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Hartland's Ronan Poe and Hannah DePestel excelled at a track meet against Howell, with Poe winning the 200-meter dash in 23.63 seconds and DePestel winning both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes.
Hartland's Ronan Poe won the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.63 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Hannah DePestel won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.36 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. She also won the 400.
Hartland's Reese Messenger took second the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.51 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
(From left) Hartland's Kendel Simmons, Howell's Breslyn Buckley and Hartland's Patty Sue Torrey race the 300-meter hurdles during a dual track and field meet on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Howell's Krystian Kubicz won the 300-meter hurdles during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. He also won the 110 hurdles.
Ronan Poe won the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.63 seconds.
Hannah DePestel won both the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.36 seconds and the 400-meter dash.
The meet took place on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
The performances highlight the athletic achievements of Hartland's track and field team in a competitive meet.

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Howell's Krystian Kubicz won the 300-meter hurdles during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. He also won the 110 hurdles.
Hartland's Jack Lansing (left) hands the baton to Ronan Poe in the 400-meter relay during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Ronan Poe runs the final leg of the 400-meter relay during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Howell's Anna Halliday finished fourth in the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Elliana Neuer leads teammate Layla Foguth around the final turn of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
(From left) Hartland's Layla Foguth, Sophia Nunnery and Elliana Neuer lead on the first lap of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Howell's Jack MacGregor won the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Howell's Jack MacGregor (1) and David DeLand (2) lead on the first lap of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Layla Foguth was second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.78 during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Sophia Nunnery was third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.66 during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Howell's Norah Hull won high jump during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Hartland's Avery Bryan won long jump during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Ronan Poe won the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.63 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Ronan Poe won the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.63 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Hannah DePestel won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.36 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. She also won the 400.
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Hartland's Reese Messenger took second the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.51 seconds during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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(From left) Hartland's Kendel Simmons, Howell's Breslyn Buckley and Hartland's Patty Sue Torrey race the 300-meter hurdles during a dual track and field meet on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Howell's Krystian Kubicz won the 300-meter hurdles during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. He also won the 110 hurdles.
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Howell's Krystian Kubicz won the 300-meter hurdles during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. He also won the 110 hurdles.
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Hartland's Jack Lansing (left) hands the baton to Ronan Poe in the 400-meter relay during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Ronan Poe runs the final leg of the 400-meter relay during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Howell's Anna Halliday finished fourth in the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Elliana Neuer leads teammate Layla Foguth around the final turn of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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(From left) Hartland's Layla Foguth, Sophia Nunnery and Elliana Neuer lead on the first lap of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Howell's Jack MacGregor won the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Howell's Jack MacGregor (1) and David DeLand (2) lead on the first lap of the 800-meter run during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Layla Foguth was second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.78 during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Sophia Nunnery was third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.66 during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Howell's Norah Hull won high jump during a track and field meet against Hartland on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Hartland's Avery Bryan won long jump during a track and field meet against Howell on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
We’re not even to championship season yet and there have already been some amazing performances in Livingston County track and field.
We’ve seen the county record broken in the girls 800- and 1,600-meter runs and several school records eclipsed in the first few weeks of the season.
That makes this list of the county’s top performances so far this season even more impressive than a typical April list. These performances are through meets that took place Tuesday, April 28.
100
11.18, Bryce Kish, Howell
11.22, Mason Gay, Brighton
11.30, Ronan Poe, Hartland
11.33, Landon Kerul, Howell
11.51, Liam MacDonald, Brighton
200
22.80, Mason Gay, Brighton
22.98, Ronan Poe, Hartland
23.01, Austin Ouillette, Pinckney
23.31, Landon Kerul, Howell
23.59, Liam MacDonald, Brighton
Pinckney's James Uphouse has run the fastest 400 meters in Livingston County this season.
400
50.06, James Uphouse, Pinckney
50.79, Mason Gay, Brighton
50.87, Blake Kulesza, Brighton
50.92, Beckett Fitch, Charyl Stockwell
51.36, Connell Hardenbrook, Fowlerville
800
1:55.99, Blake Kulesza, Brighton
1:59.17, Jack MacGregor, Howell
2:00.58, Zach Wyderko, Brighton
2:02.83, Evan Cummings, Brighton
2:03.02, Owen Collin, Brighton
Howell junior Jack MacGregor's school-record time of 4:16.69 is the fastest 1,600 meters in Livingston County this season.
