MONTAGUE — Whitehall’s boys team and Montague’s girls team came out on top Tuesday at the Montague Tri, which opened West Michigan Conference Lakes action.
The Viking boys overwhelmed the competition, defeating Montague 104-33 and Oakridge 119-18; Montague beat the Eagles 82-52. In the girls’ meet, Montague edged Whitehall 72-65 and walloped Oakridge 104-25. Whitehall beat the Eagles 106-28.
Whitehall athletes came away with first place in all but one event; the Wildcats’ Jeremiah Atchison briefly interrupted the Vikes’ hegemony with a win in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 44.29 seconds.
Whitehall had a few two-time individual winners in the meet. Malcolm Earvin earned a sweep of the sprint events, with times of 11.10 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.58 seconds in the 200 meters. Stewart Waters picked up wins in the 800 and 1,600-meter races, with respective times of 2:13.8 and 4:52.9. Jason Smith won both throwing events, setting a personal best in discus along the way by tossing it 122-10. His winning shot put attempt was 43-10.
Smith’s PR in discus prevented teammate Camden Thompson from winning the event in his first career try at it. Thompson, who sprained his ankle in March and has not yet been cleared to compete in his normal high jump and hurdles events, competed in discus instead and threw an impressive 118-10.
Also winning and setting a PR in the field events was Ca’Mar Ready, who notched an impressive 13-0 in pole vault. All three of Ready’s teammates to clear a height also set PRs.
Kal Koehler added to Whitehall’s success in field events with a win in long jump, leaping 20-2.75. Ayden Mendoza scored a win in high jump with a mark of 6-2.
More individual wins came from Trannon Aylor in the 400 meters (50.67), Drew Boeringa in the 3,200 meters (11:01.6), and Logan Sines in the 110-meter hurdles (16.30).
Whitehall also earned wins in all four relay races. Sines, Ready, Earvin and Kyler Frees won the 400 relay (45.28) and Frees, Koehler, Ready and Aylor took the top spot in the 800 relay (1:33.5). Frees, Sines, Koehler and Ready won the 1,600 relay (3:39.3) and Boeringa, Waters, Tyler Van Antwerp and Jevon Hilliard completed the sweep in the 3,200 relay (8:48.7).
A pair of new PRs highlighted Montague’s victorious effort in the girls’ meet. Annelyse Schneider leapt 15-8 to win the long jump for the Wildcats, and Jenna Erickson won the 200 meters with a new personal best time of 28.72 seconds. Britta Johnson and Amanda Cederquist also earned individual wins on the track, taking the 400 meters (1:06.4) and 100-meter hurdles (17.96) respectively. Addison Smith chipped in a win in pole vault, with a mark of 7-0.
Montague also won three of the relay races, a key factor in the team triumph. The 400 relay went to Smith, Schneider, Cadence Fox and Ava Pumford (55.26), and the 800 relay saw Erickson, Cederquist, Smith and Johnson get the win (1:55.7). Erickson, Cederquist, Schneider and Cammie Erickson won the 1,600 relay (4:38.1).
Cami Kraai starred for Whitehall, winning all three of her individual events and anchoring the victorious 3,200 relay. Kraai set a personal best of 12:19.1 to win the 3,200 meters, and also won the 1,600 (5:33.4) and 800 (2:29.7). She and teammates Adalyn Britton Kassidy Parmley and Izzy Hesse won the 3,200 relay (11:47.7).
Aaliyah Jamison was a two-time Viking winner, sweeping the throws. The freshman posted marks of 30-2.5 in shot put and 73-4 in discus. Arianna Black set a personal best in high jump, winning with a mark of 5-2. Jenna Smolen added a 100-meter win, finishing in 14.17 seconds.
