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BROOKLYN – The Western Michigan Christian Warrior cross country teams both turned in Top 10 finishes on Saturday at the Division 4 state finals.
WMC’s Eleanor Kingshott runs in the Division 4 state finals. Photo/Mary Wilson
The final meet took place at Michigan International Speedway.
The Warrior girls finished third while the boys came in sixth.
Whitmore Lake captured the state title with 78 points. Johannesburg-Lewiston was second with 112 and Western Michigan Christian had 124.
Grace Vanderkooi led Western Michigan Christian with a third-place finish in 18:27.7.
Mason County Eastern’s girls came in 10th place.
The overall winner was Aiden Harrand from Buckey with a time of 17:38.9.
In the boys race, Hillsdale Academy captured the state title with 129 points. Holland Calvary was second with 199 and Kalamazoo Hackett was third with 200. WM Christian was sixth with 221, Mason County Eastern was eighth with 239 and White Cloud finished 16th with 402.
The top 30 runners in each race were named all-state.
AREA RESULTS
Girls
Western Michigan Christian: 3, Grace Vanderkooi 18:27.7; 31, Grace Folkema 20:04.7; 33, Leah Sneller 20:13.3; 47, Kaylie Riksen 20:40.2; 56, Eleanor Kingshott 20:48.0
WMC’s Grace Vanderkooi led the Warriors with a third-place finish. Photo/Mary Wilson
Mason County Eastern: 39, Lauren Niekzielski 20:30.4; 78, Lucy Shoup 21:12.6; 108, Brailyn Johnson 21:45.7; 111, Addison Malburg 21:49.8; 126, Olivia Wing 22:00.4.
White Cloud: 100, Andrea Feldspaugh 21:33.2.
Boys
Western Michigan Christian: 26, Matthias Morse 16:48.2 (All-state); 31, Graeson Lawrence 16:59.1; 67, Owen Sytsema 17:38.2; 93, Reuben Anderson 17:56.7; 100, Alexander Lawrence 18:00.7.
Mason County Eastern: 18, Alex Tyndall 16:41.1 (All-state); 28, Luke Niedzielski 16:51.9 (All-state); 77, Henry Malburg 17:45.0; 117, Greyson Hoeflinger 18:14.4; 124, Milo Shoup 18:18.3.
White Cloud: 36, Coleson Cruzan 17:08.6; 99, Carson Foondle 18:00.6; 136, Kaleb Canning 18:25.2; 167, Avery Bowman 18:56.4; 181, Donald Grovesteen 19:12.4.
Muskegon Catholic: 105, Owen Lyonnais 18:05.9; 149, Jacob Lyonnais 18:39.8.
Pentwater: 17, Abe VanDuinen 16:40.9 (All-state); 25, Mitchel Daniels 16:47.5 (All-state).