Centre hosts track meet
Centre High School hosted a track quad April 29 using Marion High School facilities. The five teams represented were Centre, Marion, Inman, Fairfield, and Leon-Bluestem.
In girls' competition, Centre took first place, with especially strong showings in running events.
Dani Hatfield led in the 3200-meter run with a time of 14:29.7. She took second place in the 1600-meter run at 6:09.1.
Kathleen Meek won the 100-meter dash with a time of 14 seconds. She also won the 300-meter hurdles at 53.4 seconds.
Fenske placed first in the 200-meter dash at 29.03. She was a close second behind Meek in the 100m dash with a time of 14.23.
Jackie Klenda placed first in the 400-meter dash at 1:07.9.
Raschelle Jirak placed second in shot put and Laura Klenda was second in javelin.
Centre was third in boys' action. Several team members had first place showings.
Aaron Barney placed first in long jump with a leap of 20'11", and second place in triple jump at 39'9 1/2".
Mark Pagenkopf improved his pole vault record this season by one-half foot, scaling the bar at 12'6" for first place.
Distance runner Justin Garrard won two races: the 3200-meter run in 11 minutes 10 seconds, and the 1600-meter run in 5:14.7. Todd Stahlecker placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:13.9.
Girls' Results
Team points: 1. Centre, 103; 2. Inman, 96; 3. Marion, 66; 4. Leon-Bluestem, 45; 5. Fairfield, 28.
Shot put: 2. Raschelle Jirak, 33'5 1/4".
Javelin: 2. Laura Klenda, 109'10".
Long jump: 5. Jill Fenske, 14'7 1/2".
Pole vault: 3. Jackie Klenda, 7'.
High jump: 3. Krista Heiser, 4'3".
Discus: 3. Jirak, 101'7".
3200m run: 1. Dani Hatfield, 14:29.7; 5. Kristin Mueller, 18:55.9.
1800m run: 2. Hatfield, 6:09.1.
100m hurdles: 5. Brianne Stahlecker, 26.13.
100m dash: 1.Kathleen Meek, 14; 2. Fenske, 14.23.
200m dash: 1. Fenske, 29.03.
400m dash: 1. J. Klenda, 1:07.9; 3. L. Klenda, 1:09.7.
300m hurdles: 1. Meek, 53.4; 3. Heiser, 57.35
4x100m relay: 2. Klenda, Heiser, Feuske, Meek.
4x400m relay: 1. Hatfield, Mueller, Meek, L. Klenda, 56.63.
Boys' results
Team scores: 1. Inman, 133; 2. Marion, 84; 3. Centre, 80; 4. Fairfield, 36; 5. Leon-Bluestem, 17.
Javelin: 3. Curtis Gutsch, 133'1".
Long jump: 1. Aaron Barney, 20'11"; 4. Jackie Gage, 17'8".
Triple jump: 2. Barney, 39'9 1/2".
Pole vault: 1. Mark Pagenkopf, 12'6".
High jump: 4. Gage, 5'4"; Eric Peterson, 5'2".
3200m run: 1. Justin Garrard, 11:10.
1600m run: 1. Garrard, 5:14.7.
110m hurdles: 4. Scott Peterson, 23.1.
100m dash: 3. Todd Stahlecker, 12.48.
400m dash: 3. Stahlecker, 55.2.
300m hurdles: 5. Garrard, 53.08.
800m run: 2. Stahlecker, 2:13.9; 3. Barney, 2:18.7; 4. Gutsch, 2:25.9.
200m dash: 3. Pagenkopf, 24.72.
4x100 relay: 2. Danny Denham, Gage, Stahlecker, Pagenkopf, 48.56.
