Marion boys win; girls 2nd at relays
Staff writers
Competing against 13 other schools, Marion’s boys won their annual relays event Friday, and Marion’s girls placed second.
Peabody-Burns did not attend because of weather.
“There are definitely things we need to work on and continue to improve on technique- and stamina-wise,” coach Shaun Craft said, “but I was very pleased with the results of our first varsity meet of the year and the effort of the athletes.”
Caileigh Johnson won pole vault, Kate Wessel won long jump, and Jackson Howard won discus.
Marion’s boys relay team of Tripp Peterson, Jesse Snyder, Wyatt Soyez, and Landon Hendricks won the 4x100.
“The Thierolf / Wilson relays gave us an opportunity to see a lot of good competition and give a benchmark to build off of for the rest of the season,” Craft said.
The Warriors next meet will be Thursday at Chase County.
“We just have to keep working in practice to continue to get a little better each week,” Craft said.
Goessel
Eli Gaeddert dominated two events Friday at Marion, winning the 800-meter with a time of 2:07.16 and in the 1600 in 4:46.04.
Evan Walker scored points in his two events, placing fourth in discus and fifth in shot put.
The Goessel’s boys finished eighth as a team.
Goessel’s girls’ team scored in multiple events, with Delaney Duerksen winning the 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
Freshman Nivia Funk, placed second in the 100 hurdles, fourth in the 100-meter dash, and fourth in high jump.
Athena Funk was third in the 100-meter dash, fourth in pole vault, and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles.
Rosie Gaeddert added to Goessel’s total with a second place finish in the 1600-meter run.
The Bluebirds girls finished third as a team.
Goessel’s next meet will be Tuesday at Douglas.
Centre
The Cougars had two medalists Friday at Marion.
Micah Carlson placed third in the 400, and Jaycee Stika placed third in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. Both set new personal records.
“We had athletes’ compete in a total of 11 races on the track on Friday evening, and we had nine of them set personal records,” coach Alan Stahlecker said. “I was very pleased with the way our young team competed, particularly on the track.”
Hillsboro
Hillsboro did not have a meet Thursday or Friday. The Trojans’ next meet will be at home Tuesday.