Saline's Abby Rentschler runs in the 1,600-meter race during an MHSAA Division regional Friday at Saline High School. Pioneer's Katie Hoevet won the race, but the Hornets ran away with a team title.

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Cindy Ofili is not interested in simply becoming a state champion hurdler for her Huron High School girls track team. Instead, Ofili has a bigger goal in mind.

“I definitely want to get under 13.6 (seconds) so I can get the state record,” Ofili said of the 100-meter hurdles event. She came close to breaking that record when she tied former Pioneer High School runner Candice Davis’ nine-year-old record time of 13.66 seconds at a Division 1 regional held at Saline High School Friday.

After tying the record, Ofili thinks she can still be better.

“I’m a lot stronger than I’ve ever been in my whole life," she said. "I’m really happy with the way I ran.”

Along with the 100 hurdles title, Ofili also won the 100 dash, the 300 hurdles and was part of the River Rats' winning 800 relay relay team.

Huron finished third in the final girls standings with 102.33 points. Saline won the event with 187.33 points, followed by Pioneer with 133 points.

The Hornets got a pair of first-place finishes from Randi Bennett (discus and shot put). Abby Rentschler won the 3,200 run and the Hornets won the 3,200 relay.

Sherry Wan (pole vault) and Katie Hoevet (1,600 run) had individual wins for second-place Pioneer.

It was a clean sweep for the host team when the Saline boys team also took first place.

Led by regional championship performances from Logan Wetzel (1,600 run), Steven Bastien (long jump), Matthew Elms (800 run), Nick Renberg (3,200 run), Garrick Roemer (800 run) and two distance-relay teams, the Hornets coasted to victory by scoring 165 team points.

Pioneer finished second with 82 points and Ypsilanti third with 75.

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The strong finishes by Ypsilanti and Pioneer can be partially attributed to the efforts of Austin Sanders and Drake Johnson.

Ypsilanti's Austin Sanders, center, won the 100 and 200 dashes at an MHSAA Division 1 regional meet Friday at Saline High School.

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Sanders posted impressive times in the 100 (:10.7) and 200 (:21.82) dashes to win both events. He was also the anchor on the victorious 400 and 800 relay teams.

The senior is gearing up for a run at multiple titles at the Division 1 state championships June 2 at East Kentwood High School, but said the next two weeks will be critical in his approach.

“I feel like all the hard work like speed-training is helping me out. By the time states comes, I do think I can get my 100 time down to 10.6," he said. "I just have to keep training and let all the hard work pay off.”

Johnson is the two-time reigning state champion in the 110 hurdles and looked poised to defend his crown, even though he wasn’t giving it his all.

“I wasn't really going 100 percent. I was going like 85, maybe 80 percent," he said. "I was just trying to qualify and get my good spot so I can be towards the middle of the track in every event.”

Johnson also won the 300 hurdles and the Pioneers also received a first-place effort from pole vaulter Tyler Leach.

Other regional champions in the girls meet included Huron's Maya Long (200, 400) and Kennedy Beazley (800) and Ypsilanti's Endia Francois (high jump, long jump).

The top two finishers in each event, plus individuals that eclipsed MHSAA qualifying times advanced to the state championship meet. A complete list of Washtenaw County qualifiers:

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Boys: John Smutney (Saline)
Girls: Randi Bennett (Saline)

Pole vault
Boys: Tyler Leach (Pioneer), Steven Bastien (Saline), Jerkoven Tinsley (Lincoln)
Girls: Sherry Wan (Pioneer), Wendy Szuminski (Saline), Samantha Szuminski (Saline), Liz Gentile (Saline)

Shot put
Boys: Mike Lewis (Huron)
Girls: Randi Bennett (Saline)

High jump
Boys: Alex Belanger (Skyline), Michael Smutney (Saline), George Gray (Skyline)
Girls: Endia Francois (Ypsilanti), Cara Easley (Ypsilanti), Wendy Szuminski (Saline), Samantha Richart (Saline), Rachel Paxton (Saline), Janese Honeycutt (Pioneer)

