Solid effort overcomes Tomahawks and Bearcats in boys’ track meet
By JOHN GALBREATH Sports Editor
Senior Ben Ulrich won the 300 hurdles event and placed third in the 110 high hurdles at a tri-meet in Marysville last week. PHOTO BY JOHN GALBREATH | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS
Spartan tracksters used six victories – three by Kale Schmidt – to defeat Marysville-Pilchuck and Monroe in a conference meet last Thursday.
Those wins by Schmidt in the 800 meters (2:06), high jump (6-00) and long jump (21-02), Ben Ulrich in the 300 hurdles (42.9), Wade Weinert in the 3200 (10:24) and Alexander Bentz in the 400 (54.1) launched the local contingent to a 67-59.5-54.5 triumph over the Tommies and the Bearcats.
Second-place ribbons went to Josh Entwisle in the 100 meter dash (11:49), Tanner Nieman in the 1600 (4:56), Cody Howard in the 3200 (10:58), the 4X100 relay squad of Andrew Downing, Schmidt, Entwisle, and Bentz (44.9), Alex Hatley in the shot put (47-06) and Joe Eidsness in the javelin (150-10).
Thirds were earned by Spartans Trevor Fekkes in the long jump (18- 08), Mitchel Chitwood in the 800 (2:12), Aaron Sandquist in the 3200 (11:02), the 4X400 relay foursome of Travis Stone, Bentz, Eidsness and Ulrich (3:43), Entwisle in the 200 (23.7), Eidsness in the 300 hurdles (44.6), Hatley in the discus (125-04) and Ulrich in the 110 hurdles (17.8).
Taking fourth were Michael Randall (discus, 123- 11), Travis Stone (Pole Vault, 11-00), Howard (1600, 5:01) and Fekkes (110H, 17.9; HJ, 5-08).
“Mitchel Chitwood, one of our seniors, again had a lifetime PR in the 800,” said head coach Jordan Sneva. “That is two in a row for him. Joe Eidsness threw a lifetime personal best in the javelin. It must be the new javelin we got last week,” he added.
