster, Owen Gorham, Ryder Gorham (Mendon) 8:48.58; 4. Riley Monson, Henry Sloat, Bryce Hekter, Max Reed (Centreville) 8:56.55; 5. David Lane, Jesse Fielis, Aiden Jackson, William Throw (White Pigeon) 8:58.48; 6. Benji Morales, Cooper Hohn, Henry Ebert, Seth Larimer (Sturgis) 9:58.82
Shot put — 1. Chase Manes (Constantine) 48-9; 2. Matthew Bates (Centreville) 47-9; 3. Zander Barth (Three Rivers) 47-6; 4. Gavin Lewis (Sturgis) 46-0; 5. Jabari Falls (Colon) 43-0; 6. Lance Hubbard (Sturgis) 40-2; 7. Collin Hickey (Constantine) 38-9; 8. Tristen Wood (Mendon) 37-0
Discus — 1. Matthew Bates (Centreville) 166-1; 2. Jabari Falls (Colon) 155-1; 3. Chase Manes (Constantine) 137-9; 4. Aidan Martin (Three Rivers) 128-7; 5. Zander Barth (Three Rivers) 128-2; 6. Lance Hubbard (Sturgis) 125-4; 7. Larry Watson (Three Rivers) 111-4; 8. Kahle Reinbold (Centreville) 106-6
High jump — 1. David Wills (Three Rivers) 6-7.5; 2. Elijah Craig (Three Rivers) 6-0; 3. Brayden Swanwick (Centreville) 5-10; 4. Fernando Villasan (Sturgis) 5-10; 5. Beckett Lamb (Sturgis) 5-8; 6. Darrell Gamble (Three Rivers) 5-8; 7. Lane Preston (Colon) 5-6; 7. Ryan Manes (Constantine) 5-6; 9. Will Swanwick (Centreville) 5-3
Pole vault — 1. Aaron Hochstetler (Constantine) 13-0; 2. Bear Geibe (Constantine) 11-6; 2. Noah Garcia-Beers (Constantine) 11-6; 4. Remington Carper (Constantine) 11-0; 5. Elijah Wadsworth (Three Rivers) 11-0; 6. Tony Hilton (Three Rivers) 9-6; 7. Aaron Wingard (Centreville) 8-6
Long jump — 1. DJ Fuller (Three Rivers) 19-11; 2. Beckett Lamb (Sturgis) 19-7.25; 3. Micaiah Sylvester (Centreville) 19-6; 4. Will Moses (Sturgis) 19-1.25; 5. Micaiah Arreola (Sturgis) 19-1; 6. Kamaron Coyer (Three Rivers) 18-11; 7. Fernando Villasan (Sturgis) 18-10; 8. Tyler Smith (Colon) 17-11.25
Girls’ results
Adaptive 100 meters — 1. Diannah Schwartz (Centreville) 18.26
Adaptive 200 meters — 1. Diannah Schwartz (Centreville) 40.23
Adaptive shot put — 1. Vivian Massey (Sturgis) 16-8; 2. Diannah Schwartz (Centreville) 15-10
100 meters — 1. Olivia Wenzel (Three Rivers) 12.73; 2. Na-ki Austin (Three Rivers) 13.43; 3. Brooklyn Marshall (Mendon) 13.44; 4. Nevaeh Prichard (Centreville) 13.49; 5. Leah Roberts (Centreville) 13.57; 6. Taylor Bolle (Constantine) 13.74; 7. Ruby Bower (Colon) 13.86; 8. Siana Arreola (Sturgis) 13.98
200 meters — 1. Addison Eicher (Sturgis) 27.34; 2. Madelyn Oswald (Sturgis) 27.61; 3. Lily Kane (Three Rivers) 27.72; 4. Leah Roberts (Centreville) 28.26; 5. Brooklyn Marshall (Mendon) 28.27; 6. Kaylyn Coney (Centreville) 28.65; 7. Bailea Krupinski (Three Rivers) 28.67; 8. Ruby Bower (Colon) 28.85
