Patriots compete in Red Rock Conference track meet

The H-BC track and field teams traveled to Mountain Lake Thursday to compete in the Red Rock Conference track meet.
The girls placed third in the conference while the boys placed fourth.
“We had a lot of individual success today,” said coach Rex Metzger.
“As a team, our goal was to finish in the Top 3. The girls were able to finish in third while the boys missed third place by less than one point.”
The girls scored 129 points and the boys scored 108.33.
The Patriot track team will compete in Luverne Thursday, May 26, for the Section 3A Subsection Southwest track meet.
 
Girls’ results
Brynn Bakken took first place in the 100- and 200-meter dash. Her time in the 100 meter was 13.59 and her 200-meter time was 27.80. She also placed second in triple jump with a jump of 32-11. 
The girls’ 4-by-200-meter relay team of Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Olivia Deelstra and Layla Deelstra placed first in the conference with a time of 1:53.02.
Senior Kenadie Fick placed second in two individual events. She ran a 2:36.52 in the 800-meter and a 5:57.40 in the 1600-meter run. The girls’ 4-by-100 team  of Hailey Moser, O. Deelstra, Rauk and L. Deelstra narrowly missed first place with a 54.61, just .02 away from first. 
Larissa Steinhoff threw her personal best, 85-11, in shot put to finish in second place while running a 19.30 in the 100-meter hurdles to finish third.
Abbie Harris turned in a third-place effort in the 200-meter dash (29.68) and a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (1:04.98).
The 4-by-800-meter relay team of Durst, Spykerboer, E. Deelstra and Katelyn Chesley also finished in third place with a time of 11:57.72  .
Bailey Spykerboer finished fifth in triple jump at 29-10 while Ally Birger also placed fifth in shot put with a throw of 28-9.
Sophomore Layla Deelstra rounded out the top finishers for the Patriots with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at 14.45.
 
Boys’ results
The boys’ 4-by-100-meter relay team of Ty Bundesen, Luke Fuerstenberg, Beau Bakken and Cooper Gehrke was the top finisher for the Patriot boys as they turned in a first-place effort with a time of 46.76.
The 4-by-200-meter relay team that placed third (1:41.72) was made up of Bundesen, Fuerstenberg, Eli Taubert and Liam Raymon.
Senior Ty Bundesen placed second in the shot put in his first time ever competing in this event with a throw of 44-9 1/4  while Max Scholten placed fourth with a throw of 41-0. 
Cooper Gehrke (12.46) and Ty Bundesen (12.49) placed third and fourth in the 100-meter dash. Gehrke also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.39.
Raymon placed second in the 400-meter dash (54.56) and third in triple jump (42-0 1/4).
Brock Harnack took third in the 300-meter hurdles (47.01) and fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (19.90). 
The boys’ 4-by-400-meter relay team of Raymon, Bush, Bakken and Bode Kruger placed third with a time of 3:48.65.
James Vanden Bosch finished  fifth  in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.58 while Eli Taubert also finished fifth in the 400-meter dash at 55.68.
Micah Bush finished sixth  in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.40.
 
Girls’ results:
100 15. Aspen Shimp 15.07
200 8. Bailey Spykerboer 30.57
400 8. Bailey Spykerboer 1:08.04 15. Aspen Shimp 1:26.80
800 7. Kenadie Fick 2:42.12 20. Bailey Spykerboer 3:00.05
100mH 8. Ava Steinhoff 20.89
300mH 6. Larissa Steinhoff 57.90 7. Ava Steinhoff 59.69
4x400 7. Fick, Durst, Rauk, Spykerboer 4:41.26
4x800 8. Durst, E Deelstra, Spykerboer, Sammons
Shot Put 6. Isabel Wysong 28-0 1/2   14. Tyrae Goodface 24-2
Discus 7. Ally Birger 76-5 13. Isabel Wysong 66-3
High Jump 8. Larissa Steinhoff 4-6  9. Ava Steinhoff 4-4
Long Jump 7. Brynn Bakken 14-4 1/4 8. Brynn Rauk 14-3 9. Abbie Harris 13-3
Triple Jump 7. Olivia Deelstra 29-1
 
Boys’results:
100 6. Luke Fuerstenberg 12.85
200 7. Eli Taubert 25.03 13. Sawyer Bosch 26.91
400 11. Blake Leenderts 1:02.93
800 14. Micah Bush 2:27.08 17. Bode Kruger 2:38.19
1600 13. Micah Bush 5:33.60 19. Bode Kruger 6:42.72
110mH 9. James VandenBosch 22.09
4x800 6. Tatge, Leenderts, Gacke, Kruger 10:38.81
Shot Put 7. Brayden Metzger 37-10 1/2
Discus 6. Max Scholten 102-9 11. Brayden Metger 84-3 12. Alex Harris 84-1
High Jump 6. Eli Taubert 5-2 7. James VandenBosch 5-2 8. Jackson Gacke 5-0
Long Jump 7. Brock Harnack 17-3 1/2   12. Cooper Gehrke 16-1  13. Sawyer Bosch 15-8 3/4
Triple Jump 9. Brock Harnack 36-3 10. Sawyer Bosch 35-10 3/4