The NRHEG boys’ track and field team saw some unfamiliar competition in the Glen Amundsen Invitational at Stewartville Tuesday, April 14.
That competition was tough.
The panthers totaled 36 points, good for sixth among seven squads. Stewartville won with 176 followed by Rochester Lourdes with 114, GMLOS 78.5, Blooming Prairie 56.5 and Hayfield 43. Triton totaled 33.
“It was a good meet for our boys,” said Panthers coach Duey Ferber. “It was fun to see some other teams than we usually see. We didn’t score a lot of points tonight, but the boys performed well.”
The Panthers’ top finish was second by the 4x800-meter relay team of Tyler Schlaak, John Cole, Brenden McMann and Josh Flemming, which clocked 8:58.24.Keith Maxon was third in the discus with a toss of 142-6.
Other NRHEG places: 4x200 relay, fourth (Aaron Seath, Nathan Krause, Noah Sletten, Zach Mely); 4x400 relay, fourth (Cole, Schlaak, Krause, Flemming); Kevin Kalis, fourth, shot put and discus; Cole, fifth, 3200; Schlaak, fifth, triple jump and sixth, 800; 4x100, fourth (Seath, Mely, Noah Sletten, Krause).
The Panthers finished fifth among five squads at the USC Invitational Friday, April 17. Team scores: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 213, Martin County West 198, USC/AC 188, Blue Earth Area 187, NRHEG 154.
Kevin Kalis led the Panthers with two firsts, in the shot put at 44-4 and in the discus at 142-7. John Cole won the 3200 meters in 10:58.
Other NRHEG places: Keith Maxon, second, discus and fourth, shot put; 4x800 relay, second (Schlaak, Flemming, McMann, Cole); Krause, third, 800; Schlaak, fourth, 800 and sixth, triple jump; 4x100 relay, fourth (Seath, Krause, Mely, Sletten); 4x200, fourth (Seath, Krause, Mely, Sletten); Sletten, fifth, 100 and sixth, long jump; Agro Gushwa, fifth, 400; Flemming, fifth, 800; Brady Agrimson, fifth, high jump; Todd Erickson, fifth, discus and sixth, shot put; 4x400 relay, fifth (Schlaak, Flemming, Gushwa, Cole); McMann, sixth, pole vault.
“It was a very nice night for a meet,” said Ferber. “USC has a fantastic new facility Our weightmen had quite a night. Cole had a great night in the 3200 with a personal record.”