Syracuse won both the boys and girls portions of the Irish Invitational Track Meet at Syracuse Tuesday.
Syracuse won the girls' team standings with 143 points, more than doubling the total of second place finisher Sterling, which had 64 points. Lourdes Central Catholic was 3rd and Mound City 4th in the 12-team field. Falls City Sacred Heart finished 10th with 24 points, followed by Johnson-Brock and Pawnee City.
Individually, Jessica Kronewett of Mound City won the long jump, and Mound City's Alex Phillips was 2nd in the pole vault. Sara Landis of Sacred Heart finished 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles, and Ashli Jordan was 3rd in the pole vault. Syracuse won all three relays, and got first place finishes from Haley Harsin in the 1600-meter run, Emily Harsin in the 100-meter hurdles, Lauren Sand in the pole vault, and Julia Reed in the triple jump.
In the boys portion of the meet, Syracuse was first with 94 points, with Pawnee City edging Lourdes Central Catholic for second place by one point, 61-60. Sterling was 4th, Johnson-Brock 6th, and Sacred Heart tied for 7th place with Omaha Christian Academy. Mound City finished 10th.
Johnson-Brock senior Kale Wolken won three events, the 100-meter dash, 300-meter hurdles, and the long jump. His time of 41.4 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles was a full second faster than second place finisher, Justin Hauder of Lourdes Central, and he won the long jump by nearly two feet with a distance of 22-feet, 8.75 inches.
Another double-event winner was Austin Smith of Pawnee City, in both the triple jump and high jump. Lucas Schawang of Mound City won the pole vault, and Trey Trauernicht of Sterling won the 3200-meter run.
Falls City Sacred Heart's top individual finish came in the pole vault, where Sean Strasheim and Matt Mullins tied for second place. Chaz Dunn, David Bangert, Austin Martin, and Lane Barnhill teamed to place second in the 3200-meter relay.
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