By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood and Royall girls track teams combined to win eight of the 17 events at the Necedah Early Bird, a track and field invite that featured six schools, on April 7.
Taking first, the Falcons’ 400- and 3,200-meter relay teams led the way on the track.
The 400-meter relay team (Cecilia Mendoza, Haley Hall, Amber Brueggen and Briana Nelson) finished with a time of 51.01, less than a second ahead of Kickapoo/La Farge.
The 3,200-meter relay team (Taylor Schmitz, Ty Kaiser, Zoey Rynes and Michaela Baldwin) blew away the competition with a time of 11:50.03, nearly 70 seconds ahead of the Necedah’s runner-up team.
Also, Baldwin won the open 3,200, plus Briana Nelson won the long jump with a distance of 14-06.25.
Royall’s Taylor Juresh captured the 100- and 200-meter-dash titles with times of 12.96 and 27.18, respectively, and was part of the Panthers’ second-place four-by-400-meter relay.
In the field, senior Katie Sugden edged the field of competitors to claim both the shot put and discus titles. Sugden threw a 31-05.5 in the shot to defeat Hillsboro’s Bridgett Madden by 4 inches. In the discus ring, Sugden pulled off a throw of 83-09, 4 feet farther than Madden’s second-place toss.
Boys relays claim wins
The Royall 800-meter relay and the Brookwood 3,200-meter relay teams captured titles at the Necedah Early Bird invite to lead their respective teams in the standings.
Royall’s relay (Dorian Keenan, Chandler Townsend, Dalton Zmolek and Brandon Retzlaff) edged Bangor’s team by less than a second with a time of 1:39.02. Brookwood’s relay (Billy Nusse, Walker Rynes, Dylan Smith and Devan Summerfield) bested Bangor in the 3,200 with a time of 8:51.80.
Girls notes
• 100-meter dash: Third place, Briana Nelson (Brookwood), 13.62
• 400-meter dash: Second place, Molly Kotten (Brookwood), 1:13.32; and second place, Olivia Hansen (Brookwood), 1:14.00
• 800-meter run: Second place, Haley Hall (Brookwood), 2:57.04
• 1,600-meter run: Third place, Keelie Suhr (Brookwood), 6:42.00
• 100-meter hurdles: Third place, Jessica Raspiller (Brookwood), 20.14
• 300-meter hurdles: Second place (tie), Molly Kotten (Brookwood), 54.51
• 800-meter relay: Third place, Brookwood (Mendoza, Hall, Brueggen and Nelson), 2:04.87
• 1,600-meter relay: Second place, Royall (Altamore, Sweatt, Juresh and Woodworth), 4:43.39; and third place, Brookwood (Madrigal, Raspiller, Brueggen and Kaiser), 4:53.78
• High jump: Second place (tie), Ty Kaiser (Brookwood), 4-08.25
• Shot put: Third place, Gabrielle Luxton (Brookwood), 28-10
Boys notes
• 100-meter dash: Second place, Dalton Zmolek (Royall), 11.93
• 200-meter dash: Third place, Dorian Keenan (Royall), 25.82
• 400-meter dash: Third place, Brandon Retzlaff (Royall), 57.05
• 1,600-meter run: Second place, Devan Summerfield (Brookwood), 5:10.37
• 3,200-meter run: Second place, Walker Rynes (Brookwood), 10:36.25
• 110-meter hurdles: Third place, Kody Tormoen (Brookwood), 18.59
• 400-meter relay: Second place, Royall (Juresh, Keenan, Zmolek and Townsend), 47.30
• 1,600-meter relay: Third place, Brookwood (Tormoen, Schmitz, Leis and C. Ellsworth), 4:20.40
• High jump: Second place, Dylan Smith (Brookwood), 5-10; and third place, Chandler Townsend (Royall), 5-08
• Shot put: Second place, Noah Reneau (Royall), 39-08.50
• Discus throw: Third place, Noah Reneau (Royall), 107-02
