Fruitport standout cross country runners Christian Pavlige and Zoe German will be representing their school at Saturday’s Division 2 state finals, following great performances at a regional meet hosted by Chippewa Hills High School last weekend.

Pavlige finished in third place out of 98 runners in the boys race with a time of 16:15. He was only six seconds behind second-place Bryce Falbe of Oakridge.

German finished in fifth place out of 93 runners in the girls race with a time of 19:03. She finished just behind Spring Lake’s Evelyn Goosen, who took fourth with a mark of 18:55.

The two Trojans both won regional medals for finishing in the top 10. They will compete in the Division 2 finals at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.

In the team competition, the Fruitport boys finished in 10th place. Only the top three teams qualify for the state finals.

Fruitport’s Corbin Jansheski was in 62nd place with a time of 18:52 and Landon Przybylek was in 64th place with a time of 18:55. Carlos Cavero Rosel came in 73rd place with a time of 19:32 while Damon Marksbury was 93rd with a time of 21:55.

 

The Fruitport girls team finished in sixth place in the team standings.

Peyhton Beardsley came in 18th place with a time of 20:41 while Aynsley Merkins was 43rd (22:05) and Claire Kohley took 51st (22:33),

Chloe Kohley (23:49), Brynley Merkins (23:50) and Genevieve Franklin (24:08) rounded out the Trojan runners, finishing 63rd, 64th and 65th, respectively.