Whitehall had an impressive day at Tuesday's Aquinas Indoor Challenge, with the Viking boys finishing second to East Kentwood and the girls team placing seventh.
Just as at Grand Valley State, high jumper Ayden Mendoza was one of the top performers. He followed up his school record 6-10 from that GVSU meet with a 6-9 jump, taking first place. Teammate Camden Thompson finished third with a 6-3 jump.
Thompson had his own star turn in the 60-meter hurdles, setting a new school indoor record with a time of 8.43 seconds to earn first place. Corde Anderson was close behind, finishing third in a time of 8.64 seconds.
Graysen Olstrom tied for fifth in pole vault with a mark of 12-0, and the 1,600-meter relay team of Tyler Van Antwerp, Andon Palmer, Jevon Hilliard and Mason Mulnix finished fifth in a time of 3:39.7. Mulnix took sixth in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.18 seconds, and the 3,200 relay team of Stewart Waters, Drew Boeringa, Van Antwerp and Hilliard was sixth in a time of 8:47.
Caden Bowyer rounded out top-10 finishers, placing 10th in shot put with a mark of 42-3.
In the girls' meet, Lexi Poulin earned a first-place finish in high jump, clearing a personal best 4-10. In shot put, the Vikings had the second and third-place finishers, with Aaliyah Jamison in second (34-11) and Evelyn Darke in third (34-0), both with personal bests.
Whitehall had two relay teams take ninth place, with Cami Kraai, Adalyn Britton and Liz Fox part of both teams. The trio joined Isabella Izaguirre to finish ninth in the 1,600 relay (4:45.4) and were ninth along with Ella Nicholson in the 3,200 relay (11:29.0).
