Four members of the Reeths-Puffer girls track team - Melana Johnson, Lainey McDaniel, Jersi Bilek and Brianna Smith - won All-Conference honors by capturing the title in the 4x200-meter relay on Friday at the O-K Green conference championship meet.
Reeths-Puffer’s Liam McHugh and Jaxon Allen also won All-Conference status after placing high in numerous events at the meet.
The girls 4x200 relay team edged out second place Muskegon – 1:49.15/1:49.24 – to claim first place in the event.
The R-P 4X200 relay team - Lainey McDaniel, Melana Johnson, Brianna Smith, and Jersi Bilek. with Coach Jordan Riley in the middle.
Reeths-Puffer’s 4x100 relay team of McDaniel, Johnson, Brianna Smith and Madi Smith - finished third in their event and won medals.
Other medal winners for the R-P girls team were Bella Smith, who took sixth place in the pole vault; Jersi Bilek, who finished fifth in the 800-meter run; and Brianna Smith, who finished third in the 200-meter run.
The Reeths-Puffer girls team finished sixth overall with 34 points. Zeeland East won the girls competition with 247.5 points.
R-P's Liam McHugh
McHugh, who recently won city championships in two events, had another very strong all-around day.
He finished second in the 110-meter hurdles, the 300-meter hurdles and the high jump. His time of 15.28 in the 110 hurdles was a personal record.
Allen won All-Conference recognition by taking third place in the 800-meter run, fourth place in the 1,600-meter run, being part of R-P’s third place 4x800-meter relay team (with Tate Bradley, Kye Grant and Matt Grimard), and being part of the Rockets’ fourth place 4x400 relay team (with Sage Stiller-Secrest, Tate Bradley and Kye Grant).
R-P's Jaxon Allen
Other members of the R-P boys team earning medals were Grant (fourth place in the 800-meter run), and Kameron Coleman, Bryce Ross, Jezsiah Sims and Sage Stiller-Secrest, who finished fifth together in the 4x200-meter relay.
The R-P boys finished in fourth place in the final team standings with 57 points. Zeeland West ran away with the title with 232.5 points.
