(Coleton Mihelich photo) West Iron’s Lacey Shamion helped the Wykons earn second place in the 800 relay and third in 1,600 relay at the Division 2 Track & Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford.

KINGSFORD — It was a tight race for the title at the Upper Peninsula Division 2 Girls Track & Field Finals on Saturday, as eight points separated the top three teams.

Pickford scored 74 for its first championship since 2007, when it was competing in D-3.

The Panthers were followed by West Iron County at 71 points, Munising with 66 and Ironwood and three-time defending champion Bark River-Harris both with 53.

Junior Talya Schreiber, a two-time UPD3 cross country champion, proved to be the difference-maker on this sunny and mild afternoon, taking the 800-meter run in 2:31.91, 1,600 (5:12.47) and 3,200 (11:23.06) and leading off the winning 3,200 relay (10:50.61).

Senior teammate Brooke Portice added a second place in discus (94-7) and took fourth in shot put (29-4½).

Hancock senior Ella Keranen was runner-up in the 1,600 (5:41.92) and 3,200 (12:43.31) and third in the 800 (2:34.5), and led off the second-place 3,200 relay (11:06.58).

Ironwood senior Aubrey Smith placed second in the 800 (2:34.24) and third in the 1,600 (5:48.38) and 3,200 (12:53.21).

At the start of the 1,600 run, Schreiber (1), Bark River-Harris’s Hope Varoni (3), and Hancock’s Ella Keranen (8) angle for position.

West Iron freshman Bristol Shamion was a triple-event winner, taking the 100 hurdles (17.56) and 300s (49.4) and long jump at 5 feet, and she placed second in the 200 (27.59). Her sister, junior Lacey Shamion, was second in long jump (14-11½) and helped the Wykons take second in the 800 relay (1:54.69) and third in the 1,600 (4:40.55).

BR-H swept the sprint relays, taking the 400 (54.77) and 800 (1:54.57), and junior Mira Johnson won pole vault (8-0). Sophomore Emma Zawada ran in both relays and provided the Broncos with a third in the 300 hurdles (50.85).

Norway had a double-winner in junior Lauren Adams, who took the 100 (12.9) and 200 (27.31) and added a second in the 400 (1:01.66). Munising freshman Addie Bowerman placed second in the 300 hurdles (50.59) and third in the 100s (18.14) and helped the Mustangs win the 1,600 relay (4:28.66). Senior teammate Elizabeth Wing won discus (96-0) and was runner-up in shot put (31-¼), and classmate Dayne Behning placed second in 100 hurdles (17.64) and fourth in the 300 (53.01).

Rudyard’s leader was freshman Amelia Fountain, who won the 400 on a lean, tied for second with Ishpeming sophomore Alexis Riley and Ironwood senior Hannah Vaughn in pole vault (7-6) and took third in the 200 (27.83) and fourth in the 100 (13.36).

Junior Emma Wardon added a first for Ironwood in shot put (36-5½), and Painesdale Jeffers got its lone first from sophomore Brielle Anderson with a leap of 15-7¼ in long jump.

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2025 MHSAA U.P. Track & Field Championships

May 31

AT KINGSFORD HIGH SCHOOL

GIRLS

Team scores (top three and local)

Division 1 (11 teams)

1. Negaunee 155; 2. Marquette 109; 3. Gladstone 78; 7. Kingsford 22

Division 2 (12 teams)

1. Pickford 74; 2. West Iron County 71; 3. Munising 66; 7. Norway 42; 10. Iron Mountain 25

Division 3 (19 teams)

1. Newberry 84; 2. Lake Linden-Hubbell 76; 3. Stephenson 52; 8. Forest Park 25; T11. North Dickinson 16

Individual results (top 6 local finishers)

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

3200 relay

D2: 5. West Iron County (Makuck/Ritchie/De Sousa/Smith) 11:42.43

D3 : 4. North Dickinson (Ledzian/Dennocenzo/A. Steinbrecher/Lindholm) 11:00.21

100 hurdles

D2. 1. B. Shamion (WIC) 17.56; 4. Richter (N) 18.68; 6. Fiszer (WIC) 19:17

D3: 2. Fischer (FP) 16.31; 5. Van Sickle (FP) 17.52

100 meters

D1: 4. Ma. Kreider (K) 13.20

D2: 1. Adams (N) 12.90; 2. Pickett (IM) 13.17; 3. Richter (N) 13.20; 5. Ritchie (WIC) 13.79; 6. McDonald (WIC) 13.89

800 relay

D1: 3. Kingsford (My. Kreider/Van Ooyen/Fornetti/Ma. Kreider) 1:51.53

D2: 2. West Iron County (Ritchie/De Sousa/L. Shamion/Sucholl) 1:54.69

1600 meters

D1: 5. Murvich (K) 5:37.83

D3:6. Lindholm (ND) 5:53.94

400 relay

D1: 4. Kingsford (My. Kreider/Van Ooyen/Fornetti/Ma. Kreider) 53.03

D2: 3. Iron Mountain (Pickett/Wood/Bouchard/Wicks) 55.54; 5. Norway (Richter/Cavagnetto/Rossler/Adams) 55.58

400 meters

D2: 2. Adams (N) 1:01.66; 4. Sucholl (WIC)1:07.59; 6. Smith (WIC) 1:12.56

D3: 6. E. Williams (FP) 1:03.8

300 hurdles

D2: 1. B. Shamion (WIC) 49.40

D3: 2. Fischer (FP) 48.51

800 meters

D2: 5. Rossler (N) 2:41.68

D3: 3. A. Steinbrecher (ND) 2:32.45

200 meters

D2: 1. Adams (N) 27.31; 2. B. Shamion 27.59; 4. Pickett (IM) 27.97

3,200

D3: 5. Lindholm (ND) 13:01.59

1,600 relay

D2. 3. West Iron County (De Sousa/L. Shamion/Smith/Sucholl) 4:40.35; 6. Iron Mountain (Bouchard/Siren/Lewandowski/Geneva) 4:56.43

D3: 3. Forest Park (Sarder/Price/Fischer/A. Williams) 4:31.69

High jump

D2: 1. B. Shamion (WIC) (5-0)

D3: T4. Applekamp (ND) 5-0

Long jump

D1: 3. My. Kreider (K) 15-7

D2: 2. L. Shamion (WIC) 14-11.5; 3. Pickett (IM) 14-6.75

Compiled by Daily News Sports correspondent Jerry DeRoche