Warm and sunny was the recipe for the start of the MHSAA Division 1 Track and Field state finals at East Kentwood HS. Isabel German took advantage of this weather which did have a bit of a cross wind as she vaulted clean throughout the day in route to a runner up finish in the pole vault. Isabel’s 12’6” jump is 3” below her PR jump and matched the efforts by fellow OK White member Aubree Bowers (FHC) but German’s clean jumping earned the spot-on misses. The event, won by Brooke Bowers of FHC going 12’9” highlighted the OK White by capturing the top three positions. Bowers missed three attempts at 13’8” which would have set a new state meet record breaking Greenville’s and OK White Landon Kemp’s record of 13’7”.
The weather on the track was not like the morning weather as the winds increased and the clouds eventually brought drizzle for the two races that Lowell had runners in. Isabel German was up first seeded 11th in the 400m coming off a PR of 58.33 at the regional meet two weeks ago. German mustered her energy to throw down a 59.36 which was her second fastest time ever to finish 5th in her heat and 16th overall. The overall finish was pretty good considering that all nine runners in the last heat (fast heat) ran PRs on the wet track.
Christopher Wigger followed in the 300 hurdles which was the following event. Wigger was seeded 26th of all entries and ended up 20th by winning his heat in a 40.79. Getting a great time is hard when you are running by yourself as Wigger won his heat by over 10 meters. The learning experience will pay dividends just as German’s 2023 state meet experience helper her this year.
Warm and sunny was the recipe for the start of the MHSAA Division 1 Track and Field state finals at East Kentwood HS. Isabel German took advantage of this weather which did have a bit of a cross wind as she vaulted clean throughout the day in route to a runner up finish in the pole vault. Isabel’s 12’6” jump is 3” below her PR jump and matched the efforts by fellow OK White member Aubree Bowers (FHC) but German’s clean jumping earned the spot-on misses. The event, won by Brooke Bowers of FHC going 12’9” highlighted the OK White by capturing the top three positions. Bowers missed three attempts at 13’8” which would have set a new state meet record breaking Greenville’s and OK White Landon Kemp’s record of 13’7”.
The weather on the track was not like the morning weather as the winds increased and the clouds eventually brought drizzle for the two races that Lowell had runners in. Isabel German was up first seeded 11th in the 400m coming off a PR of 58.33 at the regional meet two weeks ago. German mustered her energy to throw down a 59.36 which was her second fastest time ever to finish 5th in her heat and 16th overall. The overall finish was pretty good considering that all nine runners in the last heat (fast heat) ran PRs on the wet track.
Christopher Wigger followed in the 300 hurdles which was the following event. Wigger was seeded 26th of all entries and ended up 20th by winning his heat in a 40.79. Getting a great time is hard when you are running by yourself as Wigger won his heat by over 10 meters. The learning experience will pay dividends just as German’s 2023 state meet experience helper her this year.
Seventeen LMS athletes joined one thousand of their peers in participating in the All-Weather Seal Megastar Track Invitational held at Red Arrow Stadium this past Wednesday. It was one of the largest track meets in the state as there were 84 schools represented as well as 20 unattached athletes (not affiliated with a school). Lowell competed in the “Large” school division and saw some PR performances as well as school records get established on a near perfect evening. Competing in the meet itself is an accomplishment as the athletes needed to hit a qualifying mark to be entered. Getting the best of the best is the goal of the meet.
Seventh grader Avi Elabed had a big day as he medaled in both the 1600m and 3200m finishing in 5th and 2nd respectively. Avi’s 1600m time of 4:56 was a PR while his 3200m time of 10:34.24 was a new school record. The pole vault saw the other school record as McKoye Yaw went 10’ which was good for 3rd place. Other medalists for the boys were Braam Maatman finishing 5th in the 400 (56.02PR) and Ty Malach finishing 6th in the 200H (28.80PR).
Seven girls represented LMS at the meet with four athletes setting new personal records. Lily Dyer set two of those PR’s as she medaled in the two hurdle events as she took 3rd in the 55H (9.48) and 6th in the 200H (32.00). The two other PR’s were set by Maddyn Johnston in the 100m (13.67) and Emma Putnam in the 1600m (5:45.72).
Other Lowell athletes involved in the meet were
Ty Malach 400m, 1600mR
Jacob Flickenger 800m, 3200mR
Tyler Bromley 1600m, 3200mR
Zaden Perfitt 1600mR
Lyle O’Boyle PV
Vaughn Gage 3200mR
Jaeger Smith HJ
Ellery Bieneman SP
Grace Walz 1600mR
Kendall Schmuker 400m / 1600mR
Eleanor Pastor 55H
The regional day didn’t start super for Isabel German. A third-place vault of 11’6” in the PV which secured a spot in the MHSAA State Meet did not satisfy her as it wasn’t as high as she has been going, but that isn’t where the day ended. German channeled her emotions and used it to press the pace in the 400m dash going end to end for the regional win winning it in 58.33. The outcome took a minute for the timer to separate German and St Joseph’s Naia Dibkey as they went toe to toe the final 100m with the final difference being .02 seconds. German’s time also moves her to #2 on the LHS board jumping ’03 graduate Natalie Kent and right behind ’13 grad Rachael Walters.
