Hart's boys team again showed off its bona fides as a state
championship contender Friday, earning a second-place finish in the
Divisions 3-4 race at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational.
Hart's
score of 76 was only seven points behind Hanover-Horton for the top
spot. The Pirate girls also finished second in their race, edging
several schools to earn runner-up position behind powerhouse Lumen
Christi.
The Pirate boys' depth carried them once again, as
all five of their scorers placed in the top 30 of a race that included
290 finishers.
Silas Ackley paced Hart, coming in sixth place
overall with a time of 17:00.7, and Timothy Wolff also earned a top-10
finish, coming in ninth (17:08.2). Carson Ackley finished 14th and had a
time of 17:19.7. Owen VanderVlucht was 24th (17:39.3), and Mason
Opalewski (28th, 17:47.2) rounded out the Pirates' scoring, followed
closely by Trevor Vander Kodde and Grant Ackley, who were 30th and 31st
respectively.
Natalie Rosema set the pace for Hart's girls,
finishing 12th in a time of 20:45.6. Alaina Schaner (21:51.9) and Luisa
VanderZwaag (22:01.2) were 29th and 31st respectively in the race. Bryn
Riley (23:05.2) finished 48th, and Viviana VanAgtmael placed 139th
(25:59.1).
