Regional Highlights

More as they filter in--keep checking back...

Zack Hill breaks state record in shot: 67-11.25 at Grand Rapids West Catholic on Friday. Series--
62-11.75, 67-11.25, scratch, 64-10.25, 65-0.5, scratch...

Best team? I haven't done any math on this, but East Kentwood won its regional (boys) by 89.5 points, and girls by 57.5. Check out the boys relay times: 42.2, 1:26.8, 3:24.0, 7:57.9. The EK staff has developed one of the best-rounded teams I have ever seen, on the track and on the field.

Sprints: Paris Horgrow blazes at Saline: the Pioneer senior won the 400 in 48.7, and he demolished the host school with a blazing anchor on the 4x4 (3:22.8)...

Distances: Mike Atchoo anchored an 8:01.6 for Troy, then won in 4:13.7 and 1:58.4...at the same regional, Ben Miller of DeLaSalle ran 9:23.8... Reed Kamyszek ran a 9:13.0 at Caledonia... Pinckney's Matt Wines won at Milford in 4:18.7... Kyle Roche of Walled Lake Central clocked 1:55.2... Shannon Osika hit 4:54.1 and 10:45.2... There are reports that Bedford soph Nick Kaiser won his regional at 1:53; the sophomore state record is 1:52.87...Sara Kroll (Churchill) topped Courtney Calka (Stevenson) as both timed 4:57.4... Stephen Walker cruised a 4:16.1, 9:21.9 double... Becca Addison put together a monster double: 4:53.8 & 2:10.6; however, there's no sign of Grand Haven in the 4x8 results. I assume there's a story there... DQ? Injury? In any case, it means Addison will be be fresh to race Megan Goethals & Company in the 1600 at the state finals...

Hurdles: Drake Johnson of Pioneer blitzed a 14.2--he's a 9th grader, and that's the fastest hand time we've ever seen for a frosh. We've heard a report that Saline used FAT... just the camera for sorting the finish, or are the times actually FAT?... Ali Arastu of Northville ripped a 37.9...

Jumps: Keyandria Rohelia of Saginaw leaped 17-7 at Cadillac... Chanel Payne of Westland Glenn flew to an 18-5.75...

Throws: Andrew Evans of Portage Northern threw a 58-1 /192-7 double. That discus is a state leader that takes him to No. 5 in Michigan history... 9th grader Brittany Mann (Country Day) threw 137-5 at Seaholm Friday. She's 10-feet away from the class record of 147-9 set by Alana Robinson of Grosse Ile... Alex Rose of Ogemaw Heights hit 56-10 at Cadillac... Victoria Buhr of Cheboygan threw 42-5... Lindsay Karpowicz of Grandville extended her state leader to 144-5...