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Eagles' Wirtz wins 3 events at Hill City
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HILL CITY — Ellinwood's Reagan Wirtz captured a trio of gold medals with a school record in the 100 meters (12.21), winning the 200 meters (25.91) and long jump (18-2) to spark the Eagles at the Hill City track meet. Ellinwood's girls placed runner-up and the Ellinwood boys finished third in a 20-team field. 

Cason Merritt broke the school pole vault record (13-1).

"I loved the way the athletes competed," said Ellinwood coach Jeff Zook. "We got two school records — Cason Merritt, pole vault; Reagan Wirtz, 100. Along the way the kids lit up the PR board and collected numerous top finishes."

Other first-place medalists were Eleanor Joiner, 800 (2:30.48); and Landon Simpson, long jump (21-61/2); and the 400-meter relay (45.32) with Simpson, Logan Broyles, Gabe Martinez,and Dawson Sunderland.

HILL CITY MEET

ELLINWOD GIRLS

100m—1—Wirtz, 12.21

200m—1—Wirtz, 25.91

400m—2—Ritchie, 1:02.54

800m—1—Joiner 2:30.48; 11—Thomas, 2:50.54

1,600m—2—Joiner, 5:33.05

3,200m—12—Dombroski, 14:49.99

1,600m relay—2—Ellinwood, 4:17.78 (Wirtz, Borror, Joiner, Ritchie)

3,200m relay—3—Ellinwood, 11:35.81 (Thomas, Ringwald, Schlessiger, Borror)

High jump—3—Ritchie, 5-0

Long jump—1—Wirtz, 18-2

Shot put—11—Franco 31-101/4; 32—Rouse 25-11/2

Discus—9—Franco 95-11; 31—Rouse 71-3

Javelin—22—Franco 81-10; 31—Rouse 75-7

ELLINWOOD BOYS

100m—3—Sunderland, 11.3; 16—Grose, 12.17

200m—3—Sunderland, 23.43; 10—Broyles, 24.71; 38—McNeff, 24.71

300m hurdles—Zook, 55.56

400m—3—Simpson, 52.87; 11—Behnke, 56.3; 30—Brauer, 1:01.68

800m—5—Grose, 2:12.93; 8—Pohlman, 2:16.18

1,600m—5—Pohlman, 5:01.27

3,200m—15—Brauer, 12:46.16

400m relay—1—Ellinwood, 45.32 (Simpson, Broyles, Martinez, Sunderland)

1,600m relay—3—Ellinwood, 3:38.13 (Sunderland, Behnke, Grose, Simpson)

High jump—15—McNeff, 5-0

Pole vault—1—Merritt, 13-1; 11—Martinez, 10-0; 11—Gibson, 10-0

Long jump—1—Simpson, 21-61/5; 31—McNeff, 15-3

Discus—34—Kern, 101-11

Javelin—22—Zook, 134-11; 38—Kern, 111-8

Shot put—Kern, 38-4