Boys/Girls Varsity Track at D3 State Finals
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 06/03/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field state finals was held on Saturday in Kent City.
Coltrane Paryani, Camden Moore, Adam Williams, and Gavin Guggemos placed 6th in the 4x800 relay for All State honor, running a season best time.
Gavin also won All State in the 800 with a 5th place finish, and in the 1600 with a 6th place finish, setting a new school record in that event with a time of 4:24.18. Congratulations!
Myah Little ran a strong 400 race and Gabe Buyze-Prieto competed in the 110 hurdles. Both will be looking to return next season, and have a strong chance of doing so in at least one event.
All in all, this was an excellent track and field season with much improvement among all of the athletes.
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ the John Lober Record Eagle Honor Roll Meet
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/29/2024
|Doug Brown
Members of the Track and Field teams ran at the Record Eagle John Lober Honor Roll Invitational which brings together top athletes from Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Antrim, and Leelanau counties.
Gavin Guggemos won the 800 with a personal record of 1:57.84
The 4x800 team of Adam Williams, Coltrane Paryani, Camden Moore, and Gavin Guggemos finished second with a season best time.
Personal records were set by:
Cam Moore in the 1600
Coltrane Paryani in the 3200
Myah Little in the 400
and JaeAnn Davis in the pole vault
Anna Martin ran a season best in the 3200
Also, congratulations to Coach Andy Henderson who received the Honor Roll Meet Legacy Award for his dedication to the sport of track and field.
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ Lake Michigan Conference Championship
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/23/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams competed at the last Lake Michigan Conference Championship meet in East Jordan last night. Charlevoix won the boy's meet, and Traverse City St. Francis won the girl's meet. The Kalkaska boys finished 5th and the girls finished 6th of 8 teams.
Gavin Guggemos earned All Conference First Team, and he will be the last Lake Michigan Conference Champion in the 1600, and in the 800, where he set a PR and broke two minutes.
Second place finishes and All Conference Second Team Awards were earned by
Coltrane Paryani, Camden Moore, Adam Williams, and Gavin Guggemos in the 4x800 relay
Myah Little in the 400 and the high jump
third place finishes and All Conference Honorable Mention Awards went to
JaeAnn Davis in the pole vault
Ally Sutton in the high jump
and Gabe Buyze-Prieto in the 300 hurdles
Additional PRs were set by:
Jonah Babbitt in the 400
Hunter Marvin tied his PR in the 100, Milena Milani and Giorgia Batt
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/17/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams competed at the regional meet yesterday. The boys and girls from Clare won both meets. The Kalkaska boys placed 6th and the girls tied for tenth of 16 teams. Top 8 in each event earned medals and all region honors
Myah Little placed 2nd in the 400 with a PR and will be competing at the state finals, she also placed 5th in the high jump
Gavin Guggemos was second in the 800, with a new PR, and second in the 1600. He will go to the the state finals in those events
Guggemos, Cam Moore, Adam Williams, and Coltrane Paryani placed third in the 4x800 relay, and will advance to the state finals based on a qualifying time
Kayden Dueweke-Gonzales, Gavin Guggemos, Jackson Shetler, and Cam Moore were 3rd in the 4x400 relay. Amazing effort.
Gabe Buyze-Prieto was third in the 110 hurdles, and will advance to the state final with a qualifying time, he was also 6th in the 300 hurdles
Kayden Dueweke-Gonzales was 4th in the 400
Cam Moore was
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ East Jordan Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/10/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams competed at the East Jordan Invitational last night. The Weather was great and the osprey was on the fly as 21 teams assembled in large and small school divisions. In the large school division, Sault Ste. Marie's boys and girls placed first. The Blazer boys tied Ogemaw Heights for third place, and the girls finished 5th.
Adam Williams, Camden Moore, Coltrane Paryani, and Gavin Guggemos won the boys 4x800 relay
Gavin Guggemos won the 1600 and the 800 with a new PR
Gabe Buyze-Prieto took 2nd in the 110 hurdles with a new PR and third in the 300 Hurdles
Kayden Dueweke-Gonzales was 2nd in the 400 with a new PR
JaeAnn Davis was 2nd in the pole vault with a season record
Adam Williams was 2nd in the 300 hurdles and set new PRs in that event and in the 1600
Camden Moore was third in the 1600 and the 3200 with a new PR
Jackson Shetler tied for third in the high jump and set a new PR in the 200
Jenna Spence was third in the discus
Anna
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track at Boyne City Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/01/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams competed in Boyne City last night at their invitational. The boys placed 6th and the girls placed 8th out of 15 teams attending, with Elk Rapids winning the boys and girls meets.
