Don Kuhnen, AP Sports, Photos courtesy Jessie Otten
The EP boys & girls track teams both dominated Newman and St Bede in a Senior Night triangular meet Tuesday in Erie. The boys scored 75 points to out distance Newman at 57 and St Bede at 41. The girls won easily with a total of 84 to St Bede’s 40 and Newman’s 29.
The boys got off to a good start with the pole vaulting trio of Parker Holdorf, Kadin Jacobs and Lucas Driesbach finishing 1,2,3. The winning height was12’9”. That was the only first place finish by a Panther in the field events.
The threesome of Andrew Bomleny, Alex Bomleny and Zeke Weidel finished 1,2,3 in the first running event of the meet, the 3200m run. Andrew’s winning time was 11:50. The only other individual first place finish was recorded by Cameron Stout with a 24.08 in the 200m dash. The 4x200m relay team of Michael Carlson, Ben Lantz, Braxton Froeliger and Kadin Jacobs also took first place. Good depth and point scorers by many other Panthers helped the team garner enough points to beat the visitors.
The girls half of the meet saw many first place finishes from EP. In the field events, Hayley Wuebben won the pole vault clearing the height of 7’10”. Kennedy Buck took the shot put with a toss of 34’, while Brianna Neumiller won the discus throw with a 97’4” throw. The Panthers took the top four spots in the event.
Dylan Chandler had a great day in the distance races taking first in the 1600m at 6:41 and the 3200m at 13:30. Riley Packer also had an individual first in the 800m in the time of 2:33. Three relay teams also claimed the gold prize. The 4x800m winning team of Jorden Robinson, Jade Nicherson, Madyson Bushaw and Brooke Lalley won in 11:51 while the 4x200m squad of Robinson, Kara Schipper, Olivia Purvis and Kennedy Buck took their event in 1:59.
In the day’s last event, EP took the 4×400 with a team of Buck, Robinson, Lalley and Packer in a time of 4:45.
Both squads return to action Friday afternoon with a triangular at Spring Valley Hall with Princeton.
Berkley Eggers daughter of Nathan and Jennifer Eggers Alex Gustaf son of Jim and Wendy Gustaf Carter Jepson son of Chad and Mindy Jepson Riley McDaniel son of Theresa McDaniel and Doug McDaniel Jorden Robinson daughter of Toshia Large and Shawn Robinson Kara Schipper daughter of Gregg and Ann Schipper Cameron Stout son of Jeremie and Laura Stout Lucca Sweetser son of Peter and Mimi Sweetser. Iscac Goodson son of Chris and Shirly Goodson Alex Gustaf Berkley Eggers Cameron Stout Carter Jepson Jorden Robinson Kara Schipper Lucca Sweetser Riley McDaniel Senior Track
