Edwardsburg’s Overmyer wins state high jump title
Published 12:30 pm Monday, June 2, 2025
Zach Overmyer earned a personal-best jump of 6-8 to win the D2 title. (Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
Andre Wells. (Photo courtesy of Tony Todd)
Andre Wells. (Photo courtesy of Tony Todd)
Aydan McCarey. (Photo courtesy of Tony Todd)
(Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
(Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
(Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
Sarah Pippin. (Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
Sarah Pippin. (Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
Mobius Stubblefield. (Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
Georgia Babcock. (Photo courtesy of Tony Overmyer)
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It was a big weekend for area track athletes as the Michigan High School Athletic Association hosted its Division 2 and Division 3 State Meets at Hamilton and Kent City High Schools, respectively.
Division 2
For the third time in five years, the Division 2 state champion in high jump hails from Edwardsburg.
Junior Zachary Overmyer leaped a personal-best 6-8 to edge Lakeshore’s Declin Doroh in the Division 2 state track and field meet Saturday at Hamilton High School. Overmyer brings a high jump title back to Edwardsburg after former Eddies standout Luke Stowasser won back-to-back championships in 2021 and 2022.
Teammate Mobius Stubblefield earned all-state honors with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.25.
Niles’ Aydan McCarey wrapped up his illustrious Vikings tenure with a runner-up finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.43 and was third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.27. McCarey was a state runner-up in both events last year.
Niles’ 400-meter relay team of Sam Rucker, Ben Bruckner, Andre Wells and Peyton Gordon qualified for the state meet as did Edwardsburg’s 3,200-meter relay team of George Scupham, Maguire Johnson, Jon Leith and Jaden Gregory.
On the girls’ side, Edwardsburg’s Sarah Pippin capped her historic season with a third-place finish in high jump with a leap of 5-3. Holland’s Alba Rodriguez-Lima won the event with a jump of 5-7. Teammate Georgia Babcock placed 16th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:24.16.
Niles’ senior Izabel Hoskin closed out her time as a Viking in style, setting a school record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.69, good for 11th place. Dowagiac’s 400-meter relay team of Shamyra Clark, Tessa Deering, Khamari Mack, Nadia Poorman placed 24th overall with a time of 51.79.
Division 3
Brandywine, Buchanan and Cassopolis all had competitors on Saturday.
On the boys’ side, 100-meter dash regional champion Aarenn Buck-Hooper of Cassopolis placed 14th in the preliminary heats with a time of 11.35. Cassopolis’ 400-meter relay team of Nikolas Craig, Jaylen Pratt, Cameron Steward and Buck-Hooper placed 20th overall with a time of 44.99. In the high jump, Pratt placed 14th with a leap of 6-1 in a competitive field that saw five athletes jump 6-5 or better.
Buchanan’s Liam McBeth placed 22nd in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07.59. The Bucks’ 800-meter relay team of Carson Deming, Tate Figy, Tyler Frame and Jack Sherwood ran a 1:34.10 for a 19th place finish. Its 1,600-meter relay team (Sherwood, McBeth, Fleming, Frame) finished 22nd overall in 3:35.95 and the 3,200-meter relay team (Liam McBeth, Jack Sherwood, John Keser, Jacob Kuntz) placed 18th in 8:32.69.
Brandywine’s Kaden Santana jumped 18-6.25 in the long jump for a 25th-place finish.
The girls’ side saw school records fall as Brandywine’s Lily Gill broke school records in both the 100-meter hurdles (15.92) and 300-meter hurdles (47.79), good for 11th place in both events. Mackenna Price placed 10th in long jump with a leap of 16 feet and Miley Young was 26th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:39.76.
Buchanan’s Audrey Lietz placed 30th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.36 and Maddie Young placed 16th in the 1,600-meter run (5:37.45) and 15th inn the 3,200-meter run (12:33.37).
The Bobcats’ 800-meter relay team of Byrd, Young, Price, Gill placed 22nd (1:51.04). Brandywine’s 1,600-meter relay team of Young, Karleigh Byrd, Gill and Price placed 23rd (4:21.58) and Buchanan’s team of Young, Lietz, Justyce Cashier and Ava Graham placed 28th (4:28.62). In the 3,200-meter relay, Buchanan (Adyson Baker, Young, Makynna Williams, Alaina Nagel) placed 28th with a time of 11:11.05 and Brandywine (Alison Murray, Young, Allison Kline, Emily Kline) placed 29th with 11:23.71.
