The Sandhills Track Invite hosted by North Central took place Tuesday. Among the area teams competing were Anselmo-Merna and Twin Loup. Valentine won both the girls and boys team titles. Twin Loup was fourth in the boys teams standings and Anselmo-Merna was sixth. Twin Loup was fifth in the girls team standings and AM was sixth. Recapping some of the area highlights, Lily Thornton of Anselmo-Merna was champion in the girls discus with a winning effort 117′ 4″ and placed 6th in the girls shot put. Colin Wright of Anselmo-Merna and Justin Folkers of Twin Loup both placed in the top three of the boys high jump. Each cleared 6′ to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively. Wright also placed second in the boys 100 with a time of 11.51 seconds. Oran Grint of Twin Loup won the boys 400 in a time of 54.59 seconds, won the 200 in a time of 23.74 seconds and was runner up in the boys long jump with an effort of 19′ 4.5″. Trevor Duryea of Anselmo-Merna was champion of the boys triple jump with a winning effort of 41′ 1.25″ and placed 4th in the boys long jump. Jackson Hall of Twin Loup was runner up in the boys pole vault clearing 10′ 6″. Makayla Stecker of Twin Loup was runner up in the girls 100 in a time of 13.98 seconds. Ragan Mauler of Twin Loup was third in the girls long jump with an effort of 14′ 7.25″. LoReena Schauda was 3rd in the girls 3200, 4th in the 800 and 4th in the triple jump. Yahya Harris of Twin Loup was third in the boys 800. Shayleigh Coleman of Anselmo-Merna was runner up in the 300 meter hurdles and was third in the 100 meter hurdles. Tim Myers of Anselmo-Merna was runner up in the 110 meter hurdles and Emmet Grint of Twin Loup placed third in the 300 meter hurdles. Twin Loup won the girls 4×400 meter relay and Anselmo-Merna was runner up in the boys 4×100.
Others who placed in the top six of their event included:
Girls
Makenna Miller of Anselmo-Merna 4th in the 100 meter hurdles.
Claira Morgan of Twin Loup 4th in 400
Kayley Klein of Anselmo-Merna 5th in shot put
Alli Smith of Twin Loup 6th in the 3200
Boys
Dane Duryea of Anselmo-Merna 4th in the triple jump
Destrey White of Anselmo-Merna tied for 5th in high jump
Everett Funk of Twin Loup 5th in 3200
Caenyn Pries of Anselmo-Merna 5th in 110 meter hurdles
Tate Seevers of Anselmo-Merna 6th in the 200
Relays
Twin Loup 4th in boys 4×800 and boys 4×400
Anselmo-Merna 4th in girls 4×100
Anselmo-Merna 5th in boys 4×400
For full results of the meet click here
