The Niles boys and girls track teams opened the 2017 season with a sweep of visiting SMAC West Division opponent St. Joseph.

The Vikings won the boys meet 102.5-54.5, while the girls team posted an 82-72 win over the Bears.

Conner Amberg and Devin Tomlinson were triple winners for Niles.

Amberg was a winner in the 100-meters, 800-meter relay and 200-meters.

Tomlinson was part of the winning 3,200-meter relay, the 1,600-meters and the 800-meters.

The other members of the 3,200-meter relay were Bryant Echeverria, Hunter Greenman and Adam Shepherd. The remaining members of the 800-meter relay were Austin Brookins, Jordan Brown and Owen Gardner.

For the Niles girls team, Vanya Ruppart had a big night winning three events.

Ruppart won the discus, the shot put and the pole vault for the Vikings.

Tytianna Johnson was also a triple winner as she won the 300 hurdles, the long jump and was part of the winning 1,600-meter relay.

The other members of the relay team were Isabel Rodriguez, McKenna Patnaude and Kayla Trueblood.

Rodriquez was also a three-time winner as she was a member of the 3,200-meter relay along with Kailey Skarbeck, Kaylee Thompson and Madeline Stanton, as well as the 800-meter relay along with Sade Pearson, Quionna Nickens and Leslie Shorter.

 

BOYS TRACK

At Niles

Niles 102.5, St. Joseph 54.5

(Winners and Niles runners-up)

3,200 relay: 1. Niles (Bryant Echeverria, Devin Tomlinson, Hunter Greenman, Adam Shepherd) 9:01.60; 110 hurdles: 1. Jalen Kyles (SJ) 16.80, 2. Joshua Norris (N) 18.67; 100: 1. Conner Amberg (N) 11.57, 2. Owen Gardner (N) 11.94; 800 relay: 1. Niles (Amberg, Austin Brookins, Jordan Brown, Gardner) 1:37.10; 1,600: 1. Tomlinson (N) 5:03.33, 2. Will Lage (SJ) 5:07.69; 400 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Konner LaVanway, Shane Jones, Jack Moody, Anthony Ellis) 46.66; 400: 1. Brown (N) 55.22, 2. Jalen Gray (N) 56.84; 300 hurdles: 1. Kyles (SJ) 46.21, 2. Norris (N) 47.57; 800: 1. Tomlinson (N) 2:17.20; 200: 1. Amberg (N) 23.85, 2. Gardner (N) 24.65; 3,200: 1. Lage (SJ) 10:51.71, 2. Echeverria (N) 11:18.24; 1,600 relay: 1. Niles (Brown, Javon Ball, Gray, Curtis Molone) 3;46.83; high jump: 1. Ben Florkowski (N) 5-10, 2. Brown (N) 5-8; long jump: 1. Brookins (N) 21-0, 2. Florkowski (N) 19-0.50; discus: 1. Joey Oberer (SJ) 98-3.50, 2. Noah Frantz (N) 94-0; shot put: 1. Frantz (N) 42-11; pole vault: 1. Antonio Buhrfiend (SJ) 10-0.

 

GIRLS TRACK

Niles 82, St. Joseph 72

(Winners and Niles runners-up)

3,200 relay: 1. Niles (Kailey Skarbeck, Kaylee Thompson, Madeline Stanton, Isabel Rodriguez) 11:36.69; 100 hurdles: 1. Mae Urness (SJ) 19.94, 2. Gabrielle Dunnuck (N) 20.05; 100: 1. Brooke Russell (SJ) 14.42; 800 relay: 1. Niles (Sade Pearson, Quionna Nickens, Leslie Shorter, Rodriguez) 2:07.00; 1,600: 1. Thompson (N) 6:06.62; 400 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Russell, Jayda White, Young, Tori Murphy) 57.99; 400: 1. Madison Scott (SJ) 1:14.85; 300 hurdles: 1. Tytianna Johnson (N) 55.23; 800: 1. Emily Perrin (SJ) 2:53.36, 2. Stanton (N) 2:59.83; 200: 1. Russell (SJ) 29.48, 2. Nickens (N) 30.79; 3,200: 1. Veersma (SJ) 13:47.79, 2. Thompson (N) 13:51.44; 1,600 relay: 1. Niles (Rodriguez, McKenna Patnaude, Johnson, Kayla Trueblood) 5:06.90; high jump: 1. Urness (SJ) 4-5, 2. Pearson (N) 4-0; long jump: 1. Johnson (N) 14-1.50; discus: 1. Vanya Ruppart (N) 89-0, 2. Katie Bruckner (N) 58-11; shot put: 1. Ruppart (N) 28-2.50, 2. Sarena Hummel (N) 24-11.50; pole vault: 1. Ruppart (N) 7-0.