SCOTTVILLE – Shelby’s boys and girls track and field teams took fifth at the West Michigan Conference (WMC) Championship Friday, May 9. Senior Trey Gauthier was the star of the night for the Tigers however, claiming the only first place finish for Shelby.
Gauthier – a member of Shelby’s state qualifying 400-meter relay team in 2024 – has speed to spare. That was evident in the 100 dash in Scottville on Friday, as he raced to first place with a time of 11.30.
That mark was just .2 seconds away from an early qualifying (EQ) mark. Gauthier beat out the WMC’s best, as Chase Lorenz (11.31) from Hart came in a very close second.
In total, Shelby’s boys team racked up 36 points which slotted them in fifth place.
Snagging points for the boys by placing in the top six were Gauthier, Venancio Cadena, Isaac Garcia, Elijah Dashiell, Alex Crowder, Jaylin Henderson and Casey Lamblin.
Cadena (4th) and Garcia (6th) placed in the 200 dash, while Dashiell (4th) and Crowder (6th) earned points in the 400 and 3,200 respectively. Henderson and Lamblin excelled in the throwing events, with Lamblin throwing 123-3 in discus to take fifth and Henderson matching that fifth placement with a 35-8.5 throw in shot put.
Shelby ran two relay teams that reached the finals for the boys. The 400 relay team of Garcia, Gauthier, Cadena and Dashiell took third (45.26) while the 800 relay team with the same members took third as well (1:35.24).
The Lady Tigers had a higher point total than the boys, scoring 42 which also landed them in fifth.
The individual running events were highlighted by a fourth place finish from sophomore Noel Parker (1:07.60) in the 400. Freshman Ava Lamberg (1:08.29) also earned points in that same event, finishing sixth.
Jade Harris-Anderson, Grace Hasenbank, April Luna and Annabelle Stark also earned placements in the individual running events. Harris-Anderson (29.95) took sixth in the 200, Hasenbank (6:14.79) was fifth in the 1,600, Luna (14:41.62) took sixth in the 3,200 and Stark (18.82) was fifth in the 100 hurdles.
Shelby ran three relays on the girls team, with the 800 relay team placing the best. That team, made up of Nova Gottschalk, Lamberg, Harris-Anderson and Stark, took second place (1:56.73). The 3,200 relay team of Hasenbank, Luna, Parker and Kathryn Beyer (11:26.68) also took second.
Rounding out the running events were two third place finishes in the 400 and 1,600 relays. The 400 relay team consisted of Gottschalk, Lamberg, Harris-Anderson, Stark (56.43) and the 1,600 relay team included Kylie Brown, Stark, Lamberg and Parker.
Brown and Gottschalk were the only two girls to gain placement points in field events for Shelby. Brown hit a personal record of 4-8 in the high jump for fifth place while Gottschalk (6th) jumped 14-2.5 in long jump.
Shelby will be back in action Saturday, May 17 when they head to Remus for the regional competition at Chippewa Hills.
