The Sandy Creek track and field teams played host to a new meet this year, as the Cougar program hosted a seven-team twilight invitational Tuesday, April 28.
The SC girls finished fifth overall, scoring 47 team points, after claiming six track medals and three field event medals.
On the track, Carrigan Rempe had a strong outing in the two hurdle events, winning the 100-meter hurdles over Adams Central’s Emmalyn Bumgartner by over one full second, running to a time of 17.13 seconds, with Bumgartner finishing the race in 18.22 seconds.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Adams Central’s Kingzlee Osborne held off Rempe for the event title by one-tenth of a second, with Osborne winning with a time of 48.83 seconds, while Rempe finished with a time of 48.93 seconds.
Rempe went on to team up with Caitlyn Biltoft, Madison Shaw, and Jade Von-Spreckelsen to place sixth in the 4x400-meter relay, finishing with a time of four minutes, 56.45 seconds. Doniphan-Trumbull gained gold in the event with a winning time of 4:22.81.
Biltoft and Shaw went on to medal in the 800-meter run, with Biltoft placing second with a time of 2:35.51, while Shaw finished fifth with a time of 2:44.76. Lauryn VanDiest claimed the event title with a time of 2:33.78.
Sandy Creek’s final medal came from the throwers relay, a 4x100-meter event, as Claire Williamson, Ella Crumbliss, Zailey Spilker, and Emersyn Pohlmeier placed fourth with a time of 65.61 seconds.
Field event action gained Sandy Creek a pair of runner- up medals and a sixthplace finish, as Biltoft was second in the high jump with a 4’ 10” leap to finish second behind Palmer’s Marlea Donahey, who cleared the bar at 5’ 2”.
In the discus, Pohlmeier placed second behind Lakyn Lewis of Adams Central, with Lewis throwing 93’ 4” for the win, while Pohlmeier had an 86’ 7” throw.
Spilker placed sixth overall in the shot put with her 28’ 10” throw. Event winner, Lewis, hit the 32’ 7” mark for the win.
Team Scores: Adams Central 181, Thayer Central 110, Kenesaw 66, Doniphan-Trumbull 65, Sandy Creek 47, Palmer 34, Grand Island Central Catholic 16.
