The Seaholm Track team is rounding the final bend and heading in to the finish as their 2009 spring season comes to a close.
With a strong record going into the division meet on May 8, they were 5-1 only losing to North Farmington.
“I had high expectations going into the league meet, but that was tainted almost immediately,” senior Ryan Schloff said.
The boys team went in and had a disappointing finish of 7th place, while the girls finished strong with a 2nd place finish.
“We were good, the boys let us down as a team, but we (girls) did very well and I was proud,” senior Sydne Hudson said.
Described as being the more colorful part of the team, the boys throwing team was led by Coach Amb Beaver. Where they have strong throwers such as Hunter Bartosik, Andy Mcdermott, and Mitchell Kaufman.
“I love Amb Beaver. She’s a great coach and I’ve improved so much this year,” junior Nick Cromie said.
At the Regional’s meet on May 15, Seaholm performed strong with both boys and girls finishing in fifth place out of 16.
From the Boys team, seniors Andy McDermott, Stephen Burke, and Will Kane qualified themselves for competition at the State championships.
“I’m happy I made states and proud of my performance, I thought I had the discus in the bag, but this kid from country day came out of nowhere and beat me, they took our jobs!,” senior Andy McDermott said.
In the 800m race, Will Kane, who was recovering from a knee injury, took an impressive win, with a meet record time of 1:58:72.
The Girls performed equally as well by taking a strong victory in the 1600m relay setting another meet record. State qualifiers include sophomore Rachel Redmond in the 110m hurdles and senior Lauren Nichols in the 400m dash.
“Overall this year went alright, I mean every aspect of our team was well and we had our strong points. But I think overall as a team, we could have done better, we just need sprinters, we don’t have enough. But effort was definitely not a problem, nor was heart, we had plenty of each, I have very high hopes for next year,” Coach Jeff Devantier said.
The Track team then travels to Farmington High school for the Oakland County meet on May 22 where Devantier is looking to win the meet and is well in the realm of doing so.
“After our strong performance at Regional’s I am confident for the county meet. So far, Farmington has been our closest opponent, and our only loss, if we can beat them, we very easily can win the Oakland county meet,” added Devantier.
On May 30, the team is going to the State Championships in Zeeland where the team is eager for the victory.
“This season would be great if we ended on the note of State Champions, I’ve had a really great year and think it would cap it off with the State victory, the year went by so fast, I had a lot of fun,” senior Mitchell Kaufman said.
