Local runners dotted the top end of the leaderboard Saturday at the
GMAA race, which took place this year at Fruitport's Rycenga Park.
Whitehall's
boys team earned the highest team finish among local squads, placing
second. The Vikings finished only seven points behind winner Western
Michigan Christian. Montague finished third in the race, and
Reeths-Puffer placed sixth.
Three Vikings placed in the top
six individually, led by Stewart Waters, who was third with a time of
16:52.2. Hunter Parsons took fourth and had a time of 17:03.9, and Drew
Boeringa placed sixth in a time of 17:24.2. Montague's Nolan Kessler
also picked up a top-10 finish, placing eighth in a time of 17:33.2.
The
Wildcats' Noah Raeth earned a 12th-place finish and had a time of
17:59.4, closely followed by Alix Draves in 13th (18:00.6). Rex Pumford
of Whitehall finished 14th (18:01.1). Blaine Berson closed the Whitehall
scoring in 30th place (19:18.2), and Bucky Aney (19th, 18:18.2) and
Matthew Leatherman (27th, 19:11.5) finished up Montague's scoring for
the boys' race.
Reeths-Puffer top four runners all finished
within 34 seconds of one another. Dylan Sturr led the Rockets in 24th
place (18:38.9), followed by Jack Yonkman in 25th (19:05.3) and Samuel
Perez in 26th (19:11.3). Jamie Neel was the fourth Rocket to finish,
coming in 28th (19:12.2). Gage Bouwman finished up the scoring, in 52nd
place (22:11.2).
In the girls' race, Jersi Bilek finished
third for Reeths-Puffer in a time of 20:16.3, leading the Rockets to
third place as a team. Whitehall was fifth, and Montague placed sixth.
Whitehall's
Cami Kraai was fourth right behind Bilek, with a time of 20:22.2. The
Vikings' Adalyn Britton finished ninth (20:43.3), and R-P's Gabrielle
Chevez just missed the top 10, coming in 11th (21:42.7).
R-P's
three remaining scorers were Kaitlyn Durow (17th, 22:26.0), Adrienne
Fluette (21st, 22:49.96) and Charli Belinger (23:28.2). For Whitehall,
Kassie Sapp (23rd, 23:13.3), Samantha Mead (27th, 24:02.3) and Kassidy
Parmley (31st, 24:57.1) contributed to the scoreboard.
Montague's
top scorer was Grace Torsch, who finished 24th (23:14.8). Grace Reavey
placed 29th (24:40.96). Erica Hansen (36th, 25:30.0), April Howard
(37th, 25:45.0) and Lilou Ruch (40th, 26:30.2) scored for the Wildcats.
