Sayen sets 100 record, Gremlins win meet
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ONTONAGON -- Houghton dominated an unusually warm Ontonagon Invitational Friday, winning the boys meet by 89.5 points over runner-up Calumet and the girls meet by 57 over second-place Ontonagon.
The Gremlins won nine events in both the boys and girls events.
The host Gladiator girls tallied six wins of their own. Fahren Kolpack finished first in both the 200 and 400 dashes, Nicole Lukkari won the high jump, Jenny Labyak took the 300 hurdles and the 400 and 1,600 relays were both first.
Ewen-Trout Creek's Elise Besonen was first in the 800 run, one of just two events not won by Houghton or Ontonagon. Calumet's Mackenzie Peters had the other, in the 100 hurdles. Calumet was third, E-TC fourth, Ironwood fifth, Watersmeet sixth and L'Anse seventh.
On the boys side, Ontonagon was third with L'Anse fourth, Ironwood fifth, E-TC sixth and Wakefield-Marenisco seventh.
Ontonagon's Jaden Weisinger won the long jump and tied for first in the high jump with Ironwood's Kevin Hudacek.
Ironwood's Nick Niemi fought through an unfavorable starting position for a victory in the 1,600 run.
E-TC's Jake Witt won the discus.
Houghton's Clayton Sayen, a Michigan Tech signee, was the day's only individual triple winner (100, 400 and 3,200). Sayen set the school record by .09 second in the 100 dash with a run of 11.14 seconds in just the second time he ran the event and the first time he ran the correct distance. He now has the school record in the 200, 400 and 800.
Girls
Team: 1. Houghton 130, 2. Ontonagon 73, 3. Calumet 72, 4. Ewen-Trout Creek 29, 5. Ironwood 14, 6. Watersmeet 13, 7. L'Anse 11, 8. Wakefield-Marenisco 0.
3,200 relay: 1. Houghton (Raven Johnson, Mikayla Sague, Maryellen Trewhella, Anabel Needham) 11:03.85, 2. Calumet 12:33.37.
100 hurdles: 1. 1. Mackenzie Peters, Calumet, 17.59; 2. Jillian Cyrus, Houghton, 18.31; 3. Nicole Lukkari, Ontonagon, 18.33; 4. Brianna Shutz, E-TC, 20.61; 5. Alexia Trodochaud, E-TC, 21.20; 6. Madison Mattila, Houghton, 21.84.
100 dash: 1. Kendra Monette, Houghton, 13.24; 2. Caitlin Mylly, Ironwood, 13.27; 3. Paige Berglund, E-TC, 14.13; 4. Mackenzie Fredrikson, Ontonagon, 14.21; 5. Isabella Garrison, Watersmeet, 14.56; 6. Kara Kruse, Houghton, 14.68.
800 relay: 1. Houghton (Jillian Cyrus, Alex Blair, Maryellen Trewhella, Kendra Monette) 2:00.03, 2. Ontonagon 2:00.09, 3. Calumet 2:01.06, 4. L'Anse 2:01.70.
1,600 run: 1. Anabel Needham, Houghton, 5:38.89; 2. Mikayla Sague, Houghton, 6:01.59; 3. Clarity Gipp, Calumet, 6:17.90; 4. Elise Besonen, E-TC, 6:19.41; 5. Emily Bradley, Ontonagon, 6:49.18; 6. Melissa Wanink, W-M, 6:49.54.
400 relay: 1. Ontonagon (Holly Wardynski, Jenny Labyak, Mackenzie Fredrikson, Fahren Kolpack) 56.15, 2. L'Anse 57.82, 3. Calumet 57.93, 4. Houghton 59.69.
400 dash: 1. Fahren Kolpack, Ontonagon, 1:04.03; 2. Caitlin Mylly, Ironwood, 1:04.90; 3. Carli Jacques, Calumet, 1:07.31; 4. Maryellen Trewhella, Houghton, 1:07.60; 5. Sam Bratu, Ironwood, 1:13.24; T6. Isabella Garrison, Watersmeet, 1:13.42; T6. Isabelle Martinez, L'Anse, 1:13.42.
300 hurdles: 1. Jenny Labyak, Ontonagon, 53.54; 2. Jillian Cyrus, Houghton, 53.62; 3. Nicole Lukkari, Ontonagon, 54.10; 4. Brianna Shutz, E-TC, 57.20; 5. Kaylee Miskovich, Ironwood, 1:00.06; 6. Madison Mattila, Houghton, 1:02.51.
