The Niles Star

Brandywine’s Dykema wins regional title

CONSTANTINE – David Dykema of Brandywine captured the Division 2 400-meter regional title Monday night at Constantine High School.

Dykema won the 400-meters with a time of 50.80 and will compete in the state finals on June 5 in Comstock Park.

Buchanan’s Tyler Ganus qualified for the state finals in three events.

He will be a member of the Bucks’ 400-meter relay team which posted a time of 44.70, as well as competing in the pole vault and 110-meter high hurdles.

Ganus finished second in the pole vault with a height of 12-9. He ran a time of 15.50 in the hurdles.

The Buchanan girls’ team will also send its 400-meter relay team to the finals after posting a time of 52.70.

Torrie Eger was a regional champion in the 3,200-meters are she ran a time of 12:19.90.
Brianna Dineen advanced to the state finals by finishing third in the 100-meters with a time of 12.70.

Kaisha Martin of Dowagiac captured three Division 3 Regional Track & Field championships Monday night.

While Martin was a star for the Chieftains girls’ team, the Dowagiac boys’ team had a pretty successful night as well, finishing third overall.

Martin set a new school record in winning the 100-meters with a time of 11.90.

She also captured the 200-meters with a time of 26.10 and the long jump with a leap of 16-4.

She then helped the 400-meter relay team advance to the state finals after posting a time of 51.90. That team also consisted of Jacoya Brookins, Cierra Mattix and Andrea Bradshaw.

The Chieftains qualified four individuals and a relay team for the state finals on the boys side.

Dowagiac took second in the 400-meter relay with the unit of Troy Butcher, Jon Myers, Damone Huff and Austin Adams as they posted a time of 44.10.

Adams and Butcher also qualified by time for the 100-meters (11.00 and 11.02 respectively), while Dontel Highsmith qualified in the long jump after leaping 20-3.

Chris Gantt finished third in the 1,600-meters with a time of 4:32.40 to advance.

Division 3 Track Regional
At Constantine
Team scores
Schoolcraft 128.50; Springs 80; Bronson 59; Delton-Kellogg 57.50; Watervliet 56; Dowagiac 45; Lawton 42; Parchment 39; Coloma 33; Bangor 32; Buchanan 29; Galesburg-Augusta 17; Kalamazoo Christian 15; Hartford 11; Constantine 11; Niles-Brandywine 2; Kalamazoo Hackett 0
Discus: 1. Andrea Hiler (Watervliet) 130-11; 2. Alex Spaulding (Watervliet) 96-03; 3. Gigi Belluomini (Galesburg-Augusta) 95-09
Pole Vault: 1. Alicia Dorko (Schoolcraft) 9-06; 2. Chelsea Adolph (Buchanan) 9-03; 3. Carmen Cardenas (Bronson) 9-03
Shot Put: 1. Andrea Hiler (Watervliet) 39-05.5; 2.
Karleann Stankiewicz (Coloma) 34-11.5; 3. Gigi Belluomini (Galesburg-Augusta) 34-11
High Jump: 1. Kara Craig (Schoolcraft) 5-0; 2. Krista Krueger (Constantine) 4-10; 3. Allison Kyle (Bronson) 4-10
Long Jump: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 16-04; 2. Paige Anderson (Berrien Springs) 16-01; 3. Mariah Winright (Bronson) 15-10
3,200 Relay: 1. Schoolcraft) 10:19.9; Bronson 10:20.0; 3. Berrien Springs 10:47.1
100 Hurdles: 1. Katie Searles (Delton Kellogg) 16.1; 2. Paige Anderson (Berrien Springs) 16.6; 3. Olivia Zvonar (Coloma) 16.8
100 Dash: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 11.9; Carly Scott (Schoolcraft) 11.9; 3. Brianna Dineen (Buchanan) 12.7
800 Relay: 1. Schoolcraft  1:46.9; 2. Berrien Springs 148.9; 3. Delton Kellogg 1:51.0
1,600 Run: 1. Katilee Bensley (Schoolcraft) 5:43.5; 2. Lauren Cody (Lawton) 5:47.1; 3. Laura Nordquist (Parchment) 5:50.8
400 Relay: 1. Schoolcraft 51.3; 2. Dowagiac 51.9; 3. Berrien Springs 52.3
400 Dash: 1. Aisha Hodge (Bangor) 59.8; 2. Cody Herr (Schoolcraft) 1:01.6; 3. Hannah Williams (Delton Kellogg) 1:02.0
300 Hurdles: 1. Koby Gillispie (Berrien Springs) 46.9; 2. Lauren Dudley (Bronson) 4.5; 3. Andrea Polley (Delton Kellogg) 47.7
800 Run: 1. Aisha Hodge (Bangor) 2:30.0; 2. Amanda Piedt (Berrien Springs) 2:31.6; 3. Jolene Drum (Delton-Kellogg) 2:32.1
200 Dash: 1. Kaisha Martin (Dowagiac) 26.1; 2. Sarah Street (Kalamazoo Christian) 28.0; 3. Cecilia Mendez (Bronson) 28.2
3,200 Run: 1. Torrie Eger (Buchanan) 12:19.9; 2. Krista Broekema (Schoolcraft) 12:20.2; 3. Sarah Hartlieb (Schoolcraft), 12:45.5
1,600 Relay: 1. Berrien Springs 4:14.9; 2. Schoolcraft (Schoolcraft) 4:18.2; 3. Delton Kellogg) 4:19.4