Gavin Guggemos won the 800 in a stellar race where he had to avoid getting boxed in by competitors. He came back a little while later to win the 3200. He PRd in both races.
Guggemos, Kayden Dueweke-Gonzales, Cam Moore, and Adam Williams placed 2nd in the 4x800 relay
JaeAnn Davis was third in the Pole Vault.
Myah Little placed 2nd in the high jump and third in the 800 with a new PR
New PRs were set by Cade Ponstein, Jonah Weaver, and Giorgia Battaglia in the 100 ,EllaKay Begg in the 200, David Crawford and Hunter Marvin in the 400, Jonah Babbitt, Issaic Fischer, and Naomi Wilke in the 800
Angela Rodriguez in the 800 and 1600
Cam Moore and Anna Martin in the 1600
Adam Williams in the 1600 and the 300 hurdles
Kara Olds in the 1600 and 3200
Alorra
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Boys/Girls Track @ Harbor Springs 9th and 10th grader meet
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/30/2024
|Douglas Brown
The 9th and 10th grade track and field teams competed at Harbor Springs yesterday.
The girls won the event ahead of Harbor Springs, and the boys took 4th of 8 teams.
Vanessa Hoppe, Alorrah Doty, Xiana Buyze-Prieto, and Kylee Robinson won the girl's 4x100 relay,
Jenna Mexico won won the shot put and was third in the discus with a new PR
Carly Griffith won the long jump and was second in the shot put with a new PR
Addy Novath was 3rd in the shot put, and Jaz Romans joined Novath, Mexico, and Griffith to sweep the top four spots in the shot. Romans also threw a PR
Jackson Shetler was first in the high jump with a season record in that event, along with the 200 and 400,
Jonah Weaver, Jackson Shetler, Jackson Arnold, and Carlos Morton-Clark won the 4x200
Alorrah Doty was 2nd in the 100 hurdles and set a season record in the 100
Abby Minion, Angela Rodriguez, Naomi Wilke, and Anna Martin were second in the 4x800.
Issaic Fisc
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/24/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams competed in Boyne City on Tuesday. After a thunderstorm delay, things got underway, and both teams walked away with second place finishes, behind East Jordan.
JaeAnn Davis won the pole vault and ran a season record in the 400
Ava Ivkovich won the 100 with a new season record,
Adam Williams won the 300 hurdles with a new season record
Myah Little won the high jump and the 800
Cade Ponstein, David Crawford, Jackson Arnold, and Johan Weaver won the 4x100 relay,
Logan Phaneuf, Jackson Arnold, Kayden Dueweke-Gonzales, and surprise guest Ephraim Conway won the 4x200 relay
Dueweke-Gonzales, Cam Moore, Arnold, and Coltrane Paryani won the 4x400 relay
Paryani, Moore, Adam Williams, and Gavin Guggemos won the 4x800 relay
Anna Martin, Kara Olds, Abby Minion, and Myah Little won the 4x800 relay
Alorrah Doty, Kylie Robinson, Xiana Buyze-Prieto, and Ava Ivkovich took 2nd in the 4x100
Vanessa Hoppe, Buyze-Prieto, Brooke Mered
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/22/2024
|Doug Brown
The track and field teams ran at the Charlevoix Invitational on Friday. Both the boy's and girl's teams placed 4th out of ten schools. Top three in each event won medals.
Gavin Guggemos won the 800 and won and set a new PR in the 1600.
