Patriot track team attends Worthington Invite

The Hills-Beaver Creek High School track teams went to Worthington Thursday night to compete in the Worthington invite.
The Patriots attended the Pipestone meet Tuesday and will compete in Slayton Thursday. They’ll travel to Sioux Falls May 6 and 7 for the Howard Wood Relays.
Worthington hosted an 11-team meet on April 28 that included Adrian-Ellsworth, Canby-Minneota, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, H-BC, Lakeview, Luverne, Pipestone Area, Southwest Christian-Edgerton, Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Windom Area and Worthington.
The H-BC girls placed sixth with 40 points while the boys placed ninth with 26 points. 
“I’m happy with how our athletes competed,” said coach Rex Metzger.
“We had a few different relays and individual events top their season bests, and that’s our goal every meet we go to.’
On the girls’ side, seventh-grader Brynn Bakken took first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.84.
Bakken currently holds the fourth-best 100-meter time in Class A in the state.
The girls’ 4-by-100-meter relay team of Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra, and Bakken finished second with a time of 53.04.
This also places them in fourth place in Class A. These four girls made up the 4-by-200-meter-relay team that placed second (1:53.84) in the meet as well.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team came in with a third-place finish in 11:21.46. The team included Kenadie Fick, Taylor Durst, Bailey Spykerboer and Emma Deelstra.
Fick also placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a season best 2:37.71.
For the H-BC boys, the 4-by-200-meter relay team of Ty Bundesen, Luke Fuerstenberg, Eli Taubert and Liam Raymon turned in a third-place effort with a time of 1:39.35.
The 4-by-100-meter relay team that placed fourth with a time of 47.97 was made up of the same four runners
Raymon was able to place in the Top 4 in the triple jump as well with a jump of 39-3 1/4.
Senior Max Scholten turned in a fifth-place effort in discus with a throw of 112-1.
 
Girls’ results:
100  27. Aspen Shimp 14.71  28. Olivia Deelstra 14.75  32. Emma Deelstra 15.38
200  9. Abbie Harris 29.31  12. Brynn Rauk 29.41  15. Olivia Deelstra 30.03  28. Bailey Spykerboer 31.94
400  8. Taylor Durst 1:10.72  10. Olivia Deelstra 1:11.38  17. Emma Deelstra 1:14.89  23. Layla Deelstra 1:20.00 
100mH  13. Ava Steinhoff 21.24  16. Larissa Steinhoff 21.64
300mH  11. Ava Steinhoff 1:01.40
Shot Put  14. Ally Birger 28-3 1/4  19. Isabel Wysong 26-7 1/2   33. Clara VandenBosch 20-11 3/4
Discus  9. Larissa Steinhoff 76-7  11. Isabel Wysong 76-1  21. Ally Birger 67-10  33. Tyrae Goodface 54-9
High Jump  11. Larissa Steinhoff 4-4 15. Ava Steinhoff 4-2
Long Jump  7. Brynn Bakken 13-9 1/4  11. Abbie Harris 13-1  13. Brynn Rauk 12-11 
Triple Jump 11. Bailey Spykerboer 27-5  17. Olivia Deelstra 25-11
 
Boys’ results:
100  14. Eli Taubert 12.27  18. Luke Fuerstenberg 12.34  30. Riley Tatge 13.04 
200  7. Liam Raymon 24.84  22. Jackson Gacke 28.16 
400  10. Blake Leenderts 1.01.37 
300mH  7. Brock Harnack 48.62  10. James VandenBosch 51.9
4x100  8. Leenderts, Bakken, VandenBosch, Bosch 51.04
4x200  11. Harnack, Leenderts, Gacke, Bosch 1:49.65
Shot Put  9. Max Scholten 37-2 1/2  14. Brayden Metzger 35-2 1/2  26. Alex Harris 31-7 3/4  28. Riley Tatge 31-0 3/4
Discus  24. Brayden Metzger 91-10 30. Riley Tatge 82-3  37. Alex Harris 76-7
High Jump  12. Eli Taubert 5-4  15. James VandenBosch 5-0  15. Jackson Gacke 5-0
Long Jump  13. Brock Harnack 16-0 3/4  15. Sawyer Bosch 15-8 1/2  22. Beau Bakken 14-7 1/2
Triple Jump  8. Sawyer Bosch 36-1 12. Brock Harnack 34-3  13. Blake Leenderts 33-7