Finishing four points shy of Roland-Story, the Aplington-Parkersburg boys track & field team was the runner-up at Monday’s Bulldog Invitational at Hampton-Dumont-CAL. The Bulldogs were third, South Hardin was fourth, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows was seventh and Belmond-Klemme was eighth. Top local performances:
Aplington-Parkersburg
Mason Pruisner – 1st in 400
Owen Pruisner – 1st in 400 hurdles
Owen Price – 1st in 3200
4×400 – 1st
4×800 – 1st
Maddox Kruger – 2nd in 100
Maddox Kruger – 2nd in 200
Luke Jacobson – 2nd in high jump
Sprint medley – 2nd
Hampton-Dumont-CAL
Beau Morton – 1st in shot put
Sprint medley – 1st
Aaden Keehn – 2nd in 110 hurdles
Aaden Keehn – 2nd in 400 hurdles
Beau Morton – 2nd in discus
4×100 – 2nd
Head Coach Dan Aalbers describes the highlight performances.
“Beau had just missed out on Drake, that throw would have got him in, it’s just a little late,” Aalbers says. “But Beau’s been super consistent. I think he had all four of them over 50 feet. It just shows, you practice, practice and you get good at stuff. Other field events, Joe Powers, he’s only long jumped I think twice and hit 19 feet. That’s pretty darn good as a long jumper. The sprint medley, the first running race of the night, we ended up winning. Briggs Gruelke anchored that to that 400. Aaden Keehn ran the 200. I always like sprint medleys right away. We perform pretty well usually to set the meet. So, lots of good performances.”
South Hardin
Sam Benson – 1st in discus
Jonah VanderWilt – 2nd in 1600
Peyton Welch – 2nd in long jump
4×800 – 2nd
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Distance medley – 1st
Shuttle hurdle – 2nd
Belmond-Klemme
Braden Dougherty – 1st in high jump
Braden Dougherty – 2nd in 400
