Hart’s Jessica Jazwinski captures state title at Division 3 cross country meet; Pirate teams both finished 10th

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BROOKLYN – Hart’s Jessica Jazwinski ran to a state title in the Division 3 girls cross country meet on Saturday.

Jazwinski finished in 17:08.8, a full 40 seconds ahead of the second-place runner.

Jessica Jazwinski leads the way for Hart, finishes with Division 3 state champ honors. Photo/Mary Wilson

In the team meet, Jackson Lumen Christi captured first place with 140, followed by Traverse City St. Francis with 177 and Elk Rapids with 190.

Hart finished 10th with 285 and Kent City was 14th with 365.

In the boys’ race, the Pirate boys finished 10th. Leading the way was freshman Robert Jazwinski III with a third-place finish.

Traverse City St. Francis won the team event with 113, followed by St. Louis with 175 and Grand Rapids Covenant Christian with 209.

The area also had individual state qualifiers from a handful of schools.The top 30 runners in each race earned all-state honors.

AREA RESULTS
Girls
Hart: 1, Jessica Jazwinski 17:08.8 (All-state); 76, Lexie Beth Nienhuis 20:27.3; 86, Natalie Rosema 20:34.7; 124, Lily Hopkins 21:17.2; 133, Lauren Pretty 21:24.6.

Kent City: 10, Lila Volkers 18:45.7 (All-state); 34, Gracie Houtman 19:20.3; 65, Isabella Max 10:19.8; 196, Alisha Esquivel 22:23.9; 206, Lydia Howard 22:35.9.

Manistee: 22, Cecilia Postma 19:06.6 (All-state).

North Muskegon: 41, Abbie Wiegers 19:44.1.

Mason County Central: 71, Maylan Sanders 20:21.4.

Shelby: 85, Lydia Soelberg 20:34.2.

Montague: 165, Cammie Erickson 21:53.3.

Boys
Hart: 3, Robert Jazwinski III 15:54.0 (All-state); 79, Jack Slotman 17:10.9; 107, Tyler VanderZanden 17:25.4; 116, Max Stitt 17:31.3; 118, Aiden Schaner 17:32.1.

North Muskegon: 125, Evan Atkinson-Miller 17:35.8.

Shelby: 167, Tanner Soelbig 18:11.0.

Grant: 53, Brodie Delameter 16:52.2.

Kent City: 5, Samuel Martini 15:56.6 (All-state).

Manistee: 92, Jack O’Donnell 17:17.6.