State Meet Wrap-up

On the weekend of February 24-25, Breen Track Club participated in the MITS Indoor State Champions at Saginaw Valley State University. This year was another record year, with 76 members participating in the meet and 53 bringing home medals with 18 all-state performances. Of those performances, we had 4 state titles, including two individuals, and two relays. Individually, Megan Worrel (Troy HS) won the 800m for the second straight year in a time of 2:11.99 and Karenna Duffey (L’Anse Creuse North) won the 1600m in a time of 5:00.7, and was followed closely by freshman Sophie Novak (Lake Orion) in a 5:03.48. The girls also had two state championship relays. In the DMR, the team of Elizabeth Dalrymple (Clarkston), Lauren Fulcher (Troy HS), Hannah Palomino (Troy HS), and Megan Worrel (Troy HS) ran an incredible time of 11:55.30, which broke the meet record. The 4x800m team of Katie Forsyth (Royal Oak HS), Paige Anderson (Troy HS), Lauren Fulcher (Troy HS), and Megan Worrel (Troy HS) won the state title in a time of 9:17.69. In addition to these fantastic performances, there was depth in talent as shown in multiple club relays also earning All-State accolades:

Girls All-State Performances

4×800

Breen A – 1st 9:17.69

• Katie Forsyth
• Paige Anderson
• Lauren Fulcher
• Megan Worrel

Breen B – 3rd 9:24.78

• Mallory Ferguson
• Emily Ferguson
• Lizzy Dalrymple
• Lizzy Bulat

Breen C – 6th 9:45.81

• Cassie Nadasky
• Claire Thomson
• Mattie Drennan
• Eva Jansohn

Breen D – 8th 9:52.33

• Allison Sherman
• Mia Patria
• Jessie Schamanek
• Alexa Ligon

DMR

Breen A – 1st 11:55.30

• Lizzy Dalrymple
• Lauren Fulcher
• Hannah Palomino
• Megan Worrel

Breen B – 3rd 12:20.67

• Paige Anderson
• Emily Ferguson
• Katie Forsyth
• Mallory Ferguson

Breen C – 8th 12:38.82

• Meghan Monaghan
• Mattie Drennan
• Mia Patria
• Allison Sherman

 

Sprint Medley Relay

Breen A – 6th 4:19.25

• Cassie Nadasky
• Maya Smith
• Alexa Ligon
• Lizzy Bulat

4 x 400 – 5th 4:02.31
Breen A

• Megan Worrel
• Lauren Fulcher
• Hannah Palomino
• Lizzy Dalrymple

800: Megan Worrel 1st 2:11.99

1600: Karenna Duffey 1st 5:00.70, Sofie Novak 2nd 5:03.48

Weight Throw: Brooke Coulter 2nd 40′ 7.5″

60m Hurdles: Lauren Fulcher 8th 9.24

 

Boys All-State Performances

SMR: 3rd 3:34.58

• Cameron Wright
• Ramfy Cohn
• Zac Schneck
• Austin Remick

4×400: 8th 3:29.64

• Zac Schneck
• Robert Dwyer
• Austin Remick
• Marcus Jackson

4×800: 8th 8:11.14

• Matt Medaugh
• Sam Tarling
• Donald O’Keefe
• Dominic Bruce

1600: Austin Remick 6th 4:18.9

National Meet Wrap-up

On the weekend of March 9-11, members of the club headed to New York to compete in the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet. Here, the outstanding performances continued with several All-American performances along with a national title in the girls Distance Medley Relay! In a thrilling race with an incredible finish, the team from Troy HS of Hannah Palomino, Paige Anderson, Megan Monaghan, and Megan Worrel won the 4×1 mile event! I high recommend that you check out this race to watch it unfold. Girls 4×1 mile Championship Race

Also earning All-American honors were the girls DMR from Troy HS of Megan Monaghan, Lauren Fulcher, Hannah Palomino, and Megan Worrel. They places 4th with a time of 11:55.41. The ladies from Troy, Hannah Palomino, Paige Anderson, Lauren Fulcher, and Megan Worrel came back again in the 4x800m to take 4th with a 9:12.51. Individually, Sophie Novak of Lake Orion placed 6th in the Freshaman 1600 with a time of 5:05.42

