This week in Western track & field:
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Western's men's track & field team qualifies for Team State Championship After finishing the regular season ranked No. 10 in the State Power Rankings, Western's men's team has been invited to compete in the Team State Championship to be held on Saturday, May 26, at Kenowa Hills High School, near Grand Rapids. The Team State Championship meet uses a "true team" scoring format, which means each team gets three entries in each event, and every athlete scores. For instance, if there are ten teams competing, first place in the 100m dash is worth 30 points and 30th place is worth one point. This format rewards teams that have both top-end performers and depth. This will be the third time in Western's history that we've attended the Team State Championship, and it offers an excellent opportunity for our athletes to compete against the best teams in the state (a couple of which are in our league in region). It is difficult to match the kind of experience and motivation that can come from this meet. The bus will leave from Western early Saturday morning, and will return in the early evening. As soon as we have a meet information sheet it will be sent out to this email list. Coldwater to host Interstate-8 Finals this Tuesday, May 22 While we would prefer an extra day to process the successes and challenges of last Friday's Regional Finals and prepare for the league meet, Western Panthers pride themselves in being Stay-Ready All-Stars, so on Tuesday we'll get on the bus and take this party down I-69 to Coldwater. We get three entries per event, plus additional qualifiers. Athletes will be dismissed from class at 12:45 p.m. and the bus will leave at 1 p.m. As soon as we have a meet information sheet it will be sent out to this email list. Panthers finish in fourth place at Regional Finals; Inosencio and Starr qualify for MHSAA State Finals Western's men's track & field team finished in fourth place behind Coldwater, Mason and Olivet, and just one point ahead of fifth place Harper Creek at the Regional Finals, which were hosted at Mason High School Friday night. For many of our athletes, third place was the story of the day, in most cases thanks to highly improved performances. Painfully, though, to qualifying for the MHSAA State Finals requires a second place Regional finish in an individual event, or meeting the MHSAA's Additional Qualifying Standard. Perhaps due to an unusually cold April, additional qualifiers were rare across the state this year. In open events, senior Alex Inosencio finished 3rd in the 110m high hurdles, sophomore Ian Devin finished third in the 300m intermediate hurdles, and junior Nathan Burk finished third in the 400m dash. The 4x100m relay team of freshman Ben Lum, sophomore James Bloomfield, señor Luke French and Devine cut more than a second off our previous season best to finish in third place in the event. Finishing in better than third place, though, Inosencio, who cleared 15 feet and became Regional Champion in the event, and junior Gezahegn Starr, who ran a huge PR of 4:25.66 in the 1600m run and was runner up in both this and the 3200m run. Thank you, Panthers, for working and growing to become the best versions of ourselves. Now let's remember as we work to put an exclamation point on the end of our season, the best growth is never comfortable.
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