By John RittenhouseFour Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton relay teams earned meet titles during the Black Hills Track Classic in Sturgis, S.D., Saturday.Competing against 19 teams in the Class A version of the meet, two Patriot girls’ teams and two H-BC-E-E boys’ teams turned in championship performances at the event.Amanda Connors, Mya Mann, Amanda and Cassi Tilsta, who placed fourth in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 4:25.31, won the 3,200 in 10:29.65.The girls’ medley relay squad consisting of Brittany Helgeson, Rosie Lewis, Mann and Cassi Tilstra turned in the winning time of 4:34.26.The Patriot boys won the medley relay with a time of 3:49.25. Tom LeBoutillier, Lee Jackson, John Sandbulte and Tyler Bush formed the team.The boys’ 3,200-meter relay team of Jackson, Kale Wiertzema, Todd Alberty and Bush raced to victory with an 8:43.14 effort.Patriot coach Tom Goehle said Jackson, Alberty, Wiertzema and Bush came up with the team’s best race by placing second in a competitive 1,600-meter relay race with a time of 3:33.44.LeBoutillier, Alberty, Sandbulte and Wiertzema placed sixth in the 800-meter relay with a 1:38.19 performance.The H-BC-E-E squads will run at the Section 2A True Team meet in Slayton today, compete at the Camden Conference meet in Tracy Friday and return to Slayton to run in the Murray County Central Rebel Relays Monday.
