By By DAN WEISS / Niles Daily Star
The Niles High School track and field teams kept a successful season going with strong performances Friday afternoon and evening at the Division 2 Regional Meet at Allegan High School.
The Niles boys finished fourth overall with 46 points. Vicksburg won the meet with 91 points, followed by Lakeshore with 80 and Three Rivers with 59. Dowagiac took fifth with 38 points.
The Niles girls came in 13th overall with 20 points. St. Joseph won the regional title with 82 points.
In all, Niles will be sending 10 athletes to the Division 2 State Track and Field Finals at Caledonia High School on Saturday, June 5.
Junior Otis West led the group of eight Niles boys to qualify for the finals in five events. West finished third in the long jump with a leap of 20-4.75 and fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.13. He will also be accompanying Isaiah Glaze, Robert Cinninger and Quinton King as a member of the 400-meter relay team which finished second with a time of 44.2 and the 800-meter relay team which took fourth place with a time of 1:32.2.
Glaze, a freshman, also qualified in the 100-meter dash with a second-place finish in a time of 11.10. Dowagiac's Devon Jackson won the event with a time of 11.0.
Niles had three runners in the finals of the 100-meter dash. King joined Glaze and West in the final heat.
Also qualifying for the Vikings was the 3,200-meter relay team of Josh Mann, Austin Neilson, Dan Geiger and Logan Todd. They took third place with a time of 8:14.5.
The Niles girls will be sending two athletes to the State Finals. Sophomores Tasha Webster and Ashley Austin qualified in individual events. Webster took third place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.2. Austin finished third in the shot put with a toss of 33-11.
Vicksburg 91, Lakeshore 80, Three Rivers 59, Niles 46, Dowagiac 38, Gull Lake 37, St. Joseph 33, Mattawan 30, Plainwell 29, Sturgis 22, Otsego 17, South Haven 14.5, Allegan 13, Paw Paw 11.5
3,200 relay: 1. Vicksburg 8:09.5, 2. Mattawan 8:09.9, 3. Niles 8:14.5, 4. St. Joseph 8:19.4, 5. Plainwell 8:20.1, 6. Three Rivers 8:24.8; 110 hurdles: 1. Evan Kuk (V) 15.3, 2. Kevin Gareau (PP) 15.31, 3. Tarail Sutton (SH) 15, 4. Donta Young (D) 15.41, 5. David Crow (P) 15.42, 6. Jeremiah Smith (SH) 15.43; 100: 1. Devon Jackson (D) 11.0, 2. Isaiah Glaze (N) 11.10, 3. Eric Wines (GL) 11.11, 4. Micah Nelson (LS) 11.12, 5. Otis West (N) 11.13, 6. Anthony Dlunning (SJ) 11.3; 1,600: 1. Daniel Roberts (V) 4:27.7, 2. Andrew Lawrick (LS) 4:31.1, 3. Logan Todd (N) 4:34.8, 4. Ryan Ellsperman (SJ) 4:38.8, 5. Mike Pats (A) 4:39.9, 6. Kent Dubruin (V) 4:42.4; 800 relay: 1. Three Rivers 1:31.0 (Nic Thompson, Davon