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Local athletes shine at UAW All-Star track and field meet (boys)

brandon watson, sturgis journal
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Gavin Bunning of Centreville soars over the bar in the pole vaulting event on Tuesday.
Gavin Bunning of Centreville soars over the bar in the pole vaulting event on Tuesday.

Centreville High School was the host for the St. Joseph County UAW All-Star track and field meet on Tuesday. There are no team scores kept at the event as each event featured the Top 8 athletes in the county based on performances throughout the season.

The Tim Baker award, given to the male and female athletes of the meet who earn the most points, were given to a pair of Three Rivers athletes. Kylin Griffin piled up 26 points to win while Jordan Pisco totaled 30 points at the meet.

Winners of the Tim Baker award at this year's county track meet were Kylin Griffin and Jordan Pisco of Three Rivers.
Winners of the Tim Baker award at this year's county track meet were Kylin Griffin and Jordan Pisco of Three Rivers.

The event was once again sponsored by local UAW. There were several UAW team members on site to hand out medals to those finishing in the top six spots for each event. The UAW has sponsored the county meet for 38 years.

Paige Smolarz, track coach for Colon, was this year’s winner of the Jack Grant award.

Paige Smolarz, track coach at Colon High School, was this year's winner of the Jack Grant award. She is pictured with Grant's son Bruce Grant, grand daughter LaTasha Watson and great-grand daughters Camille Vanderlugt, Aria Watson and Audrey Watson.
Paige Smolarz, track coach at Colon High School, was this year's winner of the Jack Grant award. She is pictured with Grant's son Bruce Grant, grand daughter LaTasha Watson and great-grand daughters Camille Vanderlugt, Aria Watson and Audrey Watson.

Pisco ran to first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.93 seconds. He also placed third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.50 seconds, claimed second in the high jump at 4-11 feet and finished third in the long jump at 20-3.5 feet.

White Pigeon’s Seth Miller won the shot put at 47-5 feet. Bennett VandenBerg of Constantine had a discus throw of 146-01 feet to win first place.

Wes Roberts of White Pigeon competes in the shot put event on Tuesday.
Wes Roberts of White Pigeon competes in the shot put event on Tuesday.

Sturgis’ Brock Fergison won the high jump, he cleared 6-3 feet.

Brody Jones of Constantine had a heigh of 12-9 to win the pole vaulting event.

Centreville’s Dylan Coney won the long jump at 20-5.5 feet.

Constantine won three of the four relays on the evening. The 800 relay team of Julian Hawthorne, Rushawn James, Collin Featherstone and Dean Topolski came in with a time of 1:32.08 to claim first. The same foursome won the mile relay with a time of 3:27.32, breaking a record that lasted only a year. Constantine’s mile relay team from 2022, which had Hawthorne, Featherstone and Topolski on it plus Charles Morris, ran at time of 3:27.7 last year. On Tuesday, Constantine’s two-mile relay team of Hawthorne, Caden Jackson, Isaac Moore and Featherstone ran a time of 9:09.63 to win.

James posted a time of 42.29 seconds to win the 300 hurdles, narrowly beating Michael Featherstone’s time of 42.74 seconds.

Centreville’s Logan Weis won the distance races. His time was 4:34.87 in the mile run and 10:08.18 in the two-mile run. Constantine’s Ethan Glick ran to second in the mile at 4:46.54 while Sullivan Zietlow of Three Rivers came in second for the two-mile at 10:35.16.

Topolski finished first in the 200 (23.35 seconds) and 400 (51.10 seconds) for Constantine. Jackson won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:03.80. Topolski was also the winner of the Linda Kay Johnson memorial scholarship.

Sturgis’ Rasean O’Tey had a time of 11.32 seconds to win the 100 dash. Teammate Brandin Kelley was right behind him in second place at 11.68 seconds. Kelley also finished with a personal-best run in the 200 dash, his time was 23.79 seconds to finish second overall.

A photo gallery with several images from Tuesday’s event can be found on www.sturgisjournal.com.

Results from Wednesday’s meet (boys): 

100 dash – 1. Rasean O’Tey (Sturgis) 11.32; 2. Brandin Kelley (Sturgis) 11.68; 3. Josh Outlaw (Constantine) 11.88; 4. Gavin Bunning (Centreville) 11.91; 5. Dalton Tisdel (Sturgis) 11.95; 6. Simon Vinson (Colon) 12.00; 7. Kaicee Kyle (Sturgis) 12.10; 8. Declan Kane (Centreville) 12.27

200 dash – 1. Dean Topolski (Constantine) 23.35; 2. Brandin Kelley (Sturgis) 23.79; 3. Matt Truckenmiller (Centreville) 23.94; 4. Todd Guijosa (Sturgis) 24.24; 5. Mekhi Singleton (White Pigeon) 24.34; 6. Dalton Tisdel (Sturgis) 24.49; 7. Blake Stewart (Three Rivers) 24.69; 8. Drew Kobryn (Three Rivers) 24.99

400 meters – 1. Dean Topolski (Constantine) 51.10; 2. Ethan Miller (Centreville) 51.21; 3. Julian Hawthorne (Constantine) 51.80; 4. Josh Davidson (White Pigeon) 53.01; 5. Kyler Copenhaver (Three Rivers) 53.55; 6. Drew Kobryn (Three Rivers) 54.00; 7. Deandre Stout (Centreville) 56.13; 8. Blake Stewart (Three Rivers) 56.30

