Eureka Track and Field traveled to Madison on April 26 and multiple athletes returned home with a medal.
Results for Tornado participants were as follows: GIRLS Girls placed 6th out of 13 teams: 100M Dash: Olivia Valentine, 3rd, 13.49; 200M Dash: O. Valentine, 2nd, 29.35; Alicia Sanchez, 8th, 33.95; 400M Dash: Brenna Rucker, 3rd, 1:07.32; 1600M Run: Britta Mongeau, 1st, 5:58.18; 100M Hurdles: Kimber Ptacek, 9th, 20.53; 300M Hurdles: K. Ptacek, 8th, 1:00.97; 4x100M Relay: Team members Ptacek, Rucker, Maela Neill and O. Valentine, 4th, 55.23; 4x400M Relay: Rucker, Mongeau, Neill and O. Valentine, 2nd, 4:36.71; Shot Put: Harlie Owings, 4th, 29’6”; Discus: Owings, 15th, 66’10”; Javelin: Rucker, 4th, 99’2”.
BOYS
Boys placed 3rd out of 14 teams: 100M Dash: TJ Mills, 1st, 11.18; Ben Ketcham, 4th, 11.67; 200M Dash: Mills, 1st, 23.27; Peyton Hare, 3rd, 23.96; Cody Johnson, 8th, 25.58; 400M Dash: Hare, 2nd, 55.71; Johnson, 7th, 59.81; Timothy Aguilar, 9th, 1:00.99; 110M Hurdles: Luc Guillaume, 3rd, 19.95; 300M Hurdles: Guillaume, 6th, 49.96; Cole Ptacek, 10th, 51.96; 4x100M Relay: Ketcham, Mills, Hare, Laken Valentine, 1st, 45.50; 4x400M Relay: Hare, Ketcham, L. Valentine, Mills, 2nd, 3:51.97; Long Jump: Ketcham, 16th, 15’2”; Shot Put: Jace Hardenbrook, 5th, 37’10.5”;
Will Fitzwater, 18th, 28’1”; Discus: Hardenbrook, 8th, 104’11”; Nate Clark, 20th, 72’3”; Fitzwater, 22nd,67’8”; Javelin: Clark, 8th, 114’10”; Johnson, 14th, 103’5”; Aguilar, 16th, 98’10”.
Up Next
The Eureka Tornadoes traveled to Remington- Whitewater last Friday and are slated to travel to Humboldt on Thursday, May 9 for the Tri-Valley League Track & Field meet, beginning at 3 p.m. Eureka will then host a 2A Regional on Thursday, May 16, with field events beginning at 2 p.m. and prelims slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. Finals will begin 30 minutes after prelims conclude. The top four in each contest will advance to the 2A State Meet at Wichita State University, May 24-25.