Girls National Qualifiers and Performances

Distance Medley Relay

Breen-Troy 4th

• Meghan Monaghan
• Lauren Fulcher
• Hannah Palomino
• Megan Worrel

Breen-Clarkston 9th

• Elizabeth Dalrymple
• Allie Eriksen
• Mia Patria
• Mallory Ferguson

4×800

Breen – Troy 4th

• Hannha Palomino
• Paige Anderson
• Lauren Fulcher
• Megan Worrel

4×1 Mile

Breen – Troy 1st

• Megan Worrel
• Paige Anderson
• Hannah Palomino
• Megan Monaghan

Breen-Clarkston11th

• Elizabeth Dalrymple
• Emily Ferguson
• Grace Nolan
• Mallory Ferguson

Sprint Medley Relay

Breen-Rochester 23rd

• Alexa Ligon
• Casie Nadasky
• Maya Smith
• Elizabeth Bulat

1600m Freshman: Sophie Novak 6th, Paige Anderson 21st

800m: Megan Worrel 12th

Boys National Qualifiers and Performances

Sprint Medley Relay

Breen-Rochester 19th

• Cameron Wright
• Ramfy Cohn
• Zac Schneck
• Austin Remick

 

Results from GVSU

A group of about 15 Breen athletes made the trek to GVSU Saturday. 5 athletes represented the club in the Gazelle Sports Elite Mile to start off a great day. Austin Remick (Rochester) started out the day with an outstanding 4:26.00 finishing in 12th in the elite mile field. Megan Worrel (Troy) led the girls in the elite mile with a 6th place finish in 5:00.30. She was followed by Hannah Palomino (Troy) finishing 8th in 5:06.90 and Elizabeth Dalrymple (Clarkston) finishing 12th in 5:12.80. Mallory Ferguson (Clarkston) ran 5:14.70 in the 1600 to punch her ticket to the state finals. Joining her in qualifying to the state finals was a pair of first time qualifiers in Meghan Monaghan (Troy) in 5:18.50 and Donald O’Keefe (Troy) in 4:34.00.

 

Austin(Rochester) would come back in the 800 meters and run a state qualifying 2:02.40 to finish a very nice day. In the girls 800 the Breen girls showed their talent and depth and had 4 girls under that state qualifying time including a state leading time. Megan Worrel (Troy) improved her state leading 800 time to 2:16.90 for the win. She was followed by Lauren Fulcher (Troy) joining the sub 2:20 club in only her second 800 ever and running 2:19.50.   2:22.70, and Mallory Furguson (Clarkston) 2:25.60 capped off an outstanding day for the distance races. The day wasn’t quite finished though as Lauren Fulcher (Troy) came back in the 60 hurdles right after the 800 and just missed her pr by .03 while running 9.48 and finishing 3rd.

Results from SVSU

A much larger field of about 70 athletes of Breen Track Club went to SVSU and got off to a great start with numerous first time participants, some early PR’s, and several state meet qualifying marks. The girls sprint medley relay of Callie Dickens (Clarkston), Javionna Davis (Rochester), Haley Puskar (Clarkston), Mia Patria (Clarkston) ran 4:41.25 to beat the qualifying time of 4:46. Also, the girls 4×400 relay of Bridget Cusick (Oxford), Karenna Duffey (L’Ance Creuse North), Antonia Vackaro (Oxford), Callie Dickens ran 4:26.91 to get under the 4:32 qualifying mark.

Individually, Dominic Bruce (Oxford) qualified for his first indoor state meet in style doing it in two events in one day, by running a 4:32.50 1600m and a 2:04.11 800m. Last years indoor state champion in the 1600m Karenna Duffey ran a season best of 5:07.99 to win the event.

Another first time qualifier was Sky Fugmann (Troy) with a huge foot plus personal best of 16-02.5 in the long jump, well over the 15-03 qualifying standard. A special mention for Hunter Green (Oxford) that ran two personal bests in the 1600m and 800m on his birthday, running 4:45 and 2:12! In the Girls 60 M high hurdles, two Breen runners qualified for the state championship with times that met the qualifying standard of 11.0 seconds. Erinn Costello (Groves), clocked a time of 10.47 in the final round. Haley Puskar ran an 11.0 in the preliminary round.

Several middle school athletes walked onto the indoor track stage for the first time, toeing up with high school runners. This can certainly be an intimidating environment, but the kids showed great confidence in their efforts. In the 1600m, Amanda Solden (Van Hoosen) and Kate Meinecke (Guardian Angels) lead the girls with a 5:45.45 and 5:45.56 effort. They were followed closely by Alaine Cusick (Oxford) and Jessica Jarski (Holy Family). Nathaniel Smith (Clarkston) had an outstanding effort as well, clocking a 5:17.24. He was followed by teammates Brendan Washburn (Hart) and Drew Kovacs (Smith). Erika Mann (Avondale) had a near personal record performance in the long jump, and came back with Javonaye Davis (Ruther) in the 60m dash to start their indoor track careers.

Breen Track Club will take a break this weekend, but be be back at it on January 19 at SVSU!