1,600
4:16.69, Jack MacGregor, Howell
4:22.17, Zach Wyderko, Brighton
4:31.66, Cole McCraw, Pinckney
4:32.20, Blake Kulesza, Brighton
4:32.20, Evan Cummings, Brighton
3,200
9:45.86, Cole McCraw, Pinckney
9:49.37, Evan Cummings, Brighton
9:53.26, Lincoln Reed, Pinckney
9:54.62, Jack MacGregor, Howell
9:55.78, Josh Keillor-Beale, Brighton
110 hurdles
14.78, Sam Burtts, Pinckney
15.37, Krystian Kubicz, Howell
15.59, Jamo Parsell, Brighton
16.48, Sawyer Switalski, Brighton
16.54, Landon Kofahl, Brighton
300 hurdles
40.89, Sawyer Switalski, Brighton
41.32, Austin Ouillette, Pinckney
41.92, Jamo Parsell, Brighton
42.43, Sam Burtts, Pinckney
42.50, Krystian Kubicz, Howell
400 relay
44.91, Brighton (Alexander Fowler, Sterling Brooks, Vinnie DeAngelis, Mason Gay)
45.03, Howell (Landon Kerul, Brady Walker, Andrew Robinson, Bryce Kish)
45.09, Brighton (Sterling Brooks, Jayden Ciponaer, Mason Gay, Sam Alamat)
800 relay
1:32.23, Brighton (Harry Netherton, Jaeden Byrd, Liam MacDonald, Mason Gay)
1:34.16, Pinckney (Austin Ouillette, Prince Hayes, Lucas Lock, James Uphouse)
1:34.45, Pinckney (Austin Ouillette, Sam Burtts, Gage Mohl, Prince Hayes)
1,600 relay
3:31.32, Brighton (Liam MacDonald, Blake Kulesza, Sawyer Switalski, Mason Gay)
3:33.38, Brighton (Zach Wyderko, Sawyer Switalski, Blake Kulesza, Connor Mangan)
3:33.84, Brighton (Jamo Parsell, Blake Kulesza, Sawyer Switalski, Zach Wyderko)
3,200 relay
8:09.71, Brighton (Blake Kulesza, Ben Langley, Owen Collin, Zach Wyderko)
8:20.40, Brighton (Brendan Williams, Blake Kulesza, Hunter Muzik, Zach Wyderko)
8:22.17, Brighton (Nicholas Lewis, Ronan MacArthur, Blake Kulesza, Zach Wyderko)
Gunnar Curtis of Pinckney leads Livingston County shot putters with a toss of 45 feet, 4 inches.
Shot put
45-4, Gunnar Curtis, Pinckney
43-3, Logan Bergkoetter, Hartland
41-2.5, Andrew St. Clair, Brighton
41-2.5, Frank Kanka, Howell
40-8.5, Sterling Brooks, Brighton
Discus
145-0, Sterling Brooks, Brighton
136-0, Logan Bergkoetter, Hartland
124-4, Frank Kanka, Howell
123-2, Gunnar Curtis, Pinckney
122-9, Tom Larson, Brighton
High jump
6-3, Gavin Rager, Fowlerville
6-1, Landon Kofahl, Brighton
5-10, Sam Burtts, Pinckney
5-10, Chris Collins, Hartland
5-10, Logan Buchanan, Howell
Pole vault
13-6, Landon Aeschliman, Fowlerville
11-9, Austin Ouillette, Pinckney
11-9, Milan Fulton, Howell
11-9, Alessandro Smigliani, Brighton
11-3, Dominic Wheeler, Fowlerville
11-3, Wyatt Urbanowicz, Pinckney
Long jump
20-9.75, Kellen Douglass, Fowlerville
20-5, Jacob Hodge, Fowlerville
19-10.25, Landon Kofahl, Brighton
19-10, Avery Bryan, Hartland
19-8.5, Sam Burtts, Pinckney
Hartland's Reese Messenger has run the fastest 100-meter dash in Livingston County this season.
100
12.45, Reese Messenger, Hartland
12.85, Lauren Hammond, Charyl Stockwell
12.91, Callie Kyser, Brighton
12.93, Norah Hull, Howell
13.11, Quinn Holdridge, Brighton
200
26.15, Hannah DePestel, Hartland
26.48, Reese Messenger, Hartland
26.80, Lauren Hammond, Charyl Stockwell
26.97, Norah Hull, Howell
27.08, Davea Crowe, Pinckney
Hartland's Hannah DePestel has run 400 meters nearly two seconds faster than anyone in Livingston County this season.
