By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian and Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth track and field teams mixed it up with 11 other teams at the Section 3A True Team meet in Slayton Thursday.
The annual event which decides which programs have the deepest team in the section was dominated by Southwest Star Concept-Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster on the girls' side, and by Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City on the boys' side.
Those teams represent the section at the state true team meet in Blaine Saturday.
H-BC-E had a decent day in its own right, placing fifth in the boys' competition and seventh on the girls' side.
Adrian placed 11th in both fields.
Three Patriot boys won a combined four events during the meet.
Brad Haak was a double winner after taking top honors in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs with respective 2:00.46 and 4:38.33 efforts.
Chris Willers won the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.41 for H-BC-E. Chris Fransman was the high jump champion after clearing 6-0.
The Patriots placed second in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:35.9. Chris Reid, Fransman, Willers and Lee Walraven formed the squad.
Fourth-place performances were the best efforts turned in by Adrian boys Thursday.
Joey Anderson was fourth with a time of 11.67 in the 100-meter dash. Jared Brake covered 18-9 1/4 while placing fourth in the long jump.
H-BC-E's girls were led by Bev Wurpts during the true team meet.
Wurpts, who was second in the 3,200-meter run in 12:44, won the 1,600-meter event with a time of 5:31.83.
H-BC-E also placed second in the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 10:15.42. Cassi and Shanna Tilstra, Brittney Olson and Brittney Rozeboom formed the team.
A sixth-place finish was the best effort Adrian's girls could come up with at the meet.
Becky Knips, who was eighth in the discus with a distance of 92-6 1/2, placed sixth in the shot put with a toss of 30-5.
Here is a look at the team results and other notable performances by Adrian and H-BC-E athletes during the meet in Slayton.
Girls' standings: SSC-SV-RL-B 722.5, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 612.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 592, A-C-GC 586, Renville County West 577, Windom 535, H-BC-E 515, Murray County Central 454.5, Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin 401.5, Fulda 375.5, Adrian 293, Lakeview 90.5, MACCRAY 90.
Boys' standings: A-C-GC 727, MCC 640, Windom 554.5, RCW 538, H-BC-E 535.5, Fulda 495, ML-B-O 433, SSC-SV-RL-B 422.5, W-WG-RRC 411, T-M-B 390, Adrian 312.5, MACCRAY 254, Lakeview 176.
H-BC-E boys
Third place: Haak, high jump, 5-6; Reid, 100, 11.45.
Fourth place: 1,600 relay (Haak, Lee Jackson, Walraven and Willers), 3:40.1.
Fifth place: Reid, long jump, 18-8; Reid, 200, 23.76.
Sixth place: Lyle DeBoer, triple jump, 38-2; Tyler Bush, 3,200, 11:12.
Adrian boys
Sixth place: Anderson, 200, 24.14; 400 relay (Brent Voss, Jason Say, Brake and Anderson), 47.35.
Eighth place: 800 relay (Anton Klingenberg, Say, Roger Serfling and Voss), 1:42.77.
H-BC-E girls
Third place: Erin Boeve, 100, 13.24.
Fourth place: S.Tilstra, high jump, 4-8; C.Tilstra, 400, 1:02.68; Janelle Jenniges, 800, 2:34.2; Boeve, 200, 27.78; 1,600 relay (Olson, Jenniges and the Tilstras), 4:19.31.
Fifth place: Connie Lewis, shot, 30-11 3/4.
Sixth place: Boeve, long jump, 14-11; S.Tilstra, 800, 2:36.3.
Adrian girls
Eighth place: Brittany Bullerman, 400, 1:04.83; 400 relay (Sarah Gengler, Bullerman, Sarah Kruger and Amanda Lynn), 55.07.
10th place: 800 relay (Gengler, Kristina Wagner, Kruger and Lynn), 1:59.62.
11th place: 1,600 relay (Bullerman, Hillary Duin, Lynn and Chelsea Heitkamp), 4:46.96.