Meet the 2024 Livingston County Boys' Track and Field Team

The Livingston County boys track and field team features powerful 1-2 tandems.

It may be a long time before a county team can boast two sprinters like Cameron Cheetam and Evan Bryan, both Hartland seniors who both went under 11 seconds in the 100 meters. A sub-11-second time is extremely rare in this county.

Pinckney had two of the best distance runners in the state, seniors Paul Moore and Evan Loughridge. It was the same for Brighton, where seniors Luke Campbell and Tyler Langley led a strong backcourt team.

The all-county team features athletes who combined for all-state performances in seven of 17 events.

Cameron Cheetam

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Sprint

► Achievements: Cheetam will be remembered as Livingston County’s greatest sprinter after setting county records for electronically timed races with times of 10.71 seconds in the 100 meters, 21.66 in the 200 and 47.67 in the 400. Cheetam won regionals in the 100 before taking second in the 200 and 400. He finished third in the state Division 1 meet in the 200 and 400 and 10th in the 100.

Evan Bryan

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Sprints, long jump

► Achievements: Bryan had an incredible season, flying under the radar while Cheetam broke records. Bryan finished second to Cheetam in the county in the 100 (10.98) and 200 (22.54) and third in the 400 (50.43). All three times, he’s been in Hartland’s top three since 2010. He was a state selection in the long jump, placing eighth with a leap of 21 feet, 5 inches. Bryan finished fourth at regionals in the 200 with a state-qualifying time.

James Uphouse

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Second year student

► Events: Midway

► Achievements: Uphouse became the first sophomore in the county to break 50 seconds in the 400 with his winning time of 49.87 at the Steeb Meet of Champions. He won the regional championships in the 400 and placed 15th in the Division 2 finals. He finished second in the SEC White meet.

Bode Cooper

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Midway

► Achievements: Cooper made his biggest contributions to Brighton’s 1,600 and 3,200 relays. He ran the 800 in 1:55.5 for a 3,200 relay team that set a school record and placed seventh in Division 1. He finished third at regionals in the 800, missing the additional qualifying standard by 0.26 seconds.

Paul Moore

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Moore won the 3,200 at the Division 2 state meet after winning regionals and was named an All-America in the two-mile run at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor with a time of 8:57.08. Moore’s time converts to a 3,200 of 8:53.96. He is one of only three runners in the county to go under nine minutes in the 3,200, and his time of 4:12.76 in the 1,600 at the Division 2 finals puts him second to 2022 Hartland graduate Riley Hough.

Luke Campbell

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Campbell is the 10th fastest runner in county history in the 1,600 with his second-place finish of 4:17.27 at regionals. He won the regional championships in the 3,200m in 9:26.35 before running a personal best 9:25.96 to place 14th in the Division 1 final. He ran a time of 1:58.7 in 800 on the school-record 3,200 relay team.

Evan Loughridge

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Slowed somewhat by injuries, Loughridge finished on a high note with personal bests of 9:15.70 in the 3,200 and 4:15.47 in the 1,600. He finished fourth in the Division 2 state meet in the 3,200 after placing third at the regionals in the 1,600 and 3,200. Loughridge finished second in the MITCA Champion of Champions meet in the 1,600.

Tyler Langley

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Achievements: Langley qualified for the state meet in the 1,600 and 3,200. He finished fourth at the regionals in the 1,600 with an additional qualifying time of 4:19.57 and finished second in the 3,200 in 9:28.35. He placed 10th in the 1,600 and 12th in the 3,200 at the Division 1 finals, running a personal best of 9:24.39 in the two metric miles.

Sam Burtts

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Second year student

► Events: Hurdles

► Achievements: Burtts qualified for Division 2 state in three events by winning the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles and taking second in the long jump at regionals. His best national finish was a 10th-place finish in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.48 seconds, his best time of the season. He posted the fastest times in both county hurdle races, with a time of 41.44 seconds in the 300.

Christian Fedewa

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Hurdles

► Achievements: Fedewa won all five dual 110 hurdles meets and the Brighton Bulldog Invitational, placing sixth at the KLAA meet and seventh at regionals. He finished second in the county in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.77 and fifth in the 300 hurdles in 43.17.

Dylan Laurent

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: big jump

► Achievements: Lawrence shot a personal-best 6-5 at the state meet to qualify for the state meet with an eighth-place finish. He qualified by jumping 6-4 to place third at regionals. Lawrence won the high jump in all five of his dual meets and two of his invitationals.

