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The Sun and News, Saturday, July 10, 2021/ Page 9

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Amy Pugh (216) greets her son Jackson Pugh just beyond the chute at the 2021
Kilt Klassic 5K inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia Saturday, July 3. (Photo
by Brett Bremer)

Caledonia varsity boys’ track and field and cross country coach Ben Thompson gets
everyone set for the 1600-meter Fun Run during the annual Kilt Klassic in Caledonia
Saturday. The 5K and fun run event is a fundraiser for the Scots’ track and cross
country programs. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Thomas Hillary pulls away from the pack in a 100-meter dash during the Kilt Klassic

Fun Run Saturday inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia. (Photo by Brett

Bremer)

around the track in the stadi-
um to the finish line. She
finished the race in 24 min-
utes .38 seconds and was
there at the finish line to
greet her son Jackson as he
finished his first 5K run a
little while later.
Future, current and former
members of the Caledonia
varsity running teams fin-
ished throughout the field,
including Samuel Pugh who
ran hurdles for the Fighting
Scot track team as a fresh-
man this spring and was a
member of the Caledonia
cross country team last fall.
Ethan Barnes, a 2011
Caledonia High School grad-
uate who earned All-America
honors while running for the
Grand Valley State University
Lakers, won the race
Saturday with a time of
15:53.69. Micah
Meindertsma, a senior dis-
tance runner at Calvin
University this spring, was
second in 16:00.60.
The fastest female was
Savanna Coulter, a Fighting
Scot distance runner who
will start her senior year in

the fall. She made up some

time late to finish in 19:50.

• a time that had her 22nd
  overall among all male and
  female competitors.
  In all, there were about
  240 5K participants and close
  to 30 more youngsters who
  competed in the 1600-meter
  and 100-meter fun runs. Fun
  run participants went through
  a warm-up session with
  members of the high school
  teams on the football field
  before taking part in heats of
  the 100-meter dash and then
  a 1600-meter run on the
  track.
  Caledonia varsity boys’
  track and field and cross
  country coach Ben Thompson
  heard mostly positive reviews
  of the new 5K course, with
  limited running on the down-
  town streets and provided an
  ample amount of shaded
  strides.
  “We were going to hand
  time this, thinking we were
  only going to have like 50 or
  100 people being that it was
  off last year and just coming
  back and everything,”
  Thompson said. “We opened

registration late and every-

thing, and numbers just start-

ed rolling in. At the last min-

ute, we got this timing com-

pany that didn’t have any-

thing going this weekend,

and they said, ‘we’ll do it for

you.’”

“We have been pleasantly

surprised with the numbers.”

Thompson said race direc-

tor Rob Hyde, girls’ track and

cross country coach Ben

Howell and his wife Jill

Thompson were instrumental

in being able to bring the race

together on short notice.

Funds from the Kilt

Klassic have helped the

Caledonia High School pro-

grams purchase track and

field equipment like hurdles,

high jump equipment, new

pole vault pit pads and new

vaulting poles, warm-up

jackets that are shared

between the track and cross

country programs.

“Over the years, we have

spent a lot on a lot of stuff –

uniforms in the past although

the school is providing those

now,” coach Thompson said.

Middleville to begin flushing

fire hydrants Monday

The Middleville Public

Works Department will be

flushing fire hydrants begin-

ning Monday at 7 a.m., and

will continue throughout the

week and the following

week.

Village water customers

may experience some discol-

oration and/or pressure dif-

ference while this regular

maintenance is being accom-

plished. The water will

remain safe to drink during

this process.

Usually, letting the tap run

for a few minutes will clear

up any discoloration, and

normal pressures will return

once flushing operations

have been completed.

Anyone with questions

regarding this operation may

call the DPW, 269-795-2094.

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