Greene named co-athlete of Mio Invitational
RCHS track competitor Kyle Greene was named co-athlete of the Mio Invitational last Friday, posting no less than three firsts that included two invitational records. His co-athlete of the meet was Ryan Schmidt of Grayling who was in four events and took first in the 300-meter hurdles with a new invitational record (44.04). Schmidt also had firsts in his other relay events, which included the 1600-meter (3:47.80), a new course record.
Greene competed in all individual events, jumping first in the high jump (6?2?) a new course record, first in the shot put (45?9?), and first in the discus (146?6 1/2?). ?Kyle?s discus throw broke his own 2003 invitational record of 132?7?. The high jump of 6?2? tied the 2000 effort of Nate Hinkle of Grayling,? said coach Stacy Malocha. The coaches voted a 4-4 tie for both to receive the honor as co-athlete of the meet. In the 3200-meter run, Aaron Smuda broke his own invitational record (10:49.53) from 2003 with a faster paced 10:46.
?Aaron won by a lot and was running strong the entire race,? said Malocha. ?He looked awesome out there. His time was much slower than he hoped to run and Aaron was disappointed, while other athletes were amazed with his performance.? The day was cold and rainy and it poured by the time the mile relay was run. ?Once the ?Close-Up Washington? trip is back, we are going to have our entire team together ? it was a tough week to be missing so many of our athletes,? Malocha said. ?We are looking forward to next week with stronger numbers.?
There were not enough athletes to run any of the boys? relay events. IN THE GIRLS? events, Paula Vogelheim threw first in the shot put with 31?2 1/2?, close to the 2003 record of 32? 1/2? of Callie Boik of Alcona. Jessica Hempel took second in the discus (97?1 1/2?), a personal record for Hempel and close to Charity Lewis? invitational record from 2003 of 100?4?. Hempel also was second in the 800-meter run (3:01.23), while Chelsea Kreft was third in the 1600-meter event (6:53.62). Janna Schaedig, Katrina Bruning, Valerie Schultz, and Katy Fryske took fifth in the 3200-meter relay (14:04.77), while Schaedig, Sara Belusar, Hempel, and Sara Pines took fifth in the 800-meter event. Schultz took sixth in the 800-meter run (3:28.70) and Belusar, Simone Kapala, Kreft, and Schaedig were sixth in the 1600-meter relay (5:28).
The Inland Lakes Invitational Monday had the RC girls? team in fourth place and the boys in fifth. In order of finish, for the girls, Sault Ste. Marie was first with 172 points, followed by Inland Lakes (136.5), St. Mary (76), Rogers City (62), Onaway (46.5), Mancelona (19), and Hillman (5). In the boys? events, Sault Ste. Marie was first with 126.5 points, followed by St. Mary (116), Onaway (102), Inland Lakes (78.5), Rogers City (53), Mancelona (37), and Hillman (10). Dominating the field events once again was Greene with firsts in discus (137?10?), high jump (5?10?), and shot (48?9?). Smuda took seconds in the 1600 (4:52.86) and the 3200 (10:50.35). McLennan was fourth in the 800-meter run (2:17.78), and fifth in the 1600-meter run (5:00.6), both personal records. McLennan, Smuda, Jeremy Karsten, and Matt Tomas were sixth in the 1600-relay (4:11).
IN THE GIRLS? events, Vogelheim again took a fir
Hempel was sixth in the shot (26?7?) and the 800-run (3:00), a PR, while Blackmer was sixth in the 100-meter dash (14.06) and Kapala was sixth in the 300-hurdles (1:03). The next track meets will be Friday at the St. Ignace Invitational and Tuesday again at St. Ignace.