The times and marks for the NRHEG boys’ track and field team were acceptable.
The Panthers just couldn’t compete with Section 2A’s best.
The NRHEG boys finished 10th among 14 schools in the Section 2A True Team Meet at Maple River Tuesday, May 10.
“It was a rough night for the Panthers,” said NRHEG coach Duey Ferber. “Times were decent for us, but we had trouble competing with the big dogs.”
USC/AC won the meet, with LCWM/Nicollet second.
Senior Tony Wacholz was the Panthers’ top placewinner, tossing the discus 128 feet, 2 inches for fourth place. He was 10th in the shot put at 41-4.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Ross Chester, Geoff Ramaker, Brian Billing and Hunter Eustice took fifth in 48.03 seconds.
Freshman T.J. Schiltz was sixth in the 3200, clocking 10:58.51, while taking ninth in the 1600 in 5:01.38. Tyler Holz was eighth in the pole vault.
Other NHREG places: Evan Ferber, 10th, 300 hurdles, 11th, high jump, 17th, triple jump and 18th, long jump; 4x800, 10th (Karter Sletten, Kyle Bayerkohler, Jade Waltz, Hans Frank); Ramaker, 12th, 100; Chester, 12th, long jump; Tyler Crabtree, 13th, discus and 19th, shot put; 4x400, 14th (Waltz, Raece Johnson, Keith Maxon, Frank); Billing, 14th, triple jump; Ryan Schlaak, 18th, pole vault; Eustice, 19th, 100; Bayerkohler, 20th, 400; Schiltz, 20th, high jump; Waltz, 23rd, 300 hurdles; Frank, 23rd, 800; Johnson, 24th, 400 and 25th, 200; John Cole, 25th, 3200 and 27th, 800; Nick Hanson, 26th, 200.
The Panthers traveled to Blooming Prairie for the Gopher Conference meet May 17. The sub-section meet is May 26.
