HILLSDALE — When the boys LCAA track and field title came down to distance points, Adrian Madison senior Trenton Fetter made sure the Trojans were in control.
Fetter capped another dominant league performance Friday night by delivering titles in multiple distance events and helping Madison secure the 2026 LCAA championship, edging Hillsdale 144-114 in a tightly contested four-team race at Hillsdale High School.
“It was our goal all season to win the conference,” Fetter said. “Now that that’s been checked off, it’s time to lock in for regionals.”
Madison pulled away from Blissfield (108) and Clinton (105) behind a decisive effort in the distance races, where Fetter’s versatility and volume proved to be the difference.
The senior distance captain won individual titles in the 3,200 meters (10:17.12) and the 800 (2:06.10) and added a second-place finish in the 1,600 (4:36.41), marking the only time he hasn’t won that event this season. His victory in the 800 was his fifth straight, narrowly missing a personal benchmark set earlier in the week.
Fetter also anchored Madison’s championship 4×800-meter relay. The quartet of Fetter, Paul McClure, Gio Briggs and Bryson Ballantyne crossed the line first in 8:39.37.
“It’s a mental thing at this point,” Fetter said. “I’m running four events every meet, so just listening to my body and recovering properly — that’s really the key to success.”
A seasoned postseason performer, Fetter continues to add to one of the most decorated distance careers in Madison history. He earned two all-state honors at the 2025 Division 3 finals, placing fifth in the 3,200 and sixth in the 1,600 with personal-best times. He also earned all-state recognition in cross country last fall and has collected first-team LCAA honors in both sports.
Fetter currently holds three Madison school records — the 5K, 1,600 and 3,200 — and hopes to push those marks even further before his career ends.
“I’m just hoping to leave as much of a legacy as I can at Madison,” Fetter said.
That legacy will continue at the collegiate level. Fetter has committed to Carson Newman University in Tennessee, where he plans to compete in cross country and track while pursuing pre-chiropractic studies with a focus in foods and nutrition.
Madison’s depth across the meet helped seal the title.
Junior Nathan Mullins won the 300-meter hurdles in a personal-best 40.97 seconds and finished second in the 110 hurdles (15.05), while teammate Isaiah Tiede placed fourth in the 110 to add key points.
The Trojans also captured the 4×200 relay title, as De’Lante Garrison, Ballantyne, Derrell Tillman and Wade Garza posted a winning time of 1:31.93. Senior Joseph Higgs took first in the discus with a throw of 131 feet, 9 1/2 inches. He also took sixth in shot put with a throw of 40-feet, 10 1/4 inches.
Garrison finished runner-up in the high jump, while Tillman placed second in the long jump. The 4×100 relay team of Garrison, Tillman, Krys Ramirez and Garza earned runner-up honors, and Garza added second place in the 100. Garrison, Tillman and Garza finished second through fourth in the 200.
The impressive performances highlighted an impact final league event for Lenawee County ISD athletes, and the Trojans weren’t the only individual champions to be crowned on Friday night.
Boys Lenawee County ISD champions
Clinton freshman Wyatt Dehring is one of the fastest runners in Division 3 standings so far this season. Despite being a first-year runner at the varsity level, he earned his first three league titles with wins in the 100 and 200-meter sprints (respective times of 11.10 and 23.07).
He also won the long jump event with a distance of 21-feet, 6 inches. He showed off his speed again as the anchor of Clinton’s championship 4×100 relay team.
The team that also included Jimmy Schaffner and seniors Cory Hoover and Brenden Benschoter won with a time of 43.64. Schaffner was the second leg of the 4×400 relay team (includes runners Cole Hillegonds, Michael Keller and Peter Baker) that won with a time of 3:34.60.
Hillegonds would run a personal best 51.52 to take the 400-meter sprint title.
Over in field events, Onsted junior Carson Garrison took the shot put title with a throw of 45-feet, 10 3/4 inches.
At the LCAA championship, first place winners earn first-team all-league. Second place athletes receive second-team honors. Below is a recap of the top five athletes for Lenawee County ISD schools in each event. Full results can be found at athletic.net.
Top five results
100 meters
200 meters
400 meters
800 Meters (expanded to include three athletes)
1,600 meters
3,200 meters
110-meter hurdles
300-Meter hurdles
4×100 relay
4×200 relay (expanded to include three teams)
4×400 relay (expanded to include three teams)
4×800 relay (expanded to include three teams)
Shot put
Discus
High jump (expanded to include three athletes)
Pole vault (expanded to include three athletes)
Long jump
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Trenton Fetter and Adrian Madison boys track chase down LCAA title
Reporting by Joseph Flaherty, Hillsdale Daily News / The Daily Telegram
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