The boys finished 3rd in a field of nine teams scoring 67 points as Rock Falls won the meet with 110, followed by Bureau Valley with 79.
The Lady Panthers finished 5th with 54 points in a field of seven with Bureau Valley winning the meet with 110 points, followed by Oregon with 94.
The Lady Panthers took first in one event, the 4×800 m relay in a time of 10:51. Roz Mosher, Jennica Norman, Jessie DeNeve, and Sarah Link combined for the win.
Mosher also took second in the pole vault with a personal best 2.43 meters. EP picked up third place finishes from Norman in the 1600 meters in a time of 5:54 and the 4×400 m relay with a quartet of Ellah Brooks, Alexus Kapple, Sarah Link, and Lauren Punke.
The Panther boys had two first place finishes, one in the high jump from Lane Decker with a leap of 1.77 meters (pb) and Nathan Punke in the pole vault with an effort of 4.11 meters.
2nd place finishes were recorded by Gus Schultz in the 1600 meters in a time of 5:05, the 4×400 m relay comprised of Braeden Punke, Justin Wainscott, Gaven Adams and Decker in the time of 3:43, and the 4×800 m relay with Wainscott, Schultz, Punke, and Aidan Garcea in a time of 9:12.
Junior, Caleb Reymer took third in the shot put with a personal best toss of 13.43 meters and Elijah Foster also claimed third in the triple jump with an effort of 11.59 meters.
Both teams will return to Westwood on Monday for a meet hosted by Sterling.
