The Cambridge track and field team ventured to Creekview High School on April 26 and 28 for the highly anticipated region meet. With the school moving down in classification next school year to a newly constituted region and the boys team being the defending region champion, the meet was deemed the most important at this point in the season. Facing the seven other region foes, the team accomplished the highest dual performance at region in the history of Cambridge. The boys team came up just short of a repeat of a region championship by finishing a close second. On the girls side, there was little doubt who the best team in the region is as Cambridge handily won by more than 30 points. 

 

A noteworthy accomplishment for the Bears was that during the two day meet, eight relay teams competed for Cambridge and all eight of them advanced to the sectional meet on May 7 and all finished in the top three. In addition, seven school records were established during the meet.

 

The individual scorers during the meet were the following:

Gabrielle Dandridge finished third in the 200 meters and second in the 400 meters in a school record-setting time.

Nina Campbell was seventh in the 400 meters (personal record).

Jessica Hernandez finished third in the 800 meters (personal record) and third in the 1600 meters (personal record). 

Emily Meeker was fifth in the 800 meters (personal record).

Faith Hirschi was eighth in the 800 meters.

Anna Filipek was sixth in the 1600 meters (personal record) and fifth in the 3200 meters.

Lilah Versluis was fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (personal record) and third in the high jump and third in the long jump (personal record).

Hana El-Gazairly was eighth in the 100 meter hurdles.

Sarah Meredith was seventh in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the shot put and fourth in the discus.

Olivia Bollenbacher finished third in the 300 meter hurdles and won the triple jump (personal record) and won the pole vault in a school record-setting and current state leading mark.

Julia Versluis finished fourth in the pole vault and won the high jump.

Sydney Granby was fourth in the shot put (personal record) in a school record-setting throw.

 

As for the boys:

Kendal Quarles was sixth in the 100 meters (personal record) and school record-setting performance, and third in the 200 meters (personal record) and school record-setting performance and also finished second in the high jump.

Ben Ridenour was eighth in the 100 meters.

Preston Clemmer finished fourth in the 400 meters.

Lyle Donovan won the 800 meters and the 1600 meters (personal record).

Mattson Peterson was second in the 800 meters (personal record).

Braden Hobbs was fifth in the 800 meters (personal record).

Eric Garguilo won the pole vault and was eighth in the 110 meter hurdles (personal record) after a school record-setting effort in the preliminary run.

Noah Bollenbacher finished third in the pole vault (personal record) and third in the 300 meter hurdles (personal record).

Dillon Shin finished fourth in the 300 meter hurdles (personal record).

Will Taylor finished second in the long jump (personal record,) and sixth in high jump.

Justice Winfrey finished fourth in the triple jump (personal record).

Carson Kent finished fourth in the shot put.

Ethan Krueck finished second in the discus.

Will Doty was seventh in the discus (personal record). 

 

Of special note was the second place performance of the boy's 4x200 meter relay team with a school record-setting time.

 

On Saturday, May 7, the qualifiers from region will compete at River Ridge High School for the State Sectional meet.