Meet the 2024 Livingston County Girls Track and Field Team

The center of power in Livingston County girls athletics in 2024 was in Brighton and Pinckney.

Of the 19 all-county first team places, Brighton and Pinckney each have eight. The rest of the county has three spots combined.

Brighton’s Gabrielle Bolitho, Nikki Carothers, Carrigan Eberly and Addison Payne each make the first team three times between their individual and relay honors. The same goes for Pinckney’s Madison Cooke, Brielle Reason and CeCe Thorington.

Elle Bissett

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Bissett placed second in the county in the 3,200 (10:59.64), fifth in the 1,600 (5:14.34) and fifth in the 800 (2:24.46). She placed fourth in the 3,200m at the KLAA and regional meets.

Gabrielle Bolitho

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Midway

► Achievements: Bolitho qualified further for state with her third-place finish in 2:19.81 at the regional championships, then ran a personal best 2:17.75 to take 14th place in Division 1. She finished third at KLAA and won two duals in the 800. She also ran two relays at the state meet.

Nikki Carothers

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Carothers’ 3,200 time of 10:57.22 led the county, her 1,600 time of 5:05.47 placed second and her 800 time of 2:20.96 was third. She broke 11 minutes in the 3,200 three times, winning the KLAA meet and placing second at the regional championships. She finished 16th in the Division 1 final in the 3,200m.

Madison Cooke

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Events: Sprint

► Achievements: Cooke had the second-fastest times in the county in the 100 (13.13) and 200 (26.60). After finishing third in the 200 at the SEC White meet, she focused on the relays and pole vault for regionals, running in the state meet in three relays.

Dave Crowe

► School: Pinckney

► Class: First-year student

► Events: Obstacles

► Achievements: Crowe had the best finish ever by a Livingston County freshman, placing second in the 300 hurdles at the Division 2 final in 45.47 seconds. She won the SEC White and regional meets at this event. Crowe finished second in the 100 hurdles at the SEC White meet and ran 15.58 for that event at the MITCA Champion of Champions meet.

Mallory Dickey

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Obstacles

► Achievements: Splitting her time between track and field and softball, Dickey finished third in the SEC White and regional meets in the 300 hurdles. She finished fifth at conference and sixth at regionals in the 100 hurdles. Her 300 hurdles time of 49.02 was second in the county, while her 100 hurdles time of 17.83 was third.

Carrigan Eberly

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Eberly became the first Brighton girl since 1999 and the first from the county since 2010 to win the 1,600m at the regional championships. She finished ninth in the state meet in 5:03.19. She finished fifth at the regional championships in the 3,200m after winning first place in the 3,200m relay and 1,600m earlier in the competition. Her 3,200m time of 11:06.04 ranked fourth in the county.

Nadia Jacobs

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Event: Pole vault

► Achievements: Jacob was the only girl in the county to clear 10 feet in the pole vault this spring, doing just that with her first place finish at the regional competition. The two-time state qualifier won the SEC White championship at 9-3 and finished 11th in the Division 2 state meet at 9-9.

Emma Kanka

► School: Howell

► Class: Second year student

► Events: Throws

► Achievements: Kanka had the best discus throw in the county at 114-5 and was second in the shot put at 35-0.75. She finished fourth at regionals in the discus.

Lexi Le

► School: Howell

► Class: Senior

► Event: big jump

► Achievements: Le finished second at the regional championships with a county best jump of 5-2, qualifying for his second state competition. She finished 14th in the Division 1 final. The placed third in the KLAA competition and won two dual meets.

Juliette Lewis

► School: Brighton

► Class: Second year student

► Events: Midway

► Achievements: Lewis finished second at the regional championships with a county best time of 2:17.10 in the 800. She competed in the state meet in the 800 and two relays. She recorded a time of 58.9 in the 400m and 1,600m relay at the regional championships.

Aubree Meyer

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Throws

► Achievements: Meyer became the first county girl to make all-state in the shot put twice since Hartland’s Cathy Rex in 1977 and 1978. Meyer finished sixth with a throw of 40-7 after placing fifth in junior. She is one of only three girls in the county to clear 40 feet in the shot put, with her best throw being 42-3.75.

Addison Payne

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Events: Sprint

► Achievements: Payne ran a county best time of 58.45 to place second in the 400m at the regional championships. She finished fourth at the KLAA meet and won three dual meets in the 400. Her 200 time of 26.75 ranked third in the county.

