MARQUETTE — Newberry dominated in winning both boys and girls team titles at a Division 3 regional in MHSAA Upper Peninsula high school track and field held in St. Ignace on Wednesday.

On Thursday in Baraga, the host Vikings, L’Anse and Republic-Michigamme finished as highly as third as each school qualified athletes for the U.P. Finals to be held in Kingsford on Saturday, May 31.

Division 3 qualifies two relays and four finishers in individual events for the finals.

Here are more details about each regional:

Rahilly, Nwose dominate

Newberry’s Adanne Nwose and Matthew Rahilly had perfect days in their respective meets, Rahilly winning four individual events and Nwose taking three individual and running a leg on an Indians’ relay.

The Newberry girls had a slightly larger margin of victory, scoring 69 points as runner-up St. Ignace had 56, Brimley 47 and Cedarville 10.

In the boys meet, the Indians scored 65 points as Brimley was only four behind with 61. The host Saints and Cedarville tied for third with 24, Paradise had 6, Ojibwe Charter 4 and Mackinac Island 2.

Nwose needed less than a minute and a half — in actual track time — to get her three individual wins, taking the 100-meter dash in 12.99 seconds, the 200 in 27.27 and the 300 hurdles in 48.82.

She also ran a leg on one of Newberry’s two winning girls relays, for her the 1,600.

Teammate Samantha Taylor was just as dominant, taking the 1,600 in 5:14.06, the 3,200 in 11:21.07 and running with her school’s victorious 1,600 and 3,200 relays.

Then there was Abby Taylor, who won the 800 in 2:35.21, and Makennah Russell, who captured the 400 in 1:01.96.

Abby Taylor added top-four qualifying finishes in the 1,600 and 3,200, while Russell did the same in the 100 and 200.

Also qualifying for the Indians’ girls were Sydney Duflo and Ivana Kopkova in the 800, Meah Derusha in the 1,600, Gracie Johnson in the 300 hurdles and Natalie Whalen in the shot put.

Newberry won the 1,600 relay in 4:28.60 and 3,200 relay in 10:51.53 as both included Samantha Taylor and Duflo. Nwose and Russell were also on the 1,600 relay and Kopkova and Abby Taylor on the 3,200.

Rahilly bludgeoned the boys’ field with triumphs in the 100 in 11.82 seconds; 200 in 24.06; high jump by clearing 5 feet, 10 inches; and long jump by leaping 20-1.

The Indians’ Connor Carlson won the 400 in 54.08 and Ethan Pavey the shot put with a heave of 42-6.

With a top-four finish, Carlson also qualified for the finals in the 200, Kellen Bruno in the 1,600 and 3,200, both Garrett Lewicki and Sam Rahilly in the 800, Colter Kitzman in the 300 hurdles, Jude Taylor in the shot put, Craig Whalen in the discus, Logan Thiele in the high jump and Howard Bliss in the pole vault.

The Newberry boys’ winners in the 1,600 relay clocked 3:47.24 and in the 3,200 relay timed 8:59.29. Sam Rahilly, Carlson and Garrett Lewicki were on both, with Kitzman also on the 1,600 and Grant Lewicki on the 3,200.

Trio qualify athletes

The Vikings edged out L’Anse for third place in the boys meet at Baraga, scoring 23 points as the Purple Hornets were fourth with 20. Forest Park won that meet with 63 and Stephenson was runner-up with 46. North Central finished fifth with 12, North Dickinson sixth with 11 and Republic-Michigamme seventh with 8.

In the girls meet, Stephenson won with 61 as FP was second with 46, then ND with 32, L’Anse fourth with 22, Carney-Nadeau had 16, Baraga sixth with 9 and NC 1.

The Hornets’ Connor Kemppainen was the only area athlete who was a double winner at this meet. In the boys meet, he won the 110 hurdles in 16.84 seconds and 300 hurdles in 44.28.

Staying in the boys meet, Baraga’s Nolan Hendrickson won the 100 in 12.26, while R-M’s John Wheeler beat out teammate Kenneth Ambuehl to win the long jump as each was listed with a leap of 16-10.

They both qualify for Kingsford, however, though Ambuehl had another close call as he missed the fourth-place cutoff in the 100 by one-hundredth of a second.

Also qualifying for the Vikings’ boys was Matthew Rinkinen in the 100 and 200, Taven Lewis in the shot put and discus, Cole Roy in the 400, and Nate Sterbenz in the discus.

For L’Anse, Reese Laitila qualified in the 200 and high jump and Dayton Bruzas in the long jump.

Baraga and L’Anse each had a runner-up qualifier in a relay. The Vikings’ 400 relay included Roy, Rinkinen, Lewis and Hendrickson, while the Purple Hornets’ 800 relay had Bruzas, Laitila, Maysen Thompson and Vinny Seratti.

In the girls meet, L’Anse’s Breyette Bowers won the long jump with a leap of 13-9.5 while Baraga’s Elisa Delene took the pole vault by clearing 9-0.

Also qualifying was the Hornets’ Sylvia Allen in the 200, Princess Pierre in the 300 hurdles and Kwynn Voskuhl in the high jump, the same event that the Vikes’ Shayla Elmblad qualified in.

L’Anse also had a winner in its 800 relay in 1:57.46 with Voskuhl, Allen, Pierre and Bowers, while Baraga’s 400 relay was a runner-up with Delene, Elmblad, Rylee Holm and Mya Hendrickson.

Story contents based on results available from the MHSAA website, www.mhsaa.com. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.