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Friday, April 18, 2025
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Reeths-Puffer's Bilek, Chevez earn state berths at regional meet

Reeths-Puffer girls runners Jersi Bilek and Gabrielle Chevez each earned berths in the state meet Saturday at the Division 1 regional race in Allendale.
The Rocket girls finished in eighth place as a team in the race.
Bilek finished 21st in a time of 19:27.5, just a few seconds off her season best, which was set at the same course. Chevez qualified with a 28th-place finish, snagging the final individual qualifying position, and finished in a season best time of 20:01.0.
Also for the Rocket girls, Kaitlyn Durow finished 47th (21:27.5), Adrienne Fluette was 62nd (22:38.5) and Darcy Keefe was 70th (23:53.4). Durow's time was a personal best, and Fluette's was a season best.
R-P's boys ended their season with a 12th-place finish. Dylan Sturr led the Rockets with a 54th-place finish, earning a time of 17:51.7, barely missing his personal best. Samuel Perez was close behind, finishing 63rd with a personal best time (18:29.6). Also scoring were Jamie Neel (68th, 18:53.4), Jack Yonkman (74th, 19:05.7) and Gage Bouwman (85th, 20:30.8). Neel's time was a season best.