Cam Moore, Kayden Duweke-Gonzalez, Adam Williams, and Guggemos won the 4x800 relay
Alorrah Doty, Kylie Robinson, Xiana Buyze-Prieto, and Ava Ivkovich won the 4x100 relay
Myah Little won the high jump and took second in the 800
Duweke-Gonzalez took third in the 400
Adam Williams took 3rd in the 1600 and 300 hurdles
Abby Minion, Kara Olds, Anna Martin, and Myah Little took 3rd in the 4x800 relay
Jackson Arnold, Gabe Buyze-Prieto, Johan Weaver, and Jackson Shetler took 3rd in the 4x100,
and Kayden Dueweke-Gonzalez, Jackson Arnold, Adam Williams, and Cam Moore were 3rd in the 4x400 relay.
New Personal Records were set by:
Abby Grames in the 100
Hunter Marvin, Xiana Buyze-Prieto, and Brooke Me
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3 Boys Qaulify
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 11/06/2023
|Doug Brown
Three young men represented Kalkaska at the State Finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan on Saturday, November 4, 2023
Gavin Guggemos placed 26th for All State (top 30) honors in 16:26.6, Camden Moore was 83rd in 17:13.2 (2nd fastest time of his career),and Adam Williams finished in 18:48.5 for 211th place. It was not the race he wanted, he felt off about a mile in. However, you can learn a lot about a person through adversity, and Adam handled his well, ultimately enjoying his last race of his high school career on the biggest stage. Well done, Adam.
All three qualify for Academic All State honors. Smart!
Great season for these boys and for Kalkaska Cross Country.
Thanks to those who made it down to watch and cheered us on at home.
We were held up on our way out of town by a cheeky swan. Gavin wanted to get it, but we said no! However, we did stop at Uncle John’s Cider Mill and he got to bounce with his sisters.
Jackson Lumen
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Regionals
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Updated on 10/28/2023
|Doug Brown
Regionals 2023 is in the books. 15 teams participated, and Traverse City Saint Francis won the boys and girls's race, with 27 and 31 points, respectively. Elk Rapids was 2nd, with 36 points, and Clare was 3rd in the girls race with 106 points. Clare was 2nd, 69 points, and Charlevoix 3rd, 96 points, in the boys race. Those teams advance to the state finals. Betsy Skendzel of TCSF won the girls race in 17:52.9, and Brad White of Clare won the boys race in 15:31.7.
Myah Little led the ladies, finishing in 24th place with a season record of 20:57.56. Her PR is 20:57.5, so she only missed it by a few hundredths of a second. Courtney Borden was 46th in 22:55, a PR, Anna Martin was 53rd, 23:18, Kara Olds was 54th with a 23:25 PR, Keria Curneal ran 23:37 for 57th, a season record, Ava Ivkovich ran a SR of 24:06, for 58th, and Abby Minion ran 24:47 for 63rd. There were 87 runners in the girls race, and Kalkaska placed 8th of 15 teams.
The boys finished fourth, a point behind Charlevo
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Regionals 2023
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/28/2023
|Doug Brown
Regionals 2023 is in the books. 15 teams participated, and Traverse City Saint Francis won the boys and girls's race, with 27 and 31 points, respectively. Elk Rapids was 2nd, with 36 points, and Clare was 3rd in the girls race with 106 points. Clare was 2nd, 69 points, and Charlevoix 3rd, 96 points, in the boys race. Those teams advance to the state finals. Betsy Skendzel of TCSF won the girls race in 17:52.9, and Brad White of Clare won the boys race in 15:31.7.
Myah Little led the ladies, finishing in 24th place with a season record of 20:57.56. Her PR is 20:57.5, so she only missed it by a few hundredths of a second. Courtney Borden was 46th in 22:55, a PR, Anna Martin was 53rd, 23:18, Kara Olds was 54th with a 23:25 PR, Keria Curneal ran 23:37 for 57th, a season record, Ava Ivkovich ran a SR of 24:06, for 58th, and Abby Minion ran 24:47 for 63rd. There were 87 runners in the girls race, and Kalkaska placed 8th of 15 teams.
The boys finished fourth, a point behind Charlevo
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Northern Michigan Cross Country Championship
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/23/2023
|Doug Brown
The high school teams raced at the Northern Michigan Cross Country Championship on Saturday, October 21 in Gaylord. Schools were divided into two divisions, large school for Division 1 and 2 schools, and small school for Division 3 and 4. Kalkaska was in the small school races. Top 25 in each varsity race earned a medal, and the winner of each division took home a trophy.
