The Wayland boys’ varsity track team got off to a good start Tuesday in a tri-meet against O-K Gold Conference rivals Thornapple Kellogg and South Christian. The Wildcats bested TK 89.5 to 33.5 and South Christian 82-41.
The Wayland girls’ team had to settle for a split, beating South Christian 64-58, but losing 81-42 to host Thornapple Kellogg.
Highlights from the indue and relay events:
100 — Henry Maas, 11.38 seconds. Photo finish over Elliott Neff TK and Ethan White South Christian.
200 — Jake Reeder and Henry Maass 1-2 in 200, winning time 22.61.
400 — Brock Wheeler, 50.45.
800 — Xander Stepek, second place.
1600 — Ethan Manning and Mason Fein went 3-4.
110 hurdles — Alex Hubbard and Luke VandeZande 1-2, 16.11 seconds.
300 intermediate hurdles — Alex Hubbard in 41.79 seconds.
400-meter relay — The winning quartet was Drew Hudson, Jake Reeder, Luke VandeZande and Henry Maass in 44.18 seconds.
880-meter relay — Brock Wheeler, Jake Reeder, , Henry Maass and Luke Vandezande in 1:3309.
3200-meter relay — Wildcats were second with Ethan Manning, Xander Stepek, Mason Fein and Reese Senneker.
Shot put — Ashton Kuhlman 50-4, first.
Discus — Jack Lyons 122-0, first.
Pole Vault — Jackson Byers, 10-0.
Long Jump — Justin Springs, 20-3.
Girls’ meet results
Laney Wolf finished third in both the 100- and 200-meter races.
Abree VanDenBrink was second in the 1600.
The 400-meter relay team was second with Jordan Grevenstuk, Evie Mathis, Quinn Reeder and Laney Wolf.
The 800-meter relay team was second with Megan Brogger, Evie Mathis, Quinn Reeder and Laney Wolf.
Marissa Ainsworth and Jordan Grevenstuk went 1-2 in the shot put. The winning distance was 30-5.
Gwen Howard was second in the high jump at 5-0.
The Lady Wildcats swept the top three spots in the pole vault with Evie Mathis clearing 12-0, followed by Megan Stack and Bre Hoogewind.
Evie Mathis added a second in the long jump.
