Big Bay De Noc's Destiny Bleau breaks the UPD3 Finals record in the 200 with a time of 26.01 on Saturday in Kingsford. (Cara Kamps/RunMichigan.com photo)

INGSFORD — The distances have been the primary strength for the Newberry girls throughout this track and field season.

That proved true again Saturday as they retained their Upper Peninsula Division 3 Finals title with 73 points. They were followed by Lake Linden-Hubbell with 58 and Big Bay de Noc with 50.

Forest Park placed fourth with 49. North Dickinson placed 11th in the 20-team field.

Highlights for Forest Park included:

— Senior Ava Fischer was second in the 100 hurdles, second in the 300 hurdles, third in pole vault, fourth in shot put.

— Sophomore Audrey Williams was fourth in the 800 and 1600.

— Junior Haven VanSickle was fifth in the 100 and fifth in the 100 hurdles.

— Sophomore Aubrey Waara-Shamion was sixth in long jump.

— Lily Sarder, Cecelia Ketola, Vienna Price and Williams placed second in the 1600 relay.

— Waara-Shamion, Van Sickle, Monroe Rajala and Eden Starr placed sixth in the 400 relay.

— Sarder, Starr, Price and Waara-Shamion placed sixth in the 800 relay.

North Dickinson’s top finishers included:

— Junior Aunika Lindholm was fourth in the 3200.

— Sophomore Alyson Steinbrecher was fifth in the 800 and Alaiya Schemmel was sixth.

— Steinbrecher, Schemmel, Lindholm and Taylor Dennocenzo placed second in the 3200 relay.

— Senior Aubrey Applekamp was third in high jump.

Newberry wasted no time setting the tone Saturday with a UPD3 Finals record-setting performance in the 3,200-meter relay at 10 minutes, 15.39 seconds, topping Cedarville’s effort (10:20.07) from 20 years ago.

“Our handoffs were pretty good,” Newberry freshman Molly McNamara said. “I thought it went pretty well.”

Senior Samantha Taylor, also part of that relay, provided her team with victories in the 1,600 (5:12.89) and 3,200 (11:32.57).

LL-H senior Maddy Dudenas won shot put with a season-best toss of 32-11¼, and sophomore Addeline Schmitt anchored the winning 400 relay which was clocked at a school-record 52.6 seconds.

Dollar Bay senior Kiera Isaacson cleared a school-record 5-6 in high jump, two inches higher than Big Bay de Noc sophomore Destiny Bleau’s season-best jump which tied her own school record.

Bleau set UPD3 meet records in the 200 (26.01) and 400 (58.05) and won the 100 (12.91).

Her effort in the 200 surpassed the previous best by Chassell’s Jamie Dompier (26.36) in 2012, and her 400 time topped the record set by LL-H’s Emily Jokela (58.91) two years ago.

“I had a great start again,” Bleau said. “I felt really good, then I suddenly realized I was all by myself. I knew I had to keep going (in the 400). I was hoping to get (personal records). I just had to stay focused and do it.”

Chassell sophomore Jordan Holombo established a meet record in the 100 hurdles at 15.94, which is 0.3 of a second faster than the previous 20-year-old record by LL-H’s Holly Seppala, and added a first in the 300s (46.55).

Dollar Bay junior Laila Bell took long jump at 16-1, and Stephenson senior Faith Cappaert won her final individual race as a high school runner, the 800 in a personal-best 2:24.23.

St. Ignace senior Avery Visnaw took pole vault (9-0), edging Baraga junior Elisa Delene on a tie-breaker, and Brimley senior Tallulah Slabosheski captured disc (114-11).

North Central sophomore Natalie Willa was sixth in shot put.

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The Daily News contributed.