Whitehall's four-year reign as champions of the GMAA boys track
meet ended Friday night at Western Michigan Christian, as the Vikings
settled for second place behind Mona Shores, 117-94.
Those two
teams easily outpaced everyone else; Whitehall was 44 points ahead of
third-place Fruitport. Reeths-Puffer took fourth place, and Montague was
seventh.
In the girls' meet, Reeths-Puffer topped local
squads with a third-place finish. Montague was fourth and Whitehall
finished eighth.
The Viking boys came away with individual
wins in four events by four different athletes. Caden Bowyer took first
in the discus with a throw of 146-11, and Ayden Mendoza's unbeaten run
in high jump rolled on as he posted a mark of 6-2. Hunter Parsons won
the 3,200-meter run in a time of 10:44.7, and Javi LeBlanc won the 1,600
meters in a time of 4:51.8.
Whitehall had two runners-up,
with Graysen Olstrom second in the pole vault (13-0) and Elijah Smith
second in the long jump, posting a personal best (19-11). The team also
finished second in the 3,200 relay, with Parsons and LeBlanc joining
Jevon Hilliard and Rex Pumford (8:21.2).
The Vikes also
finished third in three events. Bowyer took third in the shot put
(47-11), Judd Musk was third in the 110 hurdles (16.07) and Hilliard
placed third in the 400 (53.85).
Aaliyah Jamison had her
typical starring role for the Viking girls, winning the shot put with a
mark of 31-9.5 and finishing third in the discus with a throw of 92-8.
Jersi Bilek highlighted the Rocket girls' efforts at the GMAA, winning the 800-meter run in a time of 2:23.1.
Addison
Mitchelson picked up two runner-up finishes in the sprints for the
Rockets, posting times of 13.29 seconds in the 100 and 28.10 seconds in
the 200. Zaire Wright was second for R-P in the shot put with a mark of
30-5.
The Rockets' 400 relay team of Mitchelson, Jailynn
Zuniga, Ivanna Kass and Wyn Waggoner also took second (53.66). The 1,600
team of Bilek, Mitchelson, Waggoner and Kass rounded out R-P's top-3
finishers by placing third (4:34.8).
For R-P's boys, Evan
McHugh had a huge day, placing in the top two three times. McHugh won
the pole vault and set a new personal best of 13-6, and he twice
finished second in hurdles races, posting times of 16.04 seconds in the
110 and 41.83 seconds in the 300. Marvin Moore delivered a win in the
400-meter dash, posting a time of 50.97 seconds.
London Rankin added a personal best of 11.23 seconds in the 100, good for second place.
Addi
Smith led Montague's girls team at the meet, scoring a win in pole
vault with a mark of 8-6. Annelyse Schneider added the Wildcats' other
top-3 finish, coming in third in the high jump (5-0). For the boys,
Isaac French had another impressive day and won the shot put (50-5.5).
Wesley Mair set a new personal best to take third in the 3,200-meter run
(10:48.4), and Nolan Kessler added a third-place finish in the
1,600-meter run (4:56.8).
