Photos by James C. Higgs The White Cloud Boys’ Track and Field team began their 2025 season at the GVSU Small School Invitational Friday, March 21. More than 1000 athletes competed for the 35 teams represented at the meet. While White Cloud was one of the smallest schools attending, they gained some valuable experience by participating in the contest. Senior Jayden Robinson led the way for White Cloud by besting 49 other athletes in winning the high jump. His leap of 6’4” was a personal best by 4 inches and was a great start in his goal to match or beat his brother Noah’s school record jump of 6’8” set last year. Senior Dalton Crawford and junior Giuliano Venditti were able to win their heats of the 60 meter dash and 60 meter hurdles, respectively. Giuliano advanced to the finals, where he ended up 16th out of 47. Dalton also ran the 200 meter dash and finished 14th out of 91 participants. “Jayden was great in the high jump today,” commented Coach Tod Reeve. “He had to wait a long time between jumps, so I was happy that he was able to be patient and keep his focus for when the competition got narrowed down and the heights got to where he had never been before in competition. He had jumped 6’4” in practice last week, but it’s not the same as in a meet. But he handled the pressure extremely well.” Overall, 20 White Cloud boys were able to take part in the 12 different events on the day and, due to their efforts, great insight into their strengths and weaknesses. They will use these insights to help improve themselves in their goals of winning the small school division of the CSAA and repeating as Region 33-4 champions this year.  Giuliano Venditti 3rd from left 60 meter hurdles
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