Smith, Chad Thornburgh, Greg Hall), 2. St. Joseph 1:31.2, 3. Vicksburg 1:31.4, 4. Niles 1:32.2, 5. Lakeshore 1:32.6, 6. Plainwell 1:33.4; 400 relay: 1. St. Joseph 43.7 (Joe Cleveland, Anthony Dunning, Greg Ward, Robby Harbison), 2. Niles 44.2, 3. Lakeshore 44.3, 4. Three Rivers 44.6, 5. Otsego 45.0, 5. Plainwell 45.01; 400: 1. Devon Jackson (D) 50.2, 2. Kyle Heather (A) 51.0, 3. Leonard Frazier (SH)51.01, 4. Greg Hall (TR) 51.6, 5. Adam Bates (P) 51.8, 6. Chad Thornburgh (TR) 52.0; 300 hurdles: 1. Eric Wines (GL) 40.3, 2. Richard Doorlag (V) 41.0, 3. Nic Thompson (TR) 41.1, 4. Donta Young (D) 41.4, 5. Jeremian Smith (SH), Kevin Garcoau (PP) 42.0; 800: 1. Daniel Roberts (V) 1:57.4, 2. Kent Debruin (V) 1:57.8, 3. Zach Smith (M) 1:58.3, 4. Geoff Roberts (TR) 2:00.1, 5. Adam Veenkant (GL) 2:03.7, 6. Josh Mann (N) 2:05.5; 200: 1. Jackson (D) 22.4, 2. Eric Wines (GL) 22.5, 3. Adam Mcguire (O) 22.6, 4. Chris Whitfield (M) 22.8, 5. Davon Smith (TR) 23.1, 6. Robby Harbison (SJ) 23.4; 3,200: 1. Roberts (V) 9:28.3, 2. Andrew Lawrick (LS) 9:55.7, 3. Chris Baker (M) 10:03.0, 4. Austin Neilson (N) 10:20.0, 5. Nathan Broehm (LS) 10:20.2, 6. Tim Nance (GL) 10:24.3; 1,600 relay: 1. Three Rivers 3:27.3 (Roberts, Josh Newhouse, Chad Tlhornburgh, Greg Hall), 2. Vicksburg 3:27.8, 3. Plainwell 3:30.7, 4. Mattawan 3:31.5, 5. Paw Paw 3:34.2, 6. Allegan 3:39.9; Discus: 1. Adam Mayhew (GL) 151-0, 2. Andrew Hartline (LS) 143-0, 3. Tim Graham (TR) 140-10, 4. Chris Wohlgamuth (LS) 139-1, 5. Rob Veldt (P) 136-0, 6. Cody Back (S) 132-11; Shot Put: 1. Wohlgamuth (LS) 54-11, 2. Hartline (LS) 48-10.25, 3. Darrell Smith (TR) 48-7.75, 4. Shawn Orth (S) 48-7.5, 5. Ben VonKoeig (LS) 46-0, 6. Timothy Smoker (S) 45-4.25; High Jump: 1. Steve Winter (LS) 6-4, 2. Nick Froer (LS) 6-4, 3. Erving Warren (C) 6-2, 4. Clarence Huff (O) 6-0, 5. Dave Hartig (P) 5-10, 6. Kurt Poehlman (N) 5-10; Long Jump: 1. Kasey Bowen (V) 21-3, 2. Dale Norman (S) 20-5.75, 3. Otis West (N) 20-4.75, 4. Joe Cleveland (SJ) 20-2, 5. Dustin Schanz (A) 20-0.75, 6. Anthony Dunning (SJ) 19-11; Pole Vault: 1. Jarrod Tuinstra (P) 13-3, 2. Thomas Sanford (S) 12-9, 3. Bo Pastorick (TR), Andrew Brooks (O) 12-3, 5. Keith Loedeman (M) 11-9, 6. Garrett Smith (P) 11-3
Girls
St. Joseph 82, Paw Paw 61, Vicksburg 58, Three Rivers 54, Allegan 44, Coloma 35, Plainwell 33.3, Gull Lake 30, Mattawan 27, Lakeshore 24.3, Dowagiac 24, Otsego 22.3, Niles 20, South Haven 8, Sturgis 7
3,200 relay: 1. Allegan 10:02.2, 2 Paw Paw 10:10.2, 3. Lakeshore 10:18.6 (Angela Pacholka, Alexis Finch, Allie Muchmore, Carly Knauf), 4. Sturgis 10:32.3 5. St. Joseph 10:54.80, 6. Otsego 11:05.10; 100 hurdles: 1. Tashea Rhodes (TR) 15.8, 2. Emily Carey (PP) 15.9, 3. Ashley Mcllema (GL) 16.1, 4. Alisha Rockette (C) 16.2, 5. Amanda Batiste (S) 16.3, 6. Jaymi Walter (C) 16.5; 100: 1. Sara Myles (P) 12.9, 2. Jennifer Boxx (C) 13.10, 3. Tasha Webster (N) 13.2, 4. Kelsey Debruin (V) 13.3, 5. Ashley Caldwell (D) 13.4, 6. Jamyshia Jennings (C) 13.4; 1,600: 1. Kaitlin Debruin (V) 5:28.1, 2. Sarah Zebell (SJ) 5:28.5, 3. Kelly Sylvester (PP) 5:30.8, 4. Sam Dvaney (A) 5:33.7, 5. Jenna Colver (GL) 5:39.4, 6. Rachel Fechik (M) 5:44.2; 800 Relay: 1. St. Joseph 1:47.7 (Annie Morphey, Rachel Young, Kim Schmidt, Megan Mejeur), 2. Paw Paw 1:50.9, 3. Niles 1:51.70, 4. Coloma 1:51.70, 5. Lakeshore 1:51.8, 6. Vicksburg 1:51.9; 400 relay: 1. Vicksburg 51.7, 2. Dowagiac 52.6, 3. St. Joseph 52.70, 4. Three Rivers 52.8, 5. Niles 53.2, 6. Coloma 53.3; 400: 1. Megan Mejeur (SJ) 1:00.5, 2. Tricia Hatfield (SJ) 1:02.5, 3. Kristin Bevins (P) 1:03.3, 4. Courtney Knox (M) 1:04.0, 5. Mary Cline (O) 1:05.5, 6. Katie Wellman (A) 1:06.0; 300 hurdles: 1. Rhodes (TR) 47.8, 2. Chanelle Graham (SH) 48.6, 3. Ashley Mellema (GL) 49.2, 4. Ashley Meyer (SJ) 49.4, 5. Jaymi Walter (C) 49.6, 6. Emily Carey (PP) 49.9; 800: 1. Kristin Forstner (A) 2:23.4, 2. Ashley Buckhold (TR) 2:27.4, 3. Kristin Bevins (P) 2:30.3, 4. Stephanie Waits (GL) 2:31.9, 5. Becky Schmidt (SJ) 2:32.6, 6. Angela Pacholka (LS).2:35.0; 200: 1. Autumn Charnley (GL) 26.6, 2. Ashley Schinske (PP) 27.2, 3. Jennifer Boxx (C) 28.1, 4. Ashley Brewer (D) 28.2, 5. Lesli Pittelkow (O) 28.4, 6. Sarah Woodrick (LS) 28.5; 3,200: 1. Sam Draney (A) 11:44.6, 2. Kelly Sylvester (PP) 11:57.5, 3. Kaitlin Debruin (V) 12:05.5, 4. Jocelyn Frey (SJ) 12:06.2; 1,600 relay: 1. St. Joseph 4:08.7 (Tricia Hatfield, Kim Schmidt, Rachel Young, Megan Mejeur), 2. Vicksburg 4:15.2, 3. Lakeshore 4:17.7, 4. Paw Paw 4:18.1, 5. Three Rivers 4:19.7, Allegan 4:26.8; Discus: 1. Carrie Schaefer (M) 107-0, 2. Kachina Blackamore (C) 106-9, 3, Carolyn Jackson (O) 106-4, 4. Amanda Carter (V) 94-0, 5. Ashley Stickney (SJ) 92-9, 6. Dawana Jones (S) 90-5; Shot Put: 1. Hillary Weyenbert (V) 35-0.75, 2. Carrie Schaefer (M) 33-11.75, 3. Ashley Austin (N) 33-11, 4. Carolyn Jackson (O) 33-5.75, 5. Debra Williams (TR) 32-9.5, 6. Ashley Stickney (SJ) 32-7.25; High Jump: 1. Mary Leverentz (TR) 5-3, 2. Ericka Schroll (TR) 5-1, 3. Alyse Palleo (SJ) 4-11, 4. Carolyn Kalunsy (M) 4-11, 5. Grace Burkheimer (O) 4-9, 6. Heather Buren (V) 4-9; Long Jump: 1. Ashley Schinske (PP) 16-2.25, 2. Kim Schmidt (SJ) 15-11.5, 3. Sarah Woodrick (LS) 15-4.5, 4. Joanne Carpenter (V) 15-3.75, 5. Danielle Snow (O) 14-10 .25, 6. Grace Burkheimer (O) 14-9.75; Pole Vault: 1. Anne O'Keefe (D) 10-0, 2. Cori Shek (A) 9-0, 3. Carlye Yake (P) 8-9, 4. Mindy Mills (LS), April Monaweck (P), Kassie Krueger (O) 8-3