By John RittenhouseThe Adrian and Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams warmed up for the Red Rock Conference meet in Slayton today by participating at the Murray County Central Tournament in Slayton Monday.Adrian’s girls turned in a strong performance by placing third in a nine-team field. H-BC-E-E’s girls finished ninth.The Patriot boys placed sixth and the AHS boys tied for eighth place out of nine teams.Sarah Kruger won a meet championship to lead the Dragon girls to their third-place finish as a team.Kruger took top honors in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.75.Morgan Lynn made a bid to win the 800-meter run for Adrian before placing second with a time of 2:27.12.Adrian’s 800- and 3,200-meter relays placed second with respective 1:53.46 and 10:07.87 efforts.Jolene Reisdorfer, Amanda Lynn, Emily Thier and Kruger ran the 800. McCall Heitkamp, Leslie Stover, Erica Thier and Morgan Lynn teamed up in the 3,200.The Patriot girls received a record-setting performance from Cassi Tilstra that served as the highlight of the meet for H-BC-E-E.Tilstra won the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:39.86, which is a new H-BC standard. Lisa Conger had established the old record of 5:43 in 1987.The Patriot boys earned two meet titles on their way to a sixth-place finish in team competition.Todd Alberty won the 800-meter run in 2:09.98, and he ran a leg with the champion 1,600-meter relay team. Alberty, Kale Wiertzema, Lee Jackson and Tyler Bush won the race with a time of 3:34.54.Bush erased an H-BC record that lasted 24 years during the course of the race.Bush placed second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:30.9, besting the old school standard of 4:31.6 set by Durant Kruger in 1980.Three second-place performances provided the highlights of the meet for the Adrian boys.Kyle Knips finished second in the 200- and 400-meter dashes with respective 24.32 and 52.78 times.Casey Knips placed second in the discus with a toss of 140-11.Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s and H-BC-E-E’s top six finishers and the final team standings from the MCC Invitational.Boys’ standings: Southwest Christian 92, MCC 82, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 73, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 72, Fulda 62, H-BC-E-E 55, Pipestone 46, Adrian 38, Canby-Minneota 38.Girls’ standings: T-M-B 166, Pipestone 87, Adrian 62, C-M 61, R-T-R 54, Fulda 40, SWC 34, MCC 30, H-BC-E-E 24.Adrian girlsThird place: Ameila Mulder, discus, 99-0 1/2; Kruger, 200, 27.72; Heitkamp, 1,600, 5:48.87.Fourth place: Er.Thier, 800, 2:32.59.Fifth place: Stover, 1,600, 5:51.22; 400 relay (A.Lynn, Em.Thier, Samantha Lynn and Reisdorfer), 4:27.93.Sixth place: Kruger, high jump, 4-8; 1,600 relay (Er.Thier, S.Lynn, M.Lynn and Reisdorfer), 4:27.93.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: 400 relay (Amanda Connors, Rosie Lewis, Mya Mann and C.Tilstra), 54.11; 1,600 relay (C.Tilstra, Amanda Tilstra, Connors and Mann), 4:19.31.Sixth place: Lewis, shot, 31-4 1/2; Lewis, discus, 94-6 1/2 (new Ellsworth school record).H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Tom LeBoutillier, 110 hurdles, 16.58; 800 relay (Cody Scholten, Soren Trebesch, LeBoutillier and Alberty), 1:39.57.Fourth place: Scholten, high jump, 5-8; LeBoutillier, 300 hurdles, 44.63; 3,200 relay (Greg Van Batavia, Derek Haak, Robert Baker and DeAngelo Smith), 8:54.16.Sixth place: Scholten, 100, 12.11.Adrian boysFourth place: 800 relay (Billy Anderson, Pete Jensen, Jordan Brake and K.Knips), 1:41.04.Fifth place: C.Knips, shot, 43-8 1/2; David Brake, triple jump, 38-10; 400 relay (Jr.Brake, Chad Janssen, Jory Haken and Anderson), 49.34; 3,200 relay (Lee Stover, Jesse Brake, Paul Honermann and Jensen), 9:08.61.Sixth place: D.Brake, high jump, 5-6; 1,600 relay (Honermann, Jensen, Janssen and Stover), 3:53.06.