Whitehall's Bobby Jazwinski made some more Viking history Saturday at the Allendale Invitational, breaking his own school record for a 5K time by crossing the finish line in 15:10.1.
Jazwinski surpassed his previous mark, set at the season-opening Grand Rapids South Christian Under the Lights Invitational, by five seconds.
The Vikings finished sixth in the small-school Falcon division of the boys' race but were only nine points behind third-place West Michigan Aviation, with several runners submitting terrific races.
Hunter Parsons placed 13th for Whitehall with a time of 17:04.7, a season best, and Ian Dennis ran a personal best time of 18:07.7, taking 34th. Justin Jensen was 45th in a time of 18:39.0, and Scout Freiheit set a personal best time of 18:42.7 to close out the scoring in 47th.
All three local teams competed at the Allendale meet; Montague placed eighth in the small-school division, with Nolan Kessler leading the team. Kessler placed 14th in a time of 17:14.1. Gibson Smith took 27th and shattered his personal best time by nearly 50 seconds, finishing in 17:45.98. Wesley Mair and Brock Hunter both set personal best times of 18:34.0 and 18:35.2 respectively, taking 42nd and 43rd place. Matthew Leatherman set a season best time of 18:39.5, finishing 46th.
The Reeths-Puffer boys finished 16th in the large-school Scarlet division, paced by Dylan Sturr in 85th place (19:04.5). Other scorers were Gabriel Luna (96th, a personal best 19:42.5), Kyron Novak (101st, 20:21.2), Jonathan Visscher (105th, a personal best 22:09.8) and Zayden Kingman (106th, 22:31.3).
In the girls' race, R-P was 14th in the Scarlet division. Jersi Bilek led the Rockets in 33rd place (20:12.0). Darcy Keefe finished 69th (21:53.8), and Charli Belinger finished 87th (23:31.8). Sidney Shackelford (95h, 26:52.2) and Olivia Yonkman (96th, 27:36.95) also scored for R-P. Yonkman's time was a personal best, and Keefe and Shackelford set season bests.
Montague finished ninth in the Falcon division, with Erica Hansen leading the team in 26th place (23:19.0). Carmen Howard was 34th (24:27.2) and Carlee Gillis finished 55th (27:49.4). Willa Van Loon (61st, 29:51.2) and Arianna Mueller (64th, 32:19.5) also scored. Howard, Gillis and Van Loon all set personal best times.
Whitehall could not score as a team, but two of its three finishers - Reese Hesse and Kassie Sapp - set season best times. Hesse finished 25th (23:12.4), Kassidy Parmley was 47th (26:08.3) and Sapp was 54th (27:45.97).