Bobby Kanka

► School: Howell

► Class: Junior

► Events: Thrown

► Achievements: Kanka had the longest throws in the county in the shot put (46-11) and discus (156-1). He qualified for the state meet in the discus with a fourth-place finish of 149-6 at regionals. He took 12th in Division 1 at 154-8. Kanka won four dual meets in the discus and three in the shot put.

Jacob Esch

► School: Fowlerville

► Class: Senior

► Events: Throws

► Achievements: Esch won the CAAC Red meet in the discus with a score of 137-8 and took second in the shot put with a score of 46-7. His best throws were 155-3 in the discus and 46-9 in the shot put. Esch won both events in the five dual meets.

Noah Thames

► School: Howell

► Class: Senior

► Event: Pole vault

► Achievements: Thames ran a personal best of 14-6.25 at the Michigan Association Junior Olympic Championships on June 22. He missed the state final by one spot, finishing ninth in the Division 1 final. He cleared 14 feet twice late in the season. Thames won all five of its doubles and two invitational matches.

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400 relays

► School: Hartland

► Runners: Cameron Campbell (soph.), Cameron Cheetam (sen.), Jack Lansing (soph.), Evan Bryan (sen.)

► Achievements: The Eagles set a school record of 43.01 in a dual meet against Brighton on May 7. They broke the mark of 43.84 set in 2012 by Jason Allsworth, Mark Boralynski, Josh Duggan and Brandon Gigliotti.

800 relays

► School: Brighton

► Runners: Brayden Platt, Sam Meriweather, Wyatt Nabozny, Lawrence Wells (Jr.)

► Achievements: Brighton broke the school record in the event with a time of 43.79 seconds and a fifth-place finish at the regional meet. The Bulldogs thus beat the mark of 44.1 seconds established in 1993.

1,600 relays

► School: Brighton

► Runners: Owen Buckley (Jr.), Bode Cooper (Sr.), Colin Robertson (Sr.), Ian Cox (Sr.)

► Achievements: After this group came together for regionals, Brighton finished third in 3:24.93 and qualified for the state meet. The Bulldogs advanced to the Division 1 final with an eighth-place time of 3:22.93, becoming the fourth-fastest group in school history.

3,200 relays

► School: Brighton

► Runners: Ian Cox (Sr.), Luke Campbell (Sr.), Josh Hamilton (Sr.), Bode Cooper (Sr.)

► Achievements: The Bulldogs set a school record with a seventh-place all-state finish of 7:50.64 in the Division 1 finals. They broke the 2019 mark of 7:51.92 set by Nolan McGahan, Matt Jontz, Scott Spaanstra and Jack Spamer. Brighton won the regional meet in 7:56.30 and took third in the KLAA in 8:02.06.

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SECOND TEAM

Lawrence Wells, Brighton, Jr., sprint

Jim Rochowiak, Pinckney, Jr., middle distance

Owen Buckley, Brighton, Jr., middle distance

Romen Williams, Howell, Jr., hurdles, high jump

Sam Meriweather, Brighton, Jr., sprints, long jump

Nathan Vaske, Charyl Stockwell, Sr., pole vault

Carson Cook, Hartland, Sr., distance

Jack MacGregor, Howell, Fr., distance

Owen Carlson and Charyl Stockwell Sr., hurdles

Roman Ignagni, Hartland, Jr., launches

Raymond Schleif, Hartland, Jr., launches

400 Relay: Brighton (Wyatt Nabozny, Sam Meriweather, Brayden Platt, Lawrence Wells)

800m Relay: Hartland (Ronan Poe, Evan Bryan, James Butzier, Cameron Cheetam)

1,600 Relay: Hartland (Evan Bryan, Robert Wisniewski, Carson Cook, Cameron Cheetam)

3,200m Relay: Howell (Drake Wallace, Jack MacGregor, Lucas Wood, Noah DeLand)

HONORABLE MENTION

Brighton: Mason Gay (fr.), Mason Hine (Jr.), Landon Kofahl (Soph.), Ryan McHugh (Jr.), Nathan Moskal (Sr.). Charyl Stockwell: Anthony Urbaniak (Sr.). Fowlerville: Adam Aeschliman (father), Owen Presley (father). Hartland: Logan Bergkoetter (Soph.), Avery Bryan (Soph.), Luke Dorr (Jr.), Vance Larson (Sr.). Howell: Adam Binkley (Sr.), Logan Goethe (Sr.), Ryder Stam (Jr.), Landon Strunk (Sr.). Pinckney: Jacob Duncan, Parker Hays, Zach Newman, Ethan Sandula, Colton Spinelli.

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