Bennington Invitational Track Meet held in

Bennington, Ks. on Friday April 8, 2016

 

Teams competing:  Bennington, Canton-Galva, Clifton-Clyde, Ell-Saline, Lincoln, Minneapolis, Salina Christian, Sylvan Grove, Tescott, Wakefield, and Wilson.

 

Boy’s Results:

 

Pole Vault                     3^rd Place              Cody Pollman               10’-00”

                                   7^th Place              Kaleb White                8’-06”

 

Shop Put                      3^rd Place              Brian VonHoltz             41’-05 ½”

 

Javelin                          2^nd Place             Zack Melius                 131”-08”

 

Discus                          1^st Place               J.J. Judy                     139’-03”

 

Triple Jump                   7^th Place              Chris Hardin                35’-04”

 

High Jump                    4^th Place              Hayden Bruner            5’-02”

                                    6^th Place              Kaleb White               5’-00”

 

110 H. Hurdles              3^rd Place              Nate Jackson              19.21

 

200 M. Dash                 2^nd Place              Brock Barrett              24.31

                                   4^th Place              Justin Carver              25.04

                                   6^th Place              Sammy Finnegan        25.50

 

300 I. Hurdles               7^th Place              Nate Jackson              47.86

 

400 M. Dash                 1^st Place              Brock Barrett               53.72

 

800 M. Run                  6^th Place              Jeffrey Thompson         2:21.26

 

1600 M. Run                4^th Place              Johnathan Bowen         5:23.78

 

3200 M. Run                3^rd Place              Cole Barber                 11:49.20

 

 

4 x 100 M. Relay          4^th Place              Andrew Rothfuss          47.72

                                                            Sammy Finnegan

                                                            Nate Jackson

                                                            Chris Hardin

 

4 x 400 M. Relay          3^rd Place              Brock Barrett                3:45.17

                                                            Justin Carver

                                                            Kirk Iseli

                                                            Andrew Rothfuss

 

Boy’s Team Results:

 

1^st Place      Bennington           151 Points

2^nd Place     Minneapolis          104 Points

3^rd Place     Wakefield               93 Points

4^th Place     Clifton/Clyde          64 Points

5^th Place     Wilson                   55 Points

6^th Place     Elll-Saline              40 Points

7^th Place     Tescott                 23 Points

8^th Place     Lincoln                 15 Points

9^th Place     Salina Christian     11 Points

10^th Place   Canton/Galva         2 Points

 

Girl’s Results:

 

Long Jump                   1^st Place               Sara Casaus                  14’-06”

 

100 M. Dash                 4^th Place              Sara Casaus                  13.20

                                   6^th Place              Jo Wright                     13.72

 

100 M. H. Hurdles         7^th Place              Sierra Otto                   19.63

 

200 M. Dash                 5^th Place              Kenzy Barrett               29.38

 

800 M. Run                  5^th Place              Sydney Barker              2:52.80

 

4 x 400 M. Relay          3^rd Place              Jo Wright                     4:39.01

                                                            Sara Casaus

                                                            Dani Sanders

                                                            Kenzy Barrett

 

Girl’s Team Results:

 

1^st Place      Minneapolis 114 Points

2^nd Place     Bennington        112 Points

3^rd Place     Lincoln                  91 Points

4^th Place     Clifton/Clyde          81 Points

5^th Place     Canton-Galva        45 Points

6^th Place     Ell-Salina              37 Points

7^th Place     Tescott                 36 Points

8^th Place     Wakefield             25 Points

9^th Place     Wilson                 13 Points

 

Coach Braden, “The Bombers had a very good day at Bennington.  Several of our athletes had personal best throws and times today. For the boys: senior Zack Melius, who has been hampered with a hamstring pull, threw the javelin (for only the second time in his life), and took home the silver medal in that event!  Junior J.J. Judy threw a personal best and took home the gold in the discus.  Junior Brian VonHoltz threw a personal best in the shot put and took home the bronze.  Sophomores Cody Pollman vaulted to a bronze medal in the pole vault and Jeffrey Thompson placed 6^th in the 800 meter run with a very competitive effort.  Freshman Kaleb White impressed us all with both his performances in the high jump and pole vault.  For the girls: the 4 x 400 meter relay team of senior Joanna Wright, senior Sara Casaus, senior Dani Sanders, and junior Kenzy Barrett ran extremely well for their first relay of the season.  Junior Sierra Otto competed very hard for her 6^th place the 100 M. H. hurdles and freshman Sydney Barker surprised all of us with her sub three minute performance in the open 800.  Friday was a beautiful day for a track meet and our performances were extremely encouraging since this was only our second meet of the season. 

 

Next Friday the Bombers get up bright and early to travel to Wichita for the Shocker Pre-State Challenge.             Ladd Braden