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Track Season Ends As Mqt Sweeps U.P. Final
 The Michigan High School Athletic Association's U.P. state track finals were held on Saturday in Kingsford. Several school records were broken in several events, including Mid Peninsula's Brett Branstrom's 143.325 in the discus. (Branstrom is pictured)
In the boys meet, Marquette outdistanced Gladstone in Division One (139-84).
St. Ignace easily took Division Two (124-91 over Ishpeming), and Cedarville edged Pickford (85-78) to win Division Three.
In the girl's meet, Marquette beat Sault Ste. Marie (90-82) to win Division One, St. Ignace won Division Two by 22 points over West Iron County, and in Division Three, Brimley was the runaway winner, 96-61 over Forest Park.
2011 U.P. TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division One Boys team and individual results.
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division One Girls team and individual results.
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division Two Boys team and individual results.
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division Two Girls team and individual esults.
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division Three Boys team and individual results.
CLICK HERE to see all of the Division Three Girls team and individual results. |
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Escanaba Girls Get Second; Marquette Sweeps
 
The Marquette boys and girls track teams won Great Northern Conference championships during the conference meet Thursday in Escanaba. In the girls meet, Marquette easily outdistanced second place Escanaba, 179-111.5. In the boys meet, Marquette edged Gladstone by 14 points (146-132). Menominee took third place in both the boys and girls meets. CLICK HERE for more info and photos.
Pictured upper left: Escanaba's Kelsey Heller (left) and Jess Oslund run on Thursday. Pictured upper right: Esky's seniors Kendall Hellin, Robyn Murray, and Jess Oslund. Pictured below: Kingsford's Ian Wienke runs in the 300 hurdles and finishes third. Escanaba's Curt Levesque (left) finished sixth, and Escanaba sophomore Quinlan Hillesheim (right) also competed. (Lisa Dagenais photos)
THURSDAY'S HIGH SCHOOL TRACK---G.N.C.
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Boys Finals @Escanaba
1. Marquette
2. Gladstone
3. Menominee
4. Kingsford
5. Escanaba
6. Stephenson
Great Northern Conference |
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146.5
132
111.5
75
32
16 |
Girls Final @Esky
1. Marquette
2. Escanaba
3. Menominee
4. Gladstone
5. Kingsford
6. Stephenson
Great Northern Conference |
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179
111.5
85.5
80
61
4 |
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MHSAA Regional Track Meets Held Across UP
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Boys Div 1 @Manistique
1. Marquette
2. Gladstone
3. Menominee
4. Sault Ste. Marie
Girls Div 1 @Manistique
1. Marquette
2. Sault Ste. Marie
3. Gladstone
4. Menominee
Boys Division 3 @Felch
1. Forest Park
2. North Dickinson
3. Lake Linden-Hubbell
4. Republic-Michigamme
Girls Division 3 @Felch
1. North Dickinson
2. Forest Park
3. Dollar Bay
3. Lake Linden-Hubbell |
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68
50
49
13
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54.5
41.5
32
24
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65
63
44
7
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51
47
39
39 |
Boys D1 @Iron Mtn.
1. Kingsford
2. Houghton
3. Negaunee
4. Iron Mountain
Girls D1 @Iron Mtn.
1. Houghton
1. Negaunee
3. Iron Mountain
4. Calumet
Boys D3 @Rapid Riv
1. Munising
2. North Central
3. Rapid River
4. Superior Central
Girls D 3 @Rapid Riv
1. North Central
2. Rapid River
3. Superior Central
4. Munising |
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56
47
36.5
29
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45
45
31
30
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58
45
42
28
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52
40
36
25 | |
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Gladstone Boys Roll At Iron Mtn. Track Meet
 
