Edwardsburg's Stowasser repeats as state champion in high jump
Luke Stowasser of Edwardsburg is a repeat state champ.
Stowasser, who is headed to the University of Michigan, won the high jump for the second straight year in the Division 2 boys track state meet Saturday at Grand Rapids. His jump of 6-foot-8 was 2 inches farther than his winning jump last year, but 2 inches short of his school record, set in last year's regional.
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Stowasser did fail to repeat as state champ in the long jump. His jump of 21-5 was second to Berrien Springs' James York, who went 22-10.
Berrien Springs, in fact, was the boys team champ with 41 points. The Shamrocks were led by Jamal Hailey, who won the 100, 200 and anchored the team's winning 400-meter relay. That relay also had Junyoung Chung, York and Jake Machiniak.
Jacob Pegura scored the other Eddies point, finishing eighth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.92).
Buchanan's Lauren Strefling was the lone area placer in the Division 3 meet at Kent City, finishing seventh in the long jump (16-2).
Cassopolis had two state placers in the Division 4 state meet at Hudsonville with Cole Millirans seventh in the 400 (52.20) and Jadyn Brown seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (16.60).
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Edwardsburg's Luke Stowasser repeats as MHSAA high jump state champ
