Eagles win two Sterling events

STERLING – Ellinwood sprinter Logan Panning won the 400 meters (51.92) and Cason Merritt (10-6) won the pole vault at Friday's Sterling Track Invitational.   

Runner-up medals were earned by Panning, 200 (23.98); Gabriel Martinez, pole vault (10-0) and Heidi Brauer, 3,200 meters (13:36.86).

STERLING INVITAIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Little River 113; 2—Bennington 86; 3—Hutchinson Central Christian 60; 4—Inman 50; Sterling 50; 6—Ellinwood 48, Ell-Saline 48; Nickerson 48; 9—Lyons 36; 10—Fairfield 26; 11—Burrton 11; 12—Ellsworth 9

BOYS RESULTS

100m—4—Panning, E, 11.78;  5—Sunderland, E, 11.96

200m—2—Panning, E, 23.98;  3—Sunderland, E, 24.12

400m—1—Panning, E, 51.92

Pole vault—1—Cason Merritt, E, 10-6; 2—Gabriel Martinez, E, 10-0

STERLING INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Inman 161; 2—Little River 78; 3—Bennington 63; Sterling 62; 5—Hutchinson Central Christian 55; 6—Nickerson 36; 7—Ellsworth 35; 8—Ell-Saline 19; Fairfield 19; 10—Ellinwood 10, Lyons 10

1,600m—5—Schlessiger, E, 6:14.57

3,200m—2—Brauer, E, 13:36.86