 The Gladstone High School boys track team rolled to an easy win in the Iron Mountain Triangular on Tuesday.
The Braves had 120.5 points, as James Bosk won four events and Jared Vuksan won three. Bosk won the 100, 400, high jump, and was part of 1600 relay. Vuksan won the long jump (19.4), discus (128), and shot put (46.11 ft). Iron Mountain was second (37 pts) and Escanaba third (17). Gladstone had 14 first-place finishes.
Pictured above: Justin Therian (left) wins the 300 hurdles event. Caleb Cox (right) wins the 3200 boys race. Pictured at left: Escanaba's Cody Cousineau in the 1600 relay. (Mike Dagenais photos)
WATCH VIDEO OF BOYS IRON MOUNTAIN TRACK MEET
CLICK HERE to see Gladstone's James Bosk nip IM's Alex Cazzola in the 400. |
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Esky Girls Edge Braves, Iron Mountain Track
 The Escanaba Eskymos girls track team won a triangular in Iron Mountain on Tuesday. Escanaba won the race with 68 points, nine better than Iron Mountain's 59. Gladstone was third with 50. The Mountaineers won ten events, with Sarah Girard winning four of them. But Escanaba had more depth. Pictured at left: Escanaba's Robyn Murray anchors the winning 400-meter relay team. Gladstone's Paula Skultetty finishes second.
WATCH VIDEO OF GIRLS IRON MOUNTAIN TRACK
CLICK HERE to see Iron Mountain's Sara Girard nip Esky's Lindsey Collins in the 300 hurdles (50.9 seconds).
Iron Mountain's Sara Girard (left) and Escanaba's Lindsey Collins in the 1600 relay. |
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Eskymos Split Track Dual Meets In Kingsford
 
The Escanaba High School track teams were in Kingsford Tuesday for a dual meet with the Flivvers. The Eskymos won the girls meet, 88-47, while the Flivvers won the boys meet, 88-43. Left photo: Esky's Quinlan Hillesheim in the hurdles. Right photo: Escanaba's Andriea Stricker in the pole vault. Lower left photo: Escanaba's Robin Murray in the 400 meter relay. Lower right photo: Escanaba's Kelton Heller in the 800. Look below to see more pictures from the meet. You can also see pictures from last Friday's Delta County Track meet further below. (Mike Dagenais photos)
 
GLADSTONE TRACK TEAMS IN MUNISING---The Gladstone High School track teams competed in the Munising Invitational Tuesday afternoon. The Braves boys finished second behind Marquette, 142-102. Jared Vuksan won the shot put and discus for the Braves. Negaunee finished third. The Gladstone girls finished third with 80.8 points behind first-place Marquette (104) and Neagunee (94). |
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More Photos From Escanaba-Kingsford Meets
 
ln field events, Chris Lynch competes in the discus (above left) and Viviam Ruiz Quintana (above right) is in the shot put. Below, on the track, Andrew Stenberg (right) and Jordan Ogren (left) run against a Kingsford boy in the 1600.
In the bottom row of photos, Ryan Thompson (left) is in the discus. Joanie Stacey (right) wins the girls 600 race. All of these photos are courtesy of Mike Dagenais.
 
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Looking Back At Delta Track Meet Thru Photos
 
The annual Delta County Track Meet was held last Friday at the Marble Athletic Field in Gladstone. The meet features the two big schools...Gladstone and Escanaba...but also the little schools, Bark River-Harris, Mid Peninsula, Big Bay DeNoc and Rapid River. Gladstone was the winner of the boys event, with 265 points. Bark River-Harris was a very distant second with 82 points. Escanaba was third. In the girls event, Escanaba won with 189.5 points, while Gladstone had 172.5 points for second place.
 
 
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Track Season Opens In Warm Superior Dome
 It was cold outside, but inside the Superior Dome, the track and field season got off to a good start.
The Marquette Redmen picked up where they left off last season, using their strength in distance events to easily win the boys Division One meet with 148 points. Kingsford was a distant second.
In the girls meet, Sault Ste. Marie edged Marquette by one point, 93-92, to win the title. The Escanaba Eskymos finished fifth with 39. Pictured: Esky junior Olivia Nash took third in the high jump.
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Division One Boys
1. Marquette
2. Kingsford
3. Menominee
4. Negaunee
4. Houghton |
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148
76
70
45
35 |
Division One Girls
1. Sault Ste. Marie
2. Marquette
3. Houghton
4. Menominee
5. Escanaba |
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93
92
65
51
39 | |
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