Greenhills girls sixth, boys seventh at Leslie Blackhawk Invitational

Greenhills girls sixth, boys seventh at Leslie Blackhawk Invitational

Ann Arbor News sports, May 02, 2009 3:24 p.m.

TRACK

Leslie Blackhawk Invitational – Greenhills’ girls were sixth and the boys were seventh. Kate Raskauskas won the pole vault (7-3).

Ortonville Brandon girls win Goodrich meet
May 1st, 2009
4 p.m.

Goodrich High School
Goodrich, MI

Final Results

Ortonville Brandon girls win Goodrich meet

The Flint Journal, May 02, 2009 4:03 p.m.

Goodrich Invitational
Girl results

Brandon 137, Linden 85, Goodrich 80, Kearsley 72, Beecher 43, Byron 36, Brown City 33, Montrose 16, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 10, Clio 9, Lapeer West 6, Bendle 0.

High jump — Jones (Brandon) 5-0; long jump — Evans (Byron) 14-7; shot put — Privette (Brandon) 38-7 1/2; discus — Privette (Brandon) 123-7 1/2; pole vault — Brender (Brandon) 8-0; 3,200 relay — Goodrich (Taylor Pogue, Chelsea Belanger, Casey Norguard, Katie Diamond) 10:24; 100 hurdles — Chiatalas (Linden) 17.26; 100 — Dubois (Linden) 13.45; 800 relay — Brandon 1:53; 1,600 — Pogue (Goodrich) 5:30; 400 relay — Brandon 53.7; 400 — Evans (Byron) 1:02; 300 hurdles — Nordin (Brown City) 52.05; 800 — Diamond (Goodrich) 2:35; 200 — Dubois (Linden) 28.3; 3,200 — Pogue (Goodrich) 11:57; 1,600 — Kearsley.

Kuipers adds sprints, jumps to her athletic repertoire
Kuipers adds sprints, jumps to her athletic repertoire

Scott DeCamp | Kalamazoo Gazette, May 01, 2009 11:19 p.m.
Kelsey Kuipers

ALLEGAN — It’s awfully tough to upstage Tommy Brinn, but Otsego junior Kelsey Kuipers gave her Bulldogs track and field peer a pretty good run during Friday’s Allegan Invitational.

“No, that’s almost impossible,” she said with a laugh, while trying not to blush.

Kuipers claimed first place in three events, including a school-record effort in the 200-meter dash, to share the spotlight with Brinn, a University of Nebraska-bound standout who established three Allegan invite records.

The Otsego girls and boys squads both posted top-five finishes in the 16-team event.

Battle Creek Lakeview ran away with the girls title, totaling 128 points, 44 more than runner-up Hamilton. Sturgis (67), Vicksburg (59) and Otsego (57) rounded out the top five in the girls competition.

On the boys side, Hamilton (101) held off hard-charging Vicksburg (89) for the championship.

Lakeview (75), St. Joseph (71) and Otsego (64) placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Saginaw News Girls Track Top Times
Saginaw News Girls Track Top Times

The Saginaw News, May 01, 2009 10:33 p.m.

HIGH JUMP

t Record: Jane Anderson, Eisenhower, 1977 (5 feet, 10 inches)

1. Natalie Ziel, Swan Valley 5-2

2. Marissa Sedwick, Swan Valley 5-0

2. Katherine Cieslinski, Midland High 5-0

2. Ashley Gavitt, Millington 5-0

2. Becky Albrecht, Caro 5-0

2. Kayla Finkbeiner, Valley Lutheran 5-0

Trojans finally first
Trojans finally first

Troy Ruel | Muskegon Chronicle, May 01, 2009 10:13 p.m.

The last four years, the Fruitport girls track and field team has been stuck at second best.

As the team scores had been announced, marking the end of another Greater Muskegon Athletic Association track and field meet, head coach Randy Johnson and his Trojans could only watch in the past as Reeths-Puffer celebrated just yards away.

That all came to an end Friday night under the lights at Orchard View High School.

Fruitport used its balance, team depth and Finnish foreign-exchange student Mona Auervolle to end the Rockets’ reign and claim its first-ever city championship.

Smid has big day for Whitmore Lake girls track at Stockbridge Invitational
Smid has big day for Whitmore Lake girls track at Stockbridge Invitational

The Ann Arbor News, May 01, 2009 10 p.m.
Olivia Smid, Whitmore Lake girls track – The senior won the 300 hurdles (49.47), and placed second in the 100 hurdles (17.5) and high jump (5-1) at the Stockbridge Invitational.

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard girls track team not intimidated by bigger opponents
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard girls track team not intimidated by bigger opponents

Jeff Arnold | The Ann Arbor News, May 01, 2009 10:29 p.m.

From the beginning of the season, it has been about the mindset.

Gabriel Richard High School girls track coach Carl Brock had T-shirts printed with a target displayed prominently along with the words, “We Know.”

As the defending Division 3 state champions, the Fighting Irish know the bar of expectation has been raised.

But they also realize that despite losing only three members from last spring’s title team, a No. 9 ranking in the most recent state polls and an unblemished dual meet record this year, they have continued to fly under the radar.

Lowell Invitational – Girls Track and Field Game Box Scores (2009-05-02)
May 2nd, 2009
8:30 a.m.

Lowell High School
Lowell, MI

Final

Place Team Score
1 Hudsonville 132
1 Grand Ledge 132
3 Hartland 55.5
4 Caledonia 50.5
5 Lowell 49
6 Greenville 43
7 Kentwood West Michigan Lutheran 0
7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern 0

Allendale’s Zack Hill sets state record in shot put
May 2nd, 2009
10 a.m.

Holland West Ottawa High School
Holland, MI

Final

Allendale’s Zack Hill sets state record in shot put

Steve Kaminski | The Grand Rapids Press, May 02, 2009 9:42 p.m.
HOLLAND — Zack Hill’s mother brings her son lunch to school every time the Allendale High School senior breaks his own record in the shot put throw.

Jennifer Hill said after Saturday’s 43rd annual West Ottawa Von Ins Relays that come Monday, she is not only bringing Hill lunch, but his teammates as well.

Special times call for special measures.

“We called up Vitale’s and asked them if they could bring in pizza,” Jennifer said.

Dux run to seven victories to claim boys track title
Holland Township, MI —

The timing, coach Phil Hoover said, worked out pretty well for the Zeeland West boys’ track team.
At the 43rd West Ottawa Von Ins Relays, the times weren’t too bad, either.

In Division 2, the Zeeland West boys took first place in seven of the eight running events and scored 196 points, to beat Grand Rapids West Catholic (87 points) and the rest of the field.
Allendale senior Zack Hill surpassed T.J. Duckett in the state record book when he tossed the shot put 60 feet, 1⁄2 inch, one-half inch farther than the old record. That helped Allendale win that event with a combined 115-53⁄4, shattering the old meet record of 102-31⁄4 set by Montague in 1996.