By John RittenhouseA pair of teams from the Star Herald coverage area participated in the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Championships in Slayton Friday.Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton and Adrian didn’t capture any team titles at the event, but the schools did register solid efforts in individual events and relays.H-BC-E-E athletes secured three meet titles and placed second in six events.Adrian athletes came up with a pair of third-place performances to serve as their highlights of the meet.Chris Reid won a pair of individual events to lead the Patriot boys in Slayton.Reid, who placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.58, won the long jump with a distance of 21-7 3/4 and took top honors with a time of 11.06 in the 100-meter dash.Reid also ran a leg with H-BC-E-E’s 400-meter relay, which placed second with a time of 47.48. Zach Boyum, Brad Van Dyke and Curt Schilling joined Reid in the race.Tyler Bush and Cody Scholten placed second in individual events.Bush came in second with times of 2:07 and 4:48 in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs. Scholten cleared 5-8 to place second in the high jump.The Patriot girls received a pair of solid performances turned in by Cassi Tilstra.Tilstra, who finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.3, won the 800-meter run in 2:39.Kyle Knips and the boys’ 800-meter relay team secured third-place efforts for AHS.Knips joined Chad Janssen, Billy Anderson and Anton Klingenberg to produce a time of 1:30.35. Knips placed third in the 400-meter dash in 55.5.Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s And H-BC-E-E’s Top-Eight finishers during Thursday’s meet.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: 1,600 relay (Lee Jackson, Todd Alberty, Kale Wiertzema and Bush), 3:53; 3,200 relay (Alberty, Kerry Fink, Derek Haak and Wiertzema), 9:15.Fourth place: 800 relay (Boyum, Schilling, Scholten and Van Dyke), 1:40.15.Fifth place: Alberty, 400, 55.94.Sixth place: Scholten, 100, 11.91.Seventh place: Fink, 3,200, 11:45.6; Bush, high jump, 5-6; Schilling, shot, 42-9 1/2.Eighth place: Van Dyke, long jump, 18-5.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Erin Boeve, 200, 27.64; Boeve, 100, 13.33; Boeve, long jump, 15-10; 3,200 relay (Jocelyn Bucher, Rachel Kvaale, Amy Bucher and Mya Mann), 11:16.Fourth place: Mann, 800, 2:42.Fifth place: 1600 relay (Mann, Brittney Helgeson, J.Bucher and Tilstra), 4:51.Sixth place: Kvaale, 1,600, 5:57.6.Seventh place: Tilstra, high jump, 4-6; Amanda Tilstra, 3,200, 14:09.Eighth place: Boeve, triple jump, 31-10; A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:00.Adrian boysEighth place: David Brake, triple jump, 37-2 1/2; 3,200 relay (Lee Stover, Paul Honermann, Brandon Bullerman and Brake), 10:00.69.
