School records fall at chilly Rapid River meet
Forest Park junior Dietrich Rasner competes in the 110-meter hurdles at the North Dickinson Invitational on Wednesday. Rasner placed first Friday in the 300-meter hurdles at the Rapid River Invitational. (Denise Lind/Daily News photo)
RAPID RIVER — Seven school-best performances were recorded at the Rapid River Invitational on Friday, despite a chilly and windy day in which the track and field athletes sometimes dealt with snow showers.
The Manistique girls were crowned champions with 90 points. They were followed by Newberry 69 and Stephenson and North Dickinson with 56 apiece.
Rapid River captured the boys’ title with 119½ points and Stephenson edged Norway 64-63 for runner-up honors.
Big Bay de Noc sophomore Destiny Bleau collected four firsts, which included three school records.
She established school-best times in the 100-meter dash in 12.8 seconds, 200 (26.2) and 400 (59.2) and added a first in long jump at 4 feet, 10 inches.
Senior teammate Caraghan Thill won the 300 hurdles in a school-record 50.8 and placed third in high jump (4-8).
Mid Peninsula senior Hope Brunngraeber took discus with a school-record throw of 108-10 and was runner-up in shot put (31-1).
“That was definitely my goal,” she said. “The disc really felt good leaving my hand. Everything just came together. The feeling is so surreal. I’ve been working for this since eighth grade. All the long nights after softball really paid off.”
Superior Central junior Will Spranger won the boys’ 100 at 11.5 and placed second in the 200 in a school-record 23.6, just .1 second behind Munising senior Dylan Adkinson.
Hannahville sophomore Devin Arteaga was also runner-up by .1 second to Adkinson in the 400 in a school-record 53.2, slightly more than two seconds better than his previous record in the Delta County Invitational at Gladstone April 21.
Manistique junior Sam Moose won shot (42-4), an inch further than Norway senior Josh Schiltz.
Schiltz, however, took disc (146-8) with Moose second with (129-7) and Superior junior Connor Blomgren taking third (120-7), all personal-bests.
Schiltz also ran in Norway’s 4×200 winning relay, joining Keith Burcar, Kaleb LaPine and Anthony Pineda. The same group placed second in the 4×100.
Pineda took third in the 200 and also third in the high jump. Norway’s Trent Martin was third in the 300 hurdles.
The Forest Park boys were led by Dietrich Rasner, who won the 300 hurdles and placed second in the pole vault and third in the 110 hurdles.
In the girls meet, Norway’s Lauren Adams place second in the 400.
Newberry’s girls, led by senior Samantha Taylor, grabbed the top three places in the 1600. Taylor was clocked at 5:19.7 in the 1600 and won the 3200 with a season-best 11:32.5.
Stephenson senior Faith Cappaert copped the 800 in a season-best 2:27.7 and anchored the winning 1600 relay (4:47.3).
Forest Park’s Haven Van Sickle won the 100 hurdles.
North Dickinson got second-place individual finishes from Aunika Lindholm in the 3200, Aspen Anderson in the pole vault and Aubrey Applekamp in the high jump.
Rapid River Invitational
Boys
Rapid River 119½, Stephenson 64, Norway 63, Rock Mid Peninsula 59, Newberry 54, Crystal Falls Forest Park 40, Munising 39, Manistique 33, Superior Central 30, Engadine and Hannahville 8, Felch North Dickinson 4½, Powers North Central 3, Republic-Michigamme 0.
3200 relay — 1, Newberry (Garrett and Grant Lewicki, Suriano, Guichard), 9:17.2; 2, Rapid River; 3, Crystal Falls Forest Park; 4, Rock Mid Peninsula; 5, Munising; 6, Stephenson.
110 hurdles — 1, Labs, S, 16.8; 2, Taylor, RR; 3, Rasner, FP; 4, Closs, RR; 5, Casey, MP; 6, Kee.
100 — 1, Spranger, SC, 11.5; 2, Holmes, MP; 3, Adkinson, Mun; 4, Clauss, Mstq; 5, LaBonte, NC; 6, Lapine, Nor.
800 relay — 1, Norway (Schilz, Burcar, Lapine, Pineda), 1:39.3; 2, Newberry; 3, Stephenson; 4, Rapid River; 5, Superior Central; 6, Manistique.
1600 — 1, Gerow, MP, 5:06.5; 2, J. Denkins, RR; 3, Truitt, RR; 4, Hauswirth, Nor; 5, Rasner, FP; 6, Menor, S.
400 relay — 1, Manistique (Mason, Benish, DeKeyser, Clauss), 47.1; 2, Norway; 3, Rapid River; 4, Rock Mid Peninsula; 5, Stephenson; 6, Newberry.
400 — 1, Adkinson, Mun, 52.1; 2, Arteaga, H, 53.2 (school record); 3, Kuntze, S; 4, Boston-Marsh, RR; 5, Green, RR; 6, Ruleau, S.
300 hurdles — 1, Rasner, FP, 43.4; 2, Labs, S; 3, Martin, Nor; 4, Kitzman, New; 5, Kee, RR; 6, Remer, ND.
800 — 1, Garrett Lewicki, New, 2:14.4; 2, Stielstra, E; 3, Kuntze, S; 4, Grant Lewicki, New; 5, Goudreau, RR; 6, Poma, RR.
200 — 1, Adkinson, Mun, 23.5; 2, Spranger, SC, 23.6 (school record); 3, Pineda, Nor; 4, Huskey, RR; 5, Thiele, New; 6, Anderson, S.