Brynne Schulte of Elk Rapids won the girls small school race with a time of 19:50. The ER team placed first with 23 points. Kalkaska girls placed second with 47 points, 8 points ahead of North Trails who finished third. Myah Little led the Blazers, placing 7th in 20:58.6, just over a second away from her personal record of 20:57.5. Anna Martin placed 13th in 22:17, Courtney Borden was 20th, 23:49, Kara Olds placed 23rd in 24:33, even after losing her shoes about a mile and a half into the race. Ava Ivkovich ran a new season record, placing 28th in 24:55.6, Abby Minion was 31st in 25:34, and Keria Curneal was 32nd i
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Party in the Park
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/16/2023
|Doug Brown
The Blazers went all out on Saturday, October 14th at the Party in the Park Invitational in East Jordan. The weather was fair and the course was flat, resulting in some excellent times.
Allie Nowak of Johannesburg-Lewiston won the girls race in 19:16. Elk Rapids won the girls race and Kalkaska placed third, behind Boyne City. Myah Little led the Blazers with an 11th place finish, and a new season record of 21:27. Anna Martin was 17th, 22:16, Courtney Borden was 21st, 23:10, Keira Cuneal was 22nd with a SR of 23:48, and Kara Olds was our fifth runner, finishing 26th, with a SR 24:07. Abby Minion dropped a bunch of time and finished 28th in 24:45, Ava Ivkovich was 31st, 25:27, and Kylee Reust placed 36th with a SR of 26:46. Jenna Rabourn set a new Personal Record of 28:10, placing 42nd, and Angela Rodriguez set a PR of 31:34, after dropping over two minutes of time. She was 46th of 49 runners.
Gavin Guggemos won the boys race with a time of 16:25. The boys won the meet and brought
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The Last Lake Michigan Conference Cross Country Meet
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/11/2023
|Doug Brown
Gavin Guggemos is the last Lake Michigan Conference Champion!
Congratulations to Gavin who placed first in the Lake Michigan Conference meet on Tuesday, October 10th in Harbor Springs. The course was soggy, but the rain held off for the races. Guggemos finished in 16:33.6, and the boys team finished 3rd overall, which is a strong finish for the Blazers. Traverse City St Francis won the meet, and Charlevoix was 2nd, ahead of the Blazers by 4 points.
Betsy Skendzel won the girl's race in 18:49.2, leading Traverse City St. Francis to a first place victory. The Blazers finished 7th of the 8 teams attending. Myah Little led the Blazers, placing 33rd in 22:50, Anna Martin was 46th, 23:49. Kara Olds filled the 3rd runner spot for the first time this year, running 24:14, finishing 51st. Courtney Borden was 52nd, 24:19, and Keira Curneal was 56th, 24:56, to round out the scoring five. Abby Minion was 62nd with a new PR of 26:13, Ava Ivkovich was 64th, 26:24, Kylee Reust was 67th, 27:1
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Shepherd Blue Jay Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/02/2023
|Doug Brown
The Blazers ran at the Shepherd Bluejay Invitational on Saturday, September 30. The meet was simply huge, with races running from 8 am to about 4:30 pm and over 100 teams participating. Schools were divided into divisions, and Kalkaska was in Gold Division with almost 30 other schools. Traverse City St. Francis won the boys and girls races in the Gold Division. Kyah Hoffman of Stanton Central Montcalm won the girls race of 162 runners in 17:56, and August Rhode of Reed City won the boys race of 164 runners in 15:40. The fastest runners overall in all divisions were Jessica Jazwinski of Hart who ran a 17:08 and TJ Hansen of Freeland who ran a 14:46.
The Blazers ran very well. Myah Little led the ladies, placing 47th in 21:42, a season record. Anna Martin was 62nd with a new personal record of 22:05, Courtney Borden was 98th with a PR of 23:06, Kara Olds was 114th with a season record of 24:11, and Keira Curneal was 117th in 24:16. These five scored to place 16th of 22 scoring teams i
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Shepherd Blue Jay Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/02/2023
|Doug Brown
The Blazers ran at the Shepherd Bluejay Invitational on Saturday, September 30. The meet was simply huge, with races running from 8 am to about 4:30 pm and over 100 teams participating. Schools were divided into divisions, and Kalkaska was in Gold Division with almost 30 other schools. Traverse City St. Francis won the boys and girls races in the Gold Division. Kyah Hoffman of Stanton Central Montcalm won the girls race of 162 runners in 17:56, and August Rhode of Reed City won the boys race of 164 runners in 15:40. The fastest runners overall in all divisions were Jessica Jazwinski of Hart who ran a 17:08 and TJ Hansen of Freeland who ran a 14:46.
