Junior Nathan Anders was a four-time champion Tuesday for the Brandywine boys track team at the Lakeland Conference Meet.

But individual success was secondary to Anders as he was more excited to be part of a conference championship team.

The Bobcats won the meet title with 135 points and that clinched them the outright conference title for the first time since 2007. Brandywine, which finished 3-0 in dual meets during the regular season, placed second in the conference the past two years. Bridgman placed second on Tuesday with 47 points.

Cassopolis is the conference’s outright girls champion after winning the meet with 61 points. The Rangers were 3-0 during regular season dual meets. Brandywine placed second with 47 points.

“I feel like it’s about time,” said Anders about winning the league crown. “Our team works hard and we like to win because it cheers up our coach more.”

Brandywine track coach Terry Borr had a smile on his face watching Anders finish first in the 110-meter hurdles, long jump, 300-meter hurdles and 1,600-meter relay.

“It feels good,” Anders said about being a four-time conference champion. “I always have a lot of support from my team. They always cheer me on. Even friends from the other teams will cheer me on. It’s really friendly competition.”

It’s the first time Anders has been a conference champion in those events.

“I credit my success to my coach, the 4 x 4 relay team that is going to state, and to my day (Kent) who holds the record for the 300 hurdles (38.9 in 1980) at the school. He has the record for now.”

Brandywine’s Courtlan Gordon was a three-time winner, placing first in the 200 meters, 400-meter relay and 1,600-meter relay). Two-time winners were Evan Hartman (discus and shot put), Alex Ulrickson (3,200 relay, 800), Michael Robbins (1,600, 3,200 relay) and Cody Brackett (1,600 relay, 800 relay).

Hartman is the defending state and conference champion in the discus.

“I didn’t do too bad for a smaller meet coming off a bigger (regional) meet,” said Hartman. “It’s tougher because you don’t have the competiton with you, but I can’t be too upset with what I did today.”

Hartman was asked what it meant to him to be a conference champ in the discus and shot put.

“It’s nice, but I wish I could have done it last year when we had the bigger conference,” Hartman said.

For Borr, Tuesday’s performances capped a great conference season.

“We’ve been right there,” said Borr about recent finishes in the league. “This is a great group of kids. We came in today to perform well and get as many of our kids as we could first place medals because our kids have worked so hard all year. We had pretty good balance today. Our top dogs did what they needed to do. We placed 1-2-3 in both hurdle events and that’s big for us. We’ve just got an all-around great team.”

Nakiela Sinclair was the top performer for the Cassopolis girls team, finishing first in the three events (1,600 relay, discus, 800 relay).

Two-time winners for the Rangers were Kaylyn Forrest (800 relay, 400 relay), Sheridan Curry (800 relay, 1,600 relay) and Emily Cutting (1,600 relay, 3,200 relay).

“Great, wonderful,” said Cassopolis girls track coach Janice Gatson about her team’s showing on Tuesday. “We had some great times. As a team, our 4 x 8 team (Emily Cutting, Melody Cutting, Jacqueline Kelley-Cogdell, Monica Ward) ran their best time of the season today.”

Buchanan’s Brianna Dinneen was a four-time champion, finishing first in the 400 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump. Dinneen finished her high school career as a four-time conference in the 100 and and a three-time conference champion in the 400.

 

Lakeland Conference track

at Brandywine

Girls results

Team scores

Cassopolis 61, Brandywine 47, Bridgman 46, Buchanan 44

 

Individual results

3,200 relay: 1. Cassopolis (Emily Cutting, Melody Cutting, Jacqueline Kelley-Cogdell, Monica Ward) 12:31.08; 2. Bridgman 13:04.80; 100 hurdles: 1. Emilie Bush (Brandywine) 27.02; 100: 1. Brianna Dinneen (Buchanan) 13.22, 2. Breanna Coleman (Cassopolis) 14.31, 3. Janye Butts (Cassopolis) 14.63; 800 relay: 1. Cassopolis (Breanna Coleman, Nakiela Sinclair, Sheridan Curry, Kaylyn Forrest) 1:55.43, 2. Bridgman 1:57.33; 1,600: 1. Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) 6:57.80, 2. Jackie Caranza (Bridgman) 7:21.22, 3. Emily Cutting (Cassopolis) 7:28.37; 400 relay; 1. Cassopolis (Janye Butts, Breanna Coleman, Kortenei Suggs, Kaylyn Forrest) 53.90; 2. Bridgman 55.28; 400: 1. Brianna Dinneen (Buchanan) 1:04.75, 2. Jaleesa Garner (Cassopolis) 1:08.30, 3. Brandi Kading (Bridgman) 1:08.96; 300 hurdles: 1. Brianna Gleason (Brandywine) 1:06.35; 800: 1. Brooke Essig (Bridgman) 2:54.64, 2. Kristen Clark (Buchanan) 3:03.74, 3. Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) 3:08.72; 200: 1. Brianna Dinneen (Buchanan) 27.66, 2. Breanna Coleman (Cassopolis) 30.10, 3. Bre Hartz (Buchanan) 31.22; 3,200: 1. Allison Graves (Bridgman) 16:44.91, 2. Allison Zandarski (Brandywine) 19:23.19; 1,600 relay: 1. Cassopolis (Sheridan Curry, Nakiela Sinclair, Emily Cutting, Jaleesa Garner) 4:54.61; 2. Bridgman 4:56.29; high jump: 1. Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) 4-2; long jump: 1. Brianna Dinneen (Buchanan) 14-4 1/4, 2. Janye Butts (Cassopolis 13-11 1/4, 3. Tyeisha Fuller (Cassopolis) 13-8 3/4; discus: 1. Nakiela Sinclair (Cassopolis) 84-3, 2. Karlie Covyeou (Brandywine) 67-1, Elisha Barney (Brandywine) 60-8; shot put: 1. Lauren Smith (Cassopolis) 24-6, 2. Karli Covyeou (Brandywine) 23-4, 3. Hunter Vines (Bridgman) 22-0

