Duckett wins state hurdles championship
Published 9:25 am Sunday, June 1, 2014
COMSTOCK PARK — Led by state champion Andrew Duckett, the Brandywine boys track finished eighth at the Division 3 Track and Field Championships Saturday.
Duckett won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 39.17, while teammate Nathan Anders was third with a time of 40.02.
Duckett was also fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 15.16.
Division 3
At Comstock Park
Boys results
Team scoring
1. Sanford Meridian, 45; 2. Mason County Central, 39; 3. Hillsdale, 33; 4. Lansing Catholic, 29; 5. Standish Sterling, 28; 6. Watervliet, 26; 7. Madison Heights Madison, 24; 8. Brandywine, 21; 9. Berrien Springs, 18
Individual results
110 hurdles: 1. Josh Harris (New Haven) 14.96; 2. Emerson Carter (Berrien Springs) 15.01; 4. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) 15.16; 7. Brandon Johnson (Hartford) 15.35.
300 hurdles: 1. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) 39.17; 3. Nathan Anders (Brandywine) 40.02
Division 2
GRAND RAPIDS — Dowagiac’s Kyle Solloway cleared 6-5 in the high jump[ to finish third at the Division 2 Track and Field Championships at Houseman Field Saturday.
The Chieftains’ Creiona Rogers finished fifth in the high jump with a height of 5-5.
The Niles 800-meter relay team of Maya Brookins, Ashiah Brookins, Lashonda Green and Tatyanna Goodson finished second with a time of 1:43.26.
The Vikings’ Balaj Bruckner was sixth in the shot put with a toss of 49-9.25.
Division 2
At Grand Rapids
Boys results
Team scoring
Team scoring – 1. Zeeland West, 50; 2. Auburn Hills Avondale, 40; 3. Byron Center, 38; 4. Orchard Lake St Mary’s, 24; 5. Lansing Waverly, 23; 5. Melvindale, 23; Dowagiac, 6; Niles, 3
Individual results
Shot put – 1. Aaron Curtis (Coopersville) 56-03.25; 6. Balaj Bruckner (Niles) 49-09.25
High jump – 1. Anthony Fitzgerald (Melvindale) 6-09; 3. Kyle Solloway (Dowagiac) 6-05
Girls results
Team Scoring – 1. Remus Chippewa Hills, 34; 2. Lansing Waverly, 31; 3. DeWitt, 28; 3. Spring Lake, 28; 5. Flint Southwestern Academy, 27.50; Niles, 8; Dowagiac, 4
Individual results
High jump – 1. Charley Andrews (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 5-07; 5. Crieona Rodgers (Dowagiac) 5-05
800 relay – 1. Lansing Waverly 1:42.92; 2. Niles (Maya Brookins, Ashiah Brookins, Lashonda Green, Tatyanna Goodson), 1:43.26
Division 4
Cassopolis’ 800-meter relay team finished third and its 400-meter relay team was fifth at the Division 4 Track and Field Championships in Hudsonville.
The 800-meter of Kortenei Suggs, Nakiela Sinclair, Kaylyn Forrest and KayAnna Williams ran a time of 1:48.92. The 400-meter squad of Suggs, Forrest, Janye Butts and Williams posted a time of 52.44.
Division 4
At Hudsonville
Team scoring
1. Reading, 81; 2. Traverse City St. Francis, 56; 3. Fowler, 43.33; 4. Pittsford, 36; 5. Beal City, 28; 5. Ottawa Lake-Whiteford, 28; 15. Cassopolis, 12
Individual results
800-Meter Relay – 1. Reading (Jennifer Davis, Kaitlin Seager, Teddi Zimmerman, Samantha Pfieffer), 1:47.36. 2. Fowler (Savanah Feldpausch, Julie Thelen, McKenzie Boyd, Allison Hufnagel), 1:48.78. 3. Cassopolis (Kortenei Suggs, Nakiela Sinclair, Kaylyn Forrest, KayAnna Williams), 1:48.92
400-Meter Relay – 1. Reading (Kaitlin Seager, Jennifer Davis, Samantha Pfieffer, Teddi Zimmerman), 51.60. 2. Mesick (Angel Green, Maddison Clock, Drew Farrell, Sierra King), 51.92. 3. Royal Oak Shrine (Ariana Cascardo, Taylor Kilgore, Julia Liggett, N’Tia Jones), 52.04. 4. Concord (Jenna Philson, Jessica Saldana, Carly Bunce, Lindsey Lehman), 52.33. 5. Cassopolis (Kortenei Suggs, Kaylyn Forrest, Janye Butts, KayAnna Williams), 52.44