Roosevelt girls nab third at Metro Classic

The Roosevelt boys and girls track teams ran in the annual Metro Classic meet at Woodhaven on May 13. The Metro Classic is the remnants of the old News-Herald Track & Field Invitational and featured most of the area’s teams plus a few others.

The Wyandotte girls had a fine day, scoring 78 points and finishing third behind champion Riverview and runner up Allen Park. Roosevelt, Huron and Grosse Ile rounded out the top five girls teams.

The Wyandotte boys were fifth with 41.33 points. The boys finished behind meet champion Riverview, Carlson, Woodhaven and Allen Park.

Roosevelt’s distance star Samantha Cost had a strong showing, scoring a pair of individual second-places and anchoring the winning 4x800 relay.

Cost was second to Woodhaven’s Peyton Scheffler in both the 800 and 1,600 meters and she anchored the relay team of Eleanor Grant, Abby Caudill and Mercedes Dziendziel to a victory in 10:06. The Bears finished 11 seconds ahead of second-place Allen Park.

Taylor Fuller tied for first in the pole vault; Ania Toboy was second in the discus and fifth on the shot put; Grant added a third place in the 3,200 meters and a sixth place in the 1,600; Katherine Fugon-Saravia was third in the discus; Leela Hall was fourth in the high jump; Lauren Marino was fifth in the 3,200; Wilana Dancy was fifth in the 100 hurdles; and Maci Krajewski was sixth on the high jump.

Points were a little more difficult to come by for the boys.

DeMario Roetherford was first in the discus and teammate Lukas Ray was second; Ray was also second in the shot put; Chase Cline was second in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the high hurdles; and Alex Emory was part of a nine-way tie for third place in the high jump.

The Bears were at an MHSAA Division regional at Saline on May 19. Any state qualifiers from that meet will compete at the D1 state finals at Rockford High School June 3.

Before that, the Bears will host the Downriver League meet on May 23.