ST. JOSEPH — Niles’ Connor Amberg and Joe Avance, along with Brandywine’s Andrew Duckett turned in big nights at the annual Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Rotary Track Meet at St. Joseph High School Friday night.

Amberg and Duckett were triple winners in the meet that features the top track runners from throughout southwest lower Michigan.

Duckett swept the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 14.97 and 39.94, while he was also a member of the Bobcats’ winning 1,600-meter relay team.

That team also consisted of Andrew Boocher, Matt Kline and Dayan Schau and ran a time of 3:36.60.

Amberg won the 200-meters with a time of 23.23. He was a member of the Vikings’ winning 400- and 800-meter relay teams that ran times of 45.04 and 1:32.96 respectively.

The 400-meter team also consisted of Joe Avance, Cameron Haines and Elijah Thompson. Avance, Josh Buckingham and Thompson made up the rest of the 800-meter squad.

Avance also won the long jump with a leap of 21-feet.

Brandywine’s Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) and Lakeshore’s Hannah Bredeweg tied for first in the high jump with a height of 4-7.

 

Rotary Track Meet

At St. Joseph

Boys Results

3,200 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Skyler Arthur, Erik Edwards, Nick Jewell, Tanner Rydleski) 8:21.34; 2. Watervliet, 8:26.74; 3. Bridgman, 8:36.19; 4. Niles, 8:36.58; 5. Berrien Springs, 8:44.67.

110 high hurdles: 1. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) :14.97; 2. Andrew Branch (Lakeshore) :15.99; 3. Larry Lamb (Niles) :16.19; 4. Joey Wells (Watervliet) :16.2; 5. Ben Agay (LMC) :16.83.

200: 1. Conner Amberg (Niles) :23.23; 2. Dominick Erby (Benton Harbor) :23.62; 3. (tie) Tyshaun Walls (Benton Harbor) and Brandon Anderson (Cassopolis) :23.85; 5. Ryon Tym (Bridgman) :24.32

800 relay: 1. Niles (Conner Amberg, Joe Avance, Josh Buckingham, Elijah Thompson) 1:32.96; 2. Eau Claire, 1:33.3; 3. Berrien Springs, 1:33.35; 4. Benton Harbor, 1:34.88; 5. St. Joseph, 1:35.32.

1,600: 1. Skyler Arthur (St. Joseph) 4:38.25; 2. Riley VanPelt (New Buffalo) 4:38.27; 3. Brendan Daly (Watervliet) 4:43.63; 4. Evan Rieth (River Valley) 4:45.57; 5. Garrison Muth (Watervliet) 4:46.78.

400 relay: 1. Niles (Conner Amberg, Joe Avance, Cameron Haines, Elijah Thompson) :45.04; 2. Eau Claire, :45.1; 3. St. Joseph, :45.17; 4. Lakeshore, :45.59; 5. Benton Harbor, :45.66.

400: 1. Sam Effa (Lakeshore) :52.64; 2. Jalen Alexander (Niles) :54.19; 3. Dan Harazin (Lakeshore) :54.87; 4. Preston Bundash (Berrien Springs) :55.96; 5. Matt Kline (Brandywine) :56.1.

300 hurdles: 1. Andrew Duckett (Brandywine) :39.94; 2. Ben Agay (LMC) :42.02; 3. Larry Lamb (Niles) :42.04; 4. Andrew Branch (Lakeshore) :42.11; 5. Joey Wells (Watervliet) :42.47.

800: 1. Bubba Parkins (Berrien Springs) 2:02.46; 2. Brian Njuguna (Bridgman) 2:03.73; 3. Riley VanPelt (New Buffalo) 2:04.69; 4. Brenden Daly (Watervliet) 2:06.09; 5. Devonte Gaskill (Niles) 2:07.19.

100: 1. Chelliot Osuntade (Berrien Springs) :11.19; 2. Joe Avance (Niles) :11.37; 3. Erin Brance (Eau Claire) :11.39; 4. Conner Amberg (Niles) :11.46; 5. Clayton Bertog (St. Joseph) :11.47.

3,200: 1. Skyler Arthur (St. Joseph) 10:11.97; 2. Erik Edwards (St. Joseph) 10:18.42; 3. Brad Wurzel (Berrien Springs) 10:28.72; 4. Devin Tomlinson (Niles) 10:32.53; 5. Elliott Hanke (Bridgman) 10:32.98.

1.600 relay: 1. Brandywine (Andrew Boocher, Matt Kline, Dayan Schau, Andrew Duckett) 3:36.06; 2. Lakeshore, 3:36.06; 3. Niles, 3:39.84; 4. St. Joseph, 3:41.96; 5. Bridgman, 3:42.77.

Long jump: 1. Joe Avance (Niles) 21-0; 2. Blake Lerner (Brandywine) 20-5½; 3. Sean Akins (St. Joseph) 20-4½; 4. Nathan Blighton (Eau Claire) 19-6¾; 5. Brandon Anderson (Cassopolis) 19-4½.;

High jump: 1. Ian Ransom (Lakeshore) 5-11; 2. John Hampton (Cassopolis) 5-9; 3. (tie) Ben Florkowski (Niles) and Nick Jewell (St. Joseph) 5-9; 5. Noah Bradeweg (Lakeshore) 5-9.

Shot put: 1. James Robinson (Berrien Springs) 49-10½; 2. Darius Powell (St. Joseph) 45-10; 3. Morgan Husman (Lakeshore) 42-7½; 4. John Paul Nickel (LMC) 41-8; 5. Baulio Sosa (Niles) 41-2½.

Discus: 1. John Hogeboom (Lakeshore) 138-3; 2. Phil Paea (Berrien Springs) 133-8; 3. Garrett Foote (Watervliet) 130-11; 4. Kevin Pantelleria (Watervliet) 128-10; 5. Adam Blernatl (Lakeshore) 114-8.

