Another perfect score by the Hart boys and a near-perfect score by the Hart girls made for a great day for the Pirates at Tuesday’s Shelby jamboree.
Hart’s boys had the top five finishers in the race, with Grant Ackley the winner with a time of 18:11.5. His four scoring teammates all finished within 20 seconds of him. Trevor VanderKodde took second (18:19.5), followed by Aiden Schaner (18:24.2), Julian Lopez (18:31.1) and Timothy Wolff (18:31.5).
On top of that, Mason Opalewski and Carson Ackley took seventh and ninth place respectively to also earn top-10 finishes.
Hart’s Alaina Schaner (far left) and Natalie Rosema pursue a pair of Mason County Central runners early in Tuesday’s Shelby jamboree. The Pirate girls earned first place in the meet.
The Pirate girls had to settle for merely five of the top eight finishers in their victory, with Natalie Rosema leading the way by taking second place. Rosema’s time was 21:00.3. Alaina Schaner was third in a time of 22:11.1. Bryn Riley placed fifth (22:35.7) and Luisa VanderZwaag sixth (22:42.2). Abigail Studer rounded out team scoring in eighth place (23:16.3).
The Hesperia boys picked up second place behind Hart thanks to some solid runs by their later scorers. Nate Ruhstorfer led the Panthers in eighth place with a time of 18:41.2, and Andy Lopez-Garcia was 17th with a time of 19:21.7. Hunter Tinkham placed 28th (21:47.3) and Tony Lopez-Garcia was 30th (22:17.7). Kolt Milner closed the scoring in 37th (23:00.1).
Shelby runners finished third as a team in the girls’ race and fourth in the boys’ race. Parker Weirich was the top Tiger individual, picking up sixth place in the boys’ meet with a time of 18:32.6. Brycen Brown finished 15th (19:05.3). Also scoring were Declan Waller (46th, 25:02.5), Emilio Bustos (50th, 26:21.7) and Brandon Mitteer (52nd, 29:35.3).
Kathryn Beyer paced the Tiger girls by placing ninth (23:41.2). Noel Parker wasn’t far behind, in 12th (24:08.9). Ava Lamberg (22nd, 27:09.9), April Luna (26th, 27:54.3) and Michelle Peterson (34th, 30:50.8) also got on the scoreboard for Shelby.
Hesperia had four finishers in the girls’ race, led by Rokhaya Ruhstorfer in 16th (25:08.7). Other finishers were Elyssa Wright (39th, 33:39.8), Danielle Merritt (43rd, 42:37.1) and Alana Javinsky (44th, 43:19.9).
