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Petoskey Kiwanis Invitational
4.0 months ago @ 6:51AM
- Game Date
- Sep 20, 2025
The flames of the Blazers shone brightly in the rain at the 51st Petoskey Kiwanis Invitational on Saturday, September 20. Concern over lightning scooted things along while teams competed for status in their division. Harbor Springs won the D3 girl's meet,while Ava Pawlick of Petoskey placed first among all divisions in 20:58, and Charlevoix won the D3 boy's meet, led by Hunter Eaton, who ran a 15:56 and was the first boy to finish.
Aaliyah Hillier won the D3 girl's race! She placed third of all divisions, with a 21:18.2. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Paige Balliet, with a PR, scored for the girls, who placed third of the 5 D3 schools attending. Navaya Ocampaugh ran a season record.
Owen McGlone led the Blazers with a time of 18:21.8. Seth Storm, Kellen TenHopen, Alex Bontrager, and Ephraim Conway scored for the Blazers for a finish in 5th. Storm and TenHopen ran PRs, and Conway got a SR. Matt Cox, Afton Staley, Mason Doehring, and Brayden Vanderloop also ran PRs. The Shetler boys, Jackson and Owen, battled it out, getting some miles after a rough week, which included Jackson playing in a game against Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart and helping Kalkaska football to a 4-0 season!
Kalkaska was the only team to score in D3 for the 7th & 8th grade race. Brynlee Adams led the way for the Blazers with a PR of 17:28.1. Avery Shriver, Ryane Gilbert, Gwen Finley, and McKenna Jenkins scored for the team, with Gilbert running a PR, and Shriver and Finley running SRs.
The middle school boys were led by J.J. Fox, with a PR of 12:00.5, and a third place finish overall. Kyle Ball also ran a PR, and Griffin Anderson and Sam Belongia had SRs. The team was one runner short of scoring.
In the 6th grade race, Leylah Ochampaugh ran a SR, and Luke Scott, Brecken TenHopen, Ben Borden, and Alex Wegener ran PRs. Great running 6th grade!
Results are here: Petoskey Invitational
The Blazers will race again on Tuesday, September 23 in Elk Rapids!