Coleton Mihelich photo Kingsford’s Sid Olson, center, competes at the U.P. Track & Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford. He placed third in two hurdles events

KINGSFORD — Was there really ever a doubt the Marquette boys would capture the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Track & Field title Saturday?

The Sentinels left no doubt as they ran away with their fifth-consecutive championship, scoring a possible state-record 200 points.

Marquette, which won for the ninth time in 10 years, was followed by Sault Ste. Marie (65) and Kingsford (53).

“They’re a real hard-working group,” Sentinels coach Derek Marr said. “We talk about effort and attitude. We give the guys challenging goals and support them with continuous positive reinforcement.”

Marquette senior Michael Cattoor set the U.P. all-Finals pole vault record at 14-7, shattering the previous all-time best (14-0 in Class A-B) by Wade Hodge of Menominee in 1992 and the former D-1 record (13-8) set by Dayton Miron of Escanaba six years ago.

He also topped the previous school record which he shared with classmate Drew Bradley at 14-6 since Wednesday.

Bradley was runner-up this time at 14-0. Ishpeming Westwood junior Louis Salmi placed third (13-6), and Gladstone sophomore Andrew Karl was fourth (12-6).

“I had the guy from Gladstone and Drew here to push me,” Cattoor said. “Drew and I have been pushing each other back and forth. It’s good to have that competition in practice. We’ve been putting in extra time. We stayed about an hour extra each day.”

Marquette grabbed the top three places in the 200-meter dash, led by senior Jacob MacPhee in 22.72 seconds. He was followed by juniors Pierce Pittsley (22.87) and Ford Richardson (22.95).

Menominee’s Darrent Butler wins the high jump with a jump of 6-4. MacPhee added a first in the 400 relay (50.69), helped the Sentinels set the U.P. Finals record in the 800 relay (1:36.30) that surpassed the 15-year-old record by Kingsford (1:36.73), and anchored the winning 1,600 relay (3:34.44).

Sophomore Lucas Ballard added a first in the 800 (1:58.09). He was followed by Houghton junior Luke Hill (1:59.72) and Marquette junior Beepsee Teeple (2:00.88).

“I’m excited about it,” Ballard said. “We had a good day. It was great running with our seniors for the last time. I’ll probably take a week off and get back in training.”

Sentinels’ senior James Barch earned his first 1,600 title in a personal-best 4:19.52, followed by Sault junior Gabe Litzner (4:20.16) and Ballard (4:21.40).

“I was hoping to sneak under 4:20 in the last meet of the year,” Barch said. “This is pretty satisfying. I ran 4:22 twice. Last year I had a 4:35 here. I decided if anybody took the lead, I’d go with them. If they slowed down, I’d take it. We have a team that’s deep, which makes it fun. It’s nice to have guys to run with. It makes you want to get out and run more. Cross country definitely gave us momentum for track. With all of us around 15 minutes, it makes it exciting.”

Litzner improved on last year’s U.P. D-1 record time by more than four minutes in the 3,200. He ran a 9:31.20 on this sunny and mild afternoon compared to 9:35.63 at the end of last season.

“I didn’t really have much of a strategy,” he said. “I wanted to take the lead at different times to spice things up a little. I’m happy about it. I actually went out a little slow, then picked up the pace in the last 600 meters. I really pushed myself in the end.

“This is a big confidence builder. Things didn’t go quite the way I planned this year. This will motivate me to do some hard training during the summer.”

Litzner will be among several U.P. distance runners in pursuit of the all-time two-mile record (9:22 in Class C) set by Fred Teddy of L’Anse in 1972.

Sault junior Javonte Bellamy captured the 100 title (10.97), missing the U.P. Finals record by just two hundredths of a second, and Negaunee senior Brady Mager broke the 40-second barrier in the 300 hurdles for the first time, winning in 39.88.

Marquette junior Jacob Norman won the 110 hurdles at 15.52, edging Mager by 13 hundredths of a second.

