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Boys Track & Field KLAA Conference Championships: May 11
Updated on 08/11/2024
Updated on 08/11/2024
CONGRATULATIONS Canton Men's Track and Field Athletes and Coaches! What a banner day at the KLAA Conference Championships yesterday!
Out of the 16 teams in the KLAA Conference, Canton finished in 2nd place with 82 points! This is the team's highest league finish since Canton won the Conference in 2004, and the highest finish in Coach Shough's coaching career, fulfilling his pre-season labeling of this final season before he retires as his legacy season!
The team finished with two event Conference Champions, 10 individual All-Conference finishes (across nine events, several placing in more than one event), and another school record broken! Canton Men had. a. day.
PHOTOS ARE HERE: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4tKEpFHsspRrHUCJ8 Thanks as always to Chung Yu and Lori Lookliss for dealing with that weather all day yesterday to make sure there are great memories from a great day!
You can see the meet results for Canton at this link: https://live.fstiming.com/meets/37601/teams/873208
Full results can be found here: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/521095/results
CONGRATULATIONS to Nathan Levine and Quincy Isaac, who both placed first in their events, emerging as Conference Champions:
- Nathan Levine (12), 1st place (3rd year in a row), High Jump, 6'6"
- Quincy Isaac (11), 1st place (2nd year in a row), Long Jump, 23'2"
CONGRATULATIONS to our 10 athletes who placed in the top 8 of an individual event or top 4 of a relay event to go All-Conference (many went all-conference in more than one event!):
- Quincy Isaac (11) - 4 All-Conference finishes: 1st place, Long Jump, 23'2"; 4th place, 200m Sprint, 22.78, 5th place, High Jump, 6', 4th place, 4x100m Relay, 44.18
- Nathan Gilmour (11) - 3 All-Conference finishes: 2nd place, 200m Sprint, 22.53; 4th place, 100m Sprint, 11.29; 4th place, 4x100m Relay, 44.18
- Nathan Levine (12) - 2 All-Conference finishes: 1st place, High Jump, 6'6"; 3rd place, 300m Hurdles, 41.79
- Adam Dicken (11) - 2 All-Conference finishes: 3rd place, 800m Run, 1:56.86; 6th place, 1600m Run, 4:22.06
- Mitchell Clark (12) - 2 All-Conference finishes: 5th place, 1600m Run, 4:21.13; 6th place, 3200m Run, 9:33.22
- Damon Emerson (12) - 2 All-Conference finishes: 8th place, 400m Run, 53.57; 4th place, 4x100m Relay, 44.18
- Phinneas Guoin (10) - All-Conference finish: 4th place, 4x100m Relay, 44.18
- Aiden Pengelly (10) - All-Conference finish: 5th place, 3200m Run, 9:33.01
- Jordan Edelman (11) - All-Conference finish: 7th place, Discus, 127'09"
- Noah Vargas (11) - All-Conference finish: 8th place, Pole Vault, 11'3"
CONGRATULATIONS to Mitchell Clark (12) for breaking yet another school record! Mitchell ran 4:21.13 in the 1600m Run, setting a new PR and School Record, and breaking the record of 4:21.26 recently set by Adam Dicken in late April. The original school record Adam broke had stood since 1988, now it's been broken twice by two different athletes just this season!
It is also worth noting that although only the top 4 relay teams in each event are named all-conference, two of our other relay teams did place high enough to score points, which helped the team reach its 2nd place overall finish:
- 5th place (4 pts), Brandon Blandino (12), Damon Emerson (12), Joey Miller (12), Adam Dicken (12), 4x400m Relay, 3:31.10
- 8th place (1 pt), Brandon Blandino (12), Ben Clark (11), Steven Dusseau (10), Adam Dicken (12), 4x800m Relay, 8:27.26
There were also some new individual Personal Records set:
- Brandon Blandino (12), 800m Run, 1:59.95
- Mitchell Clark (12), 1600m Run, 4:21.13
- Aiden Pengelly (10), 3200m Run, 9:33.01
- Jordan Edelman (11), Discus, 127'09"
- Jordan Edelman (11), Shot Put, 41'07"
CONGRATULATIONS athletes and coaches! Next meet is Friday 5/17, it's the Regional Championships, hosted by Livonia Stevenson. More info to come!
