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Hart’s boys and girls cross country teams dominated the competition at the Hart & Sole Invitational on Saturday.
The Pirate girls captured the top three places and finished with 23 points. Runner-up Ludington had 42. Hart’s boys won by an even larger margin with 26 points to runner-up Ludington’s 63.
Freshman Jessica Jazwinski took first place in 18:21.5. She was followed by teammates Audrianna Enns, a senior, who finished in 19:04.8 and sophomore Alyson Ens in 19:12.5.
Following the Pirates and Orioles, were Mason County Eastern with 77, Shelby at 109 and Pentwater with 138.
Ludington freshman Summer Brower had the fifth spot in 20:17.90, followed by Shelby junior Emma Soelberg with a time of 20:18.90.
Hart freshman Lexie Beth Nienhuis was seventh at 20:37.60, Ludington freshman Nadia Grierson had a 20:55.30, Mason County Eastern freshman Lucy Shoup was finished in 21:23.80 and Ludington freshman Autumn Brower rounded out the top 10 in 21:30.20.
On the boys’ side, after the Pirates and Orioles were Mason County Eastern at 65 points, Pentwater with 106 and Shelby with 112.
Hart Boy’s 2021 Cross Country team (Photo/Leo Valdez)
Hart had the first two places, as junior Clayton Ackley was first with a 16:52.40 while fellow junior Wyatt Dean followed in 17:04.10.
Mason County Eastern junior Nate Wing finished third in 17:28.70 and senior Eli Shoup was fourth in 17:36.80.
Hart senior Max Nienhuis finished sixth in 17:49.80, followed by Ludington sophomore Trey Keson in 17:50.70, Hart freshman Max Stitt at 18:00.50, Pentwater sophomore Abe VanDuinnen in 18:15.90 and Shelby senior Isaac Scouten was 10th in 18:16.40.