Lowell’s hurdler Leah Krieger faced a loaded field in both the 100 /300 hurdles with a goal of finally punching her ticket to the big meet. In the 100H event Krieger went 15.77 which was good for 3rd but was just off the state AQ time needed. Kreiger followed it up in the 300h with a time of 47.88 good for 4th. In the field events there were two big PR’s as Piper Risdon tossed the discus 94’9” which was good enough for 9th place and Claire O’Boyle hit 4’8” on her third attempt in the HJ.
Next up for the Arrows is the Metro Health Scholarship meet on Tuesday @ Byron Center HS.
The State Meet is on June 1st at East Kentwood HS.
The Lady Arrows entered the Ok White Conference meet with a 5th place regular season finish and that is where the girls finished when the scoring was completed. The meet started out on Wednesday with a new school record as Isabel German broke her own school record of 12’0 set at the GR Elite Challenge as she soared 12’9” to capture 2nd place in the conference. The event won by FHC Brooke Bowers who set a new OK White conference meet record of 13’3”. German continued her scoring on day two as she captured three additional medals with a 2nd in the 400m, a 3rd in the 200m, and 5th in the 100m.
Lowell also had a conference champion with Leah Krieger grabbing the win in the 300H running a PR 46.99 which moved her to #3 on the LHS record board. Earlier in the meet Krieger grabbed silver medalist honors in the 100H setting a new PR of 15.60 as well as a 5th place finish in the long jump going 15-08.
Leah earned all-conference honors with her win and Isabel earned the honor as one of the leading point scorers (26 pts) in the conference meet.
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Other OK White medalists.
Audrey Latchaw 7th 800m 2:28
Piper Risdon 8th Discus 84-07
Olivia Lothian 7th tie PV 8-00
Lowell is at Portage Central next Friday for the MHSAA regional meet.
Capturing all four relays was the primary difference as the Lady Arrows came up short against Byron Center. The Arrows were able get four wins and four runners-up on the day which allowed the meet to stay competitive but wasn’t enough. Isabel German was a double winner grabbing the 400m and the Pole Vault. Audrey Latchaw and Leah Krieger won the 800 and the 300H respectively. Piper Risdon joined German and Kreiger in capturing silver medal honors in the SP while the other two hit PR’s in the 100m and 100H respectively.
Team Score LHS 39 Byron Center 98
Placing for the Arrows were…
1st place
Isabel German 400/ PV 1:01.35 / 10’6”
Audrey Latchaw 800 2:33.34
Leah Krieger 300H 48.96
2nd place
Isabel German 100/200 12.95PR / 27.21
Leah Krieger 100H 15.77PR
Piper Risdon Shot Put 28-01
3rd Place
Audrey Latchaw 1600 5:49.41
Olivia Lothian 3200 13:57
Claire O’Boyle 300H 54.05
Piper Risdon Discus 77-07.50
Lowell is at Greenville HS next Wednesday and Thursday for the OK White Conference Meet.
The breaking of a two-week school record in the pole vault highlighted the field events for the Red Arrows as Isabel German went 12’ to break the 11’10” record she set two weeks ago at the Soderman Relays. German’s vault was good for 2nd place in the event won by Brooke Bowers from Ok White foe Forest Hills Central with a vault of 12’6”. Leah Krieger continued to get it done in the hurdles as she took runner up honors in the 100MH in a time of 15.88. As in the pole vault the hurdle event was won by OK White competitor Natalie Formsma from Byron Center. Kreiger then joined teammates Claire O’Boyle, Josephine Costello, and Anika Huhn to take second place in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:11.23.
Sophomore Audrey Latchaw took advantage of qualifying for the Elite 800m by running a PR 2:27.13 which moved her to #9 on the LHS record board. The final scoring event for Lowell was the Swedish Relay (100-200-300-400) where the team of Brooklyn Braun, Laney Bieneman, Isabel German, and Krieger, took 4th place in a time of 2:28.68 which was about 10 seconds faster than in 2023. Overall it was a great meet as Lowell athletes set PRs in eight events on the day.
Lowell will travel to Byron Center on Wednesday to go against the Bulldogs.
