Kentwood High’s Toeaina leaps to school record in triple jump

Toeaina, a junior, finished second and broke the school record in the triple jump event, with a jump that totalled 36 feet 8 inches.

Kentwood High’s Sarah Toeaina leapt into the record books at the Arnie Young Invitational on April 6.

Toeaina, a junior, finished second and broke the school record in the triple jump event, with a jump that totalled 36 feet 8 inches.

Toeaina also finished fourth in the long jump with a 17 foot 2 inch jump.

Kentwood had multiple top finishers at the meet including senior Beth Parrish who finished second in pole vaulting and senior Carly Horn who finished first in high jump.

The Kentwood girls 1600 meter relay of Lindsay Tyler, Carly Horn, Tessa Carlin and Amari Bradley finished second.

Bradley also finished fourth in the 400 meter dash.

The Kentwood boys team also had some top finishers including junior Robin Cheema who finished third in the 800 meters and the 400 meter relay of Derrick Bell, Ivan Semerenko, Bailey Paladin and Brandon Stribling that finished first with a time of 43.39 seconds.

Junior Terence Grady finished fifth in the 110 meter hurdles and the 1600 meter relay of Semerenko, Varrick Anderson, Paladin and Cheema also finished first.

Junior Treyvon Floyd won the high jump event and sophomore Brandon Stribling won the long jump with a 21 foot 2.5 inch jump.

Both the boys and girls distance medley teams also finished at the top. The boys team of Galen Kornowske, Anderson, Brenton Ausen and Cheema took first while the girls team of Carlin, Tyler, Ally Irwin and Nicole Charlton finished second.