It was another big night for Whitehall's Bobby Jazwinski at
Saturday's Distance Night Under the Lights at Grand Rapids' Houseman
Field, as he set a personal best in the 3,200-meter run.
Jazwinski
won the race in a time of 9:07.2, which handily surpassed his previous
best time of 9:21.5, set last spring at the Grand Rapids Catholic
Central Invitational as an unattached runner. (Due to MHSAA transfer
rules, Jazwinski was unable to compete for the Vikings last spring.)
Whitehall
teammate Scout Freiheit also competed at Distance Night, setting a
personal best of 11:09.2 in the 3,200 to finish 131st of the 183
finishers. Freiheit also took 252nd of 386 finishers in the 1,600-meter
run with a time of 5:10.7.
Reeths-Puffer's Jersi Bilek had a
great run in the 800 for the Rocket girls, placing 10th of 196 finishers
with a time of 2:21.8.
Reeths-Puffer's Jonathan Visscher
placed 159th of 332 runners in the boys' 800-meter run and set a
personal best of 2:13.3. Zachary Rought placed 246th and set a personal
best (2:23.4). Gabriel Luna placed 246th in the 1,600 and also set a
personal best (5:09.5).
Montague had several runners compete
at the distance event as well, with many personal bests set. Nolan
Kessler had the top Wildcat finish, coming in 53rd in the 1,600
(4:34.99). He was followed by Wesley Mair in 139th (4:50.7) and Caleb
Vincent in 366th (6:07.5), both with personal best times. In the 3,200,
Mair was 58th with another PR (10:10.3), and Kessler took 67th with a PR
of his own (10:14.6). In the 800, Matthew Leatherman set a personal
best of 2:09.8 to place 128th, with Brock Hunter in 181st (2:15.5) and
Levi Dawson in 277th (2:27.99).
In the girls' event, Erica
Hansen set a personal best of 2:49.7 to take 119th in the 800. Teammates
Peyton Sweet (178th, 3:13.0), Breanna Berry (181st, 3:17.2) and Willa
Van Loon (189th, 3:25.1) also competed, with Berry and Van Loon setting a
personal best. Sweet also set a PR of 7:10.9 to take 158th in the
1,600.
