Sandy Creek’s girls track team hosted a 10 team meet Tuesday, April 7, and claimed fourth place overall in the action, scoring 52 points in the process.
Central City claimed team gold, outscoring second- place West Holt of Atkinson 109-94, with Hastings St. Cecilia placing third with 79 points.
In all, six of the Cougars’ seven medals came on the track, led by senior Anna Paus and sophomore Carrigan Rempe.
Paus won the 1600-meter run with a time of five minutes, 35.11 seconds, holding off the second-place runner, Amelia Buhike of Central City, who finished the fourlap race in 5:39.66.
Paus also placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with her time of 63.42 seconds. Doniphan-Trumbull’s Sevyn Russell claimed gold in the race with her time of 59.41 seconds.
Rempe’s run in the two hurdle events placed the sophomore second in both events, as West Holt’s Hollynn Konrad claimed gold in both, winning the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.76 seconds, and claiming the win in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 47.61 seconds.
Rempe’s runner-up time in the short flight of hurdles was clocked at 16.87 seconds, while in the 300-meter event, Rempe ran to a second-place time of 49.10 seconds.
Paus also teamed up with Emma Fisher, Caitlyn Biltoft, and Paige Stengel to place second in the 4x800-meter relay with their time of 10:21.33. West Holt claimed the relay win with a time of 10:12.58.
Sandy Creek’s 4x400-meter relay team, made up of Biltoft, Brielle Lipovsky, Jade VonSpreckelsen, and Sydnee Bennett, gained fourth place in the four-lap relay with a time of 4:45.43. Central City earned the relay title with a time of 4:21.05.
Biltoft rose to the top of the list in the high jump, clearing 5-feet to claim the win over Sydni Homolka of Central City, who also cleared 5-feet, but Biltoft had fewer misses in the competition to gain the win.
Team Scores: Central City 109, West Holt 94, Hastings St. Cecilia 79, Sandy Creek 52, Tri County 42, Doniphan-Trumbull 41, Sutton 38, Fairbury 34, H&H 23, Superior 15.
