Pekin boys dominate home relay

It may have taken two days, but Ruritan Relays have finally come to a close.

The Pekin boys? track team?s first home meet of the season Monday allowed for the Panthers to finally get outside, but rain postponed the second half of the meet until Tuesday. Five class two teams, which includes Pekin and Cardinal, returned to finish the meet, but class one teams did not return and left their scores as they were on Monday.

?It was sure nice to have a meet outside,? Pekin coach Davis Eidahl said. ?The weather was not the best, but we won?t complain.?

Pekin dominated the team score and won by a total of 93 points over the second place team. The Panthers won multiple individual events to go along with winning the 4x200, 4x800 and medley relay.

Chase Copeland had a busy meet. Not only did he take home wins in the 200 meter dash and 100 meter dash, but he also ran on the medley relay, 4x200 relay and 4x100 relay teams. After running at the state meet last season, Copeland certainly looks poised to make a return trip.

As for field events, Pekin?s Eric Adam and Brody Long finished first and second in the shot put. Long would go to on take first place in the discus as well.

?I can see our team gaining experience and starting to progress,? Eidahl said. ?That is always nice to have.?

Cardinal?s Tyler Albert finished first in the 400 hurdles and second in the 110 high hurdles. The Comets finished in third place with 94 points.

?Tyler Albert is looking good in hurdle races and has got stronger in offseason,? Cardinal coach Jerald Harter said. ?Hopefully next week we will have everybody healthy and will be able to run a full schedule.?

Van Buren finished second in class one in points with 66.

Class 2 Statistics:

4x800

1. Pekin 9:34

2. Waco 9:55

4. Cardinal 11:18

3200-Meter Run

1. Malcolm Myers Pekin 11:57

2. Ryan Cale Card 12:23

3. Clayton Essary Pekin

Shuttle Hurdle

1. Waco 1:06

3. Pekin 1:14.68

100-Meter Dash

1. Chase Copeland Pekin 11.36

2. Colton Carter Card 11.58

4. Blake Wright Card 11.90

110 High Hurdles

1. Carlson Waco 15.30

2. Tyler Albert Card 15.74

5. Colton Lanman Pekin 17.77

Shot Put

1. Eric Adam Pekin 51?1?

2. Jared Bond Pekin 44?3?

3. Conner McElderry Card 40?2?

4. Adam Giltner Card 39?8?

Discus

1. Jared Bond Pekin 125?4?

2. Josh Ramos Card 125?3?

3. Eric Adam Pekin 124?2?

5. Conner McElderry Card 97?5?

High Jump

1. Colton Lanman Pekin 6?0?

2. Zac Conger Pekin 5?10?

Long Jump

1. Hulme Waco 19?.5?

4. Zac Buller Pekin 17?3.5?

6. Scott Entsminger Pekin 16?10.75?

400 Dash

1. Chacon Waco 59.1

4. Ryan Millikin Pekin 1:03

5. Hootman Harm 1:11

4x200

1. Pekin 1:40.37

2. Cardinal 1:41

1600 Meter Run

1. Austin Fariss Pekin 5:04.72

2. Cade Millikin Pekin 5:08.88

4. Trevor Albert Card 5:10.46

6. Ryan Cale Card 5:11.77

200-Meter Dash

1. Chase Copeland Pekin 23.89

5. Quinn Honomichl Card 26.59

6. Marcus Olsen Card 26.73

400 Hurdles

1. Tyler Albert Card 1:02.37

2. Zac Conger Pekin 1:03.06

4. Michael Fink Pekin 1:08.03

Medley

1. Pekin 4:07.31

4. Cardinal 4:23.26

800-Meter Run

1. Cade Millikin Pekin 2:16.03

2. Cole Reighard Pekin 2:17.14

4x100 Relay

1. Waco 46.23

2. Pekin 46.69

4. Card 51.70

4x400 Relay

1. Card 3:56.29

2. Pekin 4:12.05

Team Score

1. Pekin 199

2. Waco 106

3. Cardinal 94

4. Sigourney 85

5. English Valley 31

6. Harmony 24

7. Moravia 5

*English Valley and Moravia are only scored through the 4x200 as they did not return on Tuesday.

Class 1 Results

Van Buren finished second in overall points at the Ruritan Relays Monday.

4x800 Relay

1. Albia 9:25

2. Van Buren 9:27

5. Tri-County 11:42

3200-Meter Run

1. Pasut Albia 11:58

2. Dalton Haynes VB

3. Tyler Runyon VB

Shuttle Hurdle

1. Van Buren 1:11

3. Albia 1:14.18

100-Meter Dash

1. Schultz Albia 10.78

4. Vaughn Helling VB 11.68

110 High Hurdles

1. Schultz Albia 15.92

2. Jesse Fuller VB 16.25

5. Nolan Lydolph VB 19.00

Shot Put

1. Davis NM 42?4?

6. Dakota Larue VB 33?6?

Discus

1. Judge Albia 139?10?

2. Tyler Harrell VB 104?10?

6. Dakota Larue VB 90?9?

High Jump

1. Gavin Heald VB 6?0?

4x200 Relay

1. Lone Tree 1:38.58

2. Van Buren 1:44.26

Team Score

1. Albia 127

2. Van Buren 66

3. Lone Tree 63

4. North Mahaska 52

5. Twin Cedars 35

6. Tri County 26

*No schools from Class 1 completed the meet on April 1st so scoring is through the 1600.