STURGIS — Host Sturgis and Vicksburg won regional track championships Friday night in Division 2.

The Trojans easily defeated St. Joseph for the girls’ title, 97-69.5. Dowagiac finished sixth (50.5), Niles seventh (45) and Edwardsburg 14th (19).

The Bulldogs edged Wolverine Conference foe Gull Lake 87-81 to claim the boys’ crown. Edwardsburg was seventh (48), Niles eighth (42.5) and Dowagiac 14th (12).

The Eddies’ Emily Kozinski and Casey Garcia qualified for the state finals in the discus and the pole vault respectively.

Kozinski was a regional champion with a toss of 98-3. Garcia was fifth after clearing a height of 9-4.

The Chieftains’ Kaisha Martin was a three-time regional champion as she won the 100- and 200-meters, along with the long jump. Martin is the defending Division 3 state champion in the 100-meters and long jump. She was also a member of the 400-meter relay team, which also qualified for the state meet by finishing second.

The top two finishes in each event, plus anyone who qualifies by time, height of distance, advance to the finals.

Martin had a lead of 17-feet in the long jump and times of 12.46 and 26.29 in the 100 and 200 respectively. The 400-meter relay team posted a time of 51.6. Also on that team were Jacoya Brookins, Creona Rodgers and Andrea Wade.

Rodgers qualifed in the high jump with her height of of 4-11.

Niles’ Miranda Baker was a regional champion as she cleared 5-1 to capture the high jump.

Other qualifiers for the Vikings included Taylor Brandstatter, who was third in the 400-meters (1:00.63) and was a member of the runner-up 1,600-meter relay team that ran 4:15.23. Paige Chaffin, Karon Nichols and Lashonda Green were the other three members of that squad.

Josh Clark won the 1,600-meters with a time of 4:27.12, was second in the 800-meters with a time of 1:57.60.

The Eddies also qualified its 3,200-meter relay team, which ran a time of 8:17.00. Greg Hall qualified in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 15.10 and Nick Thomas qualified in the pole vault with a height of 13-2.01.

The Division 2 state meet will be held at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids on Saturday, June 4.

 

Division 2 Track Regional

At Sturgis

Girls Results

Team scores

Sturgis 97, St Joseph 69.5, Paw Paw 69, Stevensville Lakeshore 68, Allegan 55.5, Dowagiac 50.5, Niles 45, Plainwell 40.5, Vicksburg 35, Richland Gull Lake 31, Benton Harbor 25, Three Rivers 22.5, Otsego 19.5, Edwardsburg 19, South Haven 14, Comstock 0

 

Individual results and additional qualifiers

Pole vault: 1. Lauren Chorny (Stevensville Lakeshore) 10-0.00; 2. Regan Gollehur (Stevensville Lakeshore) 9-7.01; Shot put: 1. Natalie Kmet (Paw Paw) 36-4.50; 2. Regina Kennedy (Dowagiac) 36-2; High jump: 1. Miranda Baker (Niles) 5-1.01.; 2. Lauren Chorny (Stevensville Lakeshore) 5-1; Long jump:1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 17-0.50; 2. Ashley Love (Niles) 16-2; Discus: 1. Emily Kozinski (Edwardsburg) 98-3.00; 2. Bryce Miller (Paw Paw) 96-4; 3200 relay: 1. Sturgis (Mary Boyd, Kelsey Keyser, Jessica Cline, Ann Marie Arseneau) 9:52.22; 2. Allegan (Aziza Ahmadi, Rachel Bartz, Jessica Shaw, Shea VanKlompenberg) 9:57.98; 110 hurdles: 1. Dillan Smith (St. Joseph) 15.76; 2. Corinne Roller (Gull Lake) 16.50; 100: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 12.46; 2. Whitney Johnson (Paw Paw) 12.76; 800 relay: 1. Benton Harbor (Thelma Peterson, Jonshequa Mickie, Sha’Brea Shepherd, Candace Krause) 1:48.30; 2. Stevensville Lakeshore (Alex Miller, Sinnamon Shelby, Courtney Page, Lauren Chorny) 1:48.84; 1600: 1. Ann Marie Arseneau (Sturgis) 5:12.42; 2. Aziza Ahmadi (Allegan) 5:15.09; 400 relay: 1. Sturgis (McKenzie Decker, Emily Campbell, Lauren Raiford, Devonna McCarthy) 50.93; 2. Dowagiac (Jacoya Brookins, Creona Rodgers, Andrea Wade, Kaisha Martin) 51.60; 400: 1. Shea VanKlompenberg (Allegan) 59.91; 2. Summer Lennartz (St. Joseph) 1:00.16; 300 hurdles: 1. Candace Krause (Benton Harbor) 47.44; 2. Dillan Smith (St. Joseph) 47.54; additional area qualifier: Corinne Roller (Gull Lake) 47.96; 800: 1. Makenzie Evers (Plainwell) 2:20.64; 2. Ann Marie Arseneau (Sturgis) 2:21.71; 200: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 26.29; 2. Whitney Johnson (Paw Paw) 26.53; 3200: 1. Ann Marie Arseneau (Sturgis) 11:42.88; 2. Carly Drobny (Otsego) 11:51.88; 1600 relay: 1. Paw Paw (Cassy Daoust, Celestine Schwartz, Kayla Groteleuschen, Jessica Beebe) 4:14.48; 2. Niles (Taylor Brandstatter, Paige Chaffin, Karon Nichols, Lashonda Green) 4:15

