Negaunee did that in convincing fashion here Saturday by retaining its MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals championship in Division 1 girls track and field with 173 points.

Marquette earned the runner-up honor, 50 points back with 123, while third-place Gladstone had less than half the Sentinels with 61 as Houghton posted 46.

Manistique was fifth with 33, followed by Kingsford with 27, Sault Ste. Marie 26, Calumet 19, Escanaba 16 and Menominee 4. Westwood didn’t score.

“We thought we had an outstanding season, although you’re still a little nervous coming in,” Miners coach Vickie Paupore said. “The girls worked hard. They believed in themselves and each other.

Negaunee’s Sadie Rogers, center, leads and would win the 100-meter hurdles in Division 1 girls track and field at the Upper Peninsula Finals held on Saturday in Kingsford. (Cara Kamps photo courtesy MHSAA.com)

“All of our throwers showed up today and got personal bests. All of the girls performed very well.”

Negaunee junior Sadie Rogers set the U.P. Division 1 Finals record in the 300-meter hurdles in 45.04 seconds, eclipsing the previous record of 45.40 run by Sault Ste. Marie’s Selena Moser in 2010.

That marked a school record for Rogers, who also won the 100 hurdles in a season-best 15.96 seconds and placed second in the 200 in a school-best 26.21 on this sunny and warm afternoon.

Rogers also joined the Miners’ victorious 1,600 relay in 4:13.89, joining Riley Conklin, Josie Mechling and Brynn Wieciech.

Marquette freshman Jordyn Anthony tied the U.P. D-1 Finals record in the 100 at 12.55, which she shares with Calumet’s Chelsea Jacques from 2012.

Marquette’s Jordyn Anthony, center, leans into the finish line during a Sentinels’ relay victory in Division 1 girls track and field at the Upper Peninsula Finals held on Saturday in Kingsford. She was part of Marquette’s wins in the 400 and 800 relays, while the Sentinels also won the 3,200 relay. (Cara Kamps photo courtesy MHSAA.com)

“She’s a very talented runner,” Rogers said.

“It’s so relieving to set the school record in the 300 hurdles. It was just so hard to get here, and it feels so good to get the school record in the 200.

“This is a confidence builder for sure. Having good weather also helped. These were perfect conditions.”

Anthony also won the 200 in a personal-best 26.11 and helped the Sentinels sweep the sprint relays. Those 400 and 800 relays had the same quartet — Anthony, Kiera Daugherty, Eva Nystrom and Taylen Todd.

Todd added a victory in long jump with 16 feet, 8½ inches. Kingsford junior Mylee Kreider was runner-up less than two inches back at 16-6¾.

Miners junior Keira Waterman added a Negaunee school record while winning the 800 in 2:19.78, followed by Marquette senior Ella Fure in a personal-best 2:21.14 and freshman Emma Ziegler going in 2:33.82.

Waterman also won the 400 in a personal-best 58.5 and placed third in long jump with a leap of 15-3¼.

Sophomore Elvera Coyne provided the Miners with yet another school record while placing second in the 100 in 12.61, just six-hundredths of a second after Anthony, followed by junior teammate Izzy Francisco in 12.90.

Coyne’s season-ending effort in the 100 topped the previous record of 12.62 by Macyn DellAngelo set just a year ago.

“It felt amazing,” Coyne said. “It’s an awesome feeling to do it as a sophomore. Macyn has been a good friend of mine.”

Negaunee junior Priya Morey added a first in the discus at 110-5.

Fure, who anchored the winning 3,200 relay, making it three out of four relay victories for the Sentinels, later set a meet record in the open 3,200 in 11:21.58, which surpassed the previous best from seven years ago of 11:25.52 by Emily Paupore of Negaunee.

The rest of the quartet in the 3,200 relay was Amira Perrier, Ava Cantway and Ziegler.

“The 3,200 is my race,” Fure said a week after running a 10:49.17 at downstate Grand Rapids and winning by just over a full minute in Kingsford. “I was real confident because all three of us PR’d (personal record) downstate. I knew I could run a sub-11 (minutes). Emma Ziegler had a good, strong finish and Ava Cantway ran real well.”

Fure also won the 1,600 in 5:17.46.

Manistique set a school record while placing third in the 800 relay in 1:50.42, and senior Gwen Brewster took first in shot put with 33-1½.

“I just kept pushing myself,” freshman Harper Andersen said after anchoring Manistique’s record-setting relay that also included Kendyl Flodin, Alexandria Scheffer and Aaliyah Sears. “Our handoffs went well. This makes me feel I can accomplish a lot because I’m a part of this.”

Also winning championships were Escanaba’s Rayne Martin in the high jump and Gladstone’s Maggie Karl in the pole vault.

Houghton’s Amy Sziber finished first in the 100, 200 and shot put adaptive events.

Westwood’s best finish, which just missing scoring, was Elizabeth King placing seventh in the discus with 95-2, just three inches out of a point-scoring sixth place.

Other area runners-up included Negaunee’s two sprint relays, losing to Marquette by just about a half-second in the 400 relay and 1 1/3 seconds in the 800 relay. Each of those quartets consisted of Wieciech, Francisco, Ayla Reichel and Coyne.

Mechling was second in the 300 hurdles, while teammate Nori Korsman was second in the pole vault.

From Marquette, Brynn Auto was runner-up in the discus.

John Vrancic is a sports writer affiliated with the Daily Press of Escanaba who was reporting for the Michigan High School Athletic Association website, mhsaa.com.