Grand Haven boys cruise into Division 1 cross country state finals with second-place finish at regionals

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ALLENDALE – The Grand Haven boys track team claimed second place in Saturday’s Division 1 regional cross country meet.

The meet, at Allendale, finished with Jenison and Grand Haven tied with 44 points. Jenison won the tiebreaker based on the finish of its sixth runner.

Ben Eisnor led Grand Haven with a third-place finish. Luka Hammond came in fifth, Aron Gol was seventh and Carson Berko was eighth to give the Bucs four runners in the top 10. Owen Cross rounded out the Bucs’ roster with a 21st-place finish.

Holland West Ottawa finished fifth at 120, Mona Shores finished 11th with 333 points, Reeths-Puffer was 12th with 344 and Muskegon was 14th with 450.

The state finals are next weekend at Michigan International Speedway.

TEAM SCORES
1, Jenison 44; 2, Grand Haven 44; 3, Rockford 77; 4, Grandville 118; 5, Holland West Ottawa 120; 6, Zeeland West 131; 7, Hudsonville 173; 8, Greenville 254; 9, Grand Rapids Northview 272; 10, Grand Rapids Union 316; 11, Mona Shores 333; 12, Reeths-Puffer 344; 13, Wyoming 398; 14, Muskegon 450.

GRAND HAVEN: 3, Ben Eisnor, 15:46.85; 5, Luka Hammond, 15:54.85; 7, Aron Gal, 16:00.75; 8, Carson Berko, 16:00.98; 21 Owen Cross, 16:48.97.

HOLLAND WEST OTTAWA: 18, Michael Dummer, 16:40.69; 22, Camren DeVries, 16:49.86; 24, Levi Jongekryg, 16:53.29; 26, Jake Follett, 16:54.32; 30, Porter Yurk, 16:57.82.

MONA SHORES: 46, Hayden Fox, 17:32.70; 58, Cole Hansen, 18:00.72; 75, Daxton MacDonald, 19:06.05; 76, Eli Lewis, 19:19.82; 78, Landen Hall, 19:28.15.

REETHS-PUFFER: 54, Dylan Sturr, 17:51.71; 63, Samuel Perez, 18:29.60; 68, Jamie Neel, 18:53.41; 74, Jack Yonkman, 19:05.74; 85, Gage Bouwman, 20:30.83.

MUSKEGON: 82, Jemarion Brown, 19:55.31; 90, James Martin, 22:39.77; 91, Tyson Worthington, 22:40.17; 92, Keashaun Johnson, 23:00.01; 96, David Cross, 23:16.96.