Staff writer
Centre High School senior Cole Svoboda took first place in the javelin April 26 at Halstead with a throw of 133 feet, 10 inches. Theo Kassebaum was first in the 100-meter high hurdles with a time of 17.2 seconds.
Competing against athletes from Hesston, Halstead, Sterling, and Moundridge, the Centre girls and boys teams finished in fifth place.
Boys results
Casey Kristek — 3. 110 high hurdles, 17.6; 5. 300m intermediate hurdles, 48.0.
Cole Svoboda — 1. Javelin, 133-10; 4. 400 dash, 56.9.
Justin Deines — 4. Javelin, 113-6.
4x100 relay (Grant Srajer, Deines, Chad Mueller, Houston Svoboda) — 4. 51.4.
Girls results
Katie Remy — 3. 3200 run, 17:11.6.
Theo Kassebaum — 1. 100 high hurdles, 17.2; 2. 300 low hurdles, 55.1; 3. long jump, 13-7.
Genesis Rudolph — 4. Javelin, 69-6.
Beka Basore — 5. 400 dash, 1:19.6.
Cacey Simons — 3. High jump, 4-8.
At Hillsboro
It was extremely windy Friday at the James Thomas Invitational track meet at Hillsboro. According to CHS track coach Alan Stahlecker, the wind aided sprint times and horizontal jumps but hindered other events. The pole vault was canceled for safety reasons.
Twelve teams participated.
Kassebaum had an outstanding meet. She registered her best high hurdles time of 16.03 and a long jump of 15-10.25 for two second-place finishes. She finished fourth in the 300 low hurdles at 52.97.
Cacey Simons also had a second-place finish with a 5-foot leap in high jump. She was tied for first place but lost in the jump-off to an athlete from Hesston.
Svoboda placed fourth in long jump at 19-6 and third in javelin at 134-7.
Kristek finished fifth in high hurdles at 17.29.