Goessel?s Unrau brings home four state medals

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN STAFF
Goessel?s Chad Unrau woke up Saturday morning meet with a vision that

he and teammate Lyndl Duerksen would bring home a state trophy for
the

Goessel Bluebirds.



It wasn?t to be, but Unrau still had a historic day, becoming the

first Goessel boy to win four state medals in individual events.



The day began with Unrau competing in the 110-meter high hurdles.
He

blasted out to a lead the first half of the race, but was
gradually

passed and edged at the finish by Curt Sudbeck of Bern, a rival
from

the KU Relays.



Unrau?s automatic time of 14.92 converts to a hand-held time of

14.68?.08 of a second off Goessel?s school record.



His next event was the 100 meters. Unrau was beaten out of the
blocks,

finishing fifth in 11.62, well off his usual time of 11.2 or 11.3.



Then, Duerksen placed ninth in a tough 1,600-meter race in a time
of

4:52.2.



Unrau returned with a vengeance in the 300-meter intermediate
hurdles,

blowing away the field by six to eight yards in a school record
time

of 39.88.



In Goessel?s final event of the day, the 200-meter dash, Unrau
placed

fifth in 23.26.



Goessel boys finished sixth, thanks to Unrau?s 22 points. They
were

mathematically in the hunt for a trophy until the 200 meters.



Two Goessel girls? relay teams made surprise appearances at the
state

track meet. Amanda Woelk, Carmelita Goossen, Rendi Cress and
Lindsey

Unruh finished 13th in the 4×800. This was the first year that
event

was held in Class 1A and 2A.



Cress, Woelk, Ashley Soyez and Unruh ran 4:19.2 for sixth place
in

the preliminaries and fell four seconds short of qualifying for

finals.



?We had so much fun with these kids at state,? said coach Brian

Stucky. ?We never really expected to qualify girls? relays to
state,

so they were just happy to be there

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