Hornets Tune Up For Regional

The Hornet athletes competed against 25 other teams in the state in a meet that had all talent but very little of the pressure of a regional tournament.

“We’re still trying people in different events just to see where they might best fit,” said Allan Leslie, who coaches the boys’ team that was ranked first in Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association rankings this week. “We’re  looking for what will give us the best chance to be our best when the important part of the season comes in two weeks.”

Leslie was referring to the MHSAA regional, which will also be held at Saline High School, and then the SEC meet.

Garrick Roemer had a big day for Saline. He won the 400 and was second in the 200. He also helped Saline finish the day with a win the in 4-by-400 relay and helped the team to fourth in the 4-by-200 relay.

"He put in a hard day's work and was still working hard in the last event of the day," Leslie said.

Matt Elms won the 800 in 1.55.93. Freshman Logan Wetzel took the 1,600 in 4:22.67.

In the field, John Smutny won the discus with a throw of 148-08.

Leslie said he was happy with the where the team is at this stage of the season. He said he's not worried about the team letting the MITCA ranking go to its head.

"We've got a lot of seniors, like Garrick Roemer, Spencer Bishop and Steve Bastien who've been competing for a lot of years. They just want to win. That's what matters," Leslie said. "On some teams, a freshman like Logan Wetzel coming in and doing what he's doing might be viewed as a threat by some seniors. But our seniors encourage Logan, because they know the better he does, the better the team does."

For the full results, click here. Below are Saline's results.

Mens Results

X 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals     X 100 Meters - Varsity - Semi-Finals   13 Roel Galinato 11.71a Sali 12
16 Gabe Becton 11.83a Sali 11
  X 100 Meters - Varsity - Prelims   11 Gabe Becton 11.69a Sali 11
15 Roel Galinato 11.76a Sali 12
30 Jesse Ouellette 12.12a Sali 11
  X 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals   2 Garrick Roemer 22.83a Sali 12
  X 200 Meters - Varsity - Semi-Finals   3 Garrick Roemer 22.83a Sali 12
  X 200 Meters - Varsity - Prelims   8 Garrick Roemer 22.74a Sali 12
18 Mitchell Suddendorf 23.92a Sali 11
19 Matt Goeman 23.96a Sali 11
  X 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Garrick Roemer 49.58a Sali 12
6 Ryan Gauche 51.61a Sali 10
14 Christopher Slattery 53.30a Sali 10
  X 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Matthew Elms 1:55.93a Sali 11
4 Jonathan Parker 1:58.79a Sali 12
5 Terrell McGee 2:00.13a Sali 12
11 Ryan Wilkie 2:02.26a Sali 10
  X 1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Logan Wetzel 4:22.67a Sali 9
4 Andrew Kitto 4:25.36a Sali 11
7 Spencer Bishop 4:28.50a Sali 12
8 Anthony Lamus 4:29.98a Sali 10
11 Grant Praschan 4:33.58a Sali 11
2 Colin Burnett 4:42.54a Sali 9
5 Kevin Hall 4:45.41a Sali 9
13 Eduardo Gonzalez 5:06.19a Sali 9
19 Samuel Cayen 5:10.65a Sali 9
30 Evan Czechowicz 5:28.68a Sali 9
33 Colwyn Fischbach 5:43.90a Sali 9
34 Alec Greene 5:47.18a Sali 9
37 Brendan Hogan 6:00.20a Sali 9
39 Hayden Smith 6:23.52a Sali 9
  X 3200 Meters - Varsity - Finals   7 Nick Renberg 9:39.33a Sali 12
10 Dylan Jennings 9:52.19a Sali 11
14 Sean Dew 10:04.35a Sali 10
37 Connor Phelps 10:35.93a Sali 10
39 Justin Henry 10:38.75a Sali 12
  X 110m Hurdles - 39" - Varsity - Finals   8 Thomas Eby 16.63a Sali 12
  X 110m Hurdles - 39" - Varsity - Semi-Finals   8 Thomas Eby 16.57a Sali 12
  X 110m Hurdles - 39" - Varsity - Prelims   11 Thomas Eby 16.75a Sali 12
22 Joey Leptich 17.93a Sali 11
26 Hunter Krebs 18.39a Sali 11
  X 300m Hurdles - 36" - Varsity - Finals   9 Thomas Eby 43.26a Sali 12
15 Jordan King 44.10a Sali 12
27 Joey Leptich 45.52a Sali 11
  X 4x100 Relay - Varsity - Finals   3 Gabe Becton
Matt Goeman
Roel Galinato
Thomas Eby 44.22a Sali

11 Kevin Gross
Xavier Gross
Bradley McCormick
Michael Andreas 46.27a Sali

  X 4x200 Relay - Varsity - Finals   4 Steven Bastien
Garrick Roemer
Matt Goeman
Bradley McCormick 1:31.58a Sali

-- Roel Galinato
Mitchell Suddendorf
Christopher Slattery
Michael Andreas DNF Sali

  X 4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals   1 Steven Bastien
Garrick Roemer
Ryan Gauche
Logan Wetzel 3:25.44a Sali

2 Matthew Elms
Terrell McGee
Jonathan Parker
Spencer Bishop 3:25.75a Sali

  X 4x800 Relay - Varsity - Finals   1 Logan Wetzel
Terrell McGee
Matthew Elms
Spencer Bishop 7:51.93a Sali

4 Ryan Gauche
Kevin Allport
Jonathan Parker
Ryan Wilkie 8:09.12a Sali

  X Distance Medley 12,4,8,16 - Varsity - Finals   5 Alex Bertoia
Matthew Dow
Grant Praschan
Brayden Dana 11:20.07a Sali

6 Ryan Boxeth
Nick Dykman
Brian Diefebach
Evan Park 11:36.67a Sali

  X Shot Put - 12lb - Varsity - Finals   5 John Smutny 44-11.50 Sali 10
9 Ike Nwokeji 43-11.25 Sali 12
14 Nicholas Sawyer 42-08.50 Sali 10
16 Kadri Usein 42-00.00 Sali 11
  X Discus - 1.6kg - Varsity - Finals   1 John Smutny 148-08 Sali 10
8 Nicholas Sawyer 128-04 Sali 10
18 Kadri Usein 116-09 Sali 11
29 Ike Nwokeji 104-01 Sali 12
  X High Jump - Varsity - Finals   6 Bradley McCormick 5-06.00 Sali 10
6 Joey Leptich 5-06.00 Sali 11
-- Alexander Mepham NH Sali 10
-- Mike Smutny NH Sali 12
  X Pole Vault - Varsity - Finals   3 Steven Bastien 13-03.00 Sali 12
4 Kaj Althaus 12-06.00 Sali 10
17 Vincent Olsen 11-00.00 Sali 11
17 Tristin Clark 11-00.00 Sali 11
  X Long Jump - Varsity - Finals   3 Steven Bastien 22-01.50 Sali 12
18 Michael Andreas 19-00.00 Sali 12
19 Patrick Canavan 18-11.75 Sali 9
39 Kevin Gross 17-04.25 Sali 9