Sturgis track and field boys earn three victories at home
The Sturgis track and field teams welcomed in four different schools on a rainy Tuesday afternoon.
The Trojan boys competed against all four separate schools and won over Niles 78.5-49.5, Edwardsburg 65-63 and Allegan 71-57. Otsego got the best of the Trojans, 84-44.
“We have raced our main varsity contributors hard nearly all season. As we approach the championship part of the season we decided to give our kids a rest from racing four events per meet,” Trojan coach JB Starkey said. “It's surprising we finished so well as a team against some really great programs.”
The depth of the team was shown on Tuesday night. With the Trojans resting some of their best, they were still able to pick up three victories.
“With our studs out of events/races tonight, it was so great to see our other guys step up to compete against some of these teams' best athletes, very promising for the future of this team going forward,” Starkey said. “We are entering the conference championship with second overall finish in dual meets. Very exciting what these guys can do with a week of training and a little rest.”
Jamiel Brown leaped to first place in the long jump. He cleared a distance of 19-6 feet.
Sturgis won both the 400 and 800 relays.
Rasean O’Tey, Brock Fergison, Thaison Washington and Brenden Myers won the 800 relay with a time of 1:32.96. The team of O’Tey, Brown, Washington and Myers picked up first place in the 400 relay at 45.08 seconds.
Brandin Kelley finished third overall in the 200 with a time of 24.82 seconds. He was third overall in the 100 at 12.22 seconds, but beat all four schools the Trojans were competing against in those races.
Lasen Preciado Newman came in eighth place in the 100 at 12.59 seconds, Braedyn Claar was right behind him in ninth at 12.63 seconds. In the 200, Dalton Tisdel ran to sixth place at 25.57 seconds.
Fergison raced to second place overall in the 400 run at 54.00 seconds. Gabe Powell came in seventh position at 57.81 seconds, Alexander Carrasco was 10th at 59.65 seconds.
Ruben Medina’s time of 2:13.02 was good for fifth place overall in the 800 run.
Nolan Park ran to eighth position in the mile, posting a time of 5:26.16. Park was fifth overall in the two-mile run at 11:22.48.
In the 110 hurdles, Sturgis took three of the best 10 spots. Nathan Kinder ran to sixth place at 19.23 seconds followed by Grady Miller in eighth at 20.58 seconds and Wyatt Reed in 10th overall at 20.74 seconds.
Connor Strudwick finished third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.98 seconds. He was also fifth overall in the shot put at 36-10.
Sturgis was third in the mile relay. The team of Medina, Powell, Miller and Fergison ran a time of 3:51.11 in that event.
Matthew Wickey was fourth in the discus. He had a distance of 114-10 feet. Riley Bowers came in 10th position at 95-feet.
Preciado Newman was fifth in the high jump at 5-3. Sam Rehm placed sixth at 5-3 and Miller was ninth overall at 5-0.
In long jump action, Fergison finished third with a leap of 18-6.5 feet. Washington was sixth overall at 17-9.
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