Long jump
Boys: Steven Bastien (Saline), Tyree Waller (Lincoln), Michael Andreis (Saline), Ryan Montgomery (Ypsilanti)
Girls: Endia Francois (Ypsilanti), Jacqueline Marchidon (Saline), Bria Johnson (Huron), Wendy Szuminski (Saline), Dominique Foley (Lincoln), Sherry Wan (Pioneer)

100 dash
Boys: Austin Sanders (Ypsilanti), Malik Peacock (Ypsilanti), Nelson Hansen (Skyline), Duane Boyd (Huron)
Girls: Cindy Ofili (Huron), Endia Francois (Ypsilanti), Amanda Luurtsema (Saline), Jamika Jones (Lincoln), Alexis Dubervell (Pioneer), Nicole Wilson (Pioneer)

200 dash
Boys: Austin Sanders (Ypsilanti), Malik Peacock (Ypsilanti), Devon Thompson (Ypsilanti), Wan'ya Williams (Huron)
Girls: Maya Long (Huron), Endia Francois (Ypsilanti), Alexa Ross (Saline), Alexis Dubervell (Pioneer), Anita Vandermeulen (Skyline)

400 dash
Boys: Garrick Roemer (Saline), Ryan Gauche (Saline)
Girls: Maya Long (Huron), Alani Letang (Pioneer), London Renfroe (Pioneer), Anita Vanermeulen (Skyline), Bria Johnson (Huron), Devan Wetzel (Saline)

800 run
Boys: Matthew Elms (Saline), Spencer Bishop (Saline), Logan Wetzel (Saline), Ryan Wilke (Saline), Luca Arrivo (Pioneer), Terrell McGee (Saline), Jonathon Parker (Saline)
Girls: Kennedy Beazley (Huron), Lauren Green (Saline), Rosanna Neuhausle (Pioneer), Emily Reyst (Saline), Kristin Green (Saline)

1600 run
Boys: Logan Wetzel (Saline), Grant Prashan (Saline), Anthony Lamus (Saline), Andrew Kitto (Saline), Eric Jensen (Skyline), Kevin Allport (Saline)
Girls: Katie Hoevet (Pioneer), Abby Rentschler (Saline), Elianna Schwayder (Saline), Amy Creutz (Saline), Alexandra Cell (Huron), Melanie Schroeder (Saline)

3200 run
Boys: Nick Renberg (Saline), Costa Willets (Pioneer), Jacob Higle-Ralbovsky (Huron), Galen Burrell (Pioneer), Dylan Jennings (Saline)
Girls: Abby Rentschler (Saline), Elianna Shwayder (Saline), Amy Creutz (Saline), Gloria Park (Saline), Alexandria Cell (Huron), Lindsay Walter (Saline)

110 hurdles
Drake Johnson (Pioneer), Kabine Daine (Ypsilanti)

100 hurdles
Cindy Ofili (Huron), Quenee' Dale (Saline), Tierra Williams (Lincoln), Bria Williams (Lincoln), Sophia Kunselman (Pioneer), Janese Honeycutt (Pioneer)

300 hurdles
Boys: Drake Johnson (Pioneer), Rare Williams (Lincoln), Kabine Daine (Ypsilanti)
Girls: Cindy Ofili (Huron), Sophia Kunselman (Pioneer), Sabrina Kunselman (Pioneer), Chinonye Uche (Pioneer), Bethany Easom (Saline), Natalie Wysocki (Saline), Quenee' Dale (Saline), Josie Granner (Huron)

400 relay
Boys: Ypsilanti, Saline, Lincoln
Girls: Saline, Lincoln, Pioneer

800 relay
Boys: Ypsilanti, Saline, Pioneer
Girls: Huron, Pioneer, Lincoln

1600 relay
Boys: Saline, Pioneer
Girls: Huron, Pioneer, Saline

3200 relay
Boys: Saline, Pioneer
Girls: Saline, Pioneer, Huron