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