FP girls capture regional track crown
Forest Park, North Dickinson and North Central athletes qualified in Division 3 for the Upper Peninsula Track and Field finals at a regional meet Wednesday in Ishpeming.
Forest Park’s girls earned the regional title, edging Stephenson to end the Eagles’ run of five straight championships.
The Stephenson boys captured their first U.P. regional crown since 2023.
The U.P. finals are set for Saturday, May 30, at Flivver Field. The top four finishers in each individual event at the regionals move on to the Division 3 finals, along with two relay squads in each of four events.
Earning first place at the regionals for the Forest Park girls were:
— Ava Fischer in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles.
— Audrey Williams in the 1600-meter run
— Elsie Williams in the long jump
— Aubrey Waara-Shamion, Monroe Rajala, Eden Starr and Haven Van Sickle in the 400-meter relay.
— Lily Sarder, Vienna Price, Starr and Waara-Shamion in the 800 relay.
Forest Park’s win came despite Stephenson’s Faith Cappaert sweeping the 100, 200, 400 and 800.
The North Dickinson girls, who placed third, got firsts from Aubrey Applekamp in the high jump and Aspen Anderson in the pole vault, along with the 3200-relay team of Alyson Steinbrecher, Taylor Dennocenzo, Alaiya Schemmel and Aunika Lindholm.
The Forest Park boys placed third behind wins from Joey Mainville in the 800, Dietrich Rasner in the 110 hurdles and Rasner, Mainville, Will Hoffman and Hayden Smith in the 3200 relay.
North Dickinson got firsts in the boys meet from Xavier Remer in the 300 hurdles and Ricky Haney in discus.
Placing first for the North Central boys were Myles Nehring in shot put and Prar LaBonte in long jump.
The Skyline Conference championships are set for Tuesday at North Dickinson.
The list of U.P. finals qualifiers follows:
BOYS
Team: Stephenson 66, Ishpeming 35, Forest Park 32.5, North Dickinson 24, North Central 17, Wilson-Hannahville-Hah Tah Wahsh PSA 7, Republic-Michigamme 3, Carney-Nadeau 2.5
100 Meters: Ashton Schwittay 11.87, Stephenson; 2. Evan Ruleau, Stephenson; 3. Pryar LaBonte, North Central; 4. Tyler Bottkel
200 Meters: Gavin Anderson, 24.08, Stephenson; 2. Pryar LaBonte; 3. Evan Ruleau, Stephenson; 4. Devin Artegea, Hannahville.
400 Meters: Devin Artegea, 55.68, Hannahville; 2. Canon Kuntze, 56.46, Stephenson; 3. Nolan Ruleau, 57.35, Stephenson; 4. Josh Wojie, Ishpeming
800 Meters: Joey Mainville, 2:14.42, Forest Park; 2. Kemper Gearhart, Ishpeming; 3. Felix Mattson, North Dickinson; 4. Landon Pivatto, Stephenson
1600 Meters: Kemper Gearhart, 5:06.46, Ishpeming; 2. Canon Kuntze, Stephenson 3. Will Hoffman, Forest Park; 4. Camden Menor, Stephenson
3200 Meters: Kemper Gearhart, 11:36.28, Ishpeming; 2. Camden Menor, Stephenson; 3. Canon Kuntze, Stephenson; 4. Mateusz Wozniak, Ishpeming
110m Hurdles: Dietrich Rasner, 18.71, Forest Park; 2. Brayden Longstaff, Ishpeming; 3. Xavier Remer, North Dickinson; 4. Hayden Smith, Forest Park
300m Hurdles: Xavier Remer, 48.29, North Dickinson; 2. Toby Fleming, North Dickinson; 3. Riley Johnson, Stephenson; 4. Kamryn Sundman, Hannahville
4×100 Relay: Stephenson (Ashton Schwittay, Tyler Bottkel, Evan Ruleau, Robbie Labs), 47.38; 2. Ishpeming.
4×200 Relay: Stephenson (Ashton Schwittay, Nolan Ruleau, Gavin Anderson, Evan Ruleau) 1:39.40; 2. Forest Park (Brady Wagoner, James Smith, Joey Mainville, Matthew Gasperich)
4×400 Relay: Stephenson (Ashton Schwittay, Nolan Ruleau, Layne Detemple, Canon Kuntze) 3:52.71; 2. Forest Park (Dietrich Rasner, Reuben Rasner, Will Hoffman, Joey Mainville)
4×800 Relay: Forest Park (Will Hoffman, Reuben Rasner, Hayden Smith, Joey Mainville) 9:21.96; 2. Ishpeming.
