The Pollocks did some of their best work right at home on Saturday.
Fruitport senior cross country runner Vincent Pollock finished in first place in a field of 98 runners in the boys race at the Fruitport Invitational with a time of 16:31.
He beat Jeryn Frisbie of Belding by four seconds.
[1]His sister, senior Valerie Pollock, took first place in a field of 76 runners in the girls race with a time of 21:05.
She beat second place Mackenzie Zahm of Belding by 29 seconds.
Both the Fruitport boys and girls teams had good days overall.
[2]The Trojan boys finished fourth out of 11 teams with 124 points. Mason County Eastern ran away with first place with 34 points.
Fruitport’s Landon Johnson finished fourth individually with a time of 18:01. Dylan Winskas took 27th with a mark of 19:46, Enzo Agguone was 53rd at 22:38 and Landen Peck took 58th with a time of 23:23.
[3]Teammates Drew Powell (23:26) and Josh Vanstelle (23:27) finished just behind Peck, in 59th and 60th place, respectively.
The Trojan girls finished third in the team standings with 52 points, one point behind second-place Belding.
Grand Rapids West Catholic took first place with 42 points.
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Fruitport’s Zoe German finished seventh individually with a time of 22:01. Treasure Fleese was 10th with a time of 22:38. Sophie Christopher came in 18th place with a mark of 23:53 and Genevieve Franklin was 26th with a time of 24:49.
“We had a few personal records in the race,” said Randy Johnson, who coaches both Fruitport teams. “I was very pleased with the times the kids ran. This is a winding course, which slows the runners down, so running a PR on this course is tough to do.”
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