ALBION – With a week off of competition for most of the varsity members of the Wayne High girls and boys track & field program, the Mid State Conference meet showcased top talent among the region.
From the Boone Central Athletic Complex in Albion, nine teams made up conference action.
Head Blue Devil track and field coach, Dale Hochstein said, “in our pre-meet meeting we asked them to not think about what their seeds were going in, but to go out and compete; you can only control your own performance. One school record, one tied school record, two conference champions and 35 personal bests were recorded by our athletes today (Saturday). With the tough competition of our conference, that is all the coaches can ask for and our team delivered.”
The Wayne High girls finished eighth with 22 points while the Blue Devils boys recorded 40 points to place fifth in the team standings.
Mid State Conference Meet Results-2024
In the girls division Boone Central was crowned Mid State Conference champion with 118 points, followed by Cedar Catholic in runner-up (80), Norfolk Catholic took third (73), Pierce placed fourth (71.75) and Crofton rounded out the top five teams with 64.75 points.
The Wayne High girls were led by conference champion Elle Powicki winning the 100-meter hurdles (15.29). Powicki broke her previous school record at 15.41 set last year. Elle Powicki also placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.35).
Other points were recorded by Addison Frank finishing fourth in the pole vault (8′ 6″); Lilyan Hurner placed fifth in the 3200-meter run (13:55.53); Nyla Bolles was sixth in the 200-meter dash (26.9) and Alexis Legler took sixth in the 400-meter dash (1:05.73).
The 4×100-meter relay team placed fifth from Reginae Menyweather, Alexis Leger, Elle Powicki and Nyla Bolles in a time of 52.92 while the 4×400-meter relay team finished sixth from Menyweather, Elle Powicki, Alexis Legler and Faith Powicki in a time of 4:35.58.
During the boys division Battle Creek was crowned Mid State Conference champion with 138 points, followed by Boone Central in runner-up (118), Norfolk Catholic took third (83), Pierce placed fourth (67) and Wayne High rounded out the top five teams with 40 points.
The Wayne High boys were led by conference champion Grant Maas winning the pole vault event at 13′. Maas is now tied with Nolan Reynolds (2017) for the school record.
Also in the pole vault, Mason Ley took home third (12′ 6″).
A runner-uptime was posted by the 4×800-meter relay team from Kasen York, Thomas Raymundo Bacillio, Alvaro Archundia and Drew Miller (8:52.03).
Other scoring came from Kasen York in third during the 800-meter run (2:05.24); Isaiah Yarde placed fourth in the high jump (5′ 8″); Drew Miller took fourth in the 3200-meter run (10:34.26) and Sam Junck was fifth in the long jump (19′ 5 1/2″).
Next up for Wayne High track and field will be the final regular season meet hosted by Battle Creek on Thursday, May 2 at 1 p.m. WHS will also travel back to Albion for the B-4 Districts on Tuesday, May 7.
