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Poel capped her stunning comeback by taking the Ski Valley Conference championship in the shot put at the league finals on Monday, May 21. She won with a throw of 38 feet, 8 1/4 inches.

Jenna Deplonty also came away with a league championship, winning the high jump with a personal best of 4 feet, 1o inches, and Kara Liverance earned AllConference honors with a third place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.57 seconds.

It helped the Eagles compile a total of 37 points in the meet, and an eighth place finish in the team standings. Inland Lakes captured the title, accumulating 104 points, and Johannesburg-Lewiston took second with 102.

Poel also earned a medal in the discus by taking fifth place (83 feet, 3 inches). Other medalists for the Eagles included the 400-meter relay team (Erika Shuler, Erin McDaniel, Abby Mateling and Liverance with a time of 56.21 seconds), the 800-meter relay team (Mateling, McDaniel, Lindsey Winslow and Liverance in 2:02.45) and Winslow in the long jump (sixth at 12 feet, 11 3/4 inches).

"(Deplonty) finally found her potential in the high jump in one of the last meets of her career, and it resulted in a conference championship," Larson said.

"Molly and Kara have conistently performed well, and were rewarded with AllConference honors for their efforts." Bellaire finished third in the boys meet, scoring 99 points. Onaway had 108 points for first, and Mancelona was league runnerup with 101.

Boys have have two league champs The Eagles had two league champions. Ethan Murry won the long jump (19 feet, 1 1/2 inches) and Sean McDaniel captured the pole vault (11 feet, 9.01 inches). Bellaire also took first in the 400-meter relay (45.54 seconds).

Finishing second and earning All-Conference honors for the Eagles were Graham Burry in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.10 seconds) and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (42.48 seconds), Andrew Moran in the 800-meter run (2:07.22), Jered Rames in the 200-meter dash (23.61 seconds) and Robert Brown in the shot put (39 feet, 8 inches). Moran was also All-Conference in the 100-meter dash with a third place (11.56 seconds).

Spencer Neuman was fourth in the 3200 meters (fourth in 11:08.91) as well as the 1600 (5:07.53) to pick up a pair of medals, and the Eagles took fifth in both the 3200 relay (9:22.16) and the 800 relay (1:39.3) to earn each member a medal.