400
57.77, Hannah DePestel, Hartland
59.70, Juliet Lewis, Brighton
59.88, Brooke Wallace, Howell
1:00.18, Elliana Neuer, Hartland
1:02.25, Ella Heffner, Charyl Stockwell
800
2:14.09, Juliet Lewis, Brighton
2:14.99, Elliana Neuer, Hartland
2:17.72, Ella Lorenz, Brighton
2:18.24, Jaelyn Ray, Pinckney
2:20.78, Layla Foguth, Hartland
1,600
4:49.22, Jaelyn Ray, Pinckney
4:50.27, Elliana Neuer, Hartland
5:05.94, Ella Lorenz, Brighton
5:12.91, Sophia Nunnery, Hartland
5:16.04, Julia Garcia, Pinckney
3,200
10:48.39, Jaelyn Ray, Pinckney
11:08.25, Lydia LaMarra, Brighton
11:16.72, Elliana Neuer, Hartland
11:38.53, Ava Goodman, Hartland
11:47.73, Sophia Nunnery, Hartland
Pinckney's Davea Crowe is the fastest female hurdler in both events in Livingston County.
100 hurdles
16.61, Davea Crowe, Pinckney
16.85, Bailey Yates, Charyl Stockwell
17.56, Sophia Klask, Howell
17.97, Addison Ries, Brighton
18.18, Breslyn Buckley, Howell
300 hurdles
46.51, Davea Crowe, Pinckney
51.46, Sophia Klask, Howell
52.27, Bailey Yates, Charyl Stockwell
52.55, Madeline Baugh, Pinckney
53.95, Bella Todd, Pinckney
400 relay
51.31, Howell (McKenna Gill, Norah Hull, Hannah McMillin, Rylee Sams-Fisher)
51.95, Howell (McKenna Gill, Norah Hull, Maggie Martinez, Rylee Sams-Fisher)
52.05, Howell (Norah Hull, Sophia Klask, Hannah McMillin, Rylee Sams-Fisher)
800 relay
1:48.87, Pinckney (Davea Crowe, Emily Clark, Addison Wroblewski, Kaylynne Baltzell)
1:49.50, Brighton (Madelynn LaFontaine, Callie Kyser, Faith Cullen, Quinn Holdridge)
1:50.64, Brighton (Selena White, Madelynn LaFontaine, Faith Cullen, Quinn Holdridge)
1,600 relay
4:11.25, Hartland (Hannah DePestel, Layla Foguth, Elliana Neuer, Reese Messenger)
4:11.89, Brighton (Juliet Lewis, Selena White, Ella Lorenz, Lydia LaMarra)
4:11.90, Brighton (Selena White, Juliet Lewis, Ella Lorenz, Faith Cullen)
3,200 relay
9:28.12, Hartland (Hannah DePestel, Sophia Nunnery, Layla Foguth, Elliana Neuer)
9:30.12, Brighton (Maizie Cavanaugh, Lydia LaMarra, Ella Lorenz, Juliet Lewis)
9:54.38, Brighton (Selena White, Ella Lorenz, Lydia LaMarra, Juliet Lewis)
Shot put
37-6.25, Emma Kanka, Howell
34-2.5, Jade Hamilton, Brighton
33-8.5, Lexi Erickson, Pinckney
33-7, Viola Sharp, Pinckney
30-11.75, Grace Lesinski, Hartland
Discus
115-2, Emma Kanka, Howell
97-9, Alyssa Mainka, Brighton
96-2, Lilly Williams, Howell
91-11, Jade Hamilton, Brighton
90-1, Grace Lesinski, Hartland
High jump
5-2, Kaydence Hoolsema, Brighton
5-0, Zeva Hathaway, Pinckney
5-0, Norah Hull, Howell
4-10, Lilly Williams, Howell
4-8, Penny Usborne, Charyl Stockwell
4-8, Evelyn Ritsema, Hartland
4-8, Katie Gray, Brighton
4-8, Madeline Baugh, Pinckney
4-8, Alayna Repka, Pinckney
Pole vault
10-3, Kendel Simmons, Hartland
9-3, Katie Gray, Brighton
9-0, Mariah Kirby, Fowlerville
9-0, Emily Clark, Pinckney
8-9, Ayla Smith, 8-9
Long jump
15-10.5, Talia Richards, Brighton
15-8.5, Peyton Brooks, Fowlerville
15-8, Emmalee Tougas, Hartland
15-6.5, Callie Kyser, Brighton
15-4.5, Presley Wilson, Hartland
15-4.5, Jessica LeFeve, Charyl Stockwell
Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@livingstondaily.com. Follow him on X @BillKhan
This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: See the top track and field performances in Livingston County