The weight men and the distance relay guys have led the NRHEG boys’ track and field team all spring.
So it was no surprise they did so in the Gopher Conference meet at New Richland Tuesday, May 12.
Keith Maxon won the discus and the 4x800-meter relay team took gold as the Panthers finished fourth among seven squads. USC/AC won the title with 170 points, followed by Maple River with 144, Blooming Prairie 100, NRHEG 96, Medford 68, Bethlehem Academy 64 and WEM 26.
“It was a good showing by the boys tonight,” said NRHEG coach Duey Ferber. “We were pleased with a fourth-place finish.”
Maxon, a senior, won the discus with a toss of 149 feet, 6 inches. He was second in the shot put at 48-2.In the 4x800, Tyler Schlaak, John Cole, Nate Krause and Josh Flemming won with a time of 8:44.23. The same foursome took second in the 4x400.
Kevin Kalis was also a big scorer, taking second in the discus and third in the shot put. John Cole was second in the 3200.
Other NRHEG places: Flemming, fourth, 400; Schlaak, fourth, 800 and fifth, triple jump; 4x100 relay, fourth (Aaron Seath, Zach Mely, Noah Sletten, Krause); Agro Gushwa, sixth, 400; Sletten, sixth, 100; Zeke Erickson, seventh, shot put; Mely, seventh, 200.