Panther Track and Field Teams Off and Running

Without a league this season the Stockbridge boys’ and girls’ track teams have been filling their schedule with multiple invitationals and dual meets with future Big 8 opponents.

The Panthers opened their season April 5 at the Fowlerville Early Bird Invite.

The girls finished fifth and the boys 12th out of 15 teams at the meet.

Gracee Robidou had a big day by winning the long jump and placing second in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. She was also sixth in the 100 dash.

Megan Mackinder earned a 2nd place finish in the discus and was seventh in the shot put.

Samantha Nothnagel was fourth in the long jump and Azora Parks eighth in the discus. The 4×100 team of Gabrielle Heath, Shelby Okoney, Arabella Allison, and Nothnagel was seventh, while Jaylee Chapman was 10th in the 1600 and Ava Vaccaro 10th in the 3200.

Brock Rochow led the boys with a third-place finish in the 800. He was also part of the 4×400 team that finished 8th along with Foster Pybus, Remi Samek, and Ethan Monaghan, and the 4×800 relay with Ethan Wright, William Gancer, and Finn Coffman that was eighth.

Pybus finished fourth in the high jump and was part of the 4×100 relay that place eight with Brandon Hamlett, Jude Castro, and Jason Gruber. Monaghan was 9th in the 300 hurdles and Josiah Muzzin 10th in the 110 hurdles.

Grass Lake Dual

The teams took part in a dual meet with Grass Lake and the boys lost by just one point 68-67 and the girls fell 80-54.

Castron won the 100 for the boys and Rochow was first in the 800.

Wright won the 1600 and 3200and Monaghan the 300 hurdles.

Hamlett, Pybus, Castro, and Gruber teamed to finish first in the 4×100, while Pybus also teamed with Samek, Monaghan, and Rochow to win the 4×400.

Wright picked up his third with in the 4×800 relay by teaming with Gancer, Coffman, and Rochow.

Pybus also picked up a win in the high jump and Samek won the long jump.

The girls were led by Robidou with three first-place finishes. She won the long jump, pole vault, and 100 hurdles for the Panthers.

Mackinder took first in two events, winning the shot put and discus, while Chapman won the 1600 and Vaccaro the 3200.

Napoleon Invite

The girls finished 6th and the boys 11th at the Napoleon Invitational April 12.

Robidou won the long jump and was third in the 100 hurdles and second in the 300 hurdles to lead the girls.

Mackinder won the discus and was sixth in the shot put, while Chapman was sixth in the 800 and eighth in the 1600.

Vaccaro finished fourth in the 3200, while Allison was eighth in the 200 and 400 races.

Rochow won the 800 to lead the boys, while Castro was fifth in the 100.

Pybus finished fourth in the high jump and teamed with Monaghan, Gancer, and Rochow to place seventh in the 4×400. The 4×400 relay team of Wright, Coffman, Gancer, and Rochow was also seventh.

Reading Dual

Wright came home with three first place finishes to lead the Panthers. He won1600 and 3200 and was part of the winning 4×88 team with Gancer, Coffman, and Rochow.

Rochow also won three events. To go along with the 4×800 win, he won the 800 and was part of the winning 4×400 with Monaghan, Coffman, and Gancer.

Monaghan won the 300 hurdles and Castro the 100. Pybus won the high jump, Ethan Bradley the pole vault, and Isaac Reifschneider the long jump.

For the girls, Robidou won the long jump, pole vault and 200, while Mackinder won the discus.

Chapman won the 800 and 1600, while Vaccaro won the 3200.

Heath, Okoney, Allison, and Nothnagel teamed to win the 4×100, Heath, Macy Cipta, Okoney, and Alana Porzio the 4×200, and Allison, Nothnagel, Chapman, and Robidou the 4×400.

Union City Dual

Wright was a three-time winner against Union City, winning the 1600 and 3200 and teaming with Coffman, Gancer, and Rochow in the 4×800.

Castro won the 100 and Rochow the 800, while Pybus won the high jump and Bradley the pole vault for the Panthers.

Chapman led the girls by winning the 800 and 1600, while Vaccaro won the 3200.

Robidou won the 300 hurdles, the pole vault, and long jump, while Mackinder won the shot put and discus.

Photos provided by Pam Mackinder