Hornet Track Stars Compete at Nationals

The high school track and field season is over, but Saline's athletes are still running and jumping and taking home hardware.

Recent graduate Steven Bastien placed fourth in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals, held June 14-16 at North Carolina A+T University in Greensboro, N.C.

Bastien leaped 23 feet, nine inches.

Another highlight came from Abby Rentschler, who was first among all freshmen in the two-mile run. 

Here are the results:

Results

Elianna Shwayder, 2nd, 4:59.78, Girls 1 Mile Run Emerging Elite

Amy Creutz, 5th, 11:04.49, Girls 2 Mile Run Emerging Elite

Abby Rentschler, 4th, 5:10.34, Girls 1 Mile Run Freshman

Abby Rentschler, 1st, 10:45.80, Girls 2 Mile Run Freshman

Steven Bastien, 4th, 23 feet, 9 inches, Boys Long Jump Championship

Shwayder, Rentschler, Creutz and Lauren Green, 3rd, 20:24, Girls 4-mile relay championship.

Gloria Park, Alyssa Cummings, Gillian Walter and Kelly Hall, 12th, 21:48.48, Girls 4-mile relay championship.

Park, Cummings, Walter and Hall, 17th, 9:51.27, Girls 4-by-800 relay championship.

Spencer Bishop, Andrew Kitto, Anthony Lamus and Nick Renberg, 9th, 18:01.79, Boys 4x1 Mile Relay Championship.

Bastien, Bishop, Mathew Elems and Garrick Roemer, 10th, 3:20.18, Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Championship.

Bastien, Tom Eby, Roemer, Elms, 7th, 3:28.78, Boys 1600 Sprint Medley Championship