 

Boys’ results

Team scores

Vicksburg 87, Richland Gull Lake 81, Allegan 80, St Joseph 58, Plainwell 57, Three Rivers 57, Edwardsburg 48, Niles 42.5, Paw Paw 42, Otsego 26, Lakeshore 23.5, Benton Harbor 17, South Haven 17, Dowagiac 12, Sturgis 11, Comstock 4

 

Individual results and additional qualifers

Pole vault: 1. Eric Root (Plainwell) 13-2.03; 2. Cole Radenbaugh (St. Joseph) 13-2.02; additional area qualifier: Juji Kipker (Three Rivers) 12-9; Shot put: 1. Drake Miller (Sturgis) 49-5.50; 2. Patrick Goebel (Gull Lake) 45-6.00; High jump: 1. Gary Jones (Allegan) 6-4.00; 2. DeMarcus Leak (Paw Paw) 6-2.01; Long jump: 1. Gary Jones (Allegan) 22-5.00; 2. DeMarcus Leak (Paw Paw) 21-7; Discus: 1. Adam Meier (Plainwell) 152-06.00; 2. Patrick Goebel (Gull Lake) 150-8; 3200 relay: 1. Gull Lake (Thomas Zahrt, Jeremy Simon, Alexander Woolf, Timothy Simon) 8:11.27; 2. Vicksburg 8:16.03; 110 hurdles: 1. Kaleb Radke (Allegan) 14.62; 2. Jamal Hunt (Three Rivers) 14.88; 100: 1. Craig Hillstead (Plainwell) 11.10; 2. John Mrosewski (Three Rivers) 11.12; 800 relay: 1. Vicksburg (Brandon Thompson, Jesse Storey, Aaron McGuire, Zak Haines) 1:30.53; 2. Niles (Ronnie Jones, Cicone Palmore, Myles Busby, Brandon Partee) 1:32.04; 1600: 1. Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 4:27.12; 2. Chris Gantt (Dowagiac) 4:29.31; 400 relay: 1. Three Rivers 43.84; 2. Vicksburg 44.47; 400: 1. Aaron McGuire (Vicksburg) 50.09; 2. Jesse Storey (Vicksburg) 50.85; 300 hurdles: 1. Jamal Hunt (Three Rivers) 39.39; 2. Kyle Garner (Gull Lake) 39.65; 800: 1. Timothy Simon (Gull Lake) 1:57.90; 2. Josh Clark (Edwardsburg) 1:57.95; 200: 1. Gary Jones (Allegan) 21.97; 2. Zak Haines (Vicksburg) 22.56; 3200: 1. Timothy Simon (Gull Lake) 9:52.52; 2. Ryan Leahy (St. Joseph) 9:53.15; 1600 relay: 1. Allegan (Artelle Jennings, Jordan Ealy, Mike Wallace, Gary Jones) 3:25.88; 2. Otsego (Mitchell Kiel, Thomas Nunley, Ethan Trobeck, Trevor Brinn) 3:26.84