Retired Zeeland coach Steve Piersma, left, and Zeeland West Athletic Director Mark Werley string flags through tent poles on the field of Zeeland Stadium. The Division 2 track meet May 30 is expected to draw thousands of athletes and spectators to the Zeeland area.
Dale Scheerhorn, right, sets up the software for tabulating and storing race results. Watching is Robert Sumrall of Kurth Edwards and Associates. Scheerhorn is a track veteran, having served 46 years as a coach or athletic director of Godwin Heights High Schools. He now assists in the set up of state track meets.
Robert Sumrall, owner of Kurth Edwards and Associates, Inc., sets up two wireless modems which will be used to transmitt race results. Sumrall, a Zeeland Public Schools parent, donates use of the electronics equipment for the state meet.
State track official Lou Clingman, left, shows helpers Brian Ottenweller (center) and Stephen Doyle (right) the supply of programs to be handed out at the state track meet.
Lou Clingman, right, working for the Michigan High School Athletic Association, instructs helpers Brian Ottenweller (left) of North Carolina and Stephen Doyle (right) of Ann Arbor on programs and materials they will be handing out at the event. Ottenweller and Doyle are both Grand Rapids natives.
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