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

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

It could be long time before any team from the county has two sprinters like Hartland seniors Cameron Cheetam and Evan Bryan, both of whom broke 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash. A sub-11 time is exceedingly rare in this county.

Pinckney had two of the best distance runners in the state in seniors Paul Moore and Evan Loughridge. Ditto for Brighton, which had seniors Luke Campbell and Tyler Langley leading a strong distance crew.

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

Cameron Cheetam

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Sprints

► Accomplishments: Cheetam will go down as the greatest sprinter to come out of Livingston County after setting county records for electronically timed races with times of 10.71 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 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 was 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

► Accomplishments: Bryan had an amazing season flying under the radar while Cheetam was breaking records. Bryan was second to Cheetam in the county in the 100 (10.98) and 200 (22.54) and was third in the 400 (50.43). All three times rank in Hartland’s top three dating back to 2010. He made all-state in long jump by placing eighth with a leap of 21 feet, 5 inches. Bryan was fourth at regionals in the 200 with a state-qualifying time.

James Uphouse

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Sophomore

► Events: Middle distance

► Accomplishments: Uphouse became the first county sophomore to break 50 seconds in the 400 with his winning time of 49.87 in the Steeb Meet of Champions. He won regionals in the 400, placing 15th in the Division 2 finals. He took second in the SEC White meet.

Bode Cooper

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Middle distance

► Accomplishments: Cooper’s biggest contributions were on Brighton’s all-state 1,600 and 3,200 relays. He ran a 1:55.5 800 split for a 3,200 relay team that set a school record and placed seventh in Division 1. He was third at regionals in the 800, missing the additional-qualifying standard by 0.26 seconds.

Paul Moore

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

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

Luke Campbell

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

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

Evan Loughridge

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

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

Tyler Langley

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Events: Distance

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

Sam Burtts

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Sophomore

► Events: Hurdles

► Accomplishments: Burtts qualified for the state Division 2 meet in three events by winning the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles and taking second in the long jump at regionals. His best state finish was 10th in the 110 hurdles in a season-best 15.48. He had the fastest times in both hurdles in the county, running 41.44 in the 300.

Christian Fedewa

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: Hurdles

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

Dylan Lawrence

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Events: High jump

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

Bobby Kanka

► School: Howell

► Class: Junior

► Events: Throws

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

Jacob Esch

► School: Fowlerville

► Class: Senior

► Events: Throws

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

Noah Thames

► School: Howell

► Class: Senior

► Event: Pole vault

► Accomplishments: Thames cleared a personal-best 14-6.25 in the Michigan Association Junior Olympic Championships on June 22. He missed all-state by one place, finishing ninth in the Division 1 finals. He cleared 14 feet twice late in the season. Thames won all five of his dual meets and two invitationals.

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400 relay

► School: Hartland

► Runners: Cameron Campbell (Soph.), Cameron Cheetam (Sr.), Jack Lansing (Soph.), Evan Bryan (Sr.)

► Accomplishments: The Eagles ran a school-record time 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 relay

► School: Brighton

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

► Accomplishments: Brighton broke the school record in this event with a fifth-place time of 43.79 in the regional meet. The Bulldogs eclipsed the mark of 44.1 set in 1993.

1,600 relay

► School: Brighton

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

► Accomplishments: After this group came together for regionals, Brighton finished third in 3:24.93 to qualify for the state meet. The Bulldogs made all-state with an eighth-place time of 3:22.93 in the Division 1 finals, becoming the fourth-fastest group in school history.

3,200 relay

► School: Brighton

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

► Accomplishments: The Bulldogs set a school record with a seventh-place all-state time of 7:50.64 in the Division 1 finals. They broke the mark of 7:51.92 set in 2019 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., sprints

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, Charyl Stockwell, Sr., hurdles

Roman Ignagni, Hartland, Jr., throws

Raymond Schleif, Hartland, Jr., throws

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

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

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

3,200 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 (Sr.), Owen Presley (Sr.). 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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