Gladstone Boys, Marquette Girls Win G.N.C. Titles
GLADSTONE---The Gladstone Braves suffered a ten-point loss when senior Justin Pederson had a false start in the 100-meter dash, an event he normally dominates. But despite that, and a couple of other subpar performances, the Braves boys track team still won the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday afternoon. Gladsone outdistanced Menominee, 138-104, with Marquette finishing third with 93 points. Kingsford was in fourth place (87), Escanaba finished fifth (81), and Stephenson (20) was in sixth place. Pederson bounced back from his loss in the 100 to break the school record in the long jump (21 feet 7 inches, pictured above), and he won the high jump (5'10"). Fellow senior Jared Vuksan won the shot put (52') and discus (140'7"), and he finished second behind Pederson in the long jump (19'8"). Vuksan was also part of the 400 relay team that finished second behind Menominee The Maroons dominated the 110 hurdles, with Tyler Harmon and Bryan Hines finishing first and second (Harmon in 15.26, and Hynes 15.79). Hines won the 300 hurdles. Marquette's Lance Rambo won the 1600 run, and took Rambo took second in between the two Eskymos in the 3200 (two-mile) run. Gladstone's depth was the key to the team championship. For example, in the 400, Chris Sedenquist took second and Kyle Kleiman finished third. In the girls meet, Marquette was the runaway winner. Lindsey Rudden led the way by breaking a conference record in the 1600 run, finishing in five minutes, ten seconds. Marquette had 193 points. Escanaba was second with 116.5. Kingsford took third with 86 points, Menominee was fourth (81.5), Gladstone fifth (36), and Stephenson had ten points and finished sixth. All ten Eagles points came from a victory in the pole vault. Escanaba's Holly Ettehnhofer took second place in three events: discus (91'), pole vault (8'6"), and shot put (29'9"). Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see pictures and videos from this conference track meet. |
Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
4/25 |
3:00 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
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189 - 131 (W)
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BOYS
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4/25 |
4:00 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
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97 - 249 (L)
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GIRLS
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5/7 |
3:30 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
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49 - 114 (L)
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GIRLS
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5/7 |
3:30 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
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97 - 50 (W)
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BOYS
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