800 meters – 1. Caden Jackson (Constantine) 2:03.80; 2. Ruben Medina (Sturgis) 2:05.14; 3. Chaseton Wyckoff (Centreville) 2:05.96; 4. Isaac Moore (Constantine) 2:13.96; 5. Logan Patmalnieks (Constantine) 2:17.20; 6. Bear Geibe (Constantine) 2:18.45; 7. Robert Yoder (Three Rivers) 2:21.25; 8. Jack Williams (White Pigeon) 2:21.68

Mile run – 1. Logan Weis (Centreville) 4:34.87; 2. Ethan Glick (Constantine) 4:46.45; 3. Sullivan Zietlow (Three Rivers) 4:49.05; 4. Ryder Gorham (Mendon) 4:52.05; 5. Nolan Park (Sturgis) 4:52.37; 6. Robbie King (Constantine) 4:54.42; 7. Johnathan Pant (Three Rivers) 4:54.76; 8. Cael Smith (Constantine) 5:19.62

Two-mile run – 1. Logan Weis (Centreville) 10:08.18; 2. Sullivan Zietlow (Three Rivers) 10:35.16; 3. Ethan Glick (Constantine) 10:43.55; 4. Nolan Park (Sturgis) 10:57.07; 5. Robbie King (Constantine) 11:09.86; 6. Alessandro Avila (Constantine) 11:35.27; 7. Jesse Fielis (White Pigeon) 12:14.92

110 hurdles – 1. Jordan Pisco (Three Rivers) 15.93; 2. Nathan Kinder (Sturgis) 16.00; 3. Dylan Coney (Centreville) 16.23; 4. Michael Featherstone (Constantine) 17.11; 5. Justin Hendrix (Constantine) 17.66; 6. Dylan Cupp (Mendon) 17.80; 7. James Hendrix (Constantine) 18.39; 8. Gavin Palmer (Centreville) 18.66

300 hurdles – 1. Rushawn James (Constantine) 42.29; 2. Michael Featherstone (Constantine) 42.74; 3. Jordan Pisco (Three Rivers) 44.50; 4. Nathan Kinder (Sturgis) 44.87; 5. James Hendrix (Constantine) 45.57; 6. Cohen Longacre (Centreville) 45.89; 7. Donovan Miller (Constantine) 46.00; 8. Max Yoder (Centreville) 46.76

400 relay – 1. Centreville (Declan Kane, Gavin Bunning, Matt Truckenmiller, Dylan Coney) 44.37; 2. Sturgis 44.39; 3. White Pigeon 46.58; 4. Three Rivers 47.36; 5. Constantine 47.54; 6. Mendon 48.79

800 relay – 1. Constantine (Julian Hawthorne, Rushawn James, Collin Featherstone, Dean Topolski) 1:32.08; 2. Centreville 1:32.44; 3. Sturgis 1:34.33; 4. Three Rivers 1:38.25; 5. White Pigeon 1:39.71; 6. Mendon 1:41.46

Mile relay – 1. Constantine (Julian Hawthorne, Rushawn James, Collin Featherstone, Dean Topolski) 3:27.42; 2. Sturgis 3:39.05; 3. Centreville 3:40.18; 4. White Pigeon 3:42.56; 5. Three Rivers 3:42.75; 6. Mendon 4:02.89

Two-mile relay – 1. Constantine (Julian Hawthorne, Caden Jackson, Isaac Moore, Collin Featherstone) 9:09.63; 2. Three Rivers 9:34.91; 3. Mendon 9:35.22; 4. Centreville 9:49.85

Shot put – 1. Seth Miller (White Pigeon) 47-5; 2. Bennett VandenBerg (Constantine) 43-5; 3. Brandon Long (Constantine) 40-9; 4. Matthew Bates (Centreville) 40-9; 5. Wes Roberts (White Pigeon) 40-6; 6. Gavin Strang (Sturgis) 40-0; 7. Gabe Haigh (Mendon) 38-7; 8. Canon Manley (Constantine) 38-2

Discus – 1. Bennett VandenBerg (Constantine) 146-1; 2. Brandon Long (Constantine) 125-4; 3. James Sailor (Constantine) 125-2; 4. Lucas Salinas (Three Rivers) 119-2; 5. Zander Barth 109-4; 6. Wes Roberts (White Pigeon) 108-4; 7. Chaz Underwood (White Pigeon) 100-5; 8. Seth Miller (White Pigeon) 94-10

High jump – 1. Brock Fergison (Sturgis) 6-3; 2. Jordan Pisco (Three Rivers) 5-11; 3. James Sailor (Constantine) 5-9; 4. Simon Vinson (Colon) 5-9; 5. Carson Eicher (Sturgis) 5-7; 6. Kyler Copenhaver (Three Rivers) 5-4

Pole vault – 1. Brody Jones (Constantine) 12-9; 2. Gavin Bunning (Centreville) 11-6; 3. Wyatt Miller (Sturgis) 11-0; 4. Tre Rohrer (Three Rivers) 10-6; 5. Dalton Tisdel (Sturgis) 10-0; 6. Max Yoder (Centreville) 9-6; 7. Rudy Solis (Three Rivers) 9-0; 8. Collin Featherstone (Constantine) 9-0

Long jump – 1. Dylan Coney (Centreville) 20-5.5; 2. Simon Vinson (Colon) 20-4.5; 3. Jordan Pisco (Three Rivers) 20-3.5; 4. Drew Kobryn (Three Rivers) 19-6; 5. Kyle Muntian (Colon) 19-5.5; 6. Donovan Miller (Constantine) 19-1.5; 7. Carson Eicher (Sturgis) 19-0; 8. Rushawn James (Constantine) 18-9

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