Pole vault: 1. Larry Lamb (Niles) 11-4; 2. Matt Miller (Lakeshore) 10-10; 3. Sam Gruver (Lakeshore) 10-10; 4. Aidan Reed (St. Joseph) 9-10; 5. Sage Mueller (St. Joseph) 9-10.

 

Girls Results

3,200 relay: 1. Lakeshore (Abby Austin, Morgan McClure, Erin Lafrenz, Kelsey Ramirez) 10:26.73; 2. Eau Claire, 11:01.94; 3. Grace Christian, 11:12.07; 4. St. Joseph, 11:21.61; 5. Bridgman, 11:46.64.

100 hurdles: 1. Dajah Bogan (St. Joseph) :15.46; 2. Hannah Cain (Berrien Springs) :16.61; 3. Ashley Dine (Lakeshore) :17.56; 4. Jenna Rydleski (St. Joseph) :18.31; 5. Hannah Bredeweg (Lakeshore) :19.01.

100: 1. Brianna Rimpson (Benton Harbor) :13.02; 2. Jasmine Pitone (Berrien Springs) :13.28; 3. Kaylyn Forrest (Cassopolis) :13.49; 4. Elizabeth Stolte (LMC) :13.5; 5. Alex Hengy (Lakeshore) :13.55.

800 relay: 1. Berrien Springs (Isabella Vaz, Jasmine Pitone, Mara McFarland, Hannah Cain) 1:51.41; 2. Benton Harbor, 1:51.43; 3. Eau Claire, 1:53.71; 4. Cassopolis, 1:54.61; 5. Lakeshore, 1:59.79.

1,600: 1. Anna Fischer (St. Joseph) 5:28.72; 2. Kaitlin Newton (St. Joseph) 5:45.3; 3. Vanessa Veersma (St. Joseph) 5:51.02; 4. Brittney Johnson (Watervliet) 5:54.79; 5. Elsie Jorgensen (Eau Claire) 5:55.51.

400 relay: 1. Berrien Springs (Jasmine Pitone, Gabby Yankey, Mara McFarland, Hannah Cain) :52.23; 2. Lakeshore, :53.14; 3. St. Joseph, :53.27; 4. Cassopolis, :53.45; 5. Benton Harbor, :55.52.

400: 1. Melissa Swanson (Watervliet) 1:03.5; 2. Mara McFarland (Berrien Springs) 1:04.57; 3. Samantha Mumper (St. Joseph) 1:06.61; 4. Ylana Padgett (New Buffalo) 1:06.71; 5. Kella Dos Santos (Berrien Springs) 1:07.66.

300 hurdles: 1. Dajah Bogan (St. Joseph) :48.81; 2. Ashley Dine (Lakeshore) :50.25; 3. Madison Cutting (Cassopolis) :51.75; 4. Jenna Rydleski (St. Joseph) :53.06; 5. Francine Barchett (Grace Christian) :54.65.

800: 1. Madisyn Estkowski (St. Joseph) 2:27.02; 2. Gabby Tavolacci (Watervliet) 2:29.96; 3. Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) 2:31.63; 4. Abby Austin (Lakeshore) 2:35.65; 5. Emily Perrin (St. Joseph) 2:40.67.

200: 1. Hannah Cain (Berrien Springs) :27.31; 2. Mara McFarland (Berrien Springs) :28.2; 3. Melissa Swanson (Watervliet) :28.29; 4. KayAnna Williams (Cassopolis) :28.48; 5. Kaylyn Forrest (Cassopolis) :28.53.

3,200: 1. Anna Fischer (St. Joseph) 11:42.84; 2. Kaitlin Newton (St. Joseph) 12:26.83; 3. Vanessa Veersma (St. Joseph) 12:38; 4. Elsie Jorgensen (Eau Claire) 13:18.63; 5. Amy Adams (Cassopolis) 13:33.45.

1.600 relay: 1. St. Joseph (Dajah Bogan, Samantha Mumper, Alexcia Bennett, Madisyn Estkowski) 4:21.16; 2. Lakeshore, 4:27.68; 3. Watervliet, 4:35.58; 4. Eau Claire, 4:37.85; 5. Niles, 4:43.45.

Long jump: 1. Abigail Bansen (Lakeshore) 15-10½; 2. Nicole Visin (LMC) 15-5¾; 3. Skylar Claton (Bridgman) 15-1½; 4. Alexis Preston (Niles) 14-10; 5. Kellah Dos Santos (Berrien Springs) 14-6.

High jump: 1. (tie) Emily Pedzinski (Brandywine) and Hannah Bredeweg (Lakeshore) 4-7; 3. Nicole Visin (LMC) 4-7; 4. Jenna Gathright (Lakeshore) 4-7; 5. Jazmin Brann (Niles) 4-4.

Shot put: 1. Gabby Andrews (Lakeshore) 35-9; 2. Madison Brooks (Cassopolis) 33-5; 3. Kyana Buck (Cassopolis) 32-2; 4. Tam’Mea McNeal (Niles) 32-½; 5. Ella Jones (St. Joseph) 31-9.

Discus: 1. Julia Lohraff (River Valley) 94-10; 2. Nakiela Sinclair (Cassopolis) 87-9; 3. Kayla Gillespie (Berrien Springs) 87-1; 4. Danielle Hohman (Lakeshore) 85-2; 5. Madison Brooks (Cassopolis) 80-4½.

Pole vault: 1. Ashley Dine (Lakeshore) 8-6; 2. Lania Young (St. Joseph) 7-0; 3. (tie) Franki Strefling (Buchanan), Alexandra Tobler (Buchanan) and Chloe Powell (St. Joseph) 6-6.