Gladstone Cruises To Regional Track Title

GLADSTONE----The Gladstone High School boys track team dominated its five other opponents on Thursday, winning the MHSAA Division One regional championship at the Marble Athletic Field. Gladstone won with 62.5 points.

Marquette was second with 46.5, and Menominee was a distant third place with 31 points. Justin Pederson won both the high jump and long jump, and was part of a winning relay team. Jared Vuksan broke a school record in the shot put (50'7").

And Gladstone's depth in the sprints led to points across the board.

In the girls meet, Marquette was the runaway winner, with 69 points. Escanaba was second with 36 points and Menominee was third with 31.

Manistique and Sault Ste. Marie also competed in this Divison One Regional.

Individually, in most events, the top four finishers advanced to the Upper Peninsula Finals, scheduled for Kingsford High School in two weeks. The other D-1 regional was held in Negaunee on Thursday. Houghton squeeked out the win in the boys meet, and Negaunee was the winner in the girls meet.

The team results from across the Upper Peninsula:

D-1 Boys at Gladstone
1. Gladstone 62.5
2. Marquette 46.5
3. Menominee 31
4. Manistique 20
5. Escanaba 14
6. Sault Ste. Marie 13

D-1 Girls at Gladstone
1. Marquette 69
2. Escanaba 36
3. Menominee 31
4. Gladstone 22
5. Sault Ste. Marie 15
6. Manistique 14

D-1 Boys at Negaunee
1. Houghton 55
2. Calumet 54.66
3. Kingsford 36.33
4. Negaunee 23
5. Iron Mountain 17
6. Gwinn 1

D-1 Girls at Negaunee
1. Negaunee 63
2. Calumet 54
3. Houghton 44
4. Kingsford 16
5. Iron Mountain 9
6. Gwinn 1

D-2 Boys at Stephenson
1. St. Ignace 55
2. Stephenson 47
3. Ishpeming 30
4. Newberry 30
5. Norway 15
6. Rudyard 10

D-2 Girls at Stephenson
1. St. Ignace 63
2. Norway 47
3. Rudyard 33
4. Ishpeming 23
5. Newberry 14
6. Stephenson 7

D-2 Boys at West Iron County
1. Ironwood 58
2. West Iron County 46
3. Westwood 33
4. L'Anse 26
5. Hancock 23

D-2 Girls at West Iron County
1. West Iron County 75
2. Westwood 41
3. Ironwood 32
4. L'Anse 28
5. Hancock 11

D-3 Boys at Munising
1. Bark River-Harris 55
2. Rapid River 51.5
3. Mid Peninsula 21
4. Munising 20.5
5. Superior Central 19
6. Big Bay deNoc 13
7. North Central 6

D-3 Girls at Munising
1. Superior Central 52
2. Bark River-Harris 43
3. Rapid River 24
4. North Central 23
5. Munising 16
6. Big Bay deNoc 16
7. Mid Peninsula 12

D-3 Boys at Lake Linden
1. Forest Park 58
2. North Dickinson 45
3. Lake Linden-Hubbell 44
4. Chasell 20
5. Republic-Michigamme 10
6. Dollar Bay 8
7. Carney-Nadeau 2

D-3 Girls at Lake Linden
1. Forest Park 54
2. North Dickinson 40
3. Lake Linden-Hubbell 36
4. Carney-Nadeau 24
5. Chassell 19
6. Dollar Bay 12
Republic-Michigamme no entry