While the Miners girls won by well over a hundred points and almost outscored all the rest of the field combined, the Negaunee boys lost to Houghton by just four points as those two teams were more than a hundred points ahead of everyone else.

The NHS girls totaled 234 1/2 points as the Gremlins were runners-up with 100. Calumet placed third with 52, while West Iron County had 50, Hancock 43, Westwood 18, Gwinn 16 and Ishpeming 13 1/2.

Houghton’s boys rolled up 171 points as Negaunee put together 167.

Westwood was a distant third with 63, followed by WIC with 56, Gwinn 31, Calumet 14, Ishpeming 12 and Hancock 9.

Negaunee’s Sadie Rogers takes off for her leg in the girls 1,600-meter relay at the West PAC track and field meet held at Westwood High School in Ishpeming on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Each meet also handed out five special awards, led by the Miners’ Vickie Paupore named Girls Coach of the Year and Houghton’s Erik Johnson the Boys Coach of the Year.

The girls Overall MVP was bestowed on Negaunee’s Sadie Rogers, while teammate Keira Waterman won MVP Sprinter. Hancock’s Alena Pietila earned MVP Distance Runner, while WIC’s Briston Shamion was awarded MVP Field Events.

For the boys, the Miners’ Derek McEachern was named MVP Sprinter, Simon Jaklin MVP Distance Runner and Ethan Gauthier MVP Field Events. Houghton’s Sam Roth earned the Overall MVP.

Here are details from each meet:

Girls meet

Gwinn’s Andrew Soules, left, and Westwood’s Louis Salmi lean in at the finish line vying for second place in the boys 400-meter relay at the West PAC track and field meet held at Westwood High School in Ishpeming on Wednesday. Salmi edged out Soules by two-hundredths of a second for the runner-up position. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Negaunee won a majority of track events, seven of 12, a majority of field events, three of five, and even a majority of relays, three of four.

Rogers and Waterman each were three-time winners, including in two individual events apiece.

Rogers won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.52 seconds, a victory by more than a full second, and the 300 hurdles in 46.99.

Waterman took the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 1 1/2 inches, and the 200 in 27.10.

Both of them joined teammates Josie Mechling and Nori Korsman on the victorious 1,600 relay in 4:09.83, a win by more than 22 seconds.

Korsman also won the pole vault by clearing 7-6.

Teammate Elvera Coyne won the 100 in 12.95 and added a victory in the 400 relay in 53.85 and 800 relay in 1:52.30. Each of the relays had the same four members, Coyne being joined by Brynn Wieciech, Izzy Francisco and Ayla Reichel.

The Miners’ Alina Nelson also won the discus with a throw of 98-0.

Among Negaunee runner-up finishes were one each by the O’Donnell sisters, Paige in the shot put and Clare in the high jump.

The Miners also got a second place from Francisco in the 200, Wieciech in the 400, Mechling in the long jump and Meah Kaye in the pole vault.

Ishpeming’s Nora Jo Anderson was part of a three-way tie for second place in the high jump, while teammate Sophie Mahoski was fourth in the 3,200.

Westwood’s Addelyn Hallum was third in the 200 and fourth in the 100, while Gwinn had a pair of third-place relays — Makayla Delmont, Adeline Derwin, Paula Cadina Padilla and Alayna Soyring were on the 400 relay, while Kadence Ruggerio, Padilla, Delmont and Soyring made up the 800 relay.

Boys meet

Negaunee stayed close to Houghton, despite winning just five events to the Gremlins’ eight, by picking up numerous extra points beyond the event victories.

McEachern won two events for the Miners, taking the 400 in 53.35 seconds and joining the winning Negaunee relay, the 800, in 1:37.63, just two-hundredths of a second ahead of Westwood. That NHS relay also included Blayne LaCosse, Marshall Peters and Evan Asikainen.

Other Miners winners were Gauthier in the discus with a toss of 133-4, Cole Prusi in the long jump with a leap of 18-3 1/2 and Jaklin in the 3,200 in 10:43.14.

Teammate Henry Plummer accounted for a trio of runner-up finishes, in the 1,600 and 3,200 and as part of the 3,200 relay along with Jaklin, Quin Karlstrom and Anders Johnson.

Prusi was second in the 300 hurdles, Cole Pekrul runner-up in the 110 hurdles, McEachern second in the 200 — by just one-hundredth of a second to winner Sam Roth of Houghton — and Gauthier runner-up in the shot put.

Negaunee was also second in the 1,600 relay with LaCosse, McEachern, Aaron Maki and Jace Collins.

Westwood won a pair of events, Louis Salmi in the pole vault after clearing 11-0 and Karter Scherer in the 110 hurdles in 16.84.

The Patriots were also runners-up in two relays, the 400 and 800, with Salmi, Louis Trudell, Ellis King and Jaks Williams in the 400 and Salmi, King, Gavin Comero and Jared Waterman in the 800.

Comero, Waterman, Salmi and King also made up Westwood’s third-place 1,600 relay, while teammate Calvin Carlson was third in the 3,200.

Gwinn had third places in the 400 and 800 relays, each with Gage Jones, Kingston Reynolds, Peyton Bell and Andrew Soules, while Jones was fourth in the 100 and the long jump, Rylee Jones in the pole vault and Bell fourth in the 300 hurdles.

Ishpeming’s top finishes of fourth place were turned in by Kemper Gearhart in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

Story contents based on email received from Westwood athletic director Bobby Zhulkie and Negaunee girls track coach Vickie Paupore. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.