Rodts, Wortham champs

Published 6:42 pm Sunday, May 23, 2010

OTSEGO – The Niles boys’ and girls’ track teams both finished 10th at the Division 2 track regional on Friday night.

The meet was delayed more than three hours due to rain and thunderstorms that rolled through the area.

The girls’ discus will be completed today.

Sturgis will win the girls’ championship either way as it currently has 93.5 points compared to runner-up Otsego with 66.5 points.

Vicksburg was also an easy winner in the boys’ portion of the meet as the Bulldogs scored 116.5 points compared to 68 for St. Joseph.

Niles’ Madie Rodts captured the 800-meters with a time of 2:22.2, while she was also a member of the regional runner-up 1,600-meter relay team.

That team posted a time of 4:15.6. Also on the squad were Paige Chaffin, Taylor Brandstatter and Karon Nichols.

Brandstatter also qualified for the state finals in the 200-meters as she finished second with a time of 1:01.1.

Andrew Wortham captured the 400-meter regional championship with a time of 50.1.

Wortham also finished second in the 200-meters with a time of 22.6.

The Vikings also qualified its 800-meter relay team, which finished second with a time of 1:31.5.

Division 2 Track Regional
At Otsego
Girls’ results
Team scores
Sturgis 93.5; Otsego 66.5; Mattawan 64; St Joseph 54.5; Three Rivers 53.5; Paw Paw 48.5; Allegan 36; Gull Lake 36; Lakeshore 35; Niles 34; Vicksburg 32.5; Comstock 28; Plainwell 23; Edwardsburg 13; South Haven 6
Pole Vault; 1. Lauren Chorny (Lakeshore) 10-3; 2. Kendra Miller (Plainwell) 9-9; 3. Emily Davis (Allegan); 9-3; 3. SarahJane Teich (St Joseph) 9-3; 3. Alex King (Mattawan) 9-3
Shot Put; 1. Haley Eubank (Sturgis) 35-5.75; 2. Anna Hunt (Gull Lake) 32-9; 3. Elizabeth Ruff (Edwardsburg) 32-6
High Jump: 1. Caitlyn Bonczkowski (St Joseph) 5-3; 2. Kelsey Kuipers (Otsego) 5-1; 3. Lauren Chorny (Lakeshore) 5-1
Long Jump: 1. Kelsey Kuipers (Otsego) 16-5; 2. Samantha Lapinne (Allegan) 15-11; 3. Taylor Mann (Plainwell) 15-6
3,200m Relay: 1. Sturgis (Ann Marie Arseneau; Alex Keyser; Mary Boyd; Kelsey Keyser) 9:49.60; Otsego 10:03.90; 3. St. Joseph (St Joseph) 10:19.40
100 Hurdles: 1. Alex King (Mattawan) 16.20; 2. Dillan Smith (St Joseph) 16.40; 3. Corinne Roller (Gull Lake) 16.60
100: 1. Annie Pangborn (Three Rivers) 12.90; 2. Kaylin Taylor (Comstock) 12.90; 3. Devonna McCarthy (Sturgis) 13.00
800 Relay: 1. Paw Paw (Cassie Daoust; Whitney Johnson; Ariel Rayborne; Morgan Vandenberg)  1:49.30; Three Rivers 1:50.00; 3. Mattawan 1:50.20
1,600 Run: 1. Taylor Smith (Otsego) 5:15.90; 2. Mary Boyd (Sturgis) 5:19.40; 3. Jessica Shaw (Allegan) 5:22.70
400 Relay: 1. Three Rivers (Alyssa Owen; Maddie Haradine; Megan Walther; Annie Pangborn) 52.30; 2. Paw Paw 52.40; 3. Mattawan 52.50
400: 1. Olivia Goethe (Mattawan) 1:00.80; 2. Taylor Brandstatter (Niles) 1:01.10; 3. Shea VanKlompenberg (Allegan) 1:01.30
300 Hurdles: 1. Kaylin Taylor (Comstock) 48.20; 2. Dillan Smith (St Joseph) 49.40; 3. Corinne Roller (Gull Lake) 49.60
800m Run: 1. Madie Rodts (Niles) 2:22.20; 2. Kayla David (Otsego) 2:25.40; 3. Grace Carver (South Haven) 2:26.30
200: 1. Kelsey Kuipers (Otsego) 28.54; 2. Devonna McCarthy (Sturgis) 28.45; 3. Carlie Decker (Vicksburg) 28.84
3,200: 1. Taylor Smith (Otsego) 11:36.60; 2. Alex Keyser (Sturgis) 11:42.00; 3. Mindy Lewis (Vicksburg) 11:46.60
1,600 Relay: Mattawan (Lauren Smith; Olivia Goethe; Sarah Frederick; Blair Ignelzi) 4:12.00; 2. Niles (Paige Chaffin, Taylor Brandstatter and Karon Nichols, Madie Rodts) 4:14.60; 3. Gull Lake 4:23.20

