Cole Baker ties H-BC record in triple jump

The Hills-Beaver Creek track team was one of four teams that competed at the Murray County Central invite on Friday, May 7, in Slayton.
The H-BC boys’ track team tied for second place with Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda. Both teams finished with a total of 121 points. MCC’s team finished first overall with 237 points.
The H-BC girls finished third overall with a final tally of 134.5. The MCC team finished first overall with a total of 209.5.
The H-BC boys owned the 100-meter, with three sprinters finishing in the Top Three. Tyson Bork took home first place with a time of 11 seconds and 64 milliseconds. Dewell Rauk finished in second place with a time of 11.98. Ty Bundesen finished in third place with a time of 12.07.
In the 800, Liam Raymon crossed the finish line with a time of 2:16.28 to take home first place for the Patriots.
Brock Harnack finished in third place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.16.
The 4-by-100-meter relay team of Bork, Rauk, Bundesen and Cole Baker took home first place with a time of 46.75.
That same group of sprinters took first place in the 4-by-2oo-meter relay with a time of 1:36.94.
In the shot put, Casey Kueter took home first place with a throw of 40-07.25.
Max Scholten recorded a throw of 118-10 in the discus to finish in second place. Kueter finished in third place with a recorded throw of 100-03.
Baker leapt his way to first place in the long jump with a recorded jump of 20-00.50.
Baker also took home first place in the triple jump with a leap of 41-11.50. Harnack finished in second place with a jump of 38-05.00.
Larissa Steinhoff tied for third in the high jump with MCC’s Lindsay Hause. Both athletes recorded a jump of 4-06.00.
The Patriots had two athletes finish in the Top Three in the shot put. Abby Knobloch took home the gold with a throw of 29-09.50. Ally Birger finished in second place with a heave of 26-10.50.
In the 4-by-200-meter relay, the team of Ashlee Kelderman, Brynn Rauk, Abigail Harris and Taryn Rauk finished with a time of 1:55.83 to take home first place.
That same group of athletes finished in first place in the 4-by-100-meter relay with a time of 54.11.
Kenadie Fick finished in third place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:10.67.
Fick also finished in third place in the 800-meter with a time of 2:56.29.
In the 400, Taylor Durst finished in second place with a time of 1:09.87.
Taryn Rauk finished in third place in the 100 with a time of 13:72.