By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton teams had a good day at the Sub-Section 10 Track and Field championships in Slayton Thursday.Along with placing third in five-team fields, 23 Patriots qualified for the Section 3A meet by placing fourth or better in individual and relay events.Thirteen H-BC-E-E girls and 10 boys will compete at today’s section event in Montevideo. Meet time is 2 p.m."We had a great day," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "The kids performed exceptionally well. We were able to get everything we were hoping to get at this meet."The Patriot girls will send one sub-section champion to Montevideo. Cassi Tilstra shaved some time off her school record while winning the 800-meter run in 2:25.89.Tilstra also ran legs with H-BC-E-E’s 800- and 1,600-meter relay teams, which will advance to Montevideo after placing third.Tilstra, Mya Mann, Amber Poppen and Erin Boeve bettered the H-BC-E-E record with a 1:52.35 effort in the 800. Cassi Tilstra, Jocelyn Bucher, Mann and Amanda Tilstra ran the 1,600 in 4:23.63.Boeve and Poppen made bids to win sub-section crowns before settling for second-place performances during individual competition.Boeve was second in the long jump (16-1 1/4) and the 100-meter dash (13.32). Poppen, who covered 15-0 1/2 to place third in the long jump, cleared 4-10 to finish second in the high jump.H-BC-E-E’s 3,200-meter relay team consisting of Amanda Tilstra, Rachel Kvaale, Ashley and Jocelyn Bucher placed second in 10:39.31.Mann, Amanda Tilstra and Erika Fransen earned trips to Montevideo as individuals.Mann placed third in the 800 (2:35.5), Tilstra was third in the 1,600-meter run (6:13.71) and Fransen placed fourth in the 3,200-meter run (13:39.34).The 400-meter relay team of Chelsea Fink, Rosie Lewis, Amanda Connors and Kelly Mulder qualified for the section field by placing fourth with a time of 56.64.H-BC-E-E’s boys won six sub-section championships in Slayton.Chris Reid, who won the 100- and 200-meter dashes in 11.27 and 23.99, set a new H-BC record with the winning distance of 21-9 3/4 in the long jump. The old standard of 21-8 3/4 belonged to Steve Esselink since 1999.Reid also ran a leg with H-BC-E-E’s champion 1,600-meter relay, which turned in a time of 3:34.54. Todd Alberty, Kale Wiertzema and Tyler Bush are other members of the team.Bush and Cody Scholten also secured sub-section titles. Bush won the 800-meter run in 2:00.08. Scholten cleared 6-0 to win the high jump.H-BC-E-E’s 3,200-meter relay team of Alberty, Wiertzema, Bush and Lee Jackson placed second with a time of 8:22.92, and the 800-meter team Zach Boyum, Curt Schilling, Dylan Kvaale and Brad Van Dyke placed fourth in 1:42.18.Alberty, Schilling and Jackson locked up individual berths in the section meet, too. Alberty was third in the 400-meter dash (54.49) and fourth in the triple jump (39-9 1/2). Schilling extended his H-BC-E-E school record to 45-0 while placing fourth in the shot put. Jackson ran 800 meters in 2:10.14 to place fourth.Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s Top-Six finishers and the team standings from the sub-section meet.Girls’ standings: Luverne 210, Pipestone 158, H-BC-E-E 84, Murray County Central 54, Southwest Christian 33.Boys’ standings: Luverne 150, SWC 129, H-BC-E-E 101, MCC 87, Pipestone 82.H-BC-E-E girlsFifth place: J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 57.22; Kvaale, 1600, 6:19.12.H-BC-E-E boysFifth place: Scholten, 100, 12.25; John Sandbulte, 1,600, 5:26.99; Wiertzema, 400, 56.18; 400 relay (Boyum, Schilling, Scholten and Van Dyke), 47.43.Sixth place: Sandbulte, triple jump, 36-10; Devin DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 20.59; DeBoer, 1,600, 5:31.42; Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 49.47.