2025 MHSAA U.P. Track & Field Championships

May 31

AT KINGSFORD HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS

Team scores (top three and local)

Division 1 (11 teams)

1.Marquette 200; 2. Sault Ste. Marie 65; 3. Kingsford 53

Division 2 (11 teams)

1.Pickford 127.5; 2. Munising 77.5; 3. Rudyard 63; 7. Iron Mountain 36; 8. Norway 34; 9. West Iron County 30

Division 3 (23 teams)

1.Newberry 84; 2. Lake Linden-Hubbell 73; 3. Bessemer 46; 6. Forest Park 34; T20. North Central 2

Individual results (top 6 local finishers)

Team points awarded: 10-8-6-4-2-1

400 relay

D1: 4. Kingsford (Mulligan/DeGroot/K. Fornetti/Tomasoski 8:48.65

D3: 2. Forest Park (M. Mainville/Hoffman/J. Mainville/Tarter 8:58.71

110 hurdles

D1: 3. S. Olson (K) 16.12

D2: 5. McDonald (N) 18.15

100 meters

D1: 3. J. Olson (K) 11.28

D2: 3. Ellis (IM) 11.52; 5. Kobussen (WIC) 11.97

800 relay

D1: 5. Kingsford (Sorenson/Hudson/B. Fornetti/J. Olson) 1:35.51

D2: 3. Norway (Hautamaki/Lapine/Pineda/Trudeau) 1:37.81; 4. Iron Mountain (Jayne/Pigeon/E. Davis/B. Davis) 1:39.90; 6. West Iron County (Sapalicio/Robles/Gillaspie/Kobussen 1:42.06

1,600 meters

D1: 6. Tomasoski (K) 4:43.83

D3: 6. J. Mainville (FP) 5:01.61

400 relay

D1: 5. Kingsford (Sorenson/Hudson/S. Olson/J. Olson) 45.68

D2: 1. Iron Mountain (Jayne/Pigeon/B. Davis/Ellis) 46.14; 5. Norway (Hautamaki/Lapine/Schiltz/Trudeau) 47.52; 6. West Iron County (Sapalicio/Robles/Gillaspie/Kobussen) 49.10

400 meters

D2: 3. Oberlin (WIC) 54.98; 4. Pineda (N) 55.78

300 hurdles

D1: 3. S. Olson (K) 41.53

D3: 5. Rasner (FP) 46.31

800 meters

D1:5. Mulligan (K) 2:06.44

D2: 5. Oberlin (WIC) 2:10.28

200 meters

D1: 4. J. Olson (K) 23.18

D2: 4. Pineda (N) 23.94; 5. Kobussen (WIC) 24.46; 6. Dove (IM) 24.69

3,200

D1: 6. Tomasoski (K) 10:29.53

1,600 relay

D1: 6. Kingsford (Phelps/B. Fornetti/Mulligan/K. Fornetti) 3:43.68

D3: 4. Forest Park (Rasner/Hoffman/J. Mainville/M. Mainville) 3:51.80

Shot put

D1: 1. Tappy (K) 45-3.75

D2: 3. Schiltz (N) 41-3.5; 4. B. Davis (IM) 41-3; 5. Ghiggia (WIC) 38-5; 6. Nordstrom (WIC) 38-2.25

D3: 2. Giuliani (FP) 42-3.5; 5. Willa (NC) 40-4.5

Discus

D2: 3. Schiltz (N) 123-08; 6. Ellis (IM) 108-07

D3: 3. Giuliani (FP) 136-04

High jump

D2: 2. Oberlin (WIC) 5-8; 3. Gillaspie (WIC) 5-6

Pole vault

D3: T3. Quevedo (FP) 10-0

Long jump

D1: 2. Sorenson (K) 20-2.75

D2: 1. Ellis (IM) 20-0; 4. Trudeau (N) 18-7.5

Compiled by Daily News Sports Correspondent Jerry DeRoche