ALLEGAN – Battle Creek Lakeview won both the boys’ and girls’ titles at the Allegan Invitational on Friday night.

Mattawan was second in the girls’ portion of the meet and Sturgis third. Dowagiac placed sixth and Niles seventh.

Vicksburg was the boys’ runner-up, while St. Joseph took third. Niles placed eighth and Dowagiac 11th.

The Chieftains’ Kaisha Martin won both the 100- and 200-meters, while she finished third in the long jump.

Dowagiac’s Kyle Wright captured the pole vault for the lone first place finish for the Chieftain boys’ team.

Martin ran a 12.03 in the 100-meters and a 25.74 in the 200-meters.

Her time in the 100- and 200-meters were both new school records. The time in the 100 was a new meet record.

She also jumped 15-5.5 in the long jump and was part of the second place 400-meter relay team that posted a time of 52.47.

Also on that relay team were Jacoya Brookins, Cierra Mattix and Andrew Bradshaw.
Regina Kennedy grabbed Dowagiac’s other top three finish as she was third in the discus with a toss of 100-7.

“Overall it was a very good night for the girls,” Dowagiac coach Ken Jordan said, “though there are some areas we need to improve on. Kaisha Martin was Kaisha Martin.”

Wright jumped 13-3 in a jump-off to win the pole vault.

Dowagiac did not have another top three finish, but Chris Gantt was fourth in the 1,600-meters with a time of 4:33.74 and the 400-meter relay team of Troy Butcher, Jon Myers, Damone Huff and Austin Adams was also fourth after finishing with a time of 44.68.

“Kyle Wright stepped up big in the pole vault with a pressure jump to break the tie,” Dowagiac coach Mike Stanger said. “Chri s Gantt’s 1,600-meter run was exceptional.”

Allegan Invitational
Girls’ results
Team scores
1. BC Lakeview 122, 2. Mattawan 69, 3. Sturgis 59, 4. St. Joseph 55, 5. Allegan 48, 6. Dowagiac 47, 7. Niles 36.5, 8. Paw Paw 33, 9. Otsego 31.5, 10. Gull Lake 29, Vicksburg 29, 12. BC Harper Creek 28, 13. Delton-Kellogg 26, 14. Three Rivers 22, Lakeshore 22, 16. Loy Norrix 5
Discus: 1. Kelsie Meade (M) 110-10; Long jump: 1. Raeha Weaver (BCL) 15-10 3/4; shot put: 1. Danielle Cavinder (BCL) 35-3; High Jump: 1. Caitlyn Bonczkowski (SJ) 5-3; Pole vault: 1. Lauren Chorny (L) 10-9; 3200 relay: 1. Sturgis 9:58.33; 100 hurdles: 1. Katie Searles (D-K) 15.72; 100: Kaisha Martin (D) 12.03; 800 relay: 1. BC Lakeview 1:48.55; 1600: 1. Jessica Shaw (A) 5:21.73; 400 relay: 1. BC Lakeview 51.55; 400: 1. Olivia Goethe (M) 1:00.71; 300 hurdles: 1. Andrea Polley (D-K) 47.84; 800: 1. Jordan Johnson (BCL) 2:24.07; 200: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dow) 25.74; 3200: 1. Alex Keyser (Stu) 11:40.16; 1600 relay: 1. BC Lakeview 4:14.21

Boys’ results
Team scores
1. BC Lakeview 87.5, 2. Vicksburg 82.5, 3. St. Joseph 77, 4. Allegan 56, 5. Gull Lake 56, 6. Otsego 46, 7. Paw Paw 43, 8. Niles 34, 9. Mattawan 33, 10. Delton-Kellogg 32, 11. Dowagiac 31, 12. Three Rivers 27, 13. BC Harper Creek 22, 14. Sturgis 19, 15. Lakeshore 17, 16. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0
Shot put: 1. David Robinson (BCL) 45-10.5; Long jump: 1. Dennis Vyletel (O) 21-9.75; discus: 1. Pat Goebel (GL) 144-5; pole Vault: 1. Kyle Wright (D) 13-3; 3200 relay: 1. Gull Lake 8:13.98; 110 hurdles: 1. Kaleb Radke (A) 14.63; 100: DeVonte Jones (SJ) 11.00; 800 relay: 1. Vicksburg 1:31.75; 1600: 1. Mark Beams (V) 4:28.11; 400 relay: 1. Vicksburg 43.98; 400: 1. Andrew Wortham (N) 50.20; 300 hurdles: 1. Chris Miller (A) 39.86; 800: 1. Trevor Brinn (O) 1:56.04; 200: 1. DeVonte Jones (SJ) 22.13; 3200: 1. Mark Beams (V) 9:47.65; 1600 relay:  1. Gull Lake 3:25.51