Meet the 2024 All-Livingston County girls track and field team

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

Of the 19 spots on the all-county first team, 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 show up on the first team three times each between their individual and relay honors. The same is true for Pinckney’s Madison Cooke, Brielle Reason and CeCe Thorington.

Elle Bissett

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Events: Distance

► Accomplishments: Bissett ranked 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 3,200 in the KLAA and regional meets.

Gabrielle Bolitho

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Middle distance

► Accomplishments: Bolitho was an additional state qualifier with her third-place time of 2:19.81 at regionals, then ran a personal-best 2:17.75 to take 14th in Division 1. She was third in the KLAA and won two duals in the 800. She also ran two relays in the state meet.

Nikki Carothers

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

► Accomplishments: Carothers’ 3,200 time of 10:57.22 led the county, her 1,600 time of 5:05.47 ranked 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 regionals. She was 16th in the Division 1 finals in the 3,200.

Madison Cooke

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Events: Sprints

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

Davea Crowe

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Freshman

► Events: Hurdles

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

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Davea Crowe of Pinckney had best state track finish by Livingston County freshman

Mallory Dickey

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Hurdles

► Accomplishments: Splitting time between track and softball, Dickey was third in the SEC White and regional meets in the 300 hurdles. She took fifth in the 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

► Accomplishments: Eberly became the first Brighton girl since 1999 and first from the county since 2010 to win the 1,600 at regionals. She finished ninth in the state meet in 5:03.19. She took fifth at regionals in the 3,200 after taking firsts in the 3,200 relay and 1,600 earlier in the meet. Her 3,200 time of 11:06.04 ranked fourth in the county.

Nadia Jacobs

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Event: Pole vault

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

Emma Kanka

► School: Howell

► Class: Sophomore

► Events: Throws

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

Lexi Le

► School: Howell

► Class: Senior

► Event: High jump

► Accomplishments: Le finished second at regionals with a county-best jump of 5-2, qualifying for her second state meet. She took 14th in the Division 1 finals. Le placed third in the KLAA meet and won two dual meets.

Juliet Lewis

► School: Brighton

► Class: Sophomore

► Events: Middle distance

► Accomplishments: Lewis finished second at regionals with a county-best time of 2:17.10 in the 800. She raced in the state meet in the 800 and two relays. She registered a 400 split of 58.9 in the 1,600 relay at regionals.

Aubree Meyer

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Throws

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

Addison Payne

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Events: Sprints

► Accomplishments: Payne ran a county-best time of 58.45 to place second in the 400 at regionals. She was fourth in the KLAA meet and won three dual meets in the 400. Her 200 time of 26.75 ranked third in the county.

Brielle Reason

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Event: Long jump

► Accomplishments: Reason won her third SEC White and second regional championship in long jump. She jumped a county-best 17-4 in the regional meet. Reason made all-state twice, placing fourth as a sophomore and sixth as a junior.

CeCe Thorington

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Sprints

► Accomplishments: Thorington won the SEC White championship in the 400 in 59.50 seconds and anchored a first-place finish in the 1,600 relay that secured the league 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, though she ran a school-record 25.82 last year. She ran three relays at the state meet.

400 relay

► School: Pinckney

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

► Accomplishments: This group came together for regionals, as Cooke, Crowe and Thorington sacrificed individual events to help Pinckney stack its relay teams. The Pirates were second at regionals in a county-best 50.73 before finishing 23rd in the Division 2 finals.

800 relay

► School: Pinckney

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

► Accomplishments: Pinckney broke the school record with a fifth-place time of 1:44.22 in 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 at regionals.

1,600 relay

► School: Brighton

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

► Accomplishments: Brighton posted its fastest time in this relay in eight years by placing second at regionals in 4:01.52. Payne and Lewis broke one minute for their 400 splits. The Bulldogs were 14th in the Division 1 finals in 4:03.91.

3,200 relay

► School: Brighton

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

► Accomplishments: Brighton set a school record with a winning time of 9:19.30 in 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 made 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, throws, Sr.

Alyssa Mainka, Brighton, throws, Soph.

Elliana Neuer, Hartland, middle distance, Soph.

Jaelyn Ray, Pinckney, distance, Fr.

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.).

Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on X @BillKhan

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