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MHSAA Division 1 track and field state championship complete results
The MHSAA Division 1 track and field state championship meet occurred on Saturday, May 31, at East Kentwood High School. Belleville won the boys track and field championship for the first time in school history. Belleville finished with 57 points, followed by Northville (35 points) and Grand Haven (31 points). Oak Park finished as the […]

The MHSAA Division 1 track and field state championship meet occurred on Saturday, May 31, at East Kentwood High School.
Belleville won the boys track and field championship for the first time in school history. Belleville finished with 57 points, followed by Northville (35 points) and Grand Haven (31 points). Oak Park finished as the Division 1 girls champions for the third straight year with 86 points, followed by Detroit Renaissance (47 points) and Holland West Ottawa (46 points).
Here are the winners from each individual event from the boys and girls events at the track and field finals. Measurements provided by athletic.net.
100m
Boys: Samson Gash, Novi Detroit Catholic Central (10.41); Chance McNeill, Novi (10.42); Jeremy Dixon, Kalamazoo Central (10.45).
Girls: Kamryn Tatum, West Bloomfield (11.66); Jayla Dace, Detroit Renaissance (11.75); Willow Mason, Saginaw Heritage (11.87).
200m
Boys: Jeremy Dixon, Kalamazoo Central (21.11); Chance McNeill, Novi (21.12); Samson Gash, Novi Detroit Catholic Central (21.36).
Girls: Kamryn Tatum, West Bloomfield (23.55); Willow Mason, Saginaw Heritage (23.93); Mauriel Seeberger (23.96).
400m
Boys: Brody Leyendecker, Byron Center (47.96); Rodney Endsley, Walled Lake Western (48.22); Kiniey Poole, Ann Arbor Huron (48.51).
Girls: Neveah Burns, Oak Park (54.34); Janae Coleman, Oak Park (55.04); Mauriel Seeberger, Portage Northern (55.16).
800m
Boys: Wendell Childs, Clarkston (1:50.71); Greg Myers, Ypsilanti Lincoln (1:51.36); Caden Karcher, Rockford (1:54.79).
Girls: Collette Wierks, Holland West Ottawa (2:11.65); Valerie Beeck, Grand Haven (2:11.94); Meredith Cook, Zeeland East (2:13.00)
1600m
Boys: Luka Hammond, Grand Haven (4:09.69); Caden Livermore, Grandville (4:10.17); Jackson Lam, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (4:14.24).
Girls: Victoria Garces, Midland Dow (4:48.74); Helen Sachs, Holland West Ottawa (4:51.56); Valerie Beeck (4:54.79).
3200m
Boys: Beckett Crooks, Ann Arbor Pioneer (9:00.80); Kyle O’Rourke, Highland-Milford (9:06.54); Kamari Ronfeldt, Ann Arbor Pioneer (9:08.99).
Girls: Helen Sachs, Holland West Ottawa (10:16.56); Natasza Dudek, Ann Arbor Pioneer (10:21.68); Victoria Garces, Midland Dow (10:23.13).
110m hurdles (boys)
Will Jaiden Smith, Belleville (11.35); Schmar Gamble, Belleville (11.36); Michael Wilkerson, Rochester Adams (13.78).
100m hurdles (girls)
Carrie VanNoy, Oak Park (13.70); Laila Hawkins, Detroit Cass Tech (13.98); Mia Barnett, Chippewa Valley (14.10).
300m hurdles
Boys: Will Jaiden Smith, Belleville (37.79); Caleb Washington, Novi Detroit Catholic Central (37.91); Phillip Burney, Oak Park (38.48).
Girls: Carrie VanNoy, Oak Park (42.59); Jada Wilson, Belleville (42.80); Lauren Bickerdt, Detroit Renaissance (43.61).
4×100 relay
Boys: Belleville (41.85), Grand Haven (41.88), Hudsonville (42.14).
Girls: Oak Park (47.19); East Kentwood (47.48); West Bloomfield (47.56).
4×200 relay
Boys: Belleville (1:26.50), Grand Haven (1:26.85), Brighton (1:27.03).
Girls: Oak Park (1:37.80), Saginaw Heritage (1:39.67), West Bloomfield (1:39.97).
4×400 relay
Boys: Oak Park (3:15.52), Bryon Center (3:16.19), Ann Arbor Huron (3:16.85).
Girls: Oak Park (3:53.52), Detroit Renaissance (3:51.59), Holland West Ottawa (3:54.91).
4×800 relay
Boys: Northville (7:41.24), Clarkston (7:42.90), Brighton (7:49.08).
Girls: Holland West Ottawa (9:01.69), Zeeland East (9:10.06), Oak Park (9:11.77).
Shot put
Boys: Garrod Alexander, Walled Lake Central (64′ 1.25″); Maxwell Stoecker, Midland (58′ 10.25″); Dominic Weatherly, L’Anse Creuse (58′ 9″)
Girls: Lorelai Zielinski, Traverse City Central (46′ 11.75″); Leigha Stoepker, Jenison (43′ 11.25″); Izzy Krause, Plymouth (43′ 0.75″).
Discus
Boys: Ray Glory Ejoyokah, Birmingham Groves (179′ 3″); Maxwell Stoecker, Midland (179′ 3″); Conrad Squitieri, Grosse Pointe South (172′ 0″).
Girls: Lorelai Zielinski, Traverse City Central (155′ 1″); Ellie Mendoza, Rochester (141′ 9″); Leigha Stoepker, Jenison (138′ 0″).
Pole vault
Boys: Reece Emeott, East Kentwood (16′ 0″); Grady Myers, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (15′ 3″); Sean Cinzori, Plymouth (15′ 3″).
Girls: Isabel German, Lowell (13′ 0″); Izzy Robbins, Grand Haven (12′ 9″); Raiden Kipfmiller, Dexter (12′ 9″); Aubree Bowers, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (12′ 9″); Katie Blue, Grand Ledge (12′ 9″).
High jump
Boys: Giovanni Charles, Walled Lake Central (6′ 8″); Zechariah Jones, Grand Ledge (6′ 6″); Drelen Lillard, Novi (6′ 6″); Deon Robertson, Woodhaven Brownstown (6′ 6″); Blake Jones, Saginaw United (6′ 6″).
Girls: Greta Caprathe, Rockford (5′ 6″); Tori Lator, Mason (5′ 5″); Layla Visser, Rockford (5′ 4″); Elyse Sanders, Grand Ledge (5′ 4″); Kaydence Hoolsma (5′ 4″).
Long jump
Boys: Quincy Isaac, Canton (24′ 11.5″); Nick Henson, Woodhaven Brownstown (22′ 8.75″); Jhavon Alexander, East Kentwood (22′ 8.5″).
Girls: Maya Justice, Woodhaven Brownstown (19′ 5.25″); Celeste Davis, Detroit Renaissance (18′ 10.25″); Raquel Walker, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (18′ 7.75″).
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