Sandy Creek’s lone state track and field qualifier, coming out of the C-7 District track meet, hosted by the Cougars will be junior Christian Lorena-Parks, as he led a trio of Cougars that all set personal best throws in the discus during the meet, Thursday, May 14.
As a team, the Cougars finished fourth as a team, totalling 50 team points.
Tri County dominated the C-7 meet, outscoring second- place Wilber-Clatonia 133-84 for the team title.
Lorena-Parks let loose of a 162’ 2” throw that led the competition, until Thayer Central’s Cole Vonderstrasse unleashed a 175’ 5” throw in the final round of the discus to win.
Teammates of Lorena- Parks, Christian Shaw and Wes Biltoft also medaled with personal best throws, as Shaw finished third with a 158’ 11” throw, while Biltoft hit the 144’ 7” mark to finish fifth overall, as Sandy Creek gained 16 team points out of the discus. Shaw earned a place in the state meet field with Lorena-Parks as an additional qualifier for the Cougars.
The shot put was also strong for the Cougars, gaining another 12 team points in the event, led by Sam Watts’ third place throw of 46’ 3.” Cedric Oeltjen placed fourth with a 45’ 8.5” toss, while Shaw finished fifth with a 45’ 2.5” effort. Vorderstrasse claimed the win with a monster 58’ 7” throw.
Freshman Asher Eitzmann garnered third place in the high jump, clearing the bar with a 5’ 10” jump. Maddox Regier of H&H claimed the win with a 6-foot leap.
Junior Logan Tomky finished fifth in the long jump, leaping to a distance of 19-feet, which was a personal best effort for Tomky. Thayer Central’s Blake Gunn earned the win with a 21’ 8” leap.
On the track, two events medaled for the Cougars, the 4x100-meter relay team, made up of Kaeden Schmidt, Eitzmann, Ian Zikmund, and Ben Burger, finishing second behind Tri County with a time of 44.88 seconds. Tri County won with a time of 43.69 seconds.
Burger also claimed a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash with his time of 52.4 seconds, as Wilber- Clatonia’s Grayson Vican claimed the win with a time of 51.63 seconds.
Team Scores: Tri County 133, Wilber-Clatonia 84, Thayer Central 80, Sandy Creek 50, H&H 48, EMF 44, Superior 37, Sutton 31, Centennial 14, Fillmore Central 6.
Junior Christian Shaw earned a trip to the state track meet in the discus as an additional qualifier with a personal best throw of 158’ 11” during the C-7 District meet May 14 at Sandy Creek. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS
