Track roundup: Bobcats captures Centreville Invitational
Published 2:16 pm Sunday, May 8, 2011
CENTREVILLE — The Brandywine boys’ track team captured the Centreville Invitational on Saturday.
The Bobcats scored 812.5 points to easily defeat runner-up Mendon, which finished wtih 790 points. Centreville was third with 780, Colon fourth with 643 and Gobles fifth with 519.5.
Jacob Frazier captured the shot put for Brandwine with a toss of 50-7, while Aaron Marquardt won the high jump after clearing 6-1.5. Elliott Richards won the 3,200-meters with a time of 10:43.42.
Centreville Invitational
Team scores
Brandywine 812.5, Mendon 790, Centreville 780, Colon 643, Gobles 519.5, Kalamazoo Hackett 486, Climax-Scotts 354, Decatur 310, Martin 50
Winners and Brandywine placers
Discus: 1. Austin Mays (COL) 149-8, 2. Stone Hadley (BW) 137-4; Pole vault: 1. Coty Clore (MEN) 12-0; Shot put: Jacob Frazier (BW) 50-7, 2. Stone Hadley (Bw) 48-7; High jump: 1. Aaron Marquardt (BW) 6-1.5; Long jump: 1. Brandon Blodgett (G) 21-6.25, 3. Aaron Marquardt (BW) 19-8.75; 3200 relay: 1. Colon 8:37.8, 2. Brandywine 8:51; 110 hurdles: 1. Coty Clore (MEN) 15.5; 100: 1. Jesse Schwartz (CEN) 10.5; 800 relay: 1. Kalamazoo Hackett 1:34; 1600: 1. Anthony Campbell (COL) 4:50, 2. Elliott Richards (BW) 4:53.44; 400 relay: 1. (CEN) 44.73; 400: 1. David Dykema (BW) 53.03; 300 hurdles: Jesse Schwartz (CEN) 40.2; 800: 1. Anthony Campbell (COL) 2:09.48, Stone Hadley (BW) 2:12.56; 200: 1. Jesse Schwartz (COL) 22.73; 3,200: 1. Elliott Richards (BW) 10:43.42; 1600 relay: 1. Kalamazoo Hackett 3:32
Rotary Track meet
ST. JOSEPH — Two-time defending state champion Kaisha Martin of Dowagiac had a big night Friday at the annual Rotary Track Meet held at St. Joseph High School.
Martin won three events and was a member of the Chieftains’ 400-meter relay team that finished second.
Martin won the long jump with a leap of 17-3, won the 100-meters with a time of 12.7 and won the 200-meters with a time of 26.59. Martin was the state champion in the long jump and 100-meters at last year’s Division 3 state meet.
Niles’ Myles Busby captured the high jump with a height of 6-4, while the Vikings’ 800-meter relay team of Leon Murphy, Ronnie Jones, Cicone Palmore and Brandon Partee were victorious with a time of 1:32.4.
Quintin Irby was also a champion as he posted a time of 51.6 in the 400-meters.
Rotary Track Meet
At St. Joseph High School
Boys’ winners and Niles placers
Shot put: 1. Mark Pyburn (Lakeshore) 46-7 1/2; High jump: 1. Myles Busby (Niles) 6-4; 3,200 relay: 1. Edwardsburg (Hunter Woods, Alan Lopez, Austin Horvath, Josh Clark) 8:27.41; 5. Niles 8:48.23; 110 hurdles: 1. Max Field (Paw Paw) 15.0; 3. Brandon Partee (Niles) 15.7; 100: 1. Andrew Buskirk (Paw Paw) 11.52; Pole vault: 1. Cole Radenbaugh (St. Joseph) 12-6; 800 relay: 1. Niles (Leon Murphy, Ronnie Jones, Cicone Palmore, Brandon Partee) 1:32.4; Long jump: 1. DeMarcus Leak (Paw Paw) 21-9; 1,600: 1. Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 4:31.6; 400 relay: 1. Paw Paw (Max Field, Andrew Buskirk, Corry Daoust, DeMarcus Leak) 44.1; 400: 1. Quintin Irby (Niles) 51.6; 3. Leon Murphy (Niles) 52.9; 5. Anthony Bice (Niles) 53.8; 300 hurdles: 1. Max Field (Paw Paw) 40.9; 800: Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 1:59.1; 200: 1. Zachary Mottley (Berrien Springs) 22.8; 3. Ronnie Jones (Niles) 23.48; Discus: 1. Alex Rutherford (St. Joseph) 140-11; 2. Jordan Potthoff (Niles) 137-10; 3,200: 1. Kyle Richardson (Paw Paw) 10:00.2; 1,600 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Freddie DeWitt, Eddie Montgomery, Tommy Ryberg, Josh Schaeplien) 3:32.9; 2. Niles 3:35.4
Girls’ winners and Niles placers
High jump: 1. Casey Clark (Watervliet) 5-1; 4. Miranda Baker (Niles) 4-7; Pole vault: 1. Lauren Chorny (Lakeshore) 10-4; 3,200 relay: 1. Paw Paw (Paige Sutcliffe, Celestine Schwartz, Emily Stearns, Kayla Groteleuschen) 11:01.71; 4. Niles 11:39.24; 100: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 12.7; 100 hurdles: 1 Dillan Smith (St. Joseph) 16.3; Discus: 1. Lena Madison (New Buffalo) 108-9; Long jump: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 17-3; 3. LaShonda Green (Niles) 15-5 1/4; 800 relay: 1. Lakeshore (Alex Miller, Sinnamon Shelby, Courtney Page, Lauren Chorny) 1:50.3; 3. Niles 1:50.6; Shot put: 1. Arline Wilson (Lakeshore) 37-1; 1,600: 1. Rachel Bendewald (St. Joseph) 5:35.6; 400 relay: 1. Berrien Springs (Meghan Stephenson, Shaniece Terrell, Koby Gillespie, Paige Anderson) 52.35; 400: 1. Summer Lennartz (St. Joseph) 1:00.9; 2. Taylor Brandstatter (Niles) 1:01.6; 300 hurdles: 1. Koby Gillespie (Berrien Springs) 47.3; 800: 1. Lauren Brower (St. Joseph) 2:28.5; 200: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 26.5; 3,200: 1. Paige Sutcliffe (Paw Paw) 12:47.9; 1,600 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Rachel Bendewald, Dillan Smith, Lauren Brower, Summer Lennartz) 4:14.3; 2. Niles 4:25.5;