HMS girls’ and boys’ teams win two at Ellinwood Quad

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN DON RATZLAFF
The Hillsboro Middle School track teams won two titles at the Ellinwood Quadrangular Thursday.

The girls’ and boys’ seventh-grade teams each placed first. The eighth-grade boys finished second while a small eighth-grade girls’ team placed fourth.

The seventh-grade girls, who won seven of 14 events, were led by double victories by JuliAnne Chisholm in the 1,600 meters and 75-meter low hurdles, and by Jessica Heidel in the long jump and 100-meter dash.

Also claiming first place for HMS were Megan Peachey in the 200-meter dash, Sydney Waner in the 400-meter dash, and the 4×100 relay team of Peachey, Tina Frick, Chisholm and Kelsie Penner.

The seventh-grade boys generated three first-place finishes on the way to the team title. Tyler Suderman won the pole vault, Lucas Hamm the discus, and Troy Frick, Hamm, Adam Dirks and Michael Suderman won the 4×100 relay.

The eighth-grade boys placed second on the strength of four first-place finishes. Tim Funk won the high jump and 75-meter hurdles, David Funk won the pole vault, and Kurtis Shaw placed first in the discus.

The best performance from the eighth-grade girls was a 2-3 finish in the discus by Kari Roble and Tiffany Knaak, respectively. Knaak and Jenny Terrell placed third and fourth, respectively, in the shot put.

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