Roth smiling, Pekin winning, Hawks 2nd

WASHINGTON — Case Field saw boys and girls in a track and field competition Thursday and Washington boys coach Steve Roth couldn’t stop smiling over the fact that a year ago there were no spring sports and this was Case Field’s second time in a week that boys had competed.

“It was just a great night all around because, first, the volunteers and everything they do. Their help is so important,” Roth said. “Second, I’m a 4x4 relay guy and we ran (3 minutes, 34 seconds) with (Ethan Patterson, Elijah Morris, Cameron Vongpanya and Lance Sobaski.) I love that race.”

Patterson, a sophomore, had never taken or received a baton handoff, having run open events in middle school.

“The underclassmen, and that’s everybody but seniors really because of last year, are stepping up,” Roth said, pointing out the 4x200 win with seniors Wyatt Stout and Reece Mayer, junior Sam Ackerman and sophomore Aidan Ulin. 1:37.72.

Pekin Invitational

PACKWOOD — The Panthers outscored Cardinal by 26 points and Keota was fourth at the boys meet Thursday.

TEAM SCORES

1. Pekin 172, 2. Cardinal 146, 3. English Valleys 135, 4. Keota 56, 5. Moulton-Udell 16

Area Event Winners

High Jump — Griffin Greiner C 5-10; Long jump — Greiner 20-1 1/2; Shot Put — Logan Kealey 43-8; 400 — Wyatt Sieren K 53.78; 800 — Brady Millikin P 2:15; 1600 — Zack Wise P 4:56; 3200 — Millikin 10:42; 110 hurdles — Michael Jones P 17.63; 400 hurdles — Konnor Sanders C 1:08; 4x200 — Pekin (Jaeden Wolver, Sven Dahlstrom, Colten Bishop, Brayden Sobaski) 1:44; 4x400 — Pekin (Dahlstrom, Millikin, Chandler Stull, Sobaski) 3:57; 4x800 — Pekin (Wise, Declan Hampton, Dahlstrom, Wolver) 9:31; Sprint Medley — Pekin (Mason Juhl, Justice Kirkbride, Sobaski, Wolver) 1:46; Distance Medley — Pekin (Jones, Stull, Wise, Millikin) 4:05; Shuttle hurdle — Pekin (Levi Coleman, Kyler Dickey, Kirkbride, Jones) 1:15

Creek Classic Relays

TIFFIN — There was quite a collection of teams at the girls meet Friday, but Pekin was a clear winner, winning the Class B title while Mid-Prairie was second in Class A behind Solon.

A TEAM SCORES

1. Solon 182, 2. Mid-Prairie 138, 3. Clear Creek Amana 115, 4. Williamsburg 105, 5. Mount Vernon 57, 6. Independence 56, 7. Benton 43, 8. Belle Plaine 38

B TEAM SCORES

1. Pekin 210, 2. North Linn 103, 3. English Valleys 90, 4. Durant 86.5, 5. West Branch 74.5, 6. BGM 63, 7. West Liberty 44, 8. Iowa Valley 35.5

Mid-Prairie winners: High Jump — Ella Groenwold 5-0; 400 — Mitzi Evans 58.89; 1500 — Danielle Hostetler 5:03.09; 3000 — Hostetler 10:29.33; 4x100 — Amber Swart, Evans, Maddie Edgington, Amara Jones 51.2

Pekin winners: Discus — Kerrigan Pope 116-8; Shot put — Pope 36-9 1/2; 400 — Sarah Eubanks 1:02.38; 800 — Lily Fariss 2:44.8; 1500 — Lauren Dershied 5:33.99; 3000 — Dershied 12:06.76; 400 hurdles — Sabrina Reneker 1:13.4; Sprint medley — Dahlstrom, Claire Roth, Wittrock, Eubanks 1:56.53; distance medley — Emma Phillips, Alex Parsons, Audrey Fariss, Lily Fariss 4:48.06; 4x200 — Mackenzie Dahlstrom, Sabrina Reneker, Emma Phillips 1:55.62; 4x400 — Sabrina Reneker, Audrey Fariss, Sophie Wittrock, Sarah Eubanks 4:23.31; 4x800 — Lily Fariss, Lauren Steigleder, Mia Clark, Audrey Fariss 10:58.69