Dexter Track & Field traveled to Saline High Schools Hornet Stadium on Friday to compete in the Saline Golden Triangle. While there was no team score kept, the highly competitive meet featured 32 schools from throughout Southeastern Michigan, and the West Side of the State.
The top Girls individual performers for the Dreadnaughts were Annabel O’Haver finishing 2nd in the 1600m run with a time of 5:20.33, Shot Putter Lily Burns finishing 6th, with a toss of 33’ 8”, along with two Dexter Pole Vaulters. Raiden Kipfmiller was second with a jump of 10’ 7”, and teammate Debbie McCoy finished in sixth place, clearing the bar at 9’ 7”.
The Lady Dreads had two relay teams finish in the top 8, starting with the 4×800 relay. The team of O’Haver, Maddie Rokke-Smith, Addison Bruckman, and Lillian Mitchell were fourth, crossing the finish line with a time of 9:58.74. And in the last race of the evening, the 4×400 relay with Bruckman, Amelia Cribbins, Mitchell, and Rokke-Smith finished in 6th, with a time of 4:52.10.
On the boys side, there were three individual athletes who placed. Starting on the track, Vaughn Meyer took seventh in the 1600m with a time of 4:37.38, and in the Pole Vault, Clark Sheldon was runner-up jumping 14’ 1” while Benjamin Sackman finished fifth, clearing the bar at 13’ 1”
The relay events had two Dexter teams place, beginning with the 4×800 relay with Brandon Anderson, Owen Ackerman, Kaden Jensen, and Rylan Teddy running 8:22.03, which was fast enough to take eighth, followed by
the boys 4×400 relay. The team of Ackerman, Anderson, Julian Linebaugh, and Alex Hoffman took fourth with a time of 3:40.12.
Dexter vs. Huron
Dexter hosted Ann Arbor Huron last Tuesday at Al Ritt Stadium under what started off as rain and clouds, and finished with sunshine. Unfortunately, both Dexter Boys and Girls came up short in scoring falling 93-44, and 93-42 respectively.
On the track for the boys, the dominant race came in the 800 with a clean sweep. Led by Brandon Anderson winning at 2;20.90, followed by Owen Ackerman in second with a time of 2:07.61, and taking third was Julian Linebaugh crossing the finish line with a time of 2:10.07. In the 400m run, Alex Hoffman was second at 53.39. The distance races had two places each starting with the 1600m. Ackerman placed second again, taking second with a time of 4:39.86, and Caleb Snyder third at 4;41.79. Snyder was also Dexter’s top 3200m runner on the day, going 10:20.50, followed by Sam Gibson in third with his time of 10:22.69.
Finishing the track events, Dexter took the top spot in two relays. First, the 4×200 won with Alex Helton, Kyle Sutton, Mason Grann, and Jason Biggs timed at 1:42,31, and the 4×400 winning the last race of the day with Ackerman, Anderson, Linebaugh, and Homan running 3;39.60.
In the field events, the Pole Vault took all 9 points available, going 1-2-3. Clark Sheldon won at 13’ 0”, Benjamin Sackman second at 12’ 6” and third was Kaden Korcek at 12’ 6”. In the Shot Put, Cooper Thompson took third with a throw of 38’ 1⁄2” and in the High Jump, two Dexter jumpers scored. Ryan Kerr took second at 5’ 4”, and Kyle Gerharter was third at 5 ‘2 “.
The Lady Dreads had placers in all of the 5 field events, starting with the Pole Vault with another sweep. Debbie McCoy won the day with a vault of 9’ 6” followed by Mikala Sposito in second at 9’ 0”, and third with a jump of 9’ 0” as well, Bethany Simons. In the Discus, Dexter went 1-2 with Kera Root winning with a throw of 82’ 8”, and teammate Lily Burns in a close second with a throw of 82’ 6”. Burns was also the top Dexter Girls shot putter, throwing 32’ 3 1/2”, taking third place. Larkin Pham was second in the Long Jump with a leap of 13’ 1”, and in the High Jump, Tia Schultz placed third with a jump of 4’ 10”.
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Back on the track, in the 100m Hurdles, Kendra Conklin was second with a time of 20.70, and after taking second in the Pole Vault, Sposito was also third in the 200m run with a time of 28.36. Lillian Mitchell was second in the 800m running 2:25.68, and teammate Annabel O’Haver won the 1600m run, finishing with 5:28.47. Wrapping up the running events, Antonia Bruckman was second in the 3200m finishing with a time of 12:37.22, and the Girls 4x800m Relay team won their event with Bruckman, Maddie Rokke-Smith, O’Haver, and Mitchell breaking the tape with a time of 10:03.71.
