Hills-Beaver Creek senior Chris Reid (third from the left) opens a lead during the 100-meter dash at the Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne Tuesday. Reid eventually pulled a hamstring and placed second in the event. On the right is Patriot Cody Scholten.
By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams helped form the field for the Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne Tuesday.
The Patriot teams were short-handed for the outdoor opener of 2003, with a number of athletes unable to attend the meet because of prior commitments.
H-BC-E-E did perform well enough to win five meet championships during the day.
"We looked at this meet as being a great practice, and it was," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle.
"It was our second chance to run hard other than in practice. It also was nice to run against some other teams. This meet will be a good stepping stone for us."
The H-BC-E-E boys won two relay titles during the event.
Tyler Bush took top honors in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07.82. He also ran legs with the winning 800- and 3,200-meter relays, which recorded respective 1:39 and 8:53 times. Zach Boyum, Todd Alberty and Brad Van Dyke ran with Bush in the 800. Lee Jackson, Kale Wiertzema and Greg Van Batavia round out the 3,200-meter squad.
Patriot Cody Scholten won the high jump by clearing a personal best height of 5-10.
The Patriots did pay a price for competing at the meet as Chris Reid pulled a hamstring near the end of the 100-meter dash. Reid, a two-time state qualifier for the Patriots, will be out for at least 10 days. He placed second in the 100 with a time of 11.41.
The boys’ 400-meter relay team of Boyum, Alberty, Jackson and Scholten placed second in 48.76.
The Patriot girls received a standout performance from Amy Tiesler, who tied for first place by clearing 4-6 in the high jump.
Cassi Tilstra turned in a strong performance in the 400, placing second with a time of 1:02.73.
The Patriots will return to Luverne for the Cardinal Relays Tuesday.
Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s Top-Six performances from the Cardinal Quadrangular.
H-BC-E-E boys
Third place: Van Dyke, long jump, 17-10 3/4; Boyum, 200, 25.15; 1,600 relay (Wiertzema, Alberty, Van Batavia and Jackson), 3:47.02.
Fourth place: Alberty, long jump, 17-10.
Fifth place: Derek Haak, 1,600, 5:34; Wiertzema, 400, 57.37.
Sixth place: Kerry Fink, 1,600, 5:43; Van Batavia, 400, 57.9; Devin DeBoer, 3,200, 12:38.2.
H-BC-E-E girls
Third place: Mya Mann, 800, 2:37.31; 3,200 relay (Mann, Rachel Kvaale, Amanda Tilstra and C.Tilstra), 10:57.44; 400 relay (C.Tilstra, Kelly Mulder, Mann and Amanda Connors), 55.87.
Fourth place: 1,600 relay (Brittany Helgeson, Stacy Bush, Jocelyn Bucher and Tyra Henrichs), 5:16.12.
Fifth place: A.Tilstra, 800, 2:48.63.
Sixth place: Erika Fransen, 1,600, 6:46.83; 3,200 relay (Bucher, Chelsi Fink, Helgeson and Henrichs), 12:17.33.
