Published: May 11, 2008 09:55 am         

Track Roundup: Stags win Lake City Invite

Kingsley posted 1-2 finishes in the shot put and discus to help the Stags win the Lake City Invitational.

Kingsley finished with 176 points to win the eight-team meet. TC St. Francis was second with 116 followed by Coleman (99), Benzie Centra (97), Lake City (80) and Suttons Bay (511/2).

Kingsley's Jared Case won the shot put (43'10") and Warren Niewandomski the discus (127'6"). Niewandomski was second in the shot (43'41/2") while Ben Watson was runner-up in the discus (122'5").

The highlight for St. Francis was Jacob Schell, Dana Larsen, Adam Karpinski and Ben Swan setting a school record in the 800 relay (1:33.5). That broke the old mark of 1:33.8 set in 1967.

Other area winners were:

LONG JUMP -- 1. Brady Mikula (SF) 20'61/2", 2. Maurice Sims (K) 19'71/2", 3. Dwuan Anderson (SB) 19'4"; HIGH JUMP -- 3. Tom Sedlacek (K) 5'8"; POLE VAULT -- 1. Collin Gaudard (SB) 11'6", 2. Karpinski (SF) 11'6", 3. Ryan Ireton (BC) 11'; 110 HURDLES -- 1. Nolan Stiner (K) 15.69, 3. J.J. Sanchez (K) 15.89; 100 -- 1. Dave Zaleski (K) 11.81, 3. Schell (SF) 11.93; 1600 -- 1. Morgan Gomez (BC) 4:34.4, 2. Sedlacek (K) 4:45.2, 3. Joe Smeltzer (BC) 4:48.4; 400 RELAY -- 1. St. Francis (Taylor Hennrick, Swan, Ryan Farley, Schell) 45.31, 2. Kingsley 46.64; 400 -- 2. Nick Radinoff (BC) 52.5, 3. Larsen (SF) 52.66; 300 HURDLES -- 2. Sanchez (K) 42.1, 3. Hennrick (SF) 42.28; 800 -- 1. Tom Sedlacek (K) 2:02.75, 2. Scott McKeel (BC) 2:04.37; 200 -- 1. Swan (SF) 23.36, 2. Zaleski (K) 24.04, 3. Hennrick (SF) 42.28; 3200 -- 1. Ben Wynsma (SB) 10:23.8, 2. Smeltzer (BC) 10:26.4; 1600 RELAY -- 1.Benzie Central 3:33.53, 2. Kingsley 3:33.54.

GIRLS TRACK

Benzie Central runs down first place at Lake City

Benzie Central was the only girls team to hit three figures, scoring 155 points to win the Lake City Invitational.

Lake City was second with 98 points, two ahead of Kingsley. TC St. Francis was seventh with 57 points.

Michaela Carnegie led Benzie Central with wins in the 400 (1:00.25) and 800 (2:25).

Other area winners were:

LONG JUMP -- 3. Brit Denter (K) 14'81/2"; HIGH JUMP -- 2. Denter (K) 4'8"; SHOT PUT -- 2. Jessica Emery (K) 34'33/4", 3. Ashley Graves (K) 32'10"; DISCUS -- 1. Ashley Graves (K) 110'6", 3. Emery (K) 98'5"; 3200 RELAY -- 1. Benzie Central 10:23, 2. Kingsley 10:25; 100 -- 2. Kyra Shivley (SB) 14.08; 100 HURDLES -- 3. Denter (K) 18.14; 1600 -- 3. Morgan McCardel (SF) 5:31; 800 RELAY -- 1. Benzie 1:53; 1600 -- 1. Devyn Ramsay (BC) 5:23; 800 -- 2. Katy Olsen (SF) 2:28; 3. Hannah Bach (K) 2:28.98; 1600 RELAY -- 3. St. Francis 4:26.