53 regional champs highlight Kalamazoo-area girls track 2022 state qualifiers
KALAMAZOO, MI - Athletes from across the Kalamazoo-area put their season on the line at the weekend’s track and field regional meets, and dozens of girls ran, jumped, threw and vaulted their way to a state finals berth. Three squads – Otsego, Lawton and Marcellus – captured team titles, while 53 individual regional championships went to local athletes, led by Lawton sophomore Kendra Koster, who won all four of her events. Six more local athletes were three-time winners, including Kalamazoo Central’s Susana Roberts, Three Rivers’ Kylin Griffin, Otsego’s Megan Germain, Gobles’ Kaya Huizenga and Deanna Wood and Lawton’s Heidi Newhouse, who will look to carry that success over to the state finals on Saturday, June 4. Follow along to see all the Kalamazoo-area girls track and field athletes who earned a spot in the 2022 state meet. 100-meter dashAthlete, grade, school, time/distance, regional finishDivision 1Keyanna O’Tey (Fr., Sturgis), 12.98 (2nd in Region 3)Division 2Kylin Griffin (Jr., Three Rivers), 12.60 (1st in R-14)Division 3Ti’Anna Murphy-Ryan (Soph., Comstock), 12.90 (1st in R-24)Audrey Nadrasik (Sr., Schoolcraft), 13.48 (2nd in R-24)Division 4Kaya Huizenga (Jr., Gobles), 13.40 (1st in R-34)Jian Toy (Sr., Lawrence), 13.42 (2nd in R-34)Morgan Modert (Jr., Gobles), 13.43 (3rd in R-34)200-meter dashDivision 1Susana Roberts (Fr., Kalamazoo Central), 26.18 (1st in R-3)Division 2Kylin Griffin (Jr., Three Rivers), 26.10 (1st in R-14)Division 3Heidi Newhouse (Soph., Lawton), 27.23 (1st in R-24)Audrey Nadrasik (Sr., Schoolcraft), 27.36 (2nd in R-24)Division 4Sage Brown (Sr., Kalamazoo Hackett), 26.65 (1st in R-34)Jian Toy (Sr., Lawrence), 27.65 (2nd in R-34)400-meter dashDivision 2Kylin Griffin (Jr., Three Rivers), 59.06 (1st in R-14)Sabrina Mills (Jr., Allegan), 1:00.30 (2nd in R-14)Division 3Heidi Newhouse (Soph., Lawton), 59.56 (1st in R-24)Jaelynn Little (Fr., Bangor), 1:01.24 (2nd in R-24)Jaidyn Klimp (Fr., Galesburg-Augusta), 1:02.39 (3rd in R-24)Division 4Sage Brown (Sr., Kalamazoo Hackett), 1:02.04 (1st in R-34)800-meter runDivision 2Mackenzie Hill (Sr., Plainwell), 2:24.85 (1st in R-14)Division 3Kendra Koster (Soph., Lawton), 2:25.92 (1st in R-24)Division 4Addie Curtis (Soph., Marcellus), 2:35.82 (1st in R-34)1,600-meter runDivision 2Megan Germain (Soph., Otsego), 5:18.20 (1st in R-14)Mackenzie Hill (Sr., Plainwell), 5:19.15 (2nd in R-14)Division 3Kendra Koster (Soph., Lawton), 5:28.88 (1st in R-24)Division 4Presley Allen (Fr., Mendon), 5:17.72 (1st in R-35)Addie Curtis (Soph., Marcellus), 5:51.97 (1st in R-34)Mercedes Morin (Sr., Martin), 5:57.20 (2nd in R-34)3,200-meter runDivision 2Megan Germain (Soph., Otsego), 12:11.08 (1st in R-14)Anezka Pradna (Soph., Three Rivers), 12:27.42 (2nd in R-14)Division 3Kendra Koster (Soph., Lawton), 12:13.33 (1st in R-24)Division 4Presley Allen (Fr., Mendon), 11:34.39 (1st in R-35)100-meter hurdlesDivision 1Kennedy Gardner (Jr., Portage Central), 16.26 (1st in R-3)Division 2Megan Zahnow (Soph., Vicksburg), 16.47 (1st in R-14)Division 3Gabrielle Bowen (Sr., Centreville), 17.15 (1st in R-24)Alexis Girolami (Soph., Lawton), 17.78 (2nd in R-24)Division 4Madi Simpson (Sr., Marcellus), 17.74 (1st in R-34)Kaylee Schaap (Soph., Kalamazoo Christian), 18.41 (2nd in R-34)300-meter hurdlesDivision 1Kennedy Gardner (Jr., Portage Central), 46.64 (1st in R-3)Emily Brown (Jr., Portage Northern), 47.08 (2nd in R-3)Division 2Paige McDonald (Fr., Three Rivers), 48.48 (1st in R-14)Megan Zahnow (Soph., Vicksburg), 49.37 (2nd in R-14)Division 3Gabrielle Bowen (Sr., Centreville), 49.72 (1st in R-24)Division 4Kyia Bozzo (Soph., Martin), 54.61 (1st in R-34)Madi Simpson (Sr., Marcellus), 54.86 (2nd in R-34)400-meter relayDivision 1Kalamazoo Central (Lauryn Hudson, Samantha Bannister, Camani Johnson, Susana Roberts), 49.52 (1st in R-3)Portage Northern (Neajai Lewis, Camryn Batt, Melody Yang, Emily Brown), 49.83 (3rd in R-3)Division 2Vicksburg (Cate Curtis, Megan Kendall, Sam Richardson, Emma Steele), 50.87 (2nd in R-14)Plainwell (Natalie Anson, Alexis Poel, Alexia Inquilla, Kaylee Wright), 51.32 (3rd in R-14)Division 3Comstock (Gianna Nathaniel, Kyla Owens, Deshanae Reed, Ti’Anna Murphy-Ryan), 51.75 (1st in R-24)Division 4Gobles (Deanna Wood, Kaya Huizenga, Kambree Tackett, Elizabeth Woodard), 53.59 (1st in R-34)800-meter relayDivision 1Kalamazoo Central (Lauryn Hudson, Kynnedi Patterson, Camani Johnson, Susana Roberts), 1:44.70 (1st in R-3)Division 2Vicksburg (Cate Curtis, Megan Kendall, Sam Richardson, Emma Steele), 1:47.08 (1st in R-14)Three Rivers (Gisell Macedo, Paige McDonald, Kennady Cottingham, Kylin Griffin), 1:47.24 (2nd in R-14)Division 3Centreville (Gabrielle Bowen, Izzabella Kessler, Zoe Miller, Jade Kuhbander), 1:51.69 (2nd in R-24)Division 4Gobles (Alyson Tripp, Deanna Wood, Morgan Modert, Elizabeth Woodard), 1:53.53 (1st in R-34)Martin (Kylee Gonser, Elizabeth Reinke, Gracie Shettler, Katelin Bird), 1:59.44 (2nd in R-34)1,600-meter relayDivision 1Portage Central (Eliza Phares,
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