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Boys Track: MHSAA Regionals @ Livonia Stevenson
Updated on 08/11/2024
Updated on 08/11/2024
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Canton Men's Track and Field Athletes and Coaches on an amazing day at the Regional Championships yesterday!
Out of the 16 teams in Region 6 of Division 1, Canton finished in 2nd place with 111.5 points!
The team finished with 3 Individual Regional Champions, 1 Relay Regional Champion, 9 State Qualifiers (several in more than one event!), 14 individual All-Region finishes, 3 Relay All-Region finishes, and THREE school records broken, one of them being a new Park record too! Once again, the Canton Track and Field Men had. a. day.
PHOTOS ARE HERE: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4RFvpEGr6x4xD9v57 Thanks as always to Lori Lookliss and Chung Yu for covering such a big meet on a long day!
You can see the meet results for Canton at this link: https://live.fstiming.com/meets/37895/teams/884082
Full results can be found here: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/533469/results
CONGRATULATIONS to our 9 STATE QUALIFIERS (placed 1st or 2nd or met the additional qualifying standard):
- Quincy Isaac (11): 4x State Qualifier: 200m Sprint, 22.39; High Jump, 6'2"; Long Jump, 24'3.25"; 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Mitchell Clark (12): 3x State Qualifier: 1600m Run, 4:23.02; 3200m Run, 9:25.23; 4x800m Relay, 7:55.41
- Adam Dicken (11): 3x State Qualifier: 800m Run, 1:56.30; 1600m Run, 4:20.77; 4x800m Relay, 7:55.41
- Brandon Blandino (12): 2x State Qualifier: 1600m Run, 4:23.76; 4x800m Relay, 7:55.41
- Nathan Gilmour (11): 2x State Qualifier: 200m Sprint, 22.39; 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Damon Emerson (12): State Qualifier: 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Phinneas Guoin (10): State Qualifier: 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Clark Madden (11): State Qualifier: 4x800m Relay, 7:55.41
- Nathan Levine (12): State Qualifier: High Jump, 6'6"
CONGRATULATIONS to our Regional Champions who placed 1st in their events:
- Quincy Isaac (11): 3x Regional Champion: Long Jump (2nd year in a row), 24'3.25"; 200m Sprint, 22.39; 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Nathan Levine (12): Regional Champion: High Jump (4th year in a row), 6'6"
- Damon Emerson (12): Regional Champion: 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Nathan Gilmour (11): Regional Champion: 4x100m Relay, 42.49
- Phinneas Guoin (10): Regional Champion: 4x100m Relay, 42.49
CONGRATULATIONS to these 11 athletes who placed in the top 8 of an individual event or top 4 of a relay event to go All-Region (many in addition to other state qualifying or regional championship placements!):
- Nathan Gilmour (11): Additional All-Region finish: 3rd place, 100m Sprint, 11.30
- Nathan Levine (12): Additional All-Region finish: 5th place, 300m Hurdles, 41.99
- Damon Emerson (12): Additional All-Region finish: 3rd place, 400m Run, 53.57
- Aiden Pengelly (10): All-Region finish: 6th place, 3200m Run, 9:33.49
- Noah Vargas (11): All-Region finish: 7th place, Pole Vault, 12'9"
- Brandon Blandino (12), Damon Emerson (12), Joey Miller (12), Adam Dicken (11): All-Region finish: 3rd place, 4x400m Relay, 3:30.31
- Brandon Blandino (12), Mitchell Clark (12), Clark Madden (11), Adam Dicken (11): All-Region finish: 3rd place, 4x800m Relay, 7:55.41
CONGRATULATIONS to our 4x100m Relay Team of Quincy Isaac (11), Phinneas Guoin (10), Damon Emerson (12), and Nathan Gilmour (11) - their time of 42.49 yesterday not only made them Regional Champions and State Championship Qualifiers with a 1st place finish, but it also set a new Canton School AND Park Record! There was a tie for the previous Canton record of 43.3, set in 2004 and 2011. The previous Park record of 42.53 was set by a team from Salem in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to our 4x800m Relay Team of Brandon Blandino (12), Mitchell Clark (12), Clark Madden (11), and Adam Dicken (11) - their time of 7:55.41 set a new Canton School Record! The previous record of 7:59.9 has been on the books since 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS to Adam Dicken (11) for breaking his school record, again! Adam ran 4:20.77 in the 1600m Run, setting a new PR and Canton School Record! The school record for the 1600 coming into this season had been on the books since 1988, now it's been broken by Adam, then Mitchell Clark, and now Adam again in just the last month!
It is also worth noting that although only the top 4 relay teams in each event are named all-region, another of our other relay teams did place high enough to score points, which helped the team reach its 2nd place overall finish:
- 6th place (3 pts): Augustus Guoin (9), Jayden Thompson (9), Aaron Coleman (11), Andrew Thaxton (10), 4x200m Relay, 1:34.30
There were also some additional new individual Personal Records set:
- Damon Emerson (12), 400m Run, 50.69
- Brandon Blandino (12), 1600m Run, 4:23.76
- Clark Madden (11), 1600m Run, 4:35.61
- Noah Vargas (11), Pole Vault, 12'9"
CONGRATULATIONS on an outstanding day, athletes and coaches!