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China pocketed four gold medals from athletics while Oluwakemi Mujidat Adekoya of Bahrain broke the Games record to win women 400m

Jacob Montgomery had the odds stacked against him going into Saturday’s Division 2 state track finals at Forest Hills Eastern’s Hawk Stadium. While Montgomery, an Ionia junior, was the No. 10 seed in the 800-meter run, he literally had people stacked against him at the start of his race.

Stuart Gould is going to get his wish in one of his final track events at Tri County. The Vikings’ standout senior sprinter wanted to bring teammates with him to the MHSAA state track finals before the season began. He had big dreams to bring more than one person wearing Tri County running gear to Forest Hills Eastern’s Hawk Stadium for the Division 2 finals.

When the 2024-2025 school year kicks off, Greenville will find its athletic teams in a new conference. The O-K Conference announced realignment on Wednesday with changes for 18 of its 48 schools. Under the change, the Yellow Jackets will take a spot in the O-K Black, which returns as a division name after a four-year hiatus.

The Belding Black Knights girls track team completed their undefeated season on Friday at their hosted O-K Silver conference meet. Going 7-0 in the regular season, Belding welcomed in the rest of the O-K Silver competition for the final conference meet of the season, winning the meet with a team score of 157 points. Sparta placed second with 123.5 points.