The Eureka Tornadoes Track & Field team hosted the Tornado Relays (Eureka Invitational #2) and their second meet of the season on Tuesday, April 9. Eureka claimed nine first-place finishes, four second-place finishes and several other placements.
Results for Tornado participants were as follows: GIRLS
100 Meter Dash: Olivia Valentine, 3rd,13.46; Maela Neill, 5th 14.58; Alicia Sanchez, 7th, 14.84. 200 Meter Dash: Olivia Valentine,
2nd, 28.87; Alicia Sanchez,
32.46. 400 Meter Dash: Rose Buck, 1st, 1:04.54; Brenna Rucker, 2nd, 1:06.95. 800 Meter Run: Rose Buck, 1st,
2:34.97; Britta Mongeau,
2nd, 2:46.83. 1600 Meter Run: Britta Mongeau, 1st,
6:04.92. 3200 Meter Run: Rose Buck 1st, 12:13.10.
100 Meter Hurdles: K . Ptacek, 5th, 22.30. 300 Meter Hurdles: K. Ptacek, 2nd,
1:04.05. 4x100 Meter Relay: (K. Ptacek, Rucker, Neill,
O. Valentine), 2nd, 55.20.
4x400 Meter Relay: (Rucker, Mongeau, Neill, Buck),
1st, 4:39.36. Javelin: Brenna Rucker, 4th, 86-0.
BOYS
100 Meter Dash: TJ Mills,
1st,11.26; Ben Ketcham,
3rd, 11.83. 200 Meter Dash: TJ Mills, 1st, 23.36. 400 Meter Dash: Peyton Hare, 1st,
53.37; Timothy Aguilar, 4th,
1:00.02; Cody Johnson, 6th,
1:00.45; 110 Meter Hurdles: Luc Guillaume, 3rd, 20.50.
300 Meter Hurdles: Cole Ptacek, 5th, 50.36; Guillaume, 6th, 50.39. 4x100 Meter Relay: (Ben Ketcham, Mills, Peyton Hare, Laken Valentine), 1st, 45.52. 4x400 Meter Relay: (Hare, Aguilar, L. Valentine, Mills), 1st, 3:49.60.
High Jump: Ben Ketcham,
8th, 5-0. Long Jump: Ben Ketcham, 6th, 18-2.5; Luc Guillaume, 13th, 15-9. Discus: Jace Hardenbrook, 5th,
91-11; Nate Clark, 9th, 80--
0; Will Fitzwater, 15th, 66--
1.
Javelin: Nate Clark, 9th,
112-5; Timothy Aguilar,
10th, 99-11; Johnson, 13th,
86-2. Shot Put: Jace Hardenbrook, 4th, 37-9; Will Fitzwater, 14th, 25-4.
Up Next
The Tornadoes traveled to Waverly at Iola on Tuesday of this week. They are scheduled to compete at Fredonia on Thursday, April 18 and Madison on Friday, April 26. Both meets are slated to begin at 3 p.m.