Brielle Raison

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Event: Long jump

► Achievements: Reason won his third SEC White championship and second regional championship in the long jump. She posted a county record of 17-4 during the regional competition. Reason made all-state twice, placing fourth as a sophomore and sixth as a junior.

CeCe Thorington

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Sprint

► Achievements: Thorington won the SEC White championship in the 400 in 59.50 seconds and took first place in the 1,600 relay that secured the championship title for the Pirates. She led the county with a time of 12.69 in the 100 and was fourth in the 200 in 27.17, although she ran a school record 25.82 last year. She ran three relays at the state meet.

400 relays

► School: Pinckney

► Runners: Madison Cooke (Jr.), Davea Crowe (Fr.), Brielle Reason (Sr.), CeCe Thorington (Sr.)

► Achievements: That group came together for regionals, as Cooke, Crowe and Thorington sacrificed individual events to help Pinckney put his relay teams together. The Pirates finished second at the regional championships in a county record 50.73 before finishing 23rd in the Division 2 final.

800 relays

► School: Pinckney

► Runners: Madison Cooke (Jr.), Davea Crowe (Fr.), Brielle Reason (Sr.), CeCe Thorington (Sr.)

► Achievements: Pinckney broke the school record with a fifth-place finish in 1:44.22 at the state Division 2 meet. The previous mark of 1:44.22 stood since the 2001 state meet. The Pirates also won the SEC White meet and took second place at regionals.

1,600 relays

► School: Brighton

► Runners: Addison Payne (Jr.), Gabrielle Bolitho (Sr.), Selena White (Soph.), Juliet Lewis (Soph.)

► Achievements: Brighton ran its best time in this relay in eight years, placing second at the regional championships in 4:01.52. Payne and Lewis beat a minute for their 400 split times. The Bulldogs finished 14th in the Division 1 final in 4:03.91.

3,200 relays

► School: Brighton

► Runners: Nikki Carothers (Sr.), Gabrielle Bolitho (Sr.), Juliet Lewis (Soph.), Carrigan Eberly (Sr.)

► Achievements: Brighton set a school record with a winning time of 9:19.30 at the regional meet. The previous mark of 9:19.90 was set in 2016. The Bulldogs won the KLAA meet in 9:25.06. Brighton became All-State by finishing seventh in the state meet in 9:24.29.

SECOND TEAM

Brianna Everson, Brighton, Hurdles, Sr.

Fiona Gitulli, Fowlerville, sprints, Jr.

Mya Karolak, Pinckney, high jump, Jr.

Isabella Kupec, Howell, long jump, Jr.

Callie Kyser, Brighton, sprints, Soph.

Lydia LaMarra, Brighton, distance, Soph.

Abigail Mainka, Brighton, Lance, Sr.

Alyssa Mainka, Brighton, throws, Soph.

Elliana Neuer, Hartland, middle distance, Soph.

Jaelyn Ray, Pinckney, distance, P.

Kaitlyn Seiter, Fowlerville, pole vault, Sr.

Selena White, Brighton, middle distance, Soph.

Annie Yang, Howell, Hurdles, Sr.

400 Relay: Howell (Norah Hull, Rylee Sams-Fisher, McKenna Gill, Madison Gill)

200 Relay: Brighton (Selena White, Callie Kyser, Addison Payne, Faith Cullen)

1,600 Relay: Pinckney (Madison Cooke, Addison Wroblewski, Brielle Reason, CeCe Thorington)

3,200 Relay: Hartland (Zoe Howard, Camden Essenmacher, Ava Goodman, Elliana Neuer)

HONORABLE MENTION

Brighton: Emilee Balzer (Sr.), Maizie Cavanaugh (Soph.), Faith Cullen (Soph.), Noelle Ebel (Sr.), Ashley Lubowicki (Fr.), Maureen Mangan (Jr.), Addison Ries (Fr.), Abby Storch (Jr.).

Charyl Stockwell: Lauren Hammond (Soph.), Ella Heffner (Soph.), Rachel Lanning (Sr.), Becka Lethorn (Soph.).

Fowlerville: Norah Presley (Jr.)

Hartland: Julia Burtch (Jr.), Ava Goodman (Fr.), Sophia Keenan (Jr.), Karlyann Pennala (Jr.)

Howell: Rori Gregory (Jr.), Maura Lichiello (Sr.), Kylie Pung (Jr.).

Livingston Christian: Taylor Wiegand (Soph.).

Pinckney: Erin Closser (Sr.), Emillie Evans (Jr.), Maddie Karsies (Jr.), Brianna Wheaton (Sr.).

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