by Coach Kim Moe
Track & Field Regionals
On Friday, May 19, the girls’ track teams competed in the division 4 region 34 finals. Senior Brooklyn VanTilburg saved the best for last; the 300 M hurdler ran a career best (53.37) to finish second and qualify for her first ever state finals. Earlier in the afternoon VanTilburg also qualified for state in the high jump as an additional qualifier jumping (4’-10”) and placed fourth in the 100 m hurdles (18.41). Junior Talan Hiemstra qualified for her third consecutive state finals in pole vault with a personal record (8’-3”). Along with Hiemstra qualifying in pole vault sophomore, Madisyn Harrison qualified for state in the pole vault (8’-6”). Harrison brought home the only regional title this season. Layna Cardella had a busy day bringing home three medals; Cardella finished fourth in long jump (14’-6 ½”), fifth in the 200 (29.19), and sixth in the 400 (1:07.62)
Pole Vault: 1st Madisyn Harrison 8-6, 2nd Talan Hiemstra 8-3, 3rd Ellie Pachay 7-6
High Jump: 3rd Brooklyn VanTilburg 4-10
Long Jump: 4th Layna Cardella 14-6 ½, 7th Olivia Hicks 13-4 ½
100 M Hurdles: 4th Brooklyn VanTilburg 18.41
300 M Hurdles: 2nd Brooklyn VanTilburg 53.37
200 M: 5th Layna Cardella 29.19
400 M: 6th Layna Cardella 1:07.62
3200 M: 8th Mackenzie Bishop 17:03.47
Team Scores: 1st Gobles 148, 2nd Hackett 106, 3rd Mendon 80.5, 4th Martin 70, 5th Marcellus 57, 6th LMC 50, 7th New Buffalo 45.5, 8th Lawrence 26, 9th White Pigeon 25, 10th Holland CC 22, 11th Decatur 16, 12th Eau Claire 15, 13rd Three Oaks RV 1, 14th Benton Harbor CS 1
SW10 Conference Championships
Tuesday May 23, 2023, the girls’ track team competed in the SW10 Conference Championships. Brooklyn VanTilburg came away with multiple All-Conference honors. VanTilburg was honorable mention All-Conference in the high jump (4’-6”), 100 m hurdles (18.63), and in the 300 m hurdles (54.37). Talan Hiemstra was First Team All-Conference, by winning the pole vault with a vault of eight feet. Madisyn Harrison was also All-Conference Second Team with a jump of eight feet, but she had more misses at previous attempts. Other Marcellus athletes to earn All-Conference honorable mention were Ellie Pachay in the pole vault (7’-6”) and Layna Cardella in the long jump (14’- 1 ½”).
High Jump: 3T Brooklyn VanTilburg (4’-6”)
Long Jump: 4th Layna Cardella (14’-1 ½”), 7th Olivia Hicks (13’-4”)
Pole Vault: 1st Talan Hiemstra (8’-0), 2nd Madisyn Harrison (8’-0), 3rd Ellie Pachay (7’-6”)
100 M Hurdles: 4th Brooklyn VanTilburg (18.63), 7th Olivia Hicks (20.4)
100 M: 6th Layna Cardella (14.04)
400 M: 7th Layna Cardella (1:10.3)
300 M Hurdles: 3rd Brooklyn VanTilburg (54.37)
200 M: 8th Layna Cardella (29.62)
3200 M: 8th Mackenzie Bishop (17:16.98)
1600 M Relay: 5th VanTilburg, Ladora Bet Sargis, Pachay, Harrison (4:50.39)
1st Centreville 170, 2nd Mendon 97.5, 3rd Bangor 65, 4th Marcellus 60.5, 5th Comstock 50, 6th Hartford 45, 7th Lawrence 43, 8th White Pigeon 40, 9th Cassopolis 34, 10th Decatur 23, 10th Bloomingdale 23
MITCA “Team State” Championship Meet at Mt. Pleasant H.S.
Saturday May 27, 2023
To attend this meet, sponsored by the Michigan Track Coaches Association, each team must receive an invitation to compete. Marcellus was fortunate to be one out of 152 teams in division 4. Thanks to an experienced core of returning athletes the girls’ track teams were invited to attend this prestigious meet. Many of the girls’ Team members had their best performances of the year in the meet, and a few were able to finish in the top 8 in their events. Starting the meet right, sophomore Layna Cardella, set new personal records while finishing 5th in the 100 (13.84) and later on in the day 2nd in the 200 (28.54). Highlighting the end of the meet sophomore, Madisyn Harrison, finished third and at the same time set a new school record with a vault of nine feet one inch.
Girls’ MITCA Team State Results
Meet Summary
2nd Layna Cardella Long Jump (14-2 ½)
3rd Madisyn Harrison Pole Vault (9-1) *** New School Record
5th Layna Cardella 100 (13.84)
5th Brooklyn VanTilburg High Jump (4-8)
6th Layna Cardella 200 (28.54)
8th Olivia Hicks Long Jump (12-10)
8th Talan Hiemstra Pole Vault (7-6)
Team Scores: 1st Hillsdale Academy 1197, 2nd Pittsford 1016, 3rd Athens 921,
4th Gobles 864.5, 5th Kalamazoo Hackett 857, 6th Sand Creek 822, 7th Deckerville 767.5, 8th Unionville-Sebewaing 752 9th Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart 506, 10th Marcellus 491.5, 11th Coleman 407.5
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