The Lady Panther track team won 3 of 4 relays on their way to the title at the Ed Schmidt Invitational in Erie on Friday with the Panther boys taking second in their division, a mere two points behind meet champion Morrison.
The Lady Panthers won the meet with 101 points with Kewanee Wethersfield posting 93. Morison racked up 69 points with the Panther boys generating 67.
Lady Panthers
The first place relays featured Ellie Johnson, Lauren Punke, Alexus Kapple, Lauren Malone, Ellie Johnson, Faith Baar, and Sarah Link.
Beyond the three relays the Lady Panthers picked up wins in the 1600 meters with Jessie DeNeve winning in 6:03.05, the 100m hurdles with Taylor Robshaw running a PR of 19.06, and the 300m hurdles with Michelle Naftzger finishing in :57.45.
In the field events, Navona Lopez threw a PR of 9.85 meters to win the shot put, Gracelynn Abell set a PR of 2.90 meters to win the pole vault and Faith Baar won the long jump with a leap of 4.33 meters.
Runner-up finishes went to Alexus Kapple in the 100 meters, Sarah Link in the 400 meters and Lauren Punke in the triple jump. The 4×800 meter relay finished second in 11:09.96.
The Lady Panthers all picked also picked up 7 third place finishes on their way to the title.
Panther Boys
EP found their strength in the middle and long distances getting wins from Wyatt Goossens in the 400 meters in :56.39, a first place finish from Gus Schultz the 800 meters in 2:13.42 just ahead of teammate Justin Wainscott in second clocking a 2:15.48, a second place finish for Schultz in the 1600 meters in a PR time of 4:54.06 and a third place finish from Jakob Brooks in the 3200 meters.
Caleb Reymer won the shot put with a heave of 12.86 meters with Elijah Franzen winning the long jump title with an effort of 5.59 meters. The Panthers swept the pole vault taking the top three positions with all three athletes setting PR’s. Nathan Punke took first clearing 3.96 meters followed by Aidan Jepson with a leap of 3.81 meters and Carson Eyrich in 3rd with an effort of 3.66 meters.
The Panthers collected 3 second place finishes in the relays with Henry Haak, Demetree Larsen, Elijah Franzen, and Gavin Adams taking second in the 4×200 in 1:37.21. The 4×400 with Adams, Larsen, Franzen and, and Justin Wainscott in 4:04.1. The 4×800 relay group of Braeden Punke, Goossens, Wainscott, and Schultz took second in 8:51.0
Seniors honored Included: Jakob Brooks, Wyatt Goossens, Henry Haak, Aidan Jepson, Demetree Larsen, Gracelyn Abell, Madi Dornbush, Samantha Kilker, Grace Wheeler.
