Centre?Centre?s competition at the Steve Herrmann Hering?ton Invitational Thursday was rescheduled for Saturday.
?Because of several conflicting activities, only a limited number of athletes from Centre participated Saturday, and most who did compete were not able to complete all of their events before they had to leave,? coach Alan Stahlecker said.
The boys placed ninth with 21 points. Peabody-Burns won the meet with 96.
Two second-place finishes fueled the Cougars: Grant Srajer in the long jump (17 feet, 11.5 inches) and the 4×100 team of Srajer, Justin Deines, Conner Montgomery and Houston Svoboda (49.9 seconds).
The girls, meanwhile, placed eighth with three points. Northern Heights won with 158.
Cacey Simons led Centre with a fifth-place finish in the high jump (4-6).
Goessel?The Goessel track and field teams competed at the 15-team Tescott Invitational Tuesday. The Bluebird boys finished seventh with 36 points.
They were led by two second-place finishes: Davis Cook in the triple jump (39 feet, 5 inches) and the 4×100 team of Shane Goerzen, Chase Flaming, Mark Schmidt and Cook (47.5 seconds).
Nathan Czarnowsky placed third in the 800 (2:11.7).
The Goessel girls, meanwhile, placed fifth with 46 points.
Tia Goertzen earned a gold medal in the 100 hurdles (16.8) and a silver in the 300 hurdles (50.5).
Goessel added two third-place finishes: Ali Buller in the 800 (2:36.5) and the 4×400 team of Page Hiebert, Goertzen, Buller and Erin Brubaker (4:30.1).
Peabody-Burns?The Steve Herrmann Herington Invita?tional slated for Thursday was postponed until Saturday because of weather.
The Warrior boys won the team title with 94 points.
Peabody-Burns was led by five gold medal finishes: Nick Schrock in the 3,200 (12 minutes, 27.5 seconds), Seth Topham in the 110 hurdles (16.4) and 300 intermediate hurdles (45.8), and Lucas Larsen in the discus (119 feet, 11 inches) and the javelin (148-11).
Finishing second were: the 4×800 team of Cody Partridge, Michael George, Schrock and Corbin Rives (10:25.7), Topham in the high jump (5-10) and Rives in the javelin (133-3).
These Warriors placed third: the 4×400 team of Rives, Zach Preheim, Patrick Egan and Topham (3:59.3) and Partridge in the long jump (17-7.5).
?Strong performances in the field events and hurdles provided a majority of the points for the Warriors,? coach Brian Lightner said. ?Despite near-freezing wind chills and rain, the guys competed well, and it is a great thing for Peabody-Burns High School to win a larger meet.?
The Warrior girls, meanwhile, placed seventh among nine teams with 16 points.
The 4×800 team of Angelica Winsor, Brandee Burnett, Jenny Kimmeskamp and Kenzie Young led the way with a second-place finish (13:02.2).
?We had several girls step up for others who could not make this rescheduled meet,? Lightner said
