By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton boys’ track team turned in an impressive performance at Tracy-Milroy Invitational Tuesday in Tracy.Competing in a 10-team field, H-BC-E-E compiled 92 points to place second behind Fulda (121 points) in the team standings.Seven event titles propelled the Patriots to their lofty finish.H-BC-E-E won four relay events at the meet, and Patriot athletes secured three individual titles."It was a great meet for our boys," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "They competed very well. Timewise, they ran good. Competitive-wise, they ran great. They kept on finding ways to win."Kale Wiertzema, Todd Alberty, Lee Jackson and Tyler Bush teamed up to win the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 3:40.68 and 8:42.43 times.Alberty also is a member of the 800-meter relay, which placed first in 1:41.07. Zach Boyum, Brad Van Dyke and Devin DeBoer are the other members of the team.Boyum, Van Dyke, Curt Schilling and Chris Reid won the 400-meter relay in 47.66.Reid had a great night individually. He won the 100- and 200-meter dashes with respective 11.8 and 23.16 performances. Reid placed second in the long jump with a 19-3 effort.Bush also secured an individual title when he ran 1,600 meters in 4:41.52.Two H-BC-E-E cooperative records and a pair of second-place performances proved to be the highlights of the meet for the Patriot girls.The H-BC-E-E girls placed eighth in a strong 10-team field, but coach Goehle was proud of the way his Patriots performed."The girls ran very well against some tough competition. Whenever you run against T-M, they well test you," he said.Cassi Tilstra and Erin Boeve established cooperative records individually.Tilstra finished second in the 400-meter dash with a record time of 1:02.41. Boeve had a record time of 27.64 while finishing sixth in the 200-meter dash.H-BC-E-E’s 1,600-meter relay team consisting of Mya Mann, Boeve, Rachel Kvaale and Tilstra placed second in 4:22.44.Here is a look at H-BC-E-E’s other top six performances during the T-M Invitational.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Wiertzema, 400, 56.09.Fourth place: Bush, triple jump, 36-11.Fifth place: Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.9.Sixth place: Schilling, shot, 39-11; Jackson, 800, 2:13.56.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: 3,200 relay (Mann, Amanda Tilstra, C.Tilstra and Kvaale), 10:22.47; Boeve, 100, 13.18.Fourth place: Boeve, long jump, 14-8 1/2.Fifth place: Mann, 800, 2:40.08.Sixth place: Kvaale, 800, 2:41.2
