OGEMAW HEIGHTS - Apr. 27, 2007 - Tawas Area built up some momentum for its upcoming NEMC clashes by winning the small school division of Ogemaw Heights' Falcon Invitational on Friday. The Braves were a decisive (355-273) winner over Hale, while Standish-Sterling finished in third, one point behind the Eagles. Whittemore-Prescott followed with 134 points.
"It was great to hear the seniors sing the fight song after a big win," said Tawas coach Chris Lerczak. "This proves that hard work gets rewarded."
Tawas got event wins from Sandy Brandt in the 800 (2:35.40), 1600 (5:53.10) and 3200 (13:34.0); Amanda Kaiser in the 100 hurdles (19.17); Erica Lundy in the pole vault (7-6); and Quinn KNox in the discus (106-6). Other top finishers included Lundy in the 100 (3rd, 14.48); Julie Enzenberger (5th, 32.93) and Sarah Blust (6th, 33.58) in the 200; Brittany Combs (2nd, 1:08.01) and Kaitlin Challenger (5th, 1:14.76) in the 400; Bethany Britt in the 800 (4th, 3:03.60); Abbie Hutchison in the 1600 (5th, 6:40.0) and 3200 (2nd, 14:22.7); Samantha Duvall (3rd, 19.94) and Rachel Faught (4th, 20.64) in the 100 hurdles; Duvall (2nd, 58.21), Faught (4th, 59.39) and Angie Tripi (5th, 1:02.34) in the 300 hurdles; Combs, Tripi, Challenger and Amy Johnson in the 4x400 (2nd, 5:00.70); Brandt, Hutchison, Britt and Combs in the 4x800 (2nd, 11:37.0); Blust (2nd, 4-4), Enzenberger (4th, 4-2) and Britt (4th, 4-2) in the high jump: Kaiser (3rd, 12-8.75) and Challenger (4th, 12-6) in the long jump; and Amanda Anderson (5th, 82-7) in the discus.
Hale's front-line runners turned in a strong performance, winning seven events.
Winners included Kacey McKulsky in the 100 (14.15); Shanna VanHorn in the 200 (30.17); Ashley Malin in the 400 (1:06.95); Tarra Caverly in the 300 hurdles (53.54); VanHorn, Danielle O'Dell, Caverly and McKulsky in the 4x100 (55.38) and 4x200 (1:59.43) relays; and McKulsky in the long jump (14-7.75).
Other top Hale finishers were Caverly in the 100 (2nd, 14.26); Sabrina Provoast in the 200 (4th, 31.05); Malin in the 1600 (3rd, 6:11.20) and 3200 (3rd, 14:55.40); VanHorn in the 100 hurdles (2nd, 19.34); Terra Kelso in the 300 hurdles (3rd, 58.61); Liz Lerczak (3rd, 4-4) and O'Dell (4th, 4-2) in the high jump: O'Dell (2nd, 14-0.75) in the long jump; Provoast (3rd, 32-9.5), Kassie Johnson (5th, 27-9) and Shelby Brown (6th, 23-7) in the shot put; and Provoast (3rd, 93-7) in the discus.
Standish-Sterling's highlights included wins by Ashlyn Gulvas, Kellsie Hinkley, Danielle Milan and Alyssa White in the 4x400 (4:41.10); Ashley Pickvet, Samantha Poirier, White and Noelle Lentz in the 4x800 (11:22.80); Jessica Lysogorski in the high jump (4-4); and Gulvas in the shot put (37-5).
Other top Panther finishers were Lyndsay Potts in the 100 (5th, 15.68); Hinkley in the 200 (2nd, 30.68); Heather Hergott in the 400 (4th, 1:16.90); Lentz (2nd, 2:38.50) and Pickvet (3rd, 2:54.50) in the 800; Lentz (2nd, 5:55.0) and Pickvet (4th, 6:20.4) in the 1600; Poirier (4th, 15:35.40) in the 3200; Hinkley, White, Jessica Cousins and Lysogorski in the 4x200 (2:04.16); Danielle Milan in the pole vault (3rd, 6-0) and long jump (6th, 11-10); Kayleigh Nelson in the shot put (4th, 31-9.5) and discus (6th, 82-2); and Gulvas in the discus (2nd, 96-11).
Top performers for Whittemore-Prescott were Rachel Pokorny in the 100 (4th, 14.83), 200 (3rd, 30.93) and 400 (3rd, 1:13.46); Heather Ostrander (5th, 3:05.00) in the 800; Alina Piotrowska in the 1600 (6th, 7:02.40); Simone Pretterhofer (5th, 15:40.80) in the 3200; Jessica Hamacher in the long jump (5th, 12-2); and Catherine Daniels in the shot put (2nd, 35-6) and discus (4th, 88-5).
Falcons 4th in Large School Division
Ogemaw finished fourth in the large school division of its home invitational, coming off a week where its seniors were on their senior trip and most were assuredly not spending that time working out.
"With such a young squad and getting seniors back after a week in Florida we were not in top form in all events," said Ogemaw coach Rick Frank. "I had to rest a few girls because of sore legs. I felt the girls who were able to compete did a fine job.
Winning events for the Falcons were Maggie Edward, Amanda Thurlow, Selina Tabayoyong and Brittney Stein in the 4x100 (55.84) and Kayla Brindley in the discus (111-11).
Other top Ogemaw finishers were Kalena Franklin in the 200 (4th, 28.76); Chelsea LeForce in the 1600 (2nd, 5:55.50) and 3200 (3rd, 13:12.90); Heather Villarreal in the 3200 (4th, 13:23.80); Edward in the 100 hurdles (6th, 18.99); Edward, Thurlow, Tabayoyong and Franklin in the 4x200 (2nd, 1:57.68); Amber Schmitt in the high jump (6th, 4-4); Kelsi Rutherford in the shot put (3rd, 32-1.5) and discus (3rd, 97-1); Brindley in the shot put (4th, 30-9); Rilee Palm in the shot put (5th, 30-6); and Kami Shields in the discus (96-6).
"Kayla Brindley stepping up and winning the discus was awesome, as all of our throwers have really stepped up in the past week," Frank said. "Kalena Franklin I felt really bounced back strong as she was not 100 percent (last) Wednesday."
"We have three meets this wee, which is really tough on any squad, but especially on the younger girls. The two league triangulars will be very competitive as right now the league meet still seems wide open for who will be the front-runner going into the league championship meet on May 23."
Large School Results
Small School Results
