Wayland junior thrower Adam Huff captured the Division 2 state championship in the discus Saturday at Hamilton High School by hurling the object 172-0.
Huff owns the school record in the discus and the shot. He didn’t match his school record of 180-04, but took all the marbles nonetheless.
Huff last year was state runner-up in the discus.
Meanwhile, it’s been a rough spring for sophomore Evie Mathis, a pole vaulter whose injuries have sidelined her for most track meets.
But Mathis was able to come back and finish second for the second straight year in the event at the state level. She was runner-up in the pole vault in 2023 and this year cleared 11-6 to repeat. She holds the Wayland school record at 12-3.
Also at the meet, Kennedy Jasinski cleared 11-3 to tie for seventh place in the event.
Wayland boys scored 19 points in the state meet to tie for 13th place with Lansing Sexton. The Wildcats girls scored nine points to tie with Stevensville Lakeshore for 26th.
The Hopkins girls scored 7.5 points, as Jaeden Harshberger took fifth with a school record-tying performance 5-3 in the high jump.
Other highlights at the meet involving Wayland and Hopkins athletes:
Wayland
• Austin Graham finished eighth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.04 seconds.
• The 400-meter relay team was ninth with Adam Huff, Austin Graham, Henry Mass and Geno Wierckz in 43.41seconds.
• The 800 relay was 15th in 1:31.26 with Jake Reeder, Austin Graham, Geno Wierckz and Aidan Reeder.
• Adam Huff took 10th in the shot put at 51-10.
Hopkins
• Senior Landen Klinge tied for seventh in the pole vault by clearing 13-4.
• Freshman Riley Homrich was eighth in the 100-meter dash in 12.68 seconds.
• Kambria Moored took sixth in 100-meter high hurdles with a personal best 16.0 seconds.
• The 400 relay was 21st in 51.25 seconds with Kambria Moored, Ellarie Baugh, Sierra Emaus and Riley Homrich.
• 800 relay 32nd in 1:54.56 with Navaya Ingle, Sierra Emaus, Kate Cleypool and Ellarie Baugh.
• Freshman Keila Bonga 14th in discus with a personal best throw of 114-9.
• Vanessa Barry 15th in the long jump at 15-9.5.