400 meters — 1. Sydney Bir (Sturgis) 59.10; 2. Morgan Niblock (Constantine) 1:03.19; 3. Olivia Green (Sturgis) 1:04.41; 4. Raeann Michalek (Constantine) 1:05.07; 5. Bailea Krupinski (Three Rivers) 1:06.46; 6. Kaylyn Coney (Centreville) 1:06.98; 7. Tori Shoup (White Pigeon) 1:07.52; 8. Matilyn Cunningham (Colon) 1:08.06
800 meters — 1. Tessa Hatt (Sturgis) 2:23.42; 2. Berkley Shingledecker (Centreville) 2:23.88; 3. Kinder Smith (Sturgis) 2:24.78; 4. Kailee Jones (Constantine) 2:26.26; 5. Ellie Reed (Centreville) 2:38.91; 6. Lillie Kerr (Three Rivers) 2:40.20; 7. Allison Burns (Constantine) 2:44.39; 8. Ashlynn Michalek (Constantine) 2:50.28
Mile run — 1. Berkley Holtz (Sturgis) 5:31.67; 2. Allison Burns (Constantine) 5:59.45; 3. Addison Johnson (Centreville) 6:00.94; 4. Eleanor Park (Sturgis) 6:01.51; 5. Ally Farber (Sturgis) 6:05.50; 6. Gabrielle Kilbourn (Three Rivers) 6:08.35; 7. Ellie Reed (Centreville) 6:16.70; 8. Rachel Byler (White Pigeon) 6:44.34
Two-mile run — 1. Lulu Park (Sturgis) 12:51.41; 2. Addison Johnson (Centreville) 13:25.58; 3. Anna Davidhizar (Constantine) 13:33.28; 4. Eleanor Park (Sturgis) 13:44.90; 5. Paytin Featherstone (Constantine) 13:50.86; 6. Brynn Copenhaver (Three Rivers) 14:12.79; 7. Rachel Byler (White Pigeon) 14:23.01; 8. Belle Noga (Colon) 15:10.24
100 hurdles — 1. Jaedyn Herlein (Constantine) 15.97; 2. Juliet Mendoza (Sturgis) 17.06; 3. Allona Cullifer (Constantine) 17.49; 4. Braelyn Thaxton (Colon) 17.82; 5. Claire Haskins (Mendon) 17.87; 6. Kenzie Eicher (Sturgis) 18.11; 7. Addison Mercer (White Pigeon) 18.69; 8. McKenzie Bakeman (Mendon) 19.84
300 hurdles — 1. Jaedyn Herlein (Constantine) 47.48; 2. Kenzie Eicher (Sturgis) 49.25; 3. Juliet Mendoza (Sturgis) 50.44; 4. Braelyn Thaxton (Colon) 54.37; 5. Charlee Merrell (Sturgis) 55.19; 6. McKenzie Bakeman (Mendon) 55.28; 7. Ziah Morales (Sturgis) 57.63; 8. Lily Preston (Colon) 1:09.98
400 relay — 1. Addison Eicher, Kinder Smith, Madelyn Oswald, Angela Cary (Sturgis) 50.58; 2. Lily Kane, Na-ki Austin, Raegan Wenzel, Olivia Wenzel (Three Rivers) 51.08; 3. Berkley Shingledecker, Leah Roberts, Nevaeh Prichard, Kaylyn Coney (Centreville) 51.79; 4. McKenzie Bakeman, Laney Buchanan, Claire Haskins, Taylor Zinsmaster (Mendon) 54.79; 5. Ruby Bower, Lily Preston, Braelyn Thaxton, Matilyn Cunningham (Colon) 54.85; 6. Taylor Bolle, Allona Cullifer, Katy Hall, Cassidy Walker (Constantine) 55.00; 7. Addison Mercer, Jocelina Acevedo, Aubrey Miller, Kenlee Schrader (White Pigeon) 55.95
800 relay — 1. Addison Eicher, Angela Cary, Sydney Bir, Madelyn Oswald (Sturgis) 1:46.88; 2. Jaedyn Herlein, Kaitlyn Jones, Raeann Michalek, Kailee Jones (Constantine) 1:49.07; 3. Bailea Krupinski, Lily Kane, Raegan Wenzel, Na-ki Austin (Three Rivers) 1:49.35; 4. McKenzie Bakeman, Laney Buchanan, Brooklyn Marshall, Taylor Zinsmaster (Mendon) 1:55.53; 5. Tori Shoup, Aubrey Miller, Kenlee Schrader, Jocelina Acevedo (White Pigeon) 1:57.68; 6. Arianna Siz, Alex Hekter, Ava Bingaman, Hailey Schabes (Centreville) 1:58.51
