The Grand Ledge Track and Field program hosted the MHSAA Division #1 Regional #4, and our Boys and Girls teams each came out of a competitive 16-team regional as Regional Champions! This is the fourth Regional Championship each for the Boys and Girls programs, and the first time in program history when both programs have won Regional Championship in the same year! The Boys finished the meet with 118 points, a whole 44.5 points ahead of runner-up Brighton, a perennially dominant force in Michigan Track and Field. Meanwhile, the girls fought a tight battle with defending champions Okemos, rising powerhouse DeWitt, and an East Lansing team elevated by a nationally ranked sprinter, still coming out 10 points ahead of runner-up Okemos and 18 points ahead of DeWitt and East Lansing, who finished tied for third-place. The Regional also produced a huge number of MHSAA State Finals Qualifiers and historic performances for our student-athletes that we would love to highlight. These athletes will compete at the MHSAA Division 1 Finals at Rockford High School on May 30th, with several athletes contending for All-State Honors and even State Championships! Our male state qualifiers were: 100m Dash-Griffin Hamilton 400m Dash-Kingston Oakes 4x100m Relay Team (Anthony Baker, Levi Yeah, Griffin Hamilton, Kingston Nixon, currently ranked in the Top 8 in Division 1 and ranked #2 all time for GL Track and Field) 4x200m Relay Team (also Anthony Baker, Levi Yeah, Griffin Hamilton, Kingston Nixon, this crew set a new School Record last night with a time of 1:28.98) 4x400m Relay Team (Kingston Oakes, Diego Diaz, Juneau Nelson, Dayton Vandermoere, ranked #8 all time for GL Track and Field) Shot Put-Jackson Shaltry, ranked #2 all time for GL Discus-Jackson Shaltry, ranked #2 all time for GL, and Omaka Smith, ranked #7 all time for GL (Jackson is also ranked in the Top 5 in Division 1) High Jump-Fin Ganga Long Jump-Anthony Baker and Jack Bull (both in our All-Time Top 10 List) Our Female State Qualifiers were: 800m Run-Elsa Gomez (ranked #2 All-Time for GL and in the Top 15 in Division #1) 1600m Run-Avi Skinner 100m Hurdles-Katie Blue 300m Hurdles-Katie Blue 4x100m Relay Team (Aleya Travis, Cianna Testorelli, Violet Detmers, Baylee Bartlett) 4x800m Relay Team (Ava Montero, Amelia Cornell, Avi Skinner, Elsa Gomez-this team ran the #2 fastest time in school history last night!) Discus-Hailey Ellis Long Jump-Katie Blue Pole Vault-Katie Blue (still ranked #1 in Division #1!) There were also excellent individuals that posted impressive results to support each team: Alex McKennon-4x800 and 800m Run Rylen Richey-4x800 and 3200m Run Caelan Marsh-4x800 and 3200m Run Will Richardson-Shot Put Zayla Goodrich-400m Dash Adriana Callan-4x400m Relay Ashlee Whitten-Shot Put Gracie Huegli-Shot Put We are super proud of the incredible success of these kids throughout the season, but we are even more proud of their commitment to the ongoing process of becoming the best versions of themselves and their drive to leave everything out on the track for the sake of their teammates and community. Good luck to our student athletes at the state championship meet at Rockford on May 30th!