Boys’ results
Team scores
Bronson 79.66; Delton Kellogg 74.33; Dowagiac 53.0; Kalamazoo Hackett 51.0; Lawton 49.0; Schoolcraft 49.0; Berrien Springs 47.0; Niles-Brandywine 42.50; Galesburg-Augusta 39.0; Bangor 37.0; Parchment 31.50; Hartford 30.0; Constantine 28.0; Buchanan 25.0; Kalamazoo Christian 10.0; Watervliet 9.0; Coloma 6.0
Discus: 1. Jacob Mills (Galesburg-Augusta) 136-04; 2. Josh Flath (Kalamazoo Christian) 128-01; 3. Collin Monroe (Schoolcraft) 120-04
Pole Vault: 1. Matt Ingle (Delton Kellogg) 13-06; 2. Tyler Ganus (Buchanan) 12-09; 3. Zander Armstrong (Lawton) 12-09
Shot Put: 1. Jacob Mills (Galesburg-Augusta) 46-08.5; 2. Joe Collard (Berrien Springs) 46-06; Stone Hadley (Niles-Brandywine) 46-01.5
High Jump: 1. Shane Sullivan (Hartford) 5-10; 2. Brandon Ratkowski (Bronson) 5-07.1; 2. Chase Mohon (Bronson) 5-07.1; 2. Jake Homister (Delton-Kellogg) 5-07.1
Long Jump: 1. Anthony Myers (Bronson) 21-06.5; 2. Tyler Bourdo (Delton Kellogg) 20-10.5; 3. Matt Ingle (Delton-Kellogg) 20-06.0
3,200 Relay: 1. Delton Kellogg 8:30.6; 2. Constantine 8:34.5; 3. Bronson 8:36.0
110 Hurdles: 1. Chris Rentfrow (Constantine) 15.0; 2. Troy Mason (Lawton) 15.2; 3. Casey Hogarth (Schoolcraft) 15.3
100 Dash: 1. Marco Baltazar (Berrien Springs) 10.9; 2. Jordan Kuhse (Galesburg-Augusta) 10.9; 3. Corban Olson (Lawton) 11.0
800 Relay: 1. Berrien Springs (Berrien Springs) 1:32.1; Bangor 1:34.3; 3. Kalamazoo Hackett 1:34.4
1,600 Run: 1. Stuart Crowell (Parchment) 4:29.9; 2. Mitchell Klingler (Bronson) 4:31.9; 3. Chris Gantt (Dowagiac) 4:32.4
400 Relay: 1. Berrien Springs 44.0; 2. Doagiac 44.1; 3. Bangor 44.6
400 Run: 1. David Dykema (Niles-Brandywine) 50.8; 2. Nick Mancini (Kalamazoo Hackett) 51.3; Tyler Bourdo (Delton Kellogg) 51.7
300 Hurdles: 1. Casey Hogarth (Schoolcraft) 40.1; 2. Anthony Myers (Bronson) 40.8; 3. Troy Mason (Lawton) 41.0
800 Run: 1. Stuart Crowell (Parchment) 2:00.3; 2. Peter Herzog (Kalamazoo Hackett) 2:00.7; 3. Austin Ketola (Delton Kellogg) 2:04.8
200 Dash: 1. Jordan Kuhse (Galesburg-Augusta) 22.9; 2. Nathan Smoker (Bronson) 23.2; 3. Jon Myers (Dowagiac) 23.3
3,200 Run: 1. Mitchell Klingler (Bronson) 10.00.8; 2. Brendan Molony (Kalamazoo Hackett) 10:03.5; 3. Charlton Craig (Schoolcraft) 10:09.5
1,600 Relay: 1. Kalamazoo Hackett 3:32.3; Delton-Kellogg 3:32.7; 3. Lawton 3:34.8