In the boys meet Sterling racked up 58 points for first followed by Forreston with 39 and the Panthers with 34. For the girls the Lady Golden Warriors collected 84 points to far outdistance EP with 33 and Forreston with 28.
Boys
EP took first place in two field events with Nathan Punke winning the pole vault with a personal best of 4.19m (13′ 9″). Carson Eyrich placed second clearing 3.89m (PB). Eli Foster won the triple jump with a leap of 11.56 m.
Gus Schultz took first in the 1600m in 4:58 PB for EP’s only win on the oval. Aidan Garcea took second in the event clocking a 5:18.
The 4x800m relay placed second with a time of 9:01 with Braeden Punke, Lane Decker, Justin Wainscott, and Schultz carrying the baton.
Girls
For the Lady Panthers Sarah Link won the 800m in 2:34 (PB). She was also a member of the top finishing 4x800m relay clocking a 4:29. The rest of the quartet included Ellah Brooks, Alexus Kapple, and Lia Milem.
Roz Mosher collected team points running a 6:03 in the 1600m to take second and clearing 2.37m in the pole vault good for third. EP also got points in the field events from Michelle Naftzger in the triple jump with an effort of 9.29m taking third (PB) and Faith Baar placing third in the long jump with an effort of 4.10m.
The 4x200m relay finished first as Brooks, Kapple, Milem, and Lauren Malone combined for a 1:56 clocking. Malone also took second in the 200m (29.02) and grabbed third in the 60m (8.37).
Taylor Robshaw ran the 60m hurdles in 11.48 to place third.
The F/S Panthers will take part in the Dillon Frosh-Soph Invite on Friday in Sterling.
Top Times Meet
On Saturday two Panthers, Nathan Punke and Carson Eyrich will travel to Bloomington, Illinois to take part in the Top Times meet at Illinois Wesleyan University. The meet is one of the unofficial state indoor meets of the season with entrants needing to qualify. There will be 15 vaulters competing in the Class A division with Punke going in ranked 4th and Eyrich ranked 8th.
