REED CITY — Mason County Central’s girls track and fi eld team was second, Mason County Eastern fourth and Hart sixth at the eight-team Reed City Invitational on Friday Central won five events. Juliana Jackoviak won the long jump (14 feet, 10 3/4 inches); Dana Nelson won the discus (97-5); the 3,200-meter relay team of Alex Johnson, Carli Geers, Kristi Johnson and Liz Deller won that event (10:54.64); the 800 relay team of Tiffany Egeler, Marla Nelson, Deller and Jackoviak (1:57.82); the 1,600 relay team of M. Nelson, Geers, Deller and Jackoviak (4:31.61). “This was one of those meets where we were in our element,” said Central coach Ben Nelson. “The girls ran well, their times are coming down. We won three of the relays, the long jump and discus and we were second in five events. “I beleive we scored in every event but two.” Eastern won four events. Jen Spinner won the pole vault (7-0), Michelle O’Neal the shot put (34-2.5), Kada Knizacky the 200 (28.45) and Erica Knizacky the 3,200 (12:56.23)
Central, Eastern, and Hart placers:
LONG JUMP: 1-Juliana Jackoviak, MCC, 14-10.75; 3-Jen Spinner, MCE, 13-10.25; 4-Marla Nelson, MCC, 13-7.5; 6-Priscilla Vela, H, 12 7.75.
SHOT PUT: 1-Michelle O’Neal, MCE, 34-2.5.
DISCUS: 1-Dana Nelson, MCC, 97-5; 2-O’Neal, MCE, 95-1.
HIGH JUMP: 2-D. Nelson, MCC, 4-10; 5-Liz Deller, MCC, 4-4.
POLE VAULT: 1-Spinner, MCE, 7-0; 3-Sabryna Davis, H, 6-6; 4 Jackie Erickson, MCE, 6-6.
3200 RELAY: 1-MCC (Alex Johnson, Carli Geers, Kristi Johnson, Deller) 10:54.64; 4-
HART (names not available) 11:53.11; 5-MCE (Erica Knizacky, Kada Knizacky, Stephanie Eichmeier, Erickson) 12:43.21.
100 HURDLES: 2-D. Nelson, MCC, 18.58; 4-Tiffany Egeler, MCC, 19.20; 5-Amanda Brown, MCC, 19.67.
100: 5-Kaitlin Hammond, MCC, 15.27; 6- Kasey Gale, H, 15.73.
800 RELAY: 1-MCC (Egeler, M. Nelson, Deller, Jackoviak) 1:57.82.
1600: 2-E. Knizacky, MCE, 5:59.77; 4-Becca Bayle, MCC, 6:31.59.
400 RELAY: 4-MCC (Tess Beadle, Samara Spotts, Melissa Watters, Hammond) 1:01.45.
400: 2-Sarah McCulley, H, 1:05.74; 3-Spinner, MCE, 1:06.73; 4-K. Knizacky, MCE, 1:06.96; 5-Geers, MCC, 1:07.53; 6-Mandi Lipps, MCC, 1:08.99.
300 HURDLES: 2-Egeler, MCC, 53.02; 3- Jackoviak, MCC, 53.30; 5 Brown, MCC, 56.32.
800: 3-Vela, H, 2:46.44; 4-A. Johnson, MCC, 2:48.98; 6-Lipps, MCC, 2:54.89.
200: 1-K. Knizacky, MCE, 28.45; 2-M. Nelson, MCC, 28.46; 6 McCulley, H, 30.27.
3200: 1-E. Knizacky, MCE, 12:56.23; 2-K. Johnson, MCC, 13:29.74; 3-Bayle, MCC, 14:28.24.
1600 RELAY: 1-MCC (M. Nelson, Geers, Deller, Jackoviak) 4:31.61; 3-HART (names not available) 4:45.08.
Reprinted with permission from the Ludington Daily News