Tomahawks open track season
Staff writer
Peabody-Burns Junior High track squad opened its season Thursday with a meet at Hillsboro.
The eighth grade boys' team placed sixth in a field of eight teams. The eighth grade girls came in seventh.
The seventh grade boys' squad placed seventh and the seventh grade girls placed sixth.
Other area teams competing were Berean Academy, Centre, Halstead, Herington, Hesston, Hillsboro, and Marion.
Peabody meet results
Eighth grade boys
Elliott Spechtenhauser — long jump, second; high jump, fifth.
Kendall Wiebe — 3200-meter run, third.
Brandon Pickens — discus, fifth.
4x400-meter relay — fifth. Team members are Christopher Brooks, Henry Hammann, Bill Crane, and Michael Lewis.
4x100-meter relay — fifth. Team members are Caden Middleton, Jake Middleton, Spechtenhauser, and Pickens.
Eighth grade girls
4x100-meter relay — fifth. Team members are Tawny Wynn, Stephanie Rempel, Heather Dunnahoo, and Alex Holm-McDowell.
Seventh grade boys
Seth Alstrom — 1600-meter run, third; 75-meter hurdles, fourth.
Jacob Simmonds — 200-meter dash, fourth; 100-meter dash, fifth.
4x200-meter relay — fourth. Team members are Sean Jones, Aaron Topham, Martin Hofkamp, and Brian O'Neal.
seventh grade girls
Paige Barnes — discus, first; shot put, fourth.
Felecia Pohlman — 400-meter dash, fifth.
Traylee Woodruff — 75-meter hurdles, third; 100-meter dash, sixth.
4x100-meter relay — fourth. Team members are Danielle Savage, Traylee Woodruff, Shelby Elliott, and Felecia Pohlman.
