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Scottie Boys Track Fifth at State, Girls Seventh

Baker Wins 3200 Meters, Sets GHS Girls Record

The Glasgow boys track team scored 37 points at the MHSA Class B State Track & Field Meet in Laurel, May 24 and 25 ,to take fifth place. The Scottie girls scored 20 points to tie for seventh place.

Khye Gamas, Kyler Holinde, Wyatt Babb, Vaughn Miller and Nick Solorzano put up points for the boys team, as did the 4x100 relay team composed of Gamas, Solorzano, Kyler Whitman and Babb. For the girls, Tanae Baker, Eve Stone and Mayzie Yoakam made appearances on the podium.

Juniors Holinde and Baker both topped the podium for Glasgow. Holinde won the boys 800 meters with a personal best time of 1:57.54 and became the first Scottie to win the event at State since Doug Seiler in 1988. Baker ran away with the girls 3200 meters medal, turning in a personal best 11:16.98, knocking 12.5 seconds off her previous record. She also set a new GHS school record, unseating Vonnie Oliver, who had set the record in 1980 at 11:23.6. Baker is the first girls champion for the Scotties in the 3200 meters since Jami Johnson (Hughes) won in 2011.

Boys

The Scottie boys finished behind Jefferson, 90; Loyola-Sacred Heart, 68; Red Lodge, 67, and Columbus, 52 points.

Gamas placed fifth in the 200 meters with a personal best 23.21 time. Whitman finished eighth at 23.53, also a personal record. Gamas also set a personal record in the 200 meters, placing second at 50.56.

Holinde's personal best 1:57.54 won the 800 meters for Glasgow. Tavin Boland placed 11th at 2:07.85.

Gamas finished 10th in the 110m hurdles with a 17.64. He finished ninth in the prelims at 16.72. Adam Mickelson ran a 17.70 to place 15th in the prelims. In the 300m hurdles, Gamas claimed fifth, running a personal record 41.87. Mickelson also hit a personal best – 43.89 – and finished in 16th place.

Gamas, Solorzano, Whitman and Babb placed ninth in the 4x100 relay prelims with a 44.98 time. They improved to a 44.93 in the finals to claim sixth place and a podium spot. In the 4x400 relay, Whitman, Boland, Holinde and Gamas ran a 3:36.97 for eighth place.

Cade Hudyma hit a personal best in the shot put at 45-04.75 to finish in 10th place. Connor Hudyma took 16th with a 41-08.50 throw.

Babb, Vaughn and Co. Hudyma all turned in their personal best performances in the discus at State. Babb placed fourth at 150-09 and Miller hit the podium in sixth with a 148-11 throw. Co. Hudyma finished in seventh at 144-04, just missing the podium.

Miller, who came into State as the defending Class B javelin champion, threw a personal best 184-00 to take second place. The record came on his last throw and marked a 15-foot record for the senior.

Solorzano cleared 12-00.00 in the pole vault to earn sixth place and a podium spot. Mickelson tied for 13th with 11-00.00 vault.

Liam Chapman placed 20th in the long jump at 17-10.50. Boland took 21st in the triple jump with a personal best 38-00.25 distance.

Girls

The Glasgow girls tied with Choteau for seventh place, finishing behind Huntley Project, 104; Loyola-Sacred Heart, 87; Broadwater, 70.33; Plains, 26, and Columbus and Conrad, 22 points each.

Baker won the 3200 meters with her personal best 11:16.98 and set a new GHS school record. Haleigh Huntsman placed 14th at 13:11.22. In the 1600 meters, Baker ran a 5:20.13 for third place. Emily See took 14th at 5:49.22.

See placed 16th in the 800 meters with a 2:31.24 time. Gina Page, in the 200 meters, ran a 14.00 for 17th place.

Yoakam finished ninth in the 100m hurdles with a personal best 16.42, after running a 16.53 and taking eighth in the prelims. In the 300m hurdles, Ava Runner ran a 52.06 for 18th place.

Joely Chappell, Yoakam, See and Page combined for a 4:23.16 in the 4x400 relay and a 13th place showing.

Hannah Holinde earned ninth in the shot put with a 33-00.00 throw.

Stone claimed ninth in the high jump after clearing 5-00.00, a personal record. Kimber Dulaney set a season record with a 4-10.00 height and finished in 13th place.

Stone earned a spot on the podium in the pole vault with a fifth place finish. She cleared 10-00.00 to score for the Scotties. Yoakam tied for seventh with a 9-06.00 vault.

Chappell placed 14th in the long jump with a 15-10.75 distance.

In the triple jump, Yoakam took fifth at 34-05.50 for a podium spot. Chappell, Stone and Runner all hit personal bests in the event. Chappell took 11th at 33-05.25 followed directly by Stone in 12th with a 32-08.75 distance. Runner jumped 31-03.00 for 18th place.

The Scottie boys team loses Vaughn Miller and Toryn Richards to graduation this year while the girls team sees the departure of seniors Emily See and Eve Stone.

 

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