The Fruitport girls track team cemented a spot as one of the top squads in the area by finishing third out of 12 teams at Friday’s Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Meet at Reeths-Puffer High School.

The Trojans finished with 76 points, behind only first place Mona Shores (110) and Reeths-Puffer (80).

Senior Julia Smith had the best day for the Trojans, taking first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.34 and second in the long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 11.5 inches.

Fruitport’s Julia Smith

Also taking second in their events were the Trojans’ 4X400 relay team (Bailey Garner, Sophie Christopher, Genevieve Franklin, Chloe Anderson) with a time of 4:23.51 and the 4×800 relay team (Treasure Fleese, Zoe German, Kaylynn Pavlige, Valerie Pollock) with a time of 10:43.48.

Anderson took third place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.52, Christopher took third in the 400-meter with a time of 1:04.95, and Zoe German took third in the pole vault, clearing 7 feet, 6 inches.

All athletes finishing first through three won medals.

The Fruitport boys finished ninth out of 11 teams with 26 points. Whitehall won the boys competition with 121.

Fruitport’s Vincent Pollock

Luke Westerlund won a medal for finishing second in the shot put competition with a throw of 45 feet, 6.5 inches.

The Trojans’ 4×800 relay team (Vincent Pollock, Landon Johnson, Christian Pavlige, Ryder Merkins) also took second with a time of 8:29.18.

Vincent Pollock was third in the 1,600-meter run with a mark of 4:41.55.th brandseddiestorageminith brands