Packers Boys Take Title; Girls Finish Second

Boys- Fremont finished atop the conference besting second place Tri County by 65 points. Newaygo placed 7th and Grant 8th.
Girls- Chip Hills dominated the meet posting 200 points to second place Fremont’s 119. Newyago finished 6th and Grant was 8th.
 
 
Boys
 From Packer Coach Somers:
“I am super proud of the way the boys ran.  Going into a championship meet there is always a little concern with how the team will respond.  This morning I went through the heat sheets and projected how the meet would go.  I was a little conservative on a few events and had us winning the meet with 159 points.  The boys showed up to compete and outperformed that scoring 178 points for a decisive win.  They outscored my projections in the shot put, discus, long jump, 200 dash, and 4x800 relay, and despite the wind turned in several personal records.  The boys started out strong and finished strong winning both the first (4x800) and last (4x400) events.  Here are our event winners and athletes who set PRs.  I am really proud of the way the boys represented themselves at a championship meet.”
800, 1600 – Conor Somers – 1st
Henrik Quist PR 3200 run
300 Hurdles – Daniel Romero – 1st
4x200 Relay – Conner Roesler, Khai Noordyk, Connor Pettis, Gabe Whittle – 1st
4x400 Relay – Gary Springstead, Daniel Romero, Gabe Whittle, Conor Somers – 1st and PR
4x800 Relay – Gavin Schuler, Sean Pettis, Johnny Christensen, Gary Springstead – 1st and PR
Andrew Steger PR Shot Put
Briar Hambrock PR Discus
Michael Romero PR Discus
Long Jump – Gabe Whittle 1st and PR

Newaygo Top 3 finishers
200m  Mallaci Mayle 2nd 24.61
4x100 Relays Tim Dosch, Mayle, Chad Saucier, Jayden Joseph 1st
High Jump Cole Hefner 3rd  5-06 PR
Long Jump Blake Kerr 2nd 19-04.5 PR

Girls 
100m Victoria Ekkel (Fremont) 3rd  14.2
200m Ekkel (F) 2nd  29.61
800m Maria Riddering  (Newaygo) 2nd  2:42.09
1600m Remington Arney (N) 2nd  5:43.16
100m Hurdles Kennedy Christoffersen (F) 1st  17.76  Lauren O’Malley  (F) 2nd 18.5
300m Hurdles  O’Malley (F) 3rd  56.81
4x100 Relay Ekkel, Justina Reimerova, K Christoffersen, Avery Christoffersen (F)  3rd  
4x200 Relay K Christoffersen, Ekkel, Erica Maddox, Morgan Best (F) 3rd
4x800 Relay Arney, Elizabeth Chaffee, Iris Herrera, Maria Riddering (N) 2nd
High Jump Maddox (F) 2nd 4-08
Long Jump K.Christoffersen, (F) 2nd  15-05.75 PR,  A Christoffersen (F)  3rd 14-06.50 PR