TRACK AND FIELD: Pekarske breaks school record
The Randolph-Cambria-Friesland girls track and field team got a new school record from Kelsey Pekarske in the 100 meter hurdles on its way to a second place finish in a six-team meet in Randolph on Thursday night.
Pekarske finished the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.5 seconds, which was only good enough for second place because defending 100 and 300 meter hurdle state champion Megan Rennhack was at the meet. Rennhack, who holds the state meet record in the 300 hurdles, won all four events she entered in on Thursday, including the 100 meter hurdles in a amazing time of 14.42 seconds.
The Randolph-Cambria-Friesland girls also got a winning effort from Arianna Wiersma in the triple jump (33-feet, 8-inches) and Brittany Alsum in the discus (113-4), while also finishing first in the 400 and 800 meter relays.
Rio's Keturah Vangen returned home a winner in the 300 hurdles, finishing with a time of 52.57. The Vikings also got second place finishes from Kerry McDermott in the discus (112-6) and Chelsey Reierson in the triple jump (31-6).
On the boys side, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland lost out on a close battle for the top spot and instead had to settle for third place with 112 points, behind Wayland Academy (123 points) and Dodgeland (122).
Leading the way for RCF was Ryan Lehman, who won both of the throwing events on Thursday. Lehman's toss in the discus reached 39-feet, 5-inches, while his discus throw was measured at 119-feet.
Ethan Kalepp won the 400 meters for RCF with a time of 54.35 seconds, while Bryan Johnson won the 200 meters with a time of 24.02 seconds.
Rio also got a pair of individual hurdle champions from the meet, as Jeremy Reierson won the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.71. Winning the 300 meter hurdles for the Vikings was Brendan O'Malley with a time of 45.24 seconds.
Randolph Invite Thursday, April 24
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Dodgeland 118, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 109, Markesan 94, Wayland Academy 66, Rio 62, Fall River 59.
GIRLS RESULTS: 100 meter hurdles — 1, Rennhack (D) 14.42; 2, Pekarske (RCF) 16.5; 3, Jordan (WA) 17.3. 3200 meter relay — 1, Dodgeland 11:31.5; 2, Fall River 12:27.70; 3, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 12:59.72. 100 meters — 1, Rennhack (D) 12.26; 2, Roche (FR) 13.19; 3, Roberts (RCF) 13.24. 1600 meters — 1, Rauschert (WA) 5:58.49; 2, Brown (M) 6:10.60; 3, Puls (WA) 6:27.77. Disucs — 1, Alsum (RCF) 113-4; 2, McDermott (R) 112-6; 3, Gerner (M) 102-11. 800 meter relay — 1, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 2:00.15; 2, Rio 2:06.19; 3, Fall River 2:07.01. Triple jump — 1, Wiersma (RCF) 33-8; 2, C. Reierson (R) 31-6; 3, Esveld (FR) 29-1. Long jump — 1, Rennhack (D) 15-4; 2, Wolf (D) 13-3 1/4; 3, C. Reierson (R) 12-8. 400 meters — 1, Rennhack (D) 1:00.78; 2, Roche (FR) 1:02.64; Schultz (D) 1:04.05. 400 meter relay — 1, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 57.10; 2, Rio 59.23; Fall River 1:01.61. 300 meter hurdles — 1, Vangen (R) 52.57; Schmitt (D) 54.03; 3, Bruins (M) 54.64. 800 meters — 1, Rauschert (WA) 2:42.90; 2, Brown (M) 2:49.50; 3, Olson (R) 2:52.12. High jump — 1, Rauschert (WA) 4-11; 2, Wiersma (RCF) 4-8; 3, Pekarske (RCF) 4-4. 200 meters — 1, Rauschert (WA) 29.01; 2, Siedschlag (D) 30.73; 3, Wingett (FR) 30.96. Shot put — 1, Gerner (M) 38-2 3/4; 2, Krenz (M) 31-1; 3, Alsum (RCF) 28-1 1/2. 3200 meters — Fredrick (M); 2, Hankes (RCF); 3, Justman (D). 1600 meter relay — 1, Markesan 4:50.92; 2, Dodgeland 4:53.58; 3, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 5:18.64.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Wayland Academy 123, Dodgeland 122, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 112, Markesan 79, Rio 62, Fall River 24.
BOYS RESULTS: 3200 meter relay — 1, Dodgeland 9:06.86; 2, Fall River 9:54.01; 3, Wayland Academy 9:54.22. 110 meter hurdles — 1, J. Reierson (R) 15.71; 2, Steele (RCF) 15.86; 3, Goldberg (D) 18.79. 100 meters — 1, Shihab (WA) 11.47; 2, Johnson (RCF) 11.69; 3, Schmidt (D) 11.80. 1600 meters — 1, name UA 5:12.42; 2, Jyamier 5:28.25; 3, Laper (RCF) 5:32.88. 800 meter relay — Dodgeland 1:41.39; 2, Wayland Academy 1:44.41; 3, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 1:49.13. Long jump — 1, Klitz (M) 20-0; 2, Ramta (WA) 19-5; 3, J. Reierson (R) 19-0 3/4. Shot put — 1, Lehman (RCF) 39-5; 2, Vielbaum (D) 38-1 3/4; 3, Berghammer 37-11. Triple jump — 1, Klitz (M) 42-1; 2, J. Reierson (R) 41-3; 3, Greenwald (D) 36-4. 400 meters — 1, Kalepp (RCF) 54.35; 2, Jones (D) 55.50; 3, Purifay (WA) 57.06. 300 meter hurdles — 1, O'Malley (R) 45.24; 2, Steele (RCF) 47.75; 3, Hintz (WA) 48.33. High jump — 1, Klitz (M) 6-6; 2, J. Reierson (R) 6-2; 3, Johnson (RCF) 5-6. 800 meters — 1, Hanke (D) 2:17.08; 2, Greenwald (D) 2:19.10; 3, Weinstein (WA) 2:21.11. 200 meters — 1, Johnson (RCF) 24.02; 2, Shihab (WA) 24.57; 3, Grahn (RCF) 25.25. Discus — 1, Lehman (RCF) 119-0; 2, Berghammer (M) 112-8; 3, Reuter (R) 107-0. 3200 meters — 1, Johnsrud (FR) 11:01.47; 2, Marquardt (D) 11:15.75; 3, name UA (WA) 11:15.87. 1600 meter relay — 1, Dodgeland 3:45.25; 2, Markesan 3:50.84; 3, Randolph-Cambria-Friesland 3:55.74.
