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HART — The Hart boys and girls track teams celebrated the final varsity meet on the school’s 41-year-old home track Tuesday night with a series of strong performances and conference victories.
The Hart girls defeated Ravenna 98-36, North Muskegon 96-28 and Holton 112-24 in the final regular-season home meet before heading to Friday’s West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championships at Muskegon Community College.
Leading the Pirates girls with three first-place finishes each were Addison Hain, Ellie Gross, Natalie Rosema and Emery Velat.
Hain won the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash while also helping Hart capture the 4×100 relay. Gross claimed victories in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles and also ran on the winning 4×100 relay team.
Rosema won the 1,600-meter run and contributed to victories in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, while Velat helped Hart take first in the 4×200, 4×800 and 4×400 relays.
Shelbie Choponis earned wins in both the shot put and discus, while Lauren Hopkins won the pole vault and helped the Pirates win the 4×200 relay. Alaina Schaner added victories in the 3,200-meter run and the 4×800 relay.
Also contributing to first-place relay finishes were Kenai Kokx and Abigail Salazar in the 4×800, Lilianna Camacho and Aurora Virtanen in the 4×200, Joselyn Flores in the 4×100 and Emma Miller and Martina Saenz in the 4×400.
The Hart boys remained undefeated in the Rivers Conference with victories over North Muskegon and Ravenna.
Chase Lorenz had a standout performance for the Pirates, winning the 100, 200, 4×100 relay and 4×200 relay. Lorenz also broke his own school record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.96 seconds.
Joining Lorenz on the winning relay teams were Elon Babbin, Bryce VanderKodde, Julian Tejada and Jaxson Oomen.
Silas Ackley won the 3,200-meter run, Luke VanderWilk captured victories in the 110 hurdles and high jump, and Pablo Ortega won the 300 hurdles with a personal-record time of 43.08 seconds.
Caleb Ackley added a victory in the shot put with a personal-record throw of 46 feet, 4 inches.
Hart also won the 4×400 relay behind the team of Babbin, Jack Slotman, Grant Ackley and VanderWilk.
The Pirates will compete Friday at Mason County Central at the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championships.
All results can be found here:
https://www.athletic.net/
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