PC boys runner-up at Sutherland

By Brooke Pankonin

Grant Tribune Sentinel

Perkins County’s boys track team had a successful day at the Sutherland Invitational on Thursday, April 13, finishing runner-up despite injuries. 

Perkins County tracksters coming home with first place medals were Bailey Schrotberger in the 100 and Kiffen Cook in long jump. The boys’ 4x100 relay also captured first. 

Miles Lagler took second in discus, along with Jaden Dietlein in the 3200 and Schrotberger in the 200. 

Finishing third were Cook in the 400, Wood in the 300 meter hurdles, Charles Johnson in long jump, Evan Sestak in high jump and Jaci Kurkowski in shot put.

Earning fourth, fifth and/or sixth place medals were Dietlein, Christopher Terry,  Johnson, Hailey Snyder, Domonic Wendell, Caden Waitley, Jarin Tines and the boys’ 4x400 relay. 

The teams competed in the Chase County Invitational on Tuesday, April 18. See next week’s issue for results.  

Results from Thursday’s meet are as follows:

Boys Results

Team Scores: 1. Chase County, 139; 2. Perkins County, 98; 3. North Platte St. Patrick’s, 87; 4. Hershey, 58; 5. Sutherland, 41; 6. Hyannis, 32; 7. Wallace, 27; 8. Brady, 26; 9. Paxton, 19; 10. Arthur County, 0. 

100 Meters: 1. Bailey Schrotberger, 11.569.

200 Meters: 2. Bailey Schrotberger, 23.212; 5. Domonic Wendell, 24.645. Winning time: Zach Carlson, 22.856, Hyannis.

400 Meters: 3. Kiffen Cook, 53.275. Winning time: Zach Carlson, 51.804, Hyannis.

800 Meters: 6. Caden Waitley, 2:12.584. Winning time: Chase Ochs, 2:04.489.

1600 Meters: 4. Jaden Dietlein, 5:09.025. Winning time: Will Kuenne, 4:55.209, Chase County.

3200 Meters: 2. Jaden Dietlein, 11:06.218; 6. Jarin Tines, 11:58.136. Winning time: Will Kuenne, 11:00.911, Chase County.

110 Meter Hurdles: 4. Christopher Terry, 17.252. Winning time: Cody Williams, 16.002, Chase County.

300 Meter Hurdles: 3. Beau Wood, 43.746. Winning time: Cody Williams, 42.294, Chase County. 

4x100 Relay: 1. Bailey Schrotberger, Charles Johnson, Kiffen Cook, Domonic Wendell, 45.192.

4x400 Relay: 6. Evan Sestak, Brenden Pankonin, Werner Winkel, Trye Hickey, 4:01.765. Winning time: Chase County, 3:42.267. 

Long Jump: 1. Kiffen Cook, 21-0.5; 3. Charles Johnson, 19-6.5. 

High Jump: 3. Evan Sestak, 5-10; 4. Charles Johnson, 5-10; 6. Caden Waitley, 5-6. Winning jump: Cody Williams, 6-9.5, Chase County.

Shot Put: 5. Miles Lagler, 43-5. Winning throw: Hunter Bartels, 48-0.5

Discus: 2. Miles Lagler, 131-3. Winning throw: Dakota Wallin, 144-9, Chase County. 

Girls Results

Team Scores: 1. Chase County, 191; 2. North Platte St. Patrick’s, 81; 3. Brady, 74; 4. Hyannis, 52; 5. Hershey, 50; 6. Sutherland, 48; 7. Wallace, 15; 8. Perkins County, 10; 9. Paxton, 5; 10. Arthur County, 1. 

Shot put: 3. Jaci Kurkowski, 34-5.5. Winning throw: Tara Callahan, 40-0.5, Brady. 

Triple Jump: 4. Hailey Snyder, 31-11.5. Winning jump: Bailee Fear, 33-8, Sutherland. 

Next action

The teams will compete in the Hershey Invitational this Saturday, April 22, with field events starting at noon MT.