Escanaba sophomore Andrew Hamlin breaks the record in the high jump during the Escanaba Invitational on May 1, 2026 at Escanaba High School. (Adam Hinch/Daily Press)

ESCANABA — They say records are meant to be broken, for Escanaba sophomore Andrew Hamlin that was a fact for the second consecutive week.

Hamlin jumped six feet six inches at the Delta County Invite in Gladstone on April 21, that broke a 48 year record and Friday afternoon he jumped six feet seven inches to break his own record then nearly eclipsed six feet eight inches but just made contact with the bar.

“It feels really good,” Hamlin said. “I knew I wanted to break it again and to do it here at home with a bunch of friends and family here makes it extra special.”

Hamlin also picked up a win in the long jump as he jumped 18 feet and one half inch to earn the top spot. Hamlin also finished fourth in the 400 meter and also came in third in the 1600 meter relay along with his teammates, Adam Schroeder, Eli Englund and Landon Carro with a time of 3:52.54.

“Andrew puts a lot of work in to get here,” Eskymos coach Scott Dykema said. “He attends camps, works hard in practice and is a truly gifted athlete.

That wasn’t the only record setting performance as Gladstone junior Andrew Karl vaulted his way to a 14 feet five inch vault to tie the school record.

Maggie Karl finished first in the girls pole vault at eight feet over Houghton’s Reagan Aho at seven feet six inches and Escanaba freshman Rayne Harper at seven feet.

Marquette won the meet on the girls side with 139 points and Sault Ste. Marie took the boys’ side with a score of 135 1⁄2.

“We had a really good day considering the weather we had today,” Marquette coach Terri Todd said. “We brought 70 kids or so and everyone was working hard. Ford Richardson broke a record today and we gave kids that don’t get a chance to run in relays a chance today and everyone contributed and stepped up.”

Richardson, a senior at Marquette, finished in first place in three events: the 100 and 200 meter dashes and the 300 meter hurdles.

Gladstone sophomore Ella Bracket earned wins in the 200 and 400 meter dashes, second in the 100 meter dash and fourth in the long jump at 13′ 7″.

Bark River-Harris had a successful day in relays as Alexis Olson, Emma Zawada, Carli Erickson and Julia Nault won the 400 meter relay with a time of 54.99 and also won in the 800 meter relay coming in at 1:56.34.

The Eskymos will be back in action on Tuesday at the Manistique Invitational.

Escanaba Invitational

Boys

Sault Ste Marie 135 ½, Houghton 111, Marquette 80, Gladstone 60, Escanaba 54, West Iron County 29, Ishpeming 20, Ironwood 16, Gwinn 14.5, Bark River-Harris 5, Iron Mountain 2, Holy Name 0, Carney-Nadeau 0.

100 — 1. Richardson, M, 11.48; 2. Roth, H; 3. Karl, Glad; 4. DeAgostino, Glad; 5. Hughes, Iron; 6. Kudej.

200 — 1. Richardson, M, 23.21; 2. Roth, H; 3. Hughes, Iron; 4. Roe, SSM; 5. Ison, E; 6. Englund, E.

400 — 1. Southwell, SSM. 53.64; 2. Teeple, M; 3. Hemmer, H; 4. Hamlin, E; 5. Klier, SSM; 6. Oberlin, WIC.

800 — 1. Brandt, SSM, 2:05.79; 2. Garnell, H; 3. Bowerman, SSM; 4. Clements, SSM; 5. Van Karsen, H; 6. Armstrong SSM.

1600 — 1. Bowerman, SSM, 4:47.52; 2. Fillmore, M; 3. Grant, M; 4. Armstrong, SSM; 5. Burtt, SSM; 6. Knauf, BR-H.

3200 — Van Karsen, H, 10:50.30; 2. Aldridge, SSM; 3. Gearhart, Ish; 4. Seekie, M; 5. O’Conner, SSM; 6. Crimmins, M.

110 hurdles — 1. Norman, M, 16.22; 2. Hughes, Iron; 3. Neibuhr, SSM; 4. Denis, E; 5. Peabody, SSM, 6. Hongisto. H.

300 hurdles — 1. Richardson, M, 41.28; 2. Hongisto, H; 3. Neibuhr, SSM; 4. Meyer, Ish; 5. Carro, E; 6. Denis, E.

400 relay — 1. Gladstone, (Young,Sierpien,DeAugostino,Karl), 44.58; 2. Houghton; 3. Sault Ste. Marie; 4. Escanaba; 5. Gwinn; 6. West Iron County.

800 relay — 1. Sault Ste. Marie, (D, Roe,Armentrout,L. Roe,Klier), 1:35.59; 2. Gwinn; 3. Houghton; 4. Ishpeming; 5. Gladstone; 6. West Iron County.

1600 relay — 1. Sault Ste.Marie, (Brandt,Klier,Southwell,Burtt), 3:36.65; 2. Houghton; 3. Escanaba, (Hamlin,Englund,Schroeder,Carro); 4. Marquette, (Best,Pond,Seekie,Teeple); 5. Iron Mountain; 6. Gladstone.