Shot Put: Myles Nehring, 38-01.50, North Central; 2. Dalton Berg, Stephenson; 3., Davis Hyatt, Ishpeming, and Conner Paquin, Carney-Nadeau
Discus: Ricky Haney, 117-10, North Dickinson; 2. Brenden Mattila, Republic-Michigamme; 3. Cooper Hill, Forest Park; 4. Matthew Gasperich, Forest Park
High Jump: Landon Pivatto, 5-06, Stephenson; 2. Legend Hewitt, Ishpeming; 3. Hunter Kuntze, Stephenson; 4. Sur Shepard, Carney-Nadeau
Pole Vault: 1.Mateusz Wozniak, 10-06, Ishpeming; 2. Dietrich Rasner, Forest Park; 3. Landon Pivatto, Stephenson; 4. Hayden Smith, Forest Park
Long Jump: Pryar LaBonte, 19-07, North Central; 2. Gavin Anderson, Stephenson; 3. Hunter Kuntze, Stephenson; 4. Lane Mellen, Carney-Nadeau
GIRLS
Team: Forest Park 62.5, 2. Stephenson 57.5, North Dickinson 38, Ishpeming 13, Carney-Nadeau 12, North Central 2
100 Meters: Faith Cappaert, 13.17, Stephenson; 2. Haven Van Sickle, Forest Park; 3. Aunna Havelka, Stephenson; 4. Nora Jo Anderson, Ishpeming
200 Meters: Faith Cappaert, 28.80, Stephenson; 2. Aubrey Waara-Shamion, Forest Park; 3. Haven Van Sickle, Forest Park; 4. Aunna Havelka, Stephenson
400 Meters: Faith Cappaert, 1:04.30, Stephenson; 2. Vienna Price, Forest Park; 3. Cecelia Ketola, Forest Park; 4. Nora Jo Anderson, Ishpeming
800 Meters: Faith Cappaert, 2:31.12, Stephenson; 2. Audrey Williams, Forest Park; 3., Alyson Steinbrecher, North Dickinson; 4., Alaiya Schemmel, North Dickinson
1600 Meters: Audrey Williams, 5:58.24, Forest Park; 2. Sophie Mahoski, Ishpeming; 3. Aunika Lindholm, North Dickinson; 4. Isabelle Steinbrecher, North Dickinson
3200 Meters: Sophie Mahoski, 13:35.47, Ishpeming; 2. Aunika Lindholm, North Dickinson; 3., Gabriella Putnam, Stephenson; 4., Nadia Carpenter, North Dickinson
100m Hurdles: Ava Fischer, 16.91, Forest Park; 2. Haven Van Sickle, Forest Park; 3. Kenna Thiry, Carney-Nadeau; 4. Aubrey Applekamp, North Dickinson
300m Hurdles: Ava Fischer, 50.62, Forest Park; 2. Kenna Thiry, Carney-Nadeau; 3. Aubrey Applekamp, North Dickinson; 4. Katheryn Steinbrecher, North Dickinson
4×100 Relay: Forest Park (Aubrey Waara-Shamion, Monroe Rajala, Eden Starr, Haven Van Sickle) 57.70; 2. Stephenson
4×200 Relay: Forest Park (Lily Sarder, Eden Starr, Vienna Price, Aubrey Waara-Shamion) 2:02.46; 2. North Dickinson (Aspen Anderson, Ella Rossi, Taylor Dennocenzo, Carli Jungwirth)
4×400 Relay: Stephenson (Adrian Anderson, Briella Hanchek, Nora Parker, Aunna Havelka) 4:38.85; 2. Forest Park (Lily Sarder, Cecelia Ketola, Vienna Price, Audrey Williams)
4×800 Relay: North Dickinson (Alyson Steinbrecher, Taylor Dennocenzo, Alaiya Schemmel, Aunika Lindholm) 11:13.25; 2. Stephenson
Shot Put: Caitlyn Erickson, 32-02.50, Stephenson; 2. Austyn Buelteman, Stephenson; 3. Natalie Willa, North Central; 4. Ava Fischer, Forest Park
Discus: Caitlyn Erickson 102-01, Stephenson; 2. Austyn Buelteman, Stephenson; 3. Camilla Sleeter, North Dickinson; 4. Evie Anderson, Forest Park
High Jump: Aubrey Applekamp, 5-00, North Dickinson; 2. Nora Jo Anderson, Ishpeming; 3. Jenah Ernest, Carney-Nadeau; 4. Eden Starr, Forest Park
Pole Vault: Aspen Anderson, 8-06, North Dickinson; Austyn Buelteman, Stephenson; Marleigh Ketola, Forest Park; 4. Eden Starr, Forest Park
Long Jump: Elsie Williams, 16-00, Forest Park; Kenna Thiry, Carney-Nadeau; 3. Lily Sarder, Forest Park; 4. Aubrey Waara-Shamion, Forest Park




