Mark Stawowy of Standish-Sterling set a new shot put record at Tuesday's meet with a throw of 49-10.5
Chelsea LeForce, running her final race as a Falcon, finished second to Meridian's Nissa Looper in the 3200.
Hale's Eldon Barclay and Tawas Area's Seth Philpot race for the finish in the 1600-meter run. Barclay edged Philpot by .02 for third place, just .60 behind Gladwin's Dustin Loose for second place.
Ogemaw's Justin Brindley finished fifth in the shot put.
Brent Baker
Hale's Tarra Caverly (far left) gets the chance to compete against top hurdlers from Bay City Central and Gladwin in the 300-meter event. Caverly finished third to Gaylord St. Mary's Jessi Palmer and Centrals' Amber Riechle.

ROSCOMMON - May 29, 2007- The eighth edition of the Sunrise Publishing-sponsored Meet of Champions on Tuesday, May 29 turned out to be a boon for record-breaking performances.

Fifteen meet records were either broken or tied at the meet, including eight by the boys and seven by the girls.

Setting new standards (and, of course, winning their events) for the boys were Standish-Sterling's Mark Stawowy in the shot put (49-10.5); Sanford-Meridian's Dan Rau both the 100 (11.27) and 200 (22.41); Gladwin's Andrew Smith in the 300 hurdles (41.18); and Grayling's Nathan Peters in the 3200 (9:55.60). Beaverton's 4x100 relay team (44.52) and 4x200 relay (1:33.36) as well as Gladwin's 4x400 relay (3:32.33) were also record-breakers.

On the girls side of things, Gaylord St. Mary's Jessi Palmer set new marks in the long jump (16-5.5) and 300 hurdles (48.69); Roscommon's Megan Barber tied the high jump record (5-2); Beaverton's Brooke Priemer set a new mark in the 100 hurdles (16.45); Petoskey's Tia Penfold broke the 400 mark (1:00.15) and Gaylord's 4x100 relay (41.92) and Petoskey's 4x400 relay (4:17.46) set new marks in those events.

Medals were awarded for the top three finishes in each event. Girls medalists for local schools:

... for Ogemaw Heights included the 4x800 relay (1st, 10:56.57); the 4x200 relay (2nd, 1:51.54); Holly Mester in the 1600 (3rd, 5:33.24); Kalena Franklin in the 200 (3rd, 28.35); Chelsea LeForce in the 3200 (2nd, 13:20.67); Brittney Stein in the pole vault (3rd, 9-0); and Kayla Brindley in the discus (3rd, 115-3).

... for Standish-Sterling were Ashlyn Gulvas (1st, 122-11) and Kayleigh Nelson (3rd, 108-8) in the discus.

... for Tawas Area was the 4x800 relay (3rd, 12:10.24);

... for Hale were the 4x100 relay (3rd, 53.79) and Tarra Caverly in the 300 hurdles (3rd, 49.39).

Other boys' medalists for local schools:

... for Ogemaw included the 4x800 relay (2nd, 8:38.07); the 4x100 relay (3rd, 45.36); Matt Franklin in the 400 (3rd, 51.98); Zach Lynch in the 800 (1st, 2:02.46); the 4x400 relay (2nd, 3:32.79); Bruce Vermillion in the pole vault (3rd, 13-0); and Anthony Carollo in the discus (3rd, 127-3).

... for Standish-Sterling included the 4x200 relay (3rd, 1:35.36); Casey Potts in the 300 hurdles (2nd, 41.28); and Keith Schmidt in the shot put (3rd, 47-3).

... for Whittemore-Prescott were Kane Dietzel in the shot put (2nd, 48-8) and Billy Raushi in the high jump (2nd, 6-2) and long jump (3rd, 20-0).

... for Hale were Zach Putnam in the 110 hurdles (2nd, 16.34); and Eldon Barclay in the 1600 (3rd, 4:53.89).

... for Tawas Area were Alex Revord in the 100 (3rd, 11.97); Tyler Bischoff in the 3200 (2nd, 10:01.30); Thomas Domerese in the pole vault (1st, 13-3); and Ky Barnes in the discus (1st, 129-4).

 

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