The Hills-Beaver Creek track athletes competed in their first meet of the season on Friday, April 9, in Slayton.
The Patriots met with Murray County Central, Adrian/Ellsworth and Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton.
Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton took home first place in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions.
Hills-Beaver Creek finished third in both divisions.
“After missing all of last year, it’s great to be back at it,” H-BC track coach Rex Metzger said. “The kids were anxious to get back to competing on the track.”
Tyson Bork finished first in the 100 meters with a time of 11.83. Dewell Rauk finished third with a time of 12.18. Cooper Gehrke finished fourth with a time of 12.68.
Liam Raymon finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.00.
Brock Harnack finished third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.86
The H-BC 4-by-100 relay team finished first with a time of 46.82. The team consisted of Rauk, Bork, Raymon and Cole Baker.
In the shot put, Max Scholten finished third with a throw of 40-06.50. Scholten also finished third in the discus with a heave of 109’00.
Baker recorded a jump of 20-05.50 in the long jump to finish second in the event.
Bork recorded a jump of 19-11.00 to finish third in the long jump.
Baker finished first in the triple jump by recording a leap of 41-04.00.
Raymon finished third in the same event with a jump of 38-03.00.
Larissa Steinhoff tied for third in the high jump with a recorded jump of 4-06.00.
Abby Knobloch finished fourth in the discus by recording a throw of 88-08. The H-BC senior also finished second in the shot put with a throw of 29-02.25.
The H-BC 4-by-100 relay team finished second by clocking a time of 57.83. The team consisted of Abigail Harris, Taylor Durst, Kenadie Fick and Brynn Rauk.
Fick finished fourth in the 1,600 with a time of 6:30.49.
Rauk finished third in the 100 meters with a time of 14.77.
The Patriots will compete in their second meet of the season on Friday, April 16, in Mountain Lake.