CGB Track & Field Team Compete at 51st ALAH High School Invitational

By Editor | April 9, 2024 |

Lady Broncos’ senior Caroline Hill, lane 4, crosses the finish line at the end of the 4 X 1 relay. Caroline had a busy day on the track and the ALAH Invitational as besides the relay she placed third in the 400 meters at 1:04.94; fourth in the 200 at 31.63 and seventh in the 100 with a time of 14.07.

By SALLY McCARTHY
Staff Writer

The Cerro Gordo Bement high school boys and girls teams competed at the 51st ALAH Invitational on Saturday, April 6. The boys finished in a tie with Cowden Herrick Beecher City for eleventh place with 20 points while the girls were twelfth with 22 in the team standings. There were nineteen schools in the meet with seventeen of them scoring in each division. Tuscola was first in both the boys and girls team standings with Sullivan taking the second place trophy for the boys and ALAH on the girls’ side.

Bronco sophomore Will Fuson scored in three events, taking second in a PR of 2:02.42 in the 800 meters and third in the 1600 meters with a time of 4:41.37. He also ran a leg of the 4 X 8 relay which placed seventh in 9:49.95. Senior Dylan Howell picked up the other points for the boys with a fifth place finish in the 3200 meters with a time of 10:15.75.

Senior Caroline Hill led the way for the Lady Broncos scoring in three individual events, third in the 400 meters at 1:04. 94, fourth in the 200 meters at 29.07 and seventh in the 100 meters with a time of 14.07. Katherine Quick took fourth in the high jump at 4’ 8”. The 4 X 8 relay of Mariah Corpus, Cassie Block, Ariel Ponce and Jillian Durbin were sixth with a time of 12.26.92 and Haylei Simpson finished the scoring for the girls running 20.40 which was good for eighth in the 100 meter hurdles.

Other competitors for Cerro Gordo Bement were:

Girls:

100M: Addison Roberts, 15.29

200M: Skye Tieman, 31.67

1600M: Mariah Corpus, 6:45. 89; Jillian Durbin, 6:51.25

100M Hurdles: Katherine Quick, 21.00

300M Hurdles: Haylei Simpson, 57.72; Katherine Quick, 1:05.57

4 X 1 Relay: Haylei Simpson, Addison Roberts, Skye Tieman, Caroline Hill, 56.56

4 X 2 Relay: Addison Jayne, Caydence Brown, Jordin Smith, Addison Roberts, 2:09.25

4 X 4 Relay: Jordin Smith, Addison Jayne, Caydence Brown, Michaela Jayne, 5:16.67

Shot Put: Ivy Williams, 21’ 2”; Reese Peters, 19’ 10”

Discus: Caydence Brown, 73’ 6”; Ivy Williams, 55’ 3”