Track: Chemics’ depth too much for Oilers

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The depth of the Midland High boys and girls track teams was on display Tuesday as the two squads defeated Mount Pleasant by almost identical scores.

The girls scored 99 total points to Mount Pleasant’s 38, helped by 11 first-place, 11 second-place, and 10 third-place finishes.

Sophomore Ashley Lang and freshman Maria Beach led the way for the Chemics with four top finishes each. Lang scored a first-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.45 while Beach had the top finish in the 100 with a time of 16.59. Both were on the winning 400, 800, and 1600-meter relay teams, as well.

Senior Kayla Prieto also had a big night for Midland in winning three events. Prieto won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02 and also served on the winning 800 and 1600-meter relay teams.

Senior Stephanie Lucas took the 1600-meter run (5:40) and was on the winning 3200-meter relay team, while freshman Jessica Jarema scored two first-place finishes in the 800 and 400-meter relays. Freshman Stephanie Seibert was on the winning 1600 and 3200-meter relay teams.

Perhaps the one area of weakness for the girls on the night was the field events, where the Chemics took only two of the five competitions. Junior Kelsey Schiel won the pole vault by clearing 8-1 while senior Dana Koenig was tops in the long jump at 15-11. The girls did score four second-place and four third-place finishes in those events.

Meanwhile, sophomore Ethan Roberson had four top finishes as the boys scored 98.5 points to Mount Pleasant’s 37.5. Roberson took the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 11.08 and 23.175, respectively, and he also served on the winning 400 and 800-meter relay teams.

Junior Jeff Brown won the 110-meter hurdles and the 800-meter relay, and junior Jeff Lehnerer was tops in the long jump (19-2.75) and 400-meter relay.

Freshman Alex Perry served on the winning 400 and 800-meter relay teams, and junior Zach Romer won the 3200-meter run (10:27.7) and was on the top 3200-meter relay team to round out the multiple winners for Midland.

In the other field events, senior Mychael King won the shot put with a throw of 54-10, junior Andrew Grillo was tops in discus at 137-2, and junior Kevin Nehil won the pole vault by clearing 13 feet even.

Next up for both teams is Saturday’s Hemlock Invitational. The scheduled start time is 9:30 a.m.