8 from Centre
to compete at regional
Six boys and two girls will compete for Centre at Friday’s 1A regional track meet in Burlington.
The top four finishers in each event will qualify for state.
Centre’s boys placed fourth and Centre’s girls placed 10th in last week’s Wheat State League 11-team meet at Goessel.
Xavier Espinoza won the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.14 seconds. He also won the long jump with a leap of 19 feet ¼ inch.
Kate Basore won the girls’ javelin with a toss of 127 feet 7 inches.
Others earning points included:
Boys
Espinoza — second in 100 meters.
Braxton Smith — third in javelin.
Cody Svoboda — fourth in javelin.
Max Svoboda — fifth in 200.
Aidan Svoboda — fifth in 800 and sixth in 1,600.
Girls
Basore — sixth in shot put.
Summer Espinoza — fourth in shot put.