Team Score LHS 68 GRC 64
LHS 47 EGR 90
Placing for the Arrows were…
1st place
Isabel German PV 10-06.00
Leah Krieger 100H 15.92
2nd place
Isabel German 200 26.90
Leah Krieger LJ 15-00.50
3rd Place
Isabel German 100 13.47
Josephine Costello 100H 18.52PR
Claire O Boyle 300H 53.86PR
Piper Risdon Shot Put 26-04.50
Lowell is at Houseman Field on Saturday for the GR Public Schools Elite Invitational
Lowell played to it’s strengths in the sprints, hurdles, distance and jumps to get a quick start against the Hornets and never took the foot off of the pedal as they earned an 80-57 victory. The field events produced two quick wins with Leah Krieger winning the LJ in 14-05.50 and Isabel German grabbing the “w” in the PV going 11-06. Lowell then scored five straight victories as they went on to win 11 of the twelve running events. Multiple event winners were Audrey Latchaw in the distance events, Isabel German in the sprints, and Leah Kreiger in the hurdles. Overall it was a total team effort with many PR’s for the girls.
Team Score Lowell 80 Greenville 57
Placing for the Arrows were…
1st place
Isabel German 100m
Leah Krieger 100H 16.30
Audrey Latchaw 800m 2:35.17
800m relay (Bieneman, Huhn, Braun, Krieger) 1:53.16
1600m Relay (Huhn, Jackson, O ‘Boyle, Costello) 4:36.30
3200m Relay (Jackson, Morlotti, Young, Lothian) 12:01.11
2nd place
Olivia Lothian 3200m 13:37.97PR
Calihan Janowiak Discus 71-00
Claire O’Boyle HJ 4-06.00
3rd Place
Laney Bieneman 100m 14.08PR
Brooklyn Braun 400m
Claire O Boyle 300H 53.90PR
Olivia Lothian 1600m 6:10.69PR
Josephine Costello 100H 18.70
Piper Risdon Shot Put 28-02PR
Lowell is on the track again on Wednesday as they host EGR and GRC!
Lowell took advantage of three 1st place finishes as they took fourth at the Kathy Talus Invite held at Red Arrow Stadium. The day started off as Isabel German and Olivia Lothian paired to win the PV relay in a combine jump of 18’. German won the event going 11’6”. On the track German took a sweet blind hand off from Leah Krieger in the final leg of the Red Arrow Relay as the team of Ruby German, Laney Bieneman, Krieger, German) grabbed the win in 1:58.68. German’s final event was a photo finish win in the 100m with a time of13.21 edging Milward from Byron Center by .01 seconds.
Other Medalists were
3rd
Krieger 100H / 300H 18.12 / 53.31
HJ O’ Boyle / Krieger) 9-00
Discus (Janowiak / Risdon) 144-09
4th
Shot Put (Risdon / Janowiak) 50-10
800mRelay (R German, Braun, Huhn, Costello) 1:53.73
Lowell will host two meets this week as they will compete against Greenville in a quad on Monday and the again on Wednesday against EGR and GRC. Wednesday will be senior night.
Lowell was able to split the relays against FHN but came up short in all four against Northview which resulted in a split against the OK White foes at a double dual hosted by GR Northview. Lowell took advantage of seven first place finishes as Leah Krieger owned the hurdles / LJ and Isabel German captured both sprints and the PV. Audrey Latchaw took the 800m out hard and held on for the win.
Team Score FHN 60 Lowell 76
Northview 77 Lowell 60
The breaking of a fifteen-year-old school record highlighted Lowell’s day as the finished 5th at the Caledonia Soderman Relays. Isabel German vaulted 11’10” which was good for first place on the day and set the new school record breaking the previous record of 11’8” set by Richelle Kimble set in 2009. German’s vault was paired with Olivia Lothian’s PR vault of 7’6” to earn first in the relay format. Also scoring medals on the day was the DMR team of Audrey Latchaw, Claire O’Boyle, Mia Kinney, and Lothian as they took 3rd place in 14:49.
Lowell will travel to Northview HS on Wednesday for a double dual against the host and FHN.
The Lowell Girl’s T & F team started their OK White Season by hosting FHC. On the day the Arrows were medalists in four events led by Leah Krieger as she won both the 100 and 300 hurdles. Isabel German snagged the PV win on “misses” and completed her day with a couple of runner up finishes in the 100 and 200 dashes. Claire O Boyle set a new PR as she won the HJ going 4-06 with Krieger taking the runner up spot. The hurdle races also saw a couple of new faces in the event with freshman Josie Costello and sophomore Annika Huhn grabbing 3rd places in the 100H and 300H, respectively. The 1600m relay team of Latchaw, Jackson, O Boyle, and Huhn closed out the scoring with a win.
Team Score FHC 99 Lowell 38
Placing for the Arrows were…
1st place
Leah Krieger 100H / 300H 17.29 / 50.23
Isabel German PV 11-06
Claire O Boyle HJ 4-06
1600mRELAY (A Latchaw, B Jackson, C O Boyle, Huhn) 4:49.6
2nd place
Isabel German 100/200 13.13 / 26.93
Leah Krieger HJ 4-04
3rd Place
Josephine Costello 100H 19.42
Annika Huhn 300H 57.57
Calihan Janowiak Shot 25-05.25
Leah Krieger LJ 13-05.5
Lowell will host the Greenville tomorrow at Red Arrow Stadium.