Hurdles help Wolverine boys place seventh at Knight Relays
The South O’Brien boys track and field team started the week off by joining the schools assembled April 15 for Unity Christian’s Knight Relays held at Northwestern College in Orange City. The Wolverines scored 43.5 points in Class B where they finished seventh. Winning Class B was MMCRU with a total of 138.
South O’Brien scored well in the hurdles events. Brennan Billick was second in the 110’s and third in the 400. Also third was the shuttle hurdle relay manned by Billick, Brody Van Beek, Cole Cox and Willie Conley.
Another relay that placed third was the sprint medley of Damian Villarreal, Cole Tjossem, Caden Wittrock and Conley. Billick in the long jump finished fourth as did the distance medley relay team of Jordan Jenness, Cox, Van Beek and Jaden Kreber. Placing fifth were Kreber in the high jump, Jayven Miller in the discus and Wittrock in the 200 meters.
Class B Team Results
MMCRU 138, Hinton 111, Sibley-Ocheyedan 104, Central Lyon 63.5, Gehlen Catholic 52, George-Little Rock 44, South O’Brien 43.5, Western Christian 29.
South O’Brien Varsity Results
High Jump: Jaden Kreber, 5th, 5’ 4”.
Long Jump: Brennan Billick, 4th, 19’ 2-1/4”; Damian Villarreal, 8th, 18’ 3-1/2”.
Shot Put: Jayven Miller, 9th, 40’ 0”; Luis Salazar, 12th, 34’ 9”.
Discus: Miller, 5th, 106’ 3”; Salazar, 9th, 91’ 2”.
100 Meter Dash: Cole Tjossem, 9th, 11.63; Villarreal, 12th, 12.20.
200 Meter Dash: Caden Wittrock, 5th, 24.95; Asa Flinders, 7th, 25.74.
800 Meter Run: Kreber, 6th, 2:22.72; Corbin Warnke, 8th, 2:33.49.
1600 Meter Run: Trayton Cobb, 8th, 6:18.51.
3200 Meter Run: Cobb, 7th, 13:17.76
110 Meter Hurdles: Billick, 2nd, 16.32; Brody Van Beek, 6th, 17.43.
400 Meter Hurdles: Billick, 3rd, 1:03.67.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Villarreal, Wittrock, Cole Cox, Tjossem) 6th, 47.18.
4×200 Meter Relay: (Jordan Jenness, Wittrock, Cox, Tjossem) 7th, 1:44.45.
4×400 Meter Relay: (C. Warnke, Flinders, Dominic Rounds, Luke Swanson) 6th, 4:32.32.
Sprint Medley Relay: (Villarreal, Tjossem, Wittrock, Willie Conley) 3rd, 1:44.67.
Distance Medley Relay: (Jenness, Cox, Van Beek, Kreber) 4th, 4:11.72.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: (Billick, Van Beek, Cox, Conley) 3rd, 1:09.12.
South O’Brien JV Results
Long Jump: Marshal Warnke, 9th, 14’ 4-3/4”; Flinders, 10th, 14’ 2”; Swanson, 12th, 13’ 3-1/2”.
Shot Put: Nickholas Sage, 33rd, 27’ 11”.
Discus: Sage, 37th, 60’ 1-1/2”.