Mile relay — 1. Kailee Jones, Jaedyn Herlein, Morgan Niblock, Kaitlyn Jones (Constantine) 4:09.19; 2. Kinder Smith, Berkley Holtz, Olivia Green, Sydney Bir (Sturgis) 4:11.16; 3. Kate Hulin, Ellie Reed, Kaylyn Coney, Berkley Shingledecker (Centreville) 4:20.62; 4. Aubrey Miller, Addison Mercer, Kenlee Schrader, Tori Shoup (White Pigeon) 4:37.83; 5. Bailea Krupinski, Lillie Kerr, Yarely Lopez, Gabrielle Kilbourn (Three Rivers) 4:40.23; 6. Michelle Gomez-Sanchez, Claire Haskins, Taylor Zinsmaster, Paislee Smith (Mendon) 4:51.39
Two-mile relay — 1. Sydney Bir, Tessa Hatt, Kinder Smith, Berkley Holtz (Sturgis) 9:53.67; 2. Berkley Shingledecker, Emma Boucas, Kate Hulin, Ellie Reed (Centreville) 10:20.34; 3. Morgan Niblock, Allison Burns, Ashlynn Michalek, Anna Davidhizar (Constantine) 10:23.20; 4. Three Rivers 10:57.46; 5. Rachel Byler, Mia Doubblestein, Aubrey Miller, Hanna Helbling (White Pigeon) 12:24.48; 6. Michelle Gomez-Sanchez, Gracie Schultz, Paislee Smith, Taylor Zinsmaster (Mendon) 12:53.34
Shot put — 1. Sadie McDaniel (White Pigeon) 35-4; 2. Kimora Parker (Sturgis) 34-11; 3. Eliza VandenBerg (Constantine) 34-4; 4. Lena Reed (Centreville) 33-6; 5. Breajana Taylor (Three Rivers) 33-5; 6. Sydney McClure (White Pigeon) 32-1; 7. Lillian Blakley (Three Rivers) 32-1; 8. Eden Huser Company (Constantine) 30-4
Discus — 1. Eliza VandenBerg (Constantine) 109-1; 2. Hailey Gooch (Sturgis) 103-8; 3. Sadie McDaniel (White Pigeon) 98-10; 4. Kaylee Smith (Centreville) 98-10; 5. Faith Dear (Three Rivers) 97-3; 6. Mary Stears (Centreille) 91-9; 7. Aleah Ertman (Sturgis) 90-9; 8. Ava Sowards-Haack (White Pigeon) 80-9
High jump — 1. Angela Cary (Sturgis) 5-2; 2. Leah Roberts (Centreville) 5-0; 3. Karla Auerswald (Sturgis) 4-10; 4. Hazel Sloat (Centreville) 4-10; 5. Allona Cullifer (Constantine) 4-8; 6. Elizabeth Kangas (Three Rivers) 4-8; 7. Kenlee Schrader (White Pigeon) 4-5; 8. Matilda Roberts (Centreville) 4-5
Pole vault — 1. Olivia Wenzel (Three Rivers) 11-6; 2. Raegan Wenzel (Three Rivers) 10-0; 3. Madelyn Oswald (Sturgis) 9-9; 4. Andrea Avila (Constantine) 8-6; 5. Hailey Schabes (Centreville) 8-0; 6. Emily Roberts (Centreville) 8-0; 7. Paytin Featherstone (Constantine) 7-6; 8. Abigail Robinson (Constantine) 7-0
Long jump — 1. Angela Cary (Sturgis) 16-6.5; 2. Raegan Wenzel (Three Rivers) 15-8.75; 3. Lily Preston (Colon) 15-1; 4. Kenzie Eicher (Sturgis) 14-10.5; 5. Ava Bingaman (Centreville) 13-11; 6. Emmy Farber (Sturgis) 13-9; 7. Olivia Liston (Sturgis) 13-9; 8. Jocelina Acevedo (White Pigeon) 13-5.5
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