3200 — 1, J. Denkins, RR, 11:13; 2, Stiglitz, MP; 3, Kuntze, S; 4, B. Denkins, RR; 5, Truitt, RR; 6, Menor, S.
1600 relay — 1, Rapid River (Green, Thorbahn, Boston-Marsh, Huskey), 3:50.6; 2, Stephenson; 3, Crystal Falls Forest Park; 4, Munisng; 5, Felch North Dickinson.
High jump — 1, L. Holmes, MP, 6-2; 2, Boston-Marsh, RR; 3, Smith, RR and Pineda, Nor (tie); 5, Thiele, New.
Pole vault — 1, Olson, RR, 10-6; 2, Rasner, FP; 3, Bliss, New; 4, Pivatto, S; 5, Smith, FP; 6, Koeberi, ND.
Long jump — 1, Closs, RR, 18-9½; 2, L. Holmes, MP; 3, S. Holmes, MP; 4, Lapine, Nor; 5, Martin, Nor; 6, Labs, S.
Shot put — 1, Moose, Mstq, 42-4; 2, Schiltz, Nor; 3, Murk, Mun; 4, Blomgren, SC; 5, Berg, S; 6, Nehring, NC.
Discus — 1, Schiltz, Nor, 146-8; 2, Moose, Mstq; 3, Blomgren, SC; 4, Whalen, New; 5, Maki, New; 6, Shiverdecker, RR.
Girls
Manistique 90, Newberry 69, Stephenson and Felch North Dickinson 56, Big Bay de Noc 50, Rapid River 43, Crystal Falls Forest Park 36, Superior Central 24, Rock Mid Peninsula and Munising 22, Engadine 14, Norway 11, Powers North Central 2, Hannahville and Republic-Michigamme 0.
3200 relay — 1, Newberry (Balogh, McNamara, S. Taylor, A. Taylor), 10:40.7; 2, Felch North Dickinson; 3, Manistique; 4, Rapid River; 5, Rock Mid Peninsula; 6, Stephenson.
100 hurdles — 1, Van Sickle, FP, 17.1; 2, Joslin, Mstq; 3, Coppock, RR; 4, Bowerman, Mun; 5, Steinbrecher, ND; 6, Applekamp, ND.
100 — 1, Bleau, BB, 12.8 (school record); 2, Cappaert, S; 3, Briggs, E; 4, Van Sickle, FP; 5, Adams, Nor; 6, Lustila, New.
800 relay — 1, Manistique (Flodin, M. Carlson, K. Carlson, Scheffer), 1:59.5; 2, Superior Central; 3, Rapid River; 4, Munising; 5, Felch North Dickinson; 6, Newberry.
1600 — 1, S. Taylor, New, 5:19.7; 2, A. Taylor, New; 3, McNamara, New; 4, Williams, FP; 5, Lindholm, ND; 6, LaCosse, RR.
400 relay — 1, Manistique (Andersen, Flodin, Scheffer, A. Sears), 53.5; 2, Engadine; 3, Superior Central; 4, Felch North Dickinson; 5, Stephenson; 6, Crystal Falls Forest Park.
400 — 1, Bleau, BB, 59.2 (school record); 2, Adams, Nor; 3, Johnson, SC; 4, Olson, RR; 5, Lustila, New; 6, Anderson, S.
300 hurdles — 1, Thill, BB, 50.8 (school record); 2, Bowerman, Mun; 3, Cole, S; 4, Joslin, Mstq and Applekamp, ND (tie); 6, Tiglas, Mstq.
800 — 1, Cappaert, S, 2:27.7; 2, A. Taylor, New; 3, McNamara, New; 4, Steinbrecher, ND; 5, Williams, FP; 6, Jones, Mstq.
200 — 1, Bleau, BB, 26.2 (school record); 2, Briggs, E; 3, Cappaert, S; 4, A. Sears, Mstq; 5, Scheffer, Mstq; 6, Kempker, SC.
3200 — 1, S. Taylor, 11:32.5; 2, Lindholm, ND; 3, LaCosse, RR; 4, Poma, RR; 5, M. Carlson, Mstq; 6, Carpenter, ND.
1600 relay — 1, Stephenson (Anderson, Hanchek, Parker, Cappeart), 4:47.3; 2, Crystal Falls Forest Park; 3, Felch North Dickinson, 4, Munising; 5, Rock Mid Peninsula; 6, Newberry.
High jump — 1, Bleau, BB, 4-10; 2, Applekamp, ND; 3, Thill, BB; 4, Paquette, RR; 5, Bowerman, Mun; 6, Starr, FP.
Pole vault — 1, K. Carlson, Mstq, 9-0; 2, Anderson, ND; 3, Buelteman, S; 4, Ketola, FP; 5, Hart, Mstq; 6, Starr, FP.
Long jump — 1, Scheffer, Mstq, 13-9; 2, M. Carlson, Mstq; 3, Andersen, Mstq; 4, Karvinen, SC; 5, Sarder, FP; 6, Adams, Nor.
Shot put — 1, Brewster, Mstq, 31-11; 2, Brunngraeber, MP; 3, Erickson, S; 4, Durrance, BB; 5, Willa, NC; 6, Whalen, New.
Discus — 1, Brunngraeber, MP, 108-10 (school record); 2, Olson, RR; 3, Whalen, RR; 4, Erickson, S; 5, Brewster, Mstq; 6, Buelteman, S.
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The Daily News contributed.






