Contributing writer
Two Goessel High School girls won gold medals Thursday at the Halstead Quint and four Bluebird boys’ events captured top honors.
In girls’ competition, Ali Buller won the 800-meter run with her personal best time of 2 minutes and 34 seconds. Sophie Scheffe won the 1,600-meter run with her best time of this season, 6:32.80. The girls scored 46 points and finished fourth as a team.
Ben Wiens won gold for the Goessel boys eclipsing the field in the 1,600-meter run at 5:10. Nathan Czarnowsky ran a 2:13 to take first in the 800-meter run. The 4X800 relay knocked 14 seconds off their best time with a new combination of runners to win gold. Team members were Wiens, Grant Flaming, Czanowsky, and Davis Cook. The Bluebird boys finished fourth overall.
Goessel competed Tuesday at Tescott.
Goessel girls results from Halstead:
Long Jump — 2. Page Hiebert, 13’8.25”
100m Hurdles — 2. Tia Goertzen, 16.80; 5. Alisha Nolte 18.50
300m Hurdles — 4. Goertzen, 52.30
800m — 1. Ali Buller, 2:34.00; 2. Alisha Nolte, 2:40.00
1600m — 1. Sophie Scheffe, 6:32.80
4X100 Relay — 4. Goertzen, Makayla King, Buller, Aleena Cook, 58.10
4X400 Relay — 2. Buller, Goertzen, Erin Brubaker, Cook, 4:41.00
Boys’ results from Halstead:
Shot Put — 3. Brian Hiebert, 38’ 2.25”
Triple Jump — 2. Davis Cook, 39’ 9.50”
Long Jump — 2. Nathan Czarnowsky, 18’ 2.75”; 3. Shane Goerzen, 18’ 2.25”
100m Hurdles — 4. Zach Wiens, 18.90
100m — 4. Goerzen, 11.80
200m — 5. Mark Schmidt, 25.50
800m — 1. Czarnowsky, 2:13.20; 4. Grant Flaming, 2:22.10
1600m — 1. Ben Wiens, 5:10.00; 2. Heath Goertzen, 5:19.00
3200m — 2. Goertzen, 11:22.00
4X800 Relay — 1. Czarnowsky, Flaming, Wiens, Cook, 9:23.70