WHITEHALL — Whitehall’s boys team celebrated its only home meet of the season Tuesday by beating both Ludington and Orchard View in West Michigan Conference Lakes action.
The Vikings had no trouble with either opponent, defeating Ludington 98-39 and Orchard View 123-14. In the girls meet, Whitehall picked up a split, beating OV 100-31 but falling to the Orioles 103-34.
The Viking boys earned wins in 13 of the 17 events contested. Leading the way with two individual wins apiece were Trannon Aylor and Stewart Waters. Aylor won both the 200 and 400-meter events, posting a season best time of 22.79 seconds in the former and galloping to a three-second win in the 400, the event in which he’s the reigning state champion. His time in that one was 50.77 seconds. Waters swept the two individual distance events. In the 1,600, Waters set a new personal best of 4:32.5 and needed every step of it, nipping Ludington’s Jose Flores by less than a second. He had an easier time of it in the 3,200, where his time of 10:13.3 was good for a 4.45-second win.
Whitehall won both hurdles events. Malcolm Earvin, running the 300 hurdles for only the second time in his career, cruised to a win with a time of 41.72 seconds. Camden Thompson, still working his way back from a March ankle sprain, made his season debut in the 110 hurdles and picked up a win with a time of 16.45 seconds.
Caden Bowyer added to Whitehall’s success with a win in discus, where he set a new PR of 142-3. Tyler Van Antwerp also earned a PR while winning an event, crossing the line in 2:05.8 in the 800 meters. Ayden Mendoza won the high jump with a mark of 6-3, and Ca’Mar Ready won the pole vault with a mark of 12-6.
Whitehall also nabbed the top spot in three of four relay races. In the 400-meter relay, Logan Sines, Kyler Frees, Ready and Earvin teamed up for the win with a time of 45.19 seconds, and in the 800, it was Frees, Kal Koehler, Ready and Aylor with a time of 1:34.99. Frees, VanAntwerp, Andon Palmer and Aylor won the 1,600 relay in a time of 3:35.8.
The Viking girls collected three event wins in the double dual, including a new PR by Aaliyah Jamison in shot put. The freshman posted a 31-5 in the event to take the top spot. Arianna Black added a win in high jump with a leap of 5-0. Cami Kraai earned Whitehall’s third win and set a PR of her own in the 3,200 meters, crossing the line in 12:14.5.
