WMC Conference Championships

5-12-23

Great Weather

The boys placed third with 84 points, Whitehall won with 222, and Ludington was 2^nd with 87, at the conference championship meet. This gave them a third place overall in the conference. The meet was held at Whitehall with almost perfect weather. We had a few hiccups (Lost Connor Pettis to injury on Tuesday, Daniel Romero took a tumble in the 110s, and we unexpectedly scratched a couple of events), but mostly lots of good performances with personal records. We were really happy with the way the boys stepped up at a championship meet, focusing on controlling their own performance.  Daniel Romero and Sean Pettis were our standout athletes; each earning a conference championship in two events. Daniel, the long jump and the 300 intermediate hurdles, Sean, the 1600 and 800 meter runs.   Daniel went down in the 110 hurdle finals but recovered to finish 6^th.  He showed good character with his ability to shake that off and come back to win the 300s.  Sean ran four events and Prd in all four. He fought off a strong challenge with 400 to go in the 1600 and ran away convincingly in the last 300.  The boys 4 x 800 m relay team of Gary Springstead, Johnny Christensen, Chase Lowery, and Sean Pettis placed second with a time of 8:16.24.That’s the fastest time we have run since 2017.  In the 1600 Henrik Quist took one of the hardest falls I have seen in a race other than the hurdles, got up and proceeded to run a PR.  He also came back to PR in the 3200, dude is tough.  Khai Noordyke made the finals in both the 100 and the 200 recording Prs in both.

Conference Champions

Long Jump – Daniel Romero

300 Hurdles – Daniel Romero

800 – Sean Pettis

1600 – Sean Pettis

Athletes placing second or third we’re considered honorable mention all-conference. The following athletes earned this honor.

400 – 2^nd Gary Springstead

4x800 relay – 2^nd Gary Springstead, Johnny Christensen, Chase Lowery, Sean Pettis

Athletes placing in the top 6 scored points (athletes listed who have not already been above)

200 – 4^th Jacob Burns, 6^th Khai Noordyke

3200 – 3^rd Sean Pettis, 5^th Carter Sherman, 6^th Blake Taylor

110 Hurdles – 4^th Owen Hertel, 6^th Daniel Romero

300 Hurdles – 5^th Carter Rottman, 6^th Owen Hertel

4x200 Relay – 6^th Kyler Dekuiper, Khai Noordyke, Kolten Belmarez, Jacob Burns

4x400 Relay – 4^th Chase Lowery, Owen Hertel, Bjorn Johnson, Gary Springstead

High Jump – 6^th Owen Hertel

Athletes who recorded a PR

100 – Khai Noodyke

200 – Jacob Burns, Khai Noordyke

400 – Gary Springstead, Chase Lowery

800 – Sean Pettis, Karston Falbe

1600 – Sean Pettis, Carter Sherman, Issac Romero, Blake Taylor, Henrik Quist

3200 – Sean Pettis, Carter Sherman, Blake Taylor, Henrik Quist, Issac Romero

110 H – Owen Hertel, Carter Rottman

300 H – Carter Rottman

Shot Put – Nathan Burns

High Jump – Owen Hertel

We move on to Regionals next Thursday at Allendale.

Full Results can be found here - https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/496144/results

Coach