Announcement
Northside Sophomore 4x880 Yards Relay WINS! Malcolm Grba WINS Sophomore 880 Yards Run! Ari Perlmutter WINS Shot Put! Adrian Black SECOND in the Mile!
Fenton is the home of the Metro Suburban Conference Track and Field Champions. Fenton has won the Metro Suburban Conference Track & Field Championships, two of the last four years, and famous alumni include Olympian Jim Spivey, and Chris Siemers.
Fenton is a special venue, and a great atmosphere for Track & Field. The P.A. announcer makes all of the Teams feel welcome, and gives scoring updates after every event. The announcer also lets the crowd know the height of the High Jump cross bar throughout the evening competition.
Fenton also features a 135 yards track. Athletes have the priviledge of knowing their racing splits every 135 yards for 26 laps in the Two miles run.
All of the events are in Yards at Fenton. As a result, the athletes race 3,510 yards for the Two Miles run, which is actually 3,209.54 Meters. The athletes race 1,755 yards for the mile, which is actually 1,604.772 Meters. The athletes race 880 yards for the half-mile, which is actually 804.672 Meters. The athletes race 440 yards for the quarter, which is actually 402.336 Meters. The athletes race 220 yards for the 200, which is actually 201.168 Meters.
The Fenton Indoor Classic featured Gordon Tech, Conant, Northside College Prep, and host Fenton. Individual Events were scored 6-4-3-2-1, and Relays were scored 6-4-2.
The Northside Sophomore-Freshman Boys Team scored 75.5 points, and posted victories over Fenton (44 points), and Gordon Tech (13.50 points). The Northside Sophomore Boys now have a season record of 21-1.
In the Shot Put, Northside Sophomore Ari Perlmutter WON it with an outstanding throw of 36'10.5. Conant's Rosen finished in second place with a throw of 33'1. Gordon Tech's Colome finished in third place with a throw of 31'0. Gordon Tech Rivas finished in fourth place with a throw of 30'10. Fenton's Woodlock finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 30'4. Northside Sophomore Declan Galleher threw a season best 22'7. Northside Sophomore Alejandro Ballesteros threw an outstanding 21'10.
In the Long Jump, Conant's Collin won it with a jump of 19'5.25. Conant's Engelbeetsen finished in second place with a jump of 17'5.25. Northside Sophomore Matt Osborne finished in third place with a personal best jump of 17'4.25. Conant's Shin finished in fourth place with a jump of 16'5. Northside Sophomore Mana Hilmara finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a personal best jump of 16'3.50.
In the Triple Jump, Conant's Block won it with a jump of 36'3.50. Northside Sophomore Porter Abbey finished in second place with a jump of 35'5.50. Northside Sophomore Matt Osborne finished in third place with a jump of 34'10. Conant's Kim finished in fourth place with a jump of 33'4.25.
In the High Jump, Conant's Cowans won it with a leap of 5'8. Northside Sophomore Ari Perlmutter finished in second place with a jump of 5'2. Conant's Valoucha finished in third place with a jump of 4'10. Fenton's Dobon finished in fourth place with a jump of 4'8. Northside Sophomore Mana Hilmara took one jump in the competition at 4'4, and passed on his remaining jumps, and won the tie-breaker for fifth place, by having the least number of misses in the competition. Northside Sophomore Alejandro Ballesteros jumped a personal best 4'4.
