Denver, Winget run at states

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City junior Jessica Denver and senior McKinzie Winget competed at the Michigan Indoor Track Series Indoor State Championship recently. Eastern Michigan University’s Bowen Field House, in Ypsilanti, hosted the meet contested February 22-23.

The standouts, competing for Michigan Racers, teamed up with Mackenzie Sullivan and Kaia Scheffler to rank 13th among 800 relay entrants. They required 1:47.18 to cover the territory.

Track Life’s Olivia Jenkins, Imani Jackson, Brooke Gray and Leeah Burr earned the distinction of race pacesetters that day. They stopped the watch 1:39.82 after the race got underway.
Winget added a 17th-place showing pitted against 400-meter dash counterparts. She was timed in 1:02.27.

Motor City Track Club’s Jada Roundtree won the event with a blistering clocking of 55.81 seconds.