Stockbridge Track and Field Teams Send Ten to D3 State Finals
The Stockbridge track and field teams had a strong showing at the D3 track regional that the Panthers hosted Saturday with the girls finishing runner-up and the boys finishing third.
The teams combined for ten regional champions and had ten athletes qualify for the state finals in 12 different events.
The mighty girls’ team with just 12 athletes nearly pulled off a regional title with a second-place finish. The Panthers finished with 132 points, being beaten out by Almont with 149.
Gracee Robidou had a day to remember with three regional titles and a second-place finish in which she set a new PR.
Gracee Robidou was Reginal champion in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump, and also qualified in the 200.
Robidou won the 100 and 300 hurdles as well as the long jump for the Panthers. She also was second in the 200 with a new PR.
Megan Mackinder was the regional champion in the shot put and discus for the Panthers.
Megan Mackinder won the regional title in the discus and shot put for the Panthers
Also qualifying for the Panthers were Jaylee Chapman with a second-place finish in the 1600 and Ava Vacarro with a second-place finish in the 3200. Both ran in the 800 and finished third and fourth to earn All-Region honors. Vacarro was also All-Region in the 1600 with a third-place finish and Chapman All-Region with a third-place finish in the 3200.
Other All-Region athletes that earned top eight finishes were Arabella Allison fourth in the 400, the 4×100 relay team of Gabrielle Heath, Allison, Shelby Okoney, and Samantha Nothnagel fifth, the 4×200 team of Heath, Macy Cipta, Nothnagel, and Alana Porzio fourth, the 4×400 relay of Porzio, Chapman, Okoney, and Allison third, and the 4×800 relay team of Eliana Johnson, Cipta, Okoney, and Porzio third.
Azora Parks was eighth in the shot put and third in the discus, and Nothnagel seventh in the long jump.
The boys’ finished with 90 points to finish third behind Detroit Voyager and Almont.
Brock Rochow was the Regional champion in three events, winning the 800 and was part of the winning 4×400 and 4×800 relays
Brock Rochow was a regional champion in three events. He won the 800, was part of the winning 4×800 relay team with Ethan Wright, Finn Coffman, and William Gancer, and the winning 4×400 relay with Foster Pybus, Ethan Monaghan, and Gancer.
Gancer was also the regional champion in the 1600 to go along with his two relay titles, while Pybus won the high jump.
William Gancer won three Regional titles by winning the 3200, and part of the winning 4×400 and 4×800 relays
Wright also qualified in the 1600 and 3200 for the Panthers.
All Region honors went to Jude Castro with a 6th-place finish in the 100, Brady Cole seventh in the 3200, Josiah Muzzin eighth in the 110 hurdles, Monaghan fifth in the 300 hurdles, the 4×100 relay team of Spencer Steinkraus, Jason Gruber, Remi Samek, and Castro seventh, Ethan Bradley in the pole vault third, and Samek third in the long jump.
