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Patriot athletes have strong showing in Worthington track meet

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Brynn Bakken breaks 45-year-old school record in 200
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Dalton Bass for the Star Herald

The Worthington Trojan Relays took place Tuesday afternoon at Worthington High School. Sixteen teams attended the meet, and they were split into two classes based on school size.
The Patriot girls finished fourth in Class A (smaller schools) with 202.5 points while the boys were able to come away in third place with 204 points. 
The story of the day came from seventh-grader Brynn Bakken, who broke both the H-BC school record and the Worthington Trojan Relay record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.47 seconds.
The H-BC school record was set back in 1977 by Leanne Goehle with a time of 26.9. That mark was later tied in 1991 by Amy Behr. 
 
Girls’ results:
The girls’ 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 meter relays run by Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra and Bakken each took home a first-place finish. The 4-by-100 meter team ran in 52.15, their best time this season. They also ran a season-best 1:50.77 in the 4-by-200-meter relay.
Senior Kenadie Fick placed second in the 800-meter with her season-best time of 2:36.36.
Layla Deelstra finished third in the 100-meter dash with a season-best 13.56.
The girls’ 4-by-800 team of Fick, Taylor Durst, Bailey Spykerboer and Ella Sammons also came in third with a time of 11:16.44.
Eighth-grader Ally Birger was the other Patriot with a top-three finish with a 29-9 in shot put.
The Patriots had a long list of fourth-place finishes on Tuesday including Olivia Deelstra in triple jump at 29-3 1/4, Brynn Rauk in long jump with a 13-8 1/2, the 4-by-400 meter relay team of Fick, Harris, O. Deelstra and Durst with a time of 4:32.99, and Bailey Spykerboer in the 400-meter dash with a 1:08.85.
The fifth-place finishes for the Patriots included Larissa Steinhoff in the 100-meter hurdles (19.92), Brynn Bakken in the high jump at 4-4, Brynn Bakken in the long jump at 13-5 3/4 and Bailey Spykerboer in the triple jump with a jump of 27-5 3/4.
Brynn Rauk finished sixth for the Patriots in the 200-meter dash with a personal best 29.15. Larissa Steinhoff also placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles with a 59.85. Ally Birger rounded out the sixth-place finishes in discus with a throw of 76-3 1/2. 
 
Boys’ results:
         Luke Fuerstenberg and Cooper Gehrke were the first-place finishers for the H-BC boys. Fuerstenberg took home a first-place medal in the 100-meter dash (12.16), while Gehrke took first in the 200-meter dash (24.25).
         Junior Brock Harnack placed second in the 300-meter hurdles with a 46.85.
The 4-by-200-meter relay team of Liam Raymon, Fuerstenberg, Eli Taubert and Gehrke also came in second at 1:37.94. Raymon rounded out the second-place finishers for the boys with a jump of 38-10 in the triple jump.
         Harnack placed third in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal best of 18.80. The 4-by-100 meter relay team, also run by Raymon, Fuerstenberg, Taubert and Gehrke, finished third in 47.02.
The 4-by-400-meter relay team of Raymon, Beau Bakken, Micah Bush, and Taubert ran a 3:52.76 in their third-place finish. 
         H-BC fourth-place finishers included Harnack in triple jump with a 35-3, Max Scholten in shot put with a 38-9 3/4, James Vanden Bosch in the 300-meter hurdles with a 49.25, and Beau Bakken in the 100-meter dash at 12.48 seconds.
The Patriot boys did not have any fifth-place finishers but did have a nice list of sixth-place finishers including Blake Leenderts in the 400 with a time of 1:01.50, Brayden Metzger in shot put with a 38-2 1/4, and Cooper Gehrke in long jump with a best jump of 16-9 1/4
 
Girls’ results:
100 12. Olivia Deelstra 14.72
400 9. Hailey Moser 1:16.08
Shot Put 12. Isabel Wysong 25-3 1/2 
Discus 8.. Isabel Wysong 71-4 1/2 
 
Boys’ results:
200 8. Riley Tatge 27.03
400 8. Sawyer Bosch 1:02.15
800 14. Micah Bush 2:23.34
110mH 7. James VandenBosch 22.71
Discus 9. Max Scholten 104-0 12. Brayden Metger 93-8
High Jump 7. Eli Taubert 5-2  8. Jackson Gacke 5-0
Long Jump 7. Brock Harnack 16-6 1/2

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