H-BC track competes in Pipestone

The H-BC track and field teams traveled to Pipestone on a very windy Saturday afternoon to compete against nine other area schools.
The meet included Adrian/Ellsworth, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, Lakeview, Luverne, Murray County Central, Pipestone Area, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Southwest Christian/Edgerton, and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.
The weather was less than ideal with the wind blowing 35 mph in the opposite direction of the home stretch for the entire meet, with gusts well above 50 mph, but the athletes made the most of it.
H-BC girls placed sixth as a team and the boys were ninth. 
H-BC girls’ track
Seventh-grader Brynn Bakken took first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.67.
She also ran the 4-by-100 relay (53.67) and 4-by-200 relay (1:51.80) along with eighth-grader Abbie Harris, sophomore Brynn Rauk and sophomore Layla Deelstra. Both relay teams took first place.
Senior Kenadie Fick finished third in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:57.05.
Fick was also on the 4-by-400 and 4-by-800-meter relay teams that each came in fourth place.
The 4-by-400-meter relay (4:52.29) was run by Fick, Rauk, Emma Deelstra and Taylor Durst while the 4-by-800-meter relay (11:19.45) was run by Fick, Durst, Bailey Spykerboer and Emma Deelstra.
 
Boys’ track results
The boys’ 4-by-200-meter relay team of Liam Raymon, Luke Fuerstenberg, Eli Taubert and Cooper Gehrke turned in a second-place effort with a time of 1:38.87.
Raymon also placed second in the triple jump with a jump of 41 1/2.
Eighth-grader Micah Bush finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:26.51.
The 4-by-100-meter-relay team of Ty Bundesen, Fuerstenberg, Raymon and Gehrke also came in third with a time of 47.08.
Raymon, Gehrke, Taubert and Fuerstenberg also made up the 4-by-400 team that came in fourth with a time of 3:59.38.
Junior Brock Harnack came in fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a season best 49.36.
Following are the rest of H-BC’s results from the day.
Girls’ track
100 8. Abbie Harris 14.78  17. Larissa Steinhoff 15.49
200 16. Emma Deelstra 32.06  32. Aspen Shimp 36.64
400 13. Bailey Spykerboer 1:14.96 
100mH 12. Ava Steinhoff 21.99
300mH 8. Ava Steinhoff 1:02.55
Shot Put 9. Larissa Steinhoff 28  32. Clara VandenBosch 18-1
Discus 8. Larissa Steinhoff 80-3 36. Clara VandenBosch 29-1
Long Jump 7. Abbie Harris 14-9 10. Brynn Rauk 14-1 1/4   20. Bailey Spykerboer 12-8 3/4
Triple Jump 9.. Emma Deelstra 29-2  11. Bailey Spykerboer 28-2 1/2
 
Boys’ track
100 7. Eli Taubert 12.78  10. Beau Bakken 13.16  12. Blake Leenderts 13.35
200 16. James VandenBosch 28.7  18. Jackson Gacke 29.55  21. Cameron Allen 30.23
400 10. Blake Leenderts 1:01.37 
300mH 12. James VandenBosch 54.45
Shot Put 9. Alex Harris 36-4  10. Max Scholten 36  14. Beau Bakken 35-6  21. Riley Tatge 33-1
Discus 9. Max Scholten 108-8  17. Riley Tatge 94-9 1/2  20. Alex Harris 88-7 
Long Jump 12. Brock Harnack 16-11 3/4  16. Beau Bakken 16-4 3/4  20. James VandenBosch 15-1  24. Cameron Allen 14-7 1/4
Triple Jump 9. Blake Leenderts 34-9 1/2  10. Brock Harnack 34-8