By John RittenhouseThree Hills-Beaver Creek athletes punched their tickets to state competition during the District 11 Track and Field Championships in Pipestone Saturday.Two H-BC boys and one girl met the criteria of qualifying for state competition by placing first or second at the District level.The Minnesota Hershey’s State Track and Field Championships will be staged in Owatonna July 10.Earning trips to the state meet from H-BC are Siera Wilgenburg, Casey Van Middendorp and Dalton Bass.Wilgenburg placed second in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the division of girls between the ages of 9-10.Van Middendorp won a pair of district titles and placed second in one event in the boys’ 13-14 division.His championships came in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Van Middendorp finished second in the standing long jump.Bass placed second in three events as a member of the boys’ 9-10 division.Bass finished second in the 50- and 100-meter dashes, and the softball throw.Dustin Verhey and Brent Kramer earned places without advancing to state in the boys 13-14 division.Verhey placed fourth in the 1,600-meter run and fifth in the 800-meter run. Kramer placed fifth in the 1,600.Isaac Tilstra and Dylan Gehrke competed without placing in Pipestone.Ryana Sandoval placed third in the girls’ 13-14 division of the 1,600-meter run.Whitney Wilgenburg placed fourth in the girls’ 11-12 division of the 800-meter run, and ran a leg for H-BC’s 400-meter relay, which finished fourth in the same division. Heather Hensel, Heather Esselink and Brooke Tilstra are the other members of the team.Kelsey McGuire competed without placing in Pipestone.Two H-BC boys and one girl met the criteria of qualifying for state competition by placing first or second at the District level.The Minnesota Hershey’s State Track and Field Championships will be staged in Owatonna July 10.Earning trips to the state meet from H-BC are Siera Wilgenburg, Casey Van Middendorp and Dalton Bass.Wilgenburg placed second in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the division of girls between the ages of 9-10.Van Middendorp won a pair of district titles and placed second in one event in the boys’ 13-14 division.His championships came in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Van Middendorp finished second in the standing long jump.Bass placed second in three events as a member of the boys’ 9-10 division.Bass finished second in the 50- and 100-meter dashes, and the softball throw.Dustin Verhey and Brent Kramer earned places without advancing to state in the boys 13-14 division.Verhey placed fourth in the 1,600-meter run and fifth in the 800-meter run. Kramer placed fifth in the 1,600.Isaac Tilstra and Dylan Gehrke competed without placing in Pipestone.Ryana Sandoval placed third in the girls’ 13-14 division of the 1,600-meter run.Whitney Wilgenburg placed fourth in the girls’ 11-12 division of the 800-meter run, and ran a leg for H-BC’s 400-meter relay, which finished fourth in the same division. Heather Hensel, Heather Esselink and Brooke Tilstra are the other members of the team.Kelsey McGuire competed without placing in Pipestone.
