Lowell hit the MHSAA regional with two things in mind with that being qualify for the state meet or run a personal record.  Upon arrival the athletes discovered that they would have an additional challenge as a brutal wind and colder than normal temps were the story of the day.  Prelim times were the first indicator of the winds affect as 200m times were averaging one to two seconds slower for the majority of the field.  Isabel German took care of her part of the deal by winning her heat in 27.00 going into a headwind reading of 2.8m / sec.  German came back to earn silver medal honors in the 200m with a time of 26.07 again with a headwind of (-3.6m/sec).  Second place was enough to punch the ticket to the state meet.  Leah Kreiger grabbed a 5^th place finish in the 300m hurdles with a time of 47.26 which was her best time of the season but was less than a second from the AQ time needed.

In the fieled events German and Olivia Lothian both scored in the poe vault.  German won the event going 12’ and Lothian took 4^th with a vault of 9’9”.

Lowell has a couple of optional meets this week that some athletes have an opportunity to compete in.  The state meet will be held on May 31^st at East Kentwood HS.

Womens Varsity

17 / 17  Events Completed

The Lady Arrows were in 2^nd place going into the River City Alliance conference meet and that is where they finished as Coopersville matched their regular season finish by winning the meet by 22pts over the Red Arrows.  The second day of the meet started off great for the Arrows as they won the first four events starting with Leah Krieger winning the 100H with a time of 15.81 which is her fastest time this season.  Isabel German was next winning the 100m in a school record 12.48 and the pole vault with a vault of 12’.  Lowell’s 800m relay team of Lily Dyer, Harper Schaedig, Krieger, and Laney Bieneman grabbed all-conference honors by winning the event by .21seconds over Allendale.

Kreiger and German would go on to win three more conference titles with Krieger taking the 300H in 47.68 which was another season best time and German would complete her four-event sweep taking firsts in the 400m and 200m in 58.21 and 25.89 respectively.  German’s time in the 200m final was off her school record time of 25.26 which was set the day earlier in the prelims.

Lowell kept the meet close with multiple medalists with Olivia Lothian continuing to climb the Lowell record board with a 2^nd place vault of 10’6”.  Harper Schaedig also shined in the long jump grabbing 3^rd place with a leap of 15-03.75 which was 1.5” further than Krieger’s 4^th place jump.  Lowell scored 29 personal records over the two-day meet.  Hitting your best mark is a sign that the athletes are trusting the process and peaking at the right time.  Now we must build on those marks so that the PR’s we score next year are good enough to score in the conference meet.

Lowell’s five all conference athletes were Isabel German, Leah Krieger, Lily Dyer, Harper Schaedig, and Laney Bieneman.

Other medalists for Lowell were.

Audrey Latchaw 800m (6^th place) and 1600m (5^th place)

Lily Dyre 100H (4^th place)

Anika Huhn 300H (5^th place)

Lowell has two meets this week with the JV Conference meet on Tuesday at Greenville and the MHSAA Region 1-3 at Portage Central on Saturday.

The Lowell Girls Track team headed to Kalamazoo Central to join eighteen other teams from three states in the JT Long Invitational.  The meet started at 2:30 and concluded with the two Arrow pole vaulters closing the event with the lights of an ORV illuminating the PV box.  Lowell scored their only gold and silver medals of the meet in the event as Isabel German went 11-06 with Olivia Lothian going 9-06 which were good for 1^st and 2^nd.  On the track German joined Leah Krieger and the “throwers relay” to capture medals.  German faced both a loaded 200m field and a head wind as she placed 3^rd with a time of 26.24, while Krieger faced the same challenges in the 100H placing 5^th with a time of 16.83.  Throwers Avery Slanger, Madelyn Hayes, Hannah Flickinger, and Avery Polczak got into the act as they teamed up to place 5^th in the “400m Throwers” relay.

Next up for Lowell is the RCA Conference meet on April 8^th and 9^th at Coopersville HS.

The Lowell pole vaulters completed their event in the dark as they scored the final 8 points of the evening which was enough to overcome a 6-point deficit and earn a two-point win against Greenville.  Olivia Lothian cleared 9’ which secured 2^nd place and Isabel German cleared her opening height of 11’ to secure the win.  German went on the win the event going 12’ and captured first place in the three sprints accounting for 20 points on the day.  Leah Kreiger continues to race back to form as she nailed down the wins in both the hurdle events.  Big points came from the LJ pit as Harper Schaedig hit a PR jump of 14’10.5 to grab Lowell a first place with Leah Krieger grabbing a surprise 2^nd.  Lowell split the relays with Greenville winning the 400m and 800m relay.  In the distance events, Audrey Latchaw put nine points in the bucket with three 2^nd place finishes in the 800/1600/3200 runs.  With the 70-67 win against Greenville and a 79-58 win against Cedar Springs the Arrows finish the RCA regular season in 2^nd place with a 5-1 record.  Lowell will head to Kalamazoo this Friday for the JT Long Invite before closing out the RCA season with next weeks conference meet at Coopersville.