The Blazers ran very well. Myah Little led the ladies, placing 47th in 21:42, a season record. Anna Martin was 62nd with a new personal record of 22:05, Courtney Borden was 98th with a PR of 23:06, Kara Olds was 114th with a season record of 24:11, and Keira Curneal was 117th in 24:16. These five scored to place 16th of 22 scoring teams i
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Petoskey Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/25/2023
|Doug Brown
The Blazer cross country teams raced at the Petoskey Invitational on Saturday, September 24 with hills and a bit of heat. The attending teams were divided into 3 divisions based on school size and Kalkaska was in division III, which included 7 teams.
Emily Anger of Mancelona won the girl's Division 3 race in 21:28. The fastest time overall was posted by Jane Manthei of Petoskey St. Michael, who ran 20:00. There were 45 runners in Division III, and 5 teams scored. The Blazers scored 3rd after Charlevoix and Boyne City, and beat out Tawas by one point. Anna Martin led the Blazers taking 8th place in 24:09. Myah Little was 13th, 24:27, Courtney Borden was 16th, 24:38, Keira Curneal was 19th, 25:03, and Kara Olds was 27th, 26:02, making up Kalkaska's top 5. Abby Minion was 31st, 27:22, Kylee Reust was 38th, 29:48, and Jenna Rabourn was 43rd, 33:01. Angela Rodriguez twisted her ankle in the first mile, but we're hoping she heals up for Shepherd.
Gavin
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Kalkaska Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Updated on 09/20/2023
|Doug Brown
The cross country teams ran at home at the Kalkaska Invitational on Tuesday, September 19 at Twin Birch Golf Club. Allie Nowak of Johannesburg-Lewiston took first in the girl's race with a time of 19:29. The Elk Rapids girls team won the meet. Jeremiah Witt of Johannesburg-Lewiston led his team to victory in the boys race. Witt took first with a time of 16:42
The girls team placed 3rd overall. There were 78 runners, and 10 scoring teams. Myah Little was first Blazer in taking 11th place in 22:11. Courtney Borden in 21st, 23:32, Keria Curneal in 22nd, 23:49, a season record, Anna Martin in 29th, 24:34.6, and Kara Olds in 31st, 24:54, scored for the Blazers. Abby Minion set a new personal record of 26:12, taking 42nd place. Ava Ivkovich was 48th, 27:21, Kylee Reust was 55th, 28:32, Jenna Rabourn was 65th, 32:33, and newcomer from Spain, Angela Rodriguez was 70th, 35:23.
The boys team also placed 3rd overall. There were 63 runners and 7 teams scored. Gavin G
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Roscommon Meet
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/14/2023
|Doug Brown
The Blazers raced in the Roscommon Invitational on Wednesday, September 13th, against 7 other teams. The girls and boys high school teams and the boys middle school teams took first overall, and the girls middle school team finished second place. Isabelle Eppert of Farwell won the varsity girls race
Myah Little led the girl's race placing 3rd overall in just over 22 minutes. Anna Martin was 6th, Keria Curneal was 8th, Courtney Borden was 9th, and Ava Ivkovich was 12th. The team scored 24 points. Kara Olds was 16th, Kylee Reust 24th, Abby Minion 25th, Sara Bissonette 26th, and Jenna Rabourn 34th. Curneal, Ivkovich, and Kylee Reust ran season bests, and Abby Minion set a new personal record.
Gavin Guggemos won the boys race in 17 minutes. Adam Williams was 2nd, Camden Moore 4th , Coltrane Paryani 6th, and Tripp Wagner 12th. The boys scored 17 points. Jackson Shetler was 16th, Gabe Buyze-Prieto 20th, Ephraim Conway was 21st, setting a new PR, Zan
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