Panthers easily claim first at Hawk Relays

WELLMAN ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? track and field team went to Mid-Prairie for the Hawk Co-Ed Relays, and they came away with a win in the team scores, as well as first-place finishes in six events.

The Panthers scored 141 points on the night, leading their next closest competitior, host Mid-Prairie, by 50. The Golden Hawks scored 91 points for second place, followed by Washington with 78; Grinnell, 68; West Liberty, 62; Williamsburg, 55; Eddyville-Blakesburg, 49; and Maharishi, 2.

Logan Mulford had a top finish for the Panthers with a 5-8 high jump. In the 100-meter dash, Demetrius Goode finished first in a time of 11.26 seconds.

The Panthers also won the shuttle hurdle; the team of Cole Phillips, Blake Vandenberg, Tommy Thorne and Brandon Moorman finished in :59.26.

Moorman won the 110-meter hurdles as well, finishing in a time of :14.47, and he took first in the 200-meter dash with a time of :22.54.

The Panthers? final first-place finish came from Thorne in the 400 meter hurdles, which he ran in a time of :57.24.

Thorne also had a second-place finish for the Panthers, with a time of :54.56 in the 400-meter dash. Also taking second for Mt. Pleasant was Justin Dunn in the shot put (44-11 1/2); the distance medley team of Vandenberg, Spencer White, Donnie Johnson and Zach May (3:55.61); and the 4x100 team of Josh Larson, Goode, Dalton Conrad and Moorman (:45.04).

Mt. Pleasant also claimed three third-place finishes: Dunn in the discus (144-0); Emmett Wester in the shot put (44-5 1/2); and the 4x800 team of Johnson, Clayle Franklin, Drew Perry and Nate Smith (8:47.19).

The Panthers will be back on the track tonight when they travel to Eddyvillle for a meet that begins at 5 p.m.

Other placewinners

Individual events

200 ? 4. Demetrius Goode, :23.74. 800 ? 5. Nate Smith, 2:15.17. 1600 ? 4. Alex Ita, 5:07.67. 3200 ? 4. Zach May, 10:32.77. 110 hurdles ? 5. Spencer White, :16.81. 400 hurdles ? 6. Blake Knudsen, 1:04.57. Discus ? 4. Emmett Wester, 133-2. Long jump ? 4. Dalton Conrad, 18-1 3/4; 5. Khurram Ghayur, 17-6 1/2.

Relays

4x400 ? Ghayur, Donnie Johnson, Logan Mulford and Tommy Thorne, 3:55.25.