Team Scores

Lowell   70                          Greenville 67

Lowell   79                          Cedar Springs 58

1^st Place Finishers

Isabel German                 100/200/400/PV              12.69/26.52/60.91/12’

Leah Krieger                      100H / 300H                     16.4/49.73

Harper Schaedig            LJ                                            14’10.5”

400mRelay  (Dyer, Schaedig, Doyle, Bieneman)        55.25

800m Relay (Dyer, Schaedig, Krieger, Bieneman)     1:53.08

2^nd Place Finishers

Audrey Latchaw                800/1600/3200                  2:41.91/6:08/13:42     

Oliva Lothian                      PV                                          9’

Saturday seven track and field teams came to Lowell HS to help honor former LHS coach and teacher Kathy Talus at the Invite named in her honor.  The relay format meet allows the field events to combine the top two marks form a relay team and score based on their total height or distance.  On the track there are some unique relays such as the Red Arrow Relay and the longer version on the Distance Medley Relay.  Newcomer Hudsonville captured top honors on the day with Caledonia and Lowell rounding out the top three.  Lowell had three event winners on the day and had 12 medalists spread out over the 15 events.  Isabel German won the 100m dash in 12.71 which is #3 on the LHS record board.  Earlier in the day German won the PV with a 12’ vault and her vault joined with Olivia Lothian’s 8’ vault set a new KT record of 20’ capturing first place and the associated 10 points.  Leah Krieger won the 100H going 16.28 and an easy win.  Earlier, Krieger joined Harper Schaedig in the LJ as they took silver medalist honors with a combined jump of 29’ 2.25”.

Medalists

Isabel German                 1^st           100M    12.71

Leah Krieger                     1^st           100H    16.28

                                                3^rd           300H    50.79

Claire O Boyle                  4^th           100H    18.67PR

Anika Huhn                        4^th           300H    52.79PR

400mRelay (Costello, Harrington, Doyle, Johnston)                      4^th           57.76

800mRelay (Bieneman, Schaedig, Krieger, German)                    3^rd           1:52.40

SMR (Chappel, Schaedig, Bieneman, German)                                               3^rd           2:00.54

Discus Relay (Bieneman, Flickenger)                                                   4^th           137’ 7”

HJ Relay (O Boyle, Schaedig)                                                                    4^th           8’8”

PV Relay (German / Lothian)                                                                     1^st           20’ (KT Record)

LJ Relay (Krieger / Schaedig)                                                                     2^nd          29’ 2.25”

Womens Varsity

The Lady Arrows continued the momentum that was created over the weekend as the were able to score wins against Sparta (94.50-42.50) and Allendale (77-60).  Lowell used scoring in all disciplines and saw 54 personal or season records on the night which generated a lot of excitement throughout the team.  Isabel German was part of four first place finishes as she won the 100m, 200m, PV, and joined Harper Schaedig, Alessandra Chappel, and Laney Bieneman in winning the 400m relay team.  Leah Krieger won both the hurdle events and joined with Lauren Harrington, Schaedig, and Bieneman to capture the 800m relay.  Audrey Latchaw ran a season best 2:34.04 to win the 800m and earned runner-up honors in the 1600m.  The team wins now put the Arrows in second place in the conference with a 3-1 record.  Lowell will host the Kathy Talus Memorial Invitational this Saturday.

Team Scores

Lowell   94.50                   Sparta 42.50

Lowell  77                          Allendale 60

1^st Place Finishers

Isabel German                 100/200/PV                       12.88 / 26.07 / 12’

Leah Krieger                      100H / 300H                     18.0 /54.49

Audrey Latchaw               800m                                   2:34.04

400mRelay  (German, Schaedig, Chappel, Bieneman)        53.76

800m Relay (Harrington, Schaedig, Krieger, Bieneman)     1:53.88 (Season Record)

2^nd Place Finishers

Brooklyn Jackson              400m                                     1:07.7 PR

Audrey Latchaw                1600m                                   5:52.31

Madelyn Hayes                 Shot Put                               28-10

Olivia Lothian                     PV                                          9-06 PR

Harper Schaedig               HJ                                           14-01

Lowell kicked off their RCA season as they travelled to Coopersville participating in a double dual against Kenowa Hills and Coopersville.  The Arrows ended up splitting the competition scoring a win against the Knights and coming up on the short end against the Broncos.    Lowell had one multi  event winner as senior Isabel German scored wins in the 100m, 200m, PV  and joined Lily Dyer, Harper Schaedig, and Laney Bieneman to win the 400m Relay.  Claire O’Boyle used a clean sheet to win the HJ going 4’8”.

Team Scores

Lowell   106                       Kenowa Hills  30

Lowell  55.67                    Coopersville 81.33

1^st Place Finishers

Isabel German                 100/200/PV                       13.33/26.49/11’

Lily Dyer                              100H                                    16.93

Claire O’Boyle                 HJ                                           4’8”

400mRelay  (Dyer, Schaedig, German, Bieneman)        53.23

800m Relay (Dyer, Schaedig, Krieger, Bieneman)          1:54.71

Next up for the Arrows is the Byron Center Bulldog Invitational on Saturday.

Stiff competition provided the Red Arrows a chance to measure themselves in this 2025 season as Lowell competed in the Byron Center Culldog Invite.  On the day Lowell finished 7^th out of the fifteen complete teams (17 schools entered) that participated.  The highlight of the day came in the PV as Isabel German punched her ticket to the state meet as she hit the EQ mark of 11’6 by winning the event in 12’6”.  Oliva Lothian also snagged a 3^rd place medal with a PR vault of 8’9”.  German also grabbed a couple of 3^rd place medals on the track in the 100/200 as she continues to show some early season speed in the sprints.  Leah Krieger was the final Lowell medalist with a 4^th place in the 100H going 17.42.

Team Scores

Medalists

Isabel German                 100m/200m      3^rd/3^rd                    12.79/26.28

                                                PV                          1^st                           12’6”  (EQ)

Leah Krieger                     100H                    4^th                           17.42

Olivia Lothian                  PV                          3^rd                           8’9”

Lowell hosts the next RCA meet on Tuesday at Red Arrow Stadium.