Whitehall’s boys team earned another West Michigan Conference Lakes title Friday at the league finals meet in Fremont. The win gave the Vikings their 20th straight WMC title.
The boys scored 160.5 points, outpacing runner-up Fremont by 37.25. Montague finished fourth in the meet. On the girls’ side, Whitehall placed third, with Montague in fifth, though Ludington romped in the meet with 200 total points.
The Vikings won eight of the 17 events, led by another great day for senior Malcolm Earvin. Earvin won both individual sprint events, recording times of 11.27 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.46 in the 200, and also anchored the Vikings’ victorious sprint relay teams. Corde Anderson, Kyler Frees and Ca’Mar Ready joined Earvin in the 400 relay, where the team’s time of 45.38 seconds nosed out Fremont by 0.05 of a second, and in the 800 relay, Frees, Ready and Trannon Aylor were with Earvin to finish in a time of 1:32.7.
Aylor also earned a win in the 400 in 49.24 seconds, his best time since winning the state title in that event last year, and anchored the 1,600 relay team, joining Frees, Tyler Van Antwerp and Andon Palmer for a time of 3:33.2. Stewart Waters added a win in the 3,200, with a time of 10:03.0, and set a PR of 4:31.97 in the 1,600 to finish second. Ayden Mendoza rounded out individual wins by taking the top spot in high jump, with a leap of 6-2.
Other top-3 finishes for Whitehall included a pair of them for Ready, who was second in pole vault (12-0) and set a PR of 20-2.25 to take 3rd in long jump, behind second-place teammate Kal Koehler (20-6); Caden Bowyer, who set a PR in discus to take second (143-4); Corde Anderson, second in the 110 hurdles (16.29); and Aylor, who finished third in the 200 (23.08). The Vikings also took third in the 3,200 relay.
Isaiah Atchison led Montague with an impressive three runner-up finishes. He took second behind Earvin in both sprints, with times of 11.72 in the 100 and 22.67 in the 200, and also took second in high jump (6-0). Clay Johnson placed second for Montague in the 800, setting a new PR of 2:05.3.
The Vikings earned two event wins in the girls meet, with Cami Kraai taking the 800 (2:24.2) and Arianna Black winning the high jump (5-2). Kraai also inished second in the 1,600 (5:21.6). Aaliyah Jamison picked up a third-place in shot put (30-10.5). The Vikings were second in the 3,200 relay and third in the 1,600 relay.
Trisha Beckman led the way for Montague’s girls, setting a PR in discus to take second place (103-9). Annelyse Schneider took second in long jump (14-10.25). Addison Smith finished third in pole vault (7-6), Amanda Cederquist was third in the 100 hurdles (18.18), and the ‘Cats took third in the 800 relay.