800 run: 1. Elise Besonen, E-TC, 2:43.64; 2. Raven Johnson, Houghton, 2:44.84; 3. Marla Larson, Calumet, 2:46.44; 4. Savannah Haapala, Ontonagon, 2:47.22; 5. Alexa Stafford, L'Anse, 3:00.44; 6. Melissa Wanink, W-M, 3:04.24.
200 dash: 1. Fahren Kolpack, Ontonagon, 28.45; 2. Anabel Needham, Houghton, 28.46; 3. Kendra Monette, Houghton, 28.62; 4. Paige Berglund, E-TC, 30.34; 5. Isabelle Martinez, L'Anse, 30.45; 6. Hunter Pelon, L'Anse, 31.10.
3,200 run: 1. Mikayla Sague, Houghton, 13:27.98; 2. Clarity Gipp, Calumet, 14:14.30; 3. Lillian Brunchman, Calumet, 14:24.83; 4. Elise Besonen, E-TC, 14:49.12; 5. Maija Eskola, Calumet, 14:53.05; 6. Emily Bradley, Ontonagon, 15:20.58.
1,600 relay: 1. Ontonagon (Holly Wardynski, Savannah Haapala, Mackenzie Fredikson, Jenny Labyak) 4:49.71; 2. Houghton 4:50.34, 3. Calumet 4:57.58.
Discus: 1. Lillian Williston, Houghton, 97-10.5; 2. Holly Wardynski, Ontonagon, 92-0; 3. Sydney Wickstrom, Calumet, 76-3.5; 4. Kristina Andrus, E-TC, 65-5; 5. Samantha Olson, Houghton, 60-11.
Long jump: 1. Anabel Needham, Houghton, 15-1.25; 2. Bethany Baldwin, Watersmeet, 13-8.5; 3. Mackenzie Peters, Calumet, 13-1.25; 4. Ellen Sturos, Calumet, 12-11.75; 5. Alayna Waara, L'Anse, 12-8.75.
Shot put: 1. Kendra Monette, Houghton, 35-11; 2. Bethany Baldwin, Watersmeet, 32-6.5; 3. Lillian Williston, Houghton, 28-2.5; 4. Emily Cote, Houghton, 27-1.5; 5. Sydney Wickstrom, Calumet, 25-1.
Pole vault: 1. Rebecca Stone, Houghton, 8-0; 2. Lia Tervo, Calumet, 7-6; 3. Camille Shaw, Houghton, 7-6.
High jump: 1. Nicole Lukkari, Ontonagon, 4-8; 2. Emma Gariepy, Calumet, 4-6; 3. Brianna Shutz, E-TC, 4-2; 4. Geneva Archer, Houghton, 4-2; 5. Kara Kruse, Houghton, 6-0.
Boys
Team: 1. Houghton 152, 2. Calumet 62.5, 3. Ontonagon 39, 4. L'Anse 33.5, 5. Ironwood 31, 6. Ewen-Trout Creek 18, 7. Wakefield-Marenisco 12, 8. Watersmeet 0.
3,200 relay: 1. Houghton (Seth Helman, Nikolai Huotari, Clayton Bulleit, Clayton Sayen) 8:55.10; 2. Calumet 9:50.31, 3. Ironwood 10:07.31, 4. L'Anse 10:38.65.
110 hurdles: 1. Nathan Erva, Houghton, 18.43; 2. Maleki Goyen, L'Anse, 18.46; 3. Jordan Jurva, Houghton, 19.12; 4. Jensen Schneiderhan, Calumet, 19.34; T5. Gregory Dowd, L'Anse, 19.62; T5. Christian Holmstrom, Calumet, 19.62.
100 dash: 1. Clayton Sayen, Houghton, 11.14; 2. Foster Miller, L'Anse, 11.28; 3. Dante Cyrus, Houghton, 11.85; 4. Jake Rajala, Houghton, 11.90; 5. Jack Ashburn, Houghton, 12.16; 6. Reese Waara, L'Anse, 12.20.
800 relay: 1. Houghton (Jake Rajala, Bruce Scott, Jack Ashburn, Dante Cyrus) 1:39.18, 2. Calumet 1:39.96.