3200 relay — 1. Houghton, (Garnell,B.Van Karsen,C.Van Karsen,Hemmer), 8:53.14; 2. Sault Ste. Marie; 3. Ishpeming; 4. Escanaba, 5. Marquette; 6. Gladstone.

Shot put — 1. Solena, H, 52′ 4.5″; 2. Ditmyer, SSM; 3. Ghigga, WIC; 4. Anderson, E; 5. Martin, BR-H; 6. Cattoor, M.

Discus — 1. Solena, H, 146′ 11″; 2. Farnes, Glad; 3. Ditmyer, SSM; 4. Cattoor, M; 5. Joyal, H; 6. Anderson, E.

High Jump — 1. Hamlin, E, 6 ‘7″; 2. Farnes, G; 3. Oberlin, WIC; 4. Clement, SSM; 5. Cooke, H; 6. James, SSM.

Pole vault — 1. Karl, Glad, 14’5″; 2. Chmurynski, Glad; 3. Peabody, SSM; 4. Ollanketo, H; 5. Varoni, BR-H; 6. Matthews, M.

Girls

Marquette 139, Gladstone 87, Houghton 73, Sault Ste. Marie 53, Bark River-Harris 53, West Iron County 44, Escanaba 28, Gwinn 26, Carney-Nadeau 16, Ironwood 6, Ishpeming 2, Holy Name 0, Iron Mountain 0.

100 — 1. Anthony, M, 13.60; 2. Brackett, Glad; 3. Nystrom, M; 4. Todd, M; 5. Nault, BR-H; 6. Erickson, BR-H.

100 adaptive — 1. Sziber, H, 29.83.

200 — 1. Bracket, Glad, 27.47; 2. Goulet, SSM; 3. Nystrom, M; 4. Shamion, WIC; 5. Daughterty, M; 6. Todd, M.

400 — 1. Bracket, Glad, 1:02.23; 2. Anthony, M; 3. Daugherty, M; 4. Woodruff, H; 5. Soyring, G; 6. Akerley, E.

800 — 1. Ziegler, M, 2:35.01, 2. S. Jones, SSM; 3. Lawson, H; 4. Perrier, M; 5. Bastian, H; 6. A. Jones, SSM.

1600 — 1. Rautiola, H, 5:42.67; 2. Ziegler, M; 3. Akerley, E; 4. Lawson, H; 5. Sporte, H; 6. Hoppe, H.

3200 — 1. 1. Rautiola, H, 12:26.63; 2. Ziegler, M; 3. Cantway, M; 4. Hoppe, H; 5. Niska, H; 6. Gilbert, Glad.

100 hurdles — 1. Shamion, WIC, 18.38; 2. Thiry, C-N; 3. Holsworth, M; 4. Jackson, M; 5. Karl, Glad; 6. Riley, BR-H.

300 hurdles — 1. Shamion, WIC, 52.14; 2. Zawada, BR-H; 3. Thiry, C-N; 4. Matthews, Glad; 5. Jackson, M; 6. Holsworth, M.

400 relay — 1. Bark River-Harris, (Olson, Zawada,Erickson,Nault) 54.99; 2. Sault Ste. Marie; 3. Gwinn; 4. Gladstone; 5. West Iron County; 6. Carney-Nadeau.

800 relay — 1. Bark River-Harris, (Olson, Zawada,Erickson,Nault) 54.99; 2. Sault Ste. Marie; 3. West Iron County; 4. Gwinn; 5. Gladstone; 6. Houghton.

1600 relay — 1. Houghton, (Cooke,s. Lawson,M. Lawson,Woodruff), 4:38.58; 2. Gladstone; 3. Sault Ste. Marie; 4. Escanaba; 5. Bark River-Harris; 6. Marquette.

3200 relay — 1. Sault Ste. Marie, (A. Jones,Sporte,Goulet, S. Jones), 10:46.69; 2. Houghton; 3. Gladstone; 4. Marquette; 5. Ironwood; 6. West Iron County.

Shot put — 1. Ostlund, Glad, 28’½”; 2. Autio, M; 3. Croley, M; 4. Tadgerson, G; 5. Cortez, BR-H; 6. DeSousa, WIC.

Shot put adaptive — 1. Sziber, H; 19’0″;

Discus — 1. Derwin, G, 90’6″; 2. Autio, M; 3. Cortez, BR-H; 4. Braucher, Iron, 5. Tormala, H; 6. Ostlund, Glad.

High Jump — 1. Shamion, WIC, 4’10”; 2. Karl, Glad; 2. Todd, M; 4. Martin, E; 5. Jo Anderson, Ish; 6. Nystrom, M.

Pole Vault — 1. Karl, Glad, 8’0″; 2. Aho, H; 3. Martin, E; 3: Johnson, BR-H; 5. Williams, H; 5. Hausmann, M; 5. Perrier, M.

Long Jump — 1. Todd, M, 15’7½; 2. Martin, E; 3. Zawada, BR-H; 4. Bracket, Glad; 5. Woodard, SSM; 6. Corrigan, C-N.