ST. IGNACE — They may not have been in contention, but most of the area teams held their own in the Division 2 regional track meet here Friday.

The St. Ignace girls, as expected, retained their title with 73 points. Bark River-Harris edged Manistique 29-27 for the runner-up spot.

Newberry regained the boys’ crown after finishing second to Ishpeming a year ago.

The Indians scored 74 points and Manistique and St. Ignace tied for second at 34.

“Our depth came through for us,” said Newberry coach Drew Schultz. “We’ve been real busy the past couple weeks. We had some weeks in which we had three meets. We like that because we can get the kids on the track, but it also takes its toll.”

Newberry senior Jaylen James won the 100-meter dash in 11.49 seconds, 200 (23.15) and anchored the winning 800 relay (1:38.53) on this sunny and mild day.

“Surprisingly, this has been a good year,” said James, who plans to attend Bay College this fall. “I had little bit of a minor injury. I could use a little work on my start. Other than that, everything went pretty good. My teammates have really helped out in the relays.”

Manistique junior Schyler Anderson took the 400 (52.61) and discus at 140 feet, 10 inches and was runner-up in the 200 (23.7) and shot put (43-0).

Classmate Alex Misniakiewicz added firsts in the 800 (2:10.51) and 1600 (4:44.94), placed second in the 3200 (10:49) and helped the Emeralds take second in the 3200 relay (9:31.24).

“I just wanted to be good for the 1600,” said Misniakiewicz, who ran a personal-best 4:40 at Newberry Tuesday. “The 800 was mostly a warm-up for the 3200. Although, the 800 gives me some speedwork. I was pretty happy with my time for the first lap of the mile (1600). I’ve been close with Ephram (Evans) all year. He’s an amazing runner.”

Evans provided the Indians with a first in the 3200 (10:32), was runner-up in the 1600 (4:49.45) and anchored the winning 3200 relay (9:11.55).

Gwinn had a double-winner in David Duvall, who took the 110 hurdles (17.72) and 300s (45.35) and Munising’s Jason Cornish copped high jump (6-0).

The St. Ignace girls were led by senior Libby Becker in the 800 (2:22.5), 1600 (5:37) and 3200 (12:42) and freshman teammate Ally Schultz captured the 200 (27.46) and 400 (1:02.1).

“My starts went pretty well,” said Schultz, who ran junior high track at BR-H. “The wind was like a wall on the last corner, although the weather was pretty good overall. I knew some of the Bark River-Harris girls already and saw some of my friends right away. It was nice to see them again.”

BR-H senior Hailee Demers copped the 300 hurdles (50.17) and helped the Broncos win the 800 relay (1:54.87) and take second in the 400 relay (54.2).

“I tried to get in front before the 100 (in the 300 hurdles),” said Demers, who was runner-up to Gwinn’s Emily Curtice by .03 second in the 100 dash (13.18). “It’s nice to be right up there. I’m nervous about the (Upper Peninsula) Finals, but I’m also excited.”

Coach Katina Demers was pleased with what she saw from the Broncos.

“Our kids ran their fastest times all year in the 400 and 800 relay,” she said. “Aspen Frederick has been running great and it was nice for Gracie Peterson to get a PR in shot put (33-8). The kids we have are doing well.”

Manistique senior Ashley McDonald won pole vault (8-6) and helped the winning 1600 (4:29) and 3200 relays (10:59.12),

“That was Ashley’s best jump all year,” said Emeralds’ coach Amy Nixon. “She was also a great help to us in the 1600 and 3200 relay. We’re three seconds away from the school record in the 1600 relay. But Kayla Muth was our outstanding Emerald today. She was also in both winning relays and moved up in the 200 and 400.”

Gwinn’s Marissa Delmont won shot put (36-2) and Peterson was runner-up.

Senior Madeleine Peramaki paced Munising, taking second in the 800 (2:26.6), 1600 (5:41) and 3200 (13:20).

The top four finishers in each event qualified for the U.P. Finals at Kingsford June 1.