Boys’ results
Team scores
Vicksburg 116.5; St Joseph 68; Allegan 59; Gull Lake 57; Plainwell 52.5; Otsego 46; Mattawan 41; Three Rivers 40.5; Paw Paw 38.5; Niles 34; Sturgis 33; Edwardsburg 32; Lakeshore 31; South Haven 9; Comstock 3
Discus: 1. Marcus Major (Lakeshore) 140-2; 2. James Wheeler (Otsego) 137-2; 3. Alex Kolenko (Mattawan) 133-11
Pole Vault: 1. Zak Eggelston (Edwardsburg) 12-4; Jay Marshall (Sturgis) 12-4; 3. Nick Muir (Edwardsburg) 11-10
Shot Put: 1. Drake Miller (Sturgis) 46-11; 2. Pat Goebel (Gull Lake) 46-8; 3. Kade Wolf (Plainwell) 46-6
High Jump: 1. Dennis Vyletel (Otsego) 6-4; 2. Taylor Burshwyler (Lakeshore) 6-2; 3. Jordan Grace (Vicksburg) 6-2
Long Jump: 1. DeMarcus Leak (Paw Paw) 21-5.5; 2.  Takudzwa Kubvoruno (Gull Lake)  20-10.25; 3. Dennis Vyletel (Otsego) 20-7.75
3,200 Relay: 1. St Joseph 8:07.90; 2. Richland Gull Lake 8:12.10; 3. Vicksburg 8:13.80
110 Hurdles: 1. Kaleb Radke (Allegan) 14.60; 2. Robbie Wells-Schmidt (Vicksburg) 15.40; 3. Cole Hostetler (Vicksburg) 15.70
100: 1. DeVonte Jones (St Joseph) 10.80; 2. Zac Vail (Three Rivers) 10.90; 3. Zak Haines (Vicksburg) 11.10
800 Relay: 1. Vicksburg 1:31.0; 2. Niles 1:31.50; 3. Allegan 1:32.60
1,600: 1. Morgan Timiney (Plainwell) 4:20.90; 2. Mark Beams (Vicksburg) 4:21.10; 3. Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 4:26.70
400 Relay: Vicksburg 44.20; St. Joseph 44.50; 3. Three Rivers 44.50
400: 1. Andrew Wortham (Niles) 50.10; 2. Adam Coonrod (Gull Lake) 51.10; 3. Anthony Peterson (Paw Paw) 51.30
300 Hurdles: 1. Christopher Miller (Allegan) 40.70; 2. Kaleb Radke (Allegan) 40.90; 3. T.J. Moneta (Lakeshore) 41.10
800: 1. Trevor Brinn (Otsego) 1:56.60; 2. Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 1:59.40; 3. David Burkard (St Joseph) 1:59.70
200: 1. DeVonte Jones (St Joseph) 23.36; 2. Andrew Wortham (Niles) 23.41; 3. Gus Fulgoni (Plainwell) 23.74
3,200: 1. Mark Beams (Vicksburg) 9:36.30; 2. Morgan Timiney (Plainwell) 9:45.60; 3.
Alex Standiford (Mattawan) 9:53.30
1,600 Relay: Gull Lake 3:26.30; Paw Paw 3:27.30; Plainwell 3:27.60