Holland Public Schools

On a bright and sunny day, Holland hosted Holland Christian for a dual meet in OK Black competition. The Maroons took the first relay of the day, but the Dutch responded by sweeping 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the 110m hurdles and 100m dash, as well as winning the 800m relay. It was a back and forth competition all afternoon. As the meet was coming to an end, the points were almost even and the athletes and coaches knew it would be close. The boys 1600m relay got underway with much excitement, as both teams felt the result could decide who would win the meet. Holland opened with the lead in the first leg, then the Maroons took the lead with the second leg. On the third leg, Holland’s Naz Estrada fought back to reclaim the lead at the handoff and Senior Captain, Harper Prutch circled the track holding onto first place. The final score was Holland 75 - 62 Holland Christian, which meant the race didn’t need to be won, but the boys wanted to win that relay to be sure. The Dutch were led by Harper Prutch, who scored first place in the 110m and 300m hurdles and anchored the 800m relay and 1600m relay teams that also took first place. First place finishers were: 400m Relay Team of Jamonte Rodgers, Odis Fickel, Tray Knox, Usher Laurencio (45.95) 800m Relay Team of Xander Esparza, Emerson Wolbrink, Finn Galloway, Prutch (1:36.43) 1600m Relay Team of Galloway, Rian Powers, Naz Estrada, Prutch (3:32.87) Prutch - 110m Hurdles (16.96), 300m Hurdles (42.78) Knox - 100m (11.30), 200m (22.9) Galloway - 400m (53.69) Arthur Powell - Shot Put (38’ 7”) Seth Rodriguez - Discus (109’ 7”) Second place finishers: Rodgers - 100m, 200m, Long Jump Alex French - 110m Hurdles Rodriguez - Shot put Third place finishers: Usher Laurencio - 100m Quinn Bloemendaal - 400m Aiden Lambers - 1600m Ethan Mercado - 110m Hurdles Estrada - 300m Hurdles Daeleon White - Shot Put Jay Chesser - Discus Powell - High Jump Angel Cortez - Pole Vault Dieudonne Bahati - Long Jump The Holland boys had a total of 64 individual PRs set on this beautiful day. They ran fast and earned their first win of the season in league competition. Let’s go Dutch! Official results: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/587269/results/all