 

Final dual meet standings

1. Cassopolis 3-0, 2. Bridgman 2-1, 3. Brandywine 1-2, 4. Buchanan 0-3

 

Final overall standings

1. Cassopolis, 2. Brandywine and Bridgman, 3. Buchanan

 

Boys results

Team scores

Brandywine 135, Bridgman 59, Buchanan 44, Cassopolis 18

 

Individual results

3,200 relay: 1. Brandywine (Collin Mattiford, Tyler Danner, Alex Ulrickson, Michael Robbins) 9:00.50; 2. Bridgman 9:03.58; 110 hurdles: 1. Nathan Anders (Brandywine) 16.92, 2. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) 17.75, 3. Brenten Schau (Brandywine) 18.55; 100: 1. Evan Brown (Cassopolis) 12.13, 2. Cooper Mojsiejenko (Bridgman) 12.17, 3. Tyrone Christopher (Cassopolis) 12.24; 800 relay: 1. Brandywine (Cody Brackett, Andrew Duckett, Mike Shelton, Courtlan Gordon) 1:34.95; 2. Bridgman 1:37.01; 1,600: 1. Michael Robbins (Brandywine), 2. Cameron Bredice (Bridgman) 4:45.14, 3. Tyler Danner (Brandywine) 4:50.97; 400 relay: 1. Brandywine (Cody Brackett, Andrew Duckett, Mike Shelton, Courtlan Gordon) 45.96; 2. Bridgman 46.25; 400: 1. Alejandro Guzman (Buchanan) 52.80, 2. Mike Jones (Bridgman) 52.85, 3. Mike Shelton (Brandywine) 54.40; 300 hurdles 1: Nathan Anders (Brandywine) 43.19, 2. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) 44.95, 3. Brenten Schau (Brandywine) 46.30; 800: 1. Alex Ulrickson (Brandywine) 2:13.36, 2. Jack Ruggless (Buchanan) 2:16.56, 3. Collin Mattiford (Brandywine) 2:17.09; 200: 1. Courtlan Gordon (Brandywine) 23.38, 2. Ryon Tym (Bridgman) 24.61, 3. Cody Brackett (Brandywine) 25.29;  3,200: 1. Cameron Bredice (Bridgman) 10:53.12, 2. James Harrell (Brandywine) 10:57.87, 3. Tyler Danner (Brandywine) 11:08.94; 1,600 relay: 1. Brandywine (Nathan Anders, Matt Kline, Mike Shelton, Courtlan Gordon) 3:42.14; 2. Bridgman 3:49.16; high jump: 1. Cooper Mojsiejenko (Bridgman) 6-0, 2. Dustin Gray (Buchanan) 5-3, 3. Zach Schmidt Brandywine) 5-3; pole vault: 1. Dylan Williamson (Buchanan) 10-6, 2. Brandon Shriver (Brandywine) 10-0, 3. Mike Lewark (Brandywine) 9-6; long jump: 1. Nathan Anders (Brandywine) 20-1 1/2, 2. Blake Lerner (Brandywine) 19-5 1/2, 3. Deandre Ballard (Cassopolis) 19-5; discus: 1. Evan Hartman (Brandywine) 171-8 1/2, 2. Solomon Remmo (Buchanan) 137-1/2, 3. Marty Ward (Brandywine) 101-7; shot put: 1. Evan Hartman (Brandywine) 47-4, 2. Trevor Jones (Brandywine) 41-7, 3. Donnie Harizon (Bridgman) 39-9 1/2

 

Final dual meet standings

1. Brandywine 3-0, 2. Bridgman 2-1, 3. Buchanan 1-2, 4. Cassopolis 0-3

 

Final overall standings

1. Brandywine, 2. Bridgman, 3. Buchanan, 4. Cassopolis