The boys and girls track & field teams competed at the OAA Blue-Gold Championships @ Oak Park High School on Thursday, May 7th. The boys scored 75 points and placed 3rd overall, while the girls scored 107 points and placed 2nd overall. The boys were highlighted by 16 athletes earning all-league honors, medals in 13 events and 3 event runner-ups. The girls were highlighted by 17 athletes earning all-league honors, medals in 12 events, 3 event champions, 1 school record and 3 EQ’s “early qualifier". Your “LAKERS OF THE MEET” are: Boys: Alex Kemp / Alex placed 2nd in the 110m hurdles (with a NEW PB time of 14.93) and 4th in the 300m hurdles. Girls: 400m relay / The quartet of Ese Uwedjojevwe, Mahrei Sampson, Kamryn Tatum & Lauryn Choice placed 2nd in the 400m relay. The 400m relay also beat the EQ “early qualifier” standard and qualified for the MHSAA State Finals. Kamryn Tatum / Kamryn placed 1st and EQ’d in both the 100m dash & 200m dash. She also broke her own school record in the 200m dash and ran on the 400m relay. She has now EQ’d in five events this season: 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 400m relay & 800m relay. Layla Sharif / Layla placed 1st in the discus and 2nd in the shot put. Overall all-league medalists for West Bloomfield were: BOYS (13 events/16 athletes): Discus: Joel Evans (5th) Shot Put: Joel Evans (4th) & Joel Davis (7th) High Jump: Cameron Goodman (8th) 100m dash: Obi Duru (5th) & Kam’Ryn Hall (7th) 200m dash: Kam’Ryn Hall (7th) 800m run: Musa Kay (4th) 1600m run: Luis Holowinski (5th) & Sebastian Roncier (6th) 3200m run: Luis Holowinski (5th) & Michael Williams (7th) 110m hurdles: Alex Kemp (2nd) 300m hurdles: Alex Kemp (4th) 400m relay: Obi Duru, Solomon Elam, Kam’Ryn Hall & Mario Rocha (2nd) 800m relay: Obi Duru, Solomon Elam, Xavier Allen & Austin Randle (4th) 3200m relay (4x800m): Ethan Sherrod-Watkins, Musa Kay, Sebastian Roncier & Elijah Sherrod-Watkins (2nd) GIRLS (12 events/17 athletes): Discus: Layla Sharif (1st), Samihah Wagner (5th) & Rebecca Barber (7th) Shot Put: Layla Sharif (2nd), Iyana Davis (3rd) & Samihah Wagner (4th) High Jump: Rebecca Barber (3rd) & Lauren Hall (6th) 100m dash:Kamryn Tatum (1st) & Maddalyn Brown (7th) 200m dash: Kamryn Tatum (1st), Ese Uwedjojevwe (6th) & Lauryn Choice (7th) 800m run: Monisola Fagbamila (8th) 100m hurdles: Isadorah Freeman-Nix (6th) 300m hurdles: Isadorah Freeman-Nix (3rd) 400m relay (4x100m): Mahrei Sampson, Kamryn Tatum, Lauryn Choice & Ese Uwedjojevwe (2nd) 400m relay (4x200m): Maddalyn Brown, Sanyya McCullough-Easley, Chloe Hopkins-Butler & Isadorah Freeman-Nix (4th) 1600m relay (4x400m): Isadorah Freeman-Nix, Monisola Fagbamila, Oliva Martin & Chloe Hopkins Butler (2nd) 3200m relay (4x800m): Monisola Fagbamila, Chloe Hopkins Butler, Darnasha Willis & London Craighead (2nd) The next meet on the schedule is the MHSAA Region 09-1 Championships at Milford HS. The meet is on Friday, May 15th. Time schedule: 1pm - Pole Vault, 2:00pm - All other field events, 4:00pm - 3200m relay, 4:30pm - Running prelims and 6:00pm - Running finals.