Hart Pirates boys’ track team crowned champions at Kent City Elite Invitational

LocalSportsJournal.com

KENT CITY– The Hart Pirates captured the title in the Kent City Elite Invitational track meet on Friday.

A total of 22 teams competed in the eighth annual event.

Hart amassed 176 points to take home the trophy. The Pirates were followed by Berrien Springs with 168 points and the White Cloud Indians came in third place with 149.

Other local team scores included: Fremont, 5th place (114), Whitehall, 7th place (97), Montague, 13th place (70), Kent City, 15th place (66.5), Ravenna, 16th place (48.5), Newaygo, 17th place (41), Western Michigan Christian, 17th place (41), Oakridge, 19th place (39), Holton, 21st place (6) and Grant, 22nd place (4)

In the girls’ division, Pewamo-Westphalia finished in the top spot with 204.5 points. They were followed by Berrien Springs with 183.5 and Lawton with 158.5.

Hart finished in fourth place with 148 points. Other local scores included: White Cloud, 6th place (107), Whitehall, 8th place (72), Oakridge, 9th place (69, Montague, 12th place (56.5), Ravenna, 12th place (56.5), Kent City, 14th place (53.5), Western Michigan Christian, 16th place (41), Fremont, 17th place (37.5), Grant, 18th place (29), Newaygo, 19th place (27) and Holton, 21st place (22.5).

Local boys individual top performances included:

100 Meters – Malcolm Earvin, Whitehall (1st); Revin Gale, Hart (4th); Connor Pettis, Fremont (9th) and Vincent Ockert, White Cloud (10th)

200 Meters – Christian Brown, Kent City (4th); Revin Gale, Hart (5th); Hunter Chaffee, Hart (9th) and Jacob Burns, Fremont (10th)

400 Meters – Gary Springstead, Fremont (2nd); Easton Vander Zwaag, Hart (4th); Peyton Ruel, Oakridge (7th) and Guillermo Ortega, Hart (8th)

800 Meters – Wyatt Dean, Hart (2nd); Sean Pettis, Fremont (3rd); Matthias Morse, WMC (4th); Clay Johnson, Montague (6th); Noah Raeth, Montague (8th); Caleb Bitely, Hart (9th) and Kaden Bond, Hart (10th)

1600 Meters – Clayton Ackley, Hart (1st); Wyatt Dean, Hart (4th); Sean Pettis, Fremont (5th); Samuel Martini, Kent City (6th); Seth Ackley, Hart (7th); and John Christensen, Fremont (10th)

3200 Meters – Clayton Ackley, Hart (1st); Samuel Martini, Kent City (3rd); Seth Ackley, Hart (5th) and Carter Sherman, Fremont (9th)

110m Hurdles – Daniel Romero, Fremont (1st); Caleb Westerbeek, Hart (4th); Seth Vanderwest, Kent City (7th); Derek Finlay, Ravenna (9th) and Jacob Zuniga, Whitehall (10th)

300m Hurdles – Daniel Romero, Fremont (1st); Hunter Hogan, Ravenna (7th); Derek Finlay, Ravenna (8th); Owen Hertel, Fremont (9th) and Mason Darke, Montague (10th)

4 x 100 Relay – Whitehall (1st) and Hart (3rd)

4 x 200 Relay – Montague (2nd)

4 x 400 Relay – Hart (2nd); Kent City (4th) and Fremont (5th)

4 x 800 Relay – White Cloud (2nd); Hart (3rd) and Montague (5th)

Shot Put – Kellen Kimes, Hart (1st); Wesley Russell, Whitehall (2nd); Silas Jancek, Montague (6th); Jace Silverthorn, White Cloud (8th) and Lloyd Sebright-John, White Cloud (9th)

Discus – Kellen Kimes, Hart (1st); Wesley Russell, Whitehall (8th) and Lloyd Sebright-John, White Cloud (9th)

High Jump – Noah Robinson, White Cloud (1st); Ty Maitland, Oakridge (2nd); Guillermo Ortega, Hart (3rd); Ian Thompson, Oakridge (4th) and Rodney Brassfield, Montague (8th)

Pole Vault – Ca’mar Ready, Whitehall (7th) and Kendal Degen, Montague (8th)

Long Jump – Nate Bolley, Whitehall (1st); Daniel Romero, Fremont (2nd); Ca’mar Ready, Whitehall (3rd); Blake Kerr, Newaygo (6th) and Mason Darke, Montague (7th)

Local girls’ individual top performances included:

100 Meters – Maelie Hope, Whitehall (1st); Kendra Postema, Ravenna (3rd); Addison Hovey, Hart (4th), Aspen Boutell, Hart (7th) and Brooklyn Whittemore, Grant (8th)

200 Meters – Maelie Hope, Whitehall (2nd); Kendra Postema, Ravenna (4th); Addison Hovey, Hart (6th); Destyni Lane, Oakridge (8th); Brooklyn Whittemore, Grant (9th) and Aspen Boutell, Hart (10th)

400 Meters – Jessica Jazwinski, Hart (3rd); Savanna Owens, Hart (5th); Mariah Edwards, White Cloud (8th) and Eleanor Kingshott, WMC (9th)

800 Meters – Grace VanderKooi, WMC (3rd); Lila Volkers, Kent City (4th); Grace Hughes, Newaygo (6th); Grace Folkema, WMC (9th) and Isabella Max, Kent City (10th)

1600 Meters – Jessica Jazwinski, Hart (1st); Alyson Enns, Hart (4th); Grace VanderKooi, WMC (5th); Lila Volkers, Kent City (7th); and Linnea Paige, Fremont (9th)

3200 Meters – Alyson Enns, Hart (1st); Linnea Paige, Fremont (3rd) and Gracie Houtman, Kent City (8th)

100m Hurdles – Laura Bitely, Hart (5th); Jasmyne Villanueva, Hart (6th) and Amanda Cederquist, Montague (7th)

300m Hurdles – Bethany Olthof, Ravenna (4th) and Jasmyne Villanueva, Hart (8th)

4 x 100 Relay – Hart (2nd) and Oakridge (5th)

4 x 200 Relay – Hart (4th) and Montague (5th)

4 x 400 Relay – Hart (3rd) and Western Michigan Christian (5th)

4 x 800 Relay – Hart (1st); Newaygo (4th) and Kent City (5th)

Shot Put – Maelie Hope, Whitehall (1st); Gaby Reeve, White Cloud (2nd); Addison Korcal, Kent City (6th) and Delaney Schultz, Montague (10th)

Discus – Maelie Hope, Whitehall (1st); Gaby Reeve, White Cloud (3rd); Brooke Berry, Montague (6th); Arie Beecham, Fremont (9th) and Kenzie Nichols, Ravenna (10th)

High Jump – Addison Hovey, Hart (2nd); Bethany Olthof, Ravenna (4th); Andrea Feldpausch, White Cloud (5th); Imogene Brumbaugh, Hart (5th); Allison Van Wesep, Ravenna (7th)

Pole Vault – Lilly Hopkins, Hart (6th) and Sylvia Freeland, Kent City (10th

Long Jump – Aspen Boutell, Hart (3rd) and Ava Crowell, Holton (6th)

Photos courtesy of Kent City photographer Mary Wilson