1,600 run: 1. Nick Niemi, Ironwood, 4:38.97; 2. Seth Helman, Houghton, 4:47.12; 3. Leif Odegard, Houghton, 4:59.01; 4. Ilhan Onder, Calumet, 5:00.11; 5. Noah Lukkari, Ontonagon, 5:02.13; 6. Nikolas Thomas, E-TC, 5:08.75.
400 relay: 1. Calumet (Andrew Lundquist, Travis Ojala, Nikolas Djerf, Ashton Marttila) 48.40, 2. L'Anse 49.43, 3. Ontonagon 49.55, 4. Houghton 49.84, 5. Ironwood 50.48, 6. Watersmeet 52.07.
400 dash: 1. Clayton Sayen, Houghton, 49.76; 2. Matthew Montie, W-M, 57.03; 3. Cole Brunell, Ironwood, 58.21; 4. Clayton Bulleit, Houghton, 58.29; 5. Cooper LaPlante, L'Anse, 58.31; 6. Karl Bissell, Ironwood, 59.29.
300 hurdles: 1. Merlin Steffensen, Houghton, 48.40; 2. Bereket Gochenbach, Houghton, 48.42; 3. Jordan Jurva, Houghton, 49.31; 4. Christian Holmstrom, Calumet, 49.64; 5. Jensen Schneiderhan, Calumet, 49.71; 6. Jaden Borseth, E-TC, 49.84.
800 run: 1. Seth Helman, Houghton, 2:11.31; 2. Nick Laux, Houghton, 2:14.22; 3. Noah Lukkari, Ontonagon, 2:14.36; 4. Dupie Elijah, Ontonagon, 2:15.55; 5. Mason Recia, Ironwood, 2:19.53; 6. Cooper LaPlante, L'Anse, 2:19.78.
200 dash: 1. Foster Miller, L'Anse, 23.68; 2. Jake Rajala, Houghton, 24.97; 3. Reese Waara, L'Anse, 25.12; 4. Andrew Lundquist, Calumet, 25.34; 5. Jack Ashburn, Houghton, 25.53; 6. Cole Brunell, Ironwood, 25.84.
3,200 run: 1. Clayton Sayen, Houghton, 10:29.46; 2. Joe Wood, Houghton, 10:48.87; 3. Scott Loukus, Calumet, 11:10.31; 4. Connor Jackson, Houghton, 11:11.37; 5. Branden Peterson, Houghton, 11:13.24; 6. Nikolas Thomas, E-TC, 11:22.
1,600 relay: 1. Ontonagon (Jaden Weisinger, James Domtrovich, Dupie Elijah, Noah Lukkari) 3:48.23, 2. Ironwood 3:48.44, 3. Calumet 3:59.80, 4. Houghton 4:03.39.
Discus: 1. Jake Witt, E-TC, 132-11; 2. Cooper Twardzik, Calumet, 126-3; 3. Micah Blake, Ontonagon, 107-6; 4. Josh Vandenburg, Calumet, 102-2; 5. Scott Cooper, Houghton, 92-10.
Long jump: 1. Jaden Weisinger, Ontonagon, 18-8.5; 2. Nikolas Djerf, Calumet, 18-.5; 3. Bereket Gochenbach, Houghton, 17-2.25; 4. Jaden Borseth, E-TC, 16-11.5; 5. Jake Witt, E-TC, 16-5.75.
Shot put: 1. Cooper Twardzik, Calumet, 41-11.5; 2. Jake Witt, E-TC, 40-7; 3. Craig Sorensen, W-M, 39-0' 4. Zach Wagner, Houghton, 36-6; 5. Micah Blake, Ontonagon, 36-2.
Pole vault: 1. Dan Groeneveld, Houghton, 11-6; 2. Kameron Simpkin, Houghton, 11-0; 3. Nikolai Huotari, Houghton, 11-0; 4. Nikolas Djerf, Calumet, 10-6; 5. Eli McParlan, Calumet, 9-6.
High jump: T1. Kevin Hudacek, Ironwood, 5-10; T1. Jaden Weisinger, Ontonagon, 5-10; 3. Sam Rosemurgy, Houghton, 5-8; 4. Jacob Suzik, W-M, 5-6; 5. Jaden Borseth, E-TC, 5-6.