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PALMER — Four Colony runners each won a pair of events each to lead the Knights during a meet at Palmer High School last Thursday.
Carolyn Cox was first in the 400 and 800-meter races, Audrey Michaelson won the 1,600 and 3,200 and Natalie Lautrup swept the hurdles events for the Colony girls. Brandon Schafer finished first in the 1,600 and 3,200 to lead the Colony boys.
Palmer’s Taylor Blake won the girls’ shot put and helped the Moose with the 400 relay.
Mason Minturn led the Palmer boys with a win in the 800. Minturn posted a time of 1:59.95 and became only the second runner this season to break the 2-minute mark in the race. Minturn’s teammate, Joe Day, holds the state’s season best in the event, a time of 1:59.32.
Day was second to Minturn on Thursday.
The Houston Hawks swept the 100-meter events. Colton Buzby won the boys’ event, while Taylor Holen was first in the girls’ race.
Boys individual results:
100 meters — 1. Co. Buzby, Hou 11.62; 2. G. Hartsock, Pal 11.83; 3. V. Aumavae, Pal 11.85; 4. J. Nisbett, Pal 11.98; 5. K. McCoy, Col 12.10; 6. L. Jones, Col 12.10
200 — 1. C. Kubacki, Col 24.45; 2. G. Hartsock, Pal 24.56; 3. L. Jones, Col 24.73; 4. K. McCoy, Col 24.74; 5. V. Aumavae, Pal 24.93; 6. O. Nardini, Col 25.07.
400 — 1. D. Bilafer, Col 53.64; 2. C. Kubacki, Col 54.96; 3. J. Black, Col 54.98; 4. B. King, Pal 55.11; 5. C. Smith, Pal 58.50; 6. A. Couch, Col 58.73.
800 — 1. M. Minturn, Pal 1:59.95; 2. J. Day, Pal 2:04.22; 3. C. Smith, Pal 2:19.47; 4. S. Forrest, Pal 2:20.70; 5. J. Hawkins, Pal 2:27.16; 6. D. Whittaker, pal 2:34.40.
1,600 — 1. B. Schafer, Col 4:45.72; 2. L. Kopsack, Col 4:48.69; 3. C. Sessom, Col 4:56.03; 4. A. Liebing, Pal 4:58.93; 5. K. Kleewein, Hou 5:01.07; 6. C. Ess, Pal 5:07.07.
3,200 — 1. B. Schafer, Col 10:35.15; 2. L. Kopsack, Col 10:37.10; 3. S. Hermann, Pal 11:06.20; 4. D. Gumminger, Col 11:20.22; 5. C. Danner, Col 12:01.39; 6. C. Sessom, Col 12:07.48.
110 hurdles — 1. B. Bayne, Hou 15.69; 2. S. Wantenabe, Pal 16.94; 3. L. Wright, Pal 17.52; 4. I. Tira, Col 17.60.
300 hurdles — 1. C. Sas, Col 48.54; 2. I. Tira, Col 48.77; 3. L. Wright, Pal 50.81.
400 relay — 1. Houston 48.10; 2. Colony 48.45; 3. Palmer 49.91.
800 relay — 1. Colony 1:38.82; 2. Palmer 1:41.28; 3. Houston 1:48.93.
1,600 relay — 1. Palmer 3:54.91; 2. Palmer B 4:00.43.
Shot put — 1. E. Johnson, Grace 46-6; 2. D. Walker, Grace 43-6; 3. B. Self, Pal 42-0.5; 4. H. Niekamp, Pal 40-10; 5. M. Sega, Kod 40-8; 6. L. Sega, Kod 39-7.5.
Discus — 1. D. Walker, Grace 131-9; 2. G. George, Grace 130-11; 3. E. Johnson, Grace 117-0; 4. B. Self, Pal 113-9; 5. D. Anderson, ACS 112-3; 6. F. Summers, Col 99-6.
High jump — 1. D. Whittaker, Pal 5-0.
Long jump — 1. D. Adams, Pal 17-3.25; 2. T. Mulkins, Col 17-3; 3. Ch. Buzby, Hou 16-10.75; 4. Co. Buzby, Hou 16. 75; 5. J. Richter, Hou 15-10.25; 6. D. Whittaker, Pal 14-7.75.
Triple jump — 1. J. Black, Col 38-7.75; 2. J. Klina, Pal 30-6.25; 3. Z. Grace, Hou 25-5.
Girls individual results:
100 meters — 1. T. Holen, Hou 13.38; 2. T. Blake, Pal 13.42; 3. C. Gillespie, Hou 13.65; 4. T. Whitfield, Pal 13.70; 5. A. Saxon, Col 13.81; 6. M. Marvel, Pal 14.12.
200 — 1. A. Saxon, Col 28.22; 2. T. Blake, Pal 28.26; 3. T. Whitfield, Pal 28.69; 4. M. Osiensky, Pal 28.70; 5. K. DePriest, Pal 28.71; 6. J. VanHoomissen, Pal 28.93.
400 — 1. C. Cox, Col 1:05.26; 2. M. Southwick, Pal 1:08.11; 3. T. Haan, Col 1:11.97; 4. B. Snyder, Col 1:12.04.
800 — 1. C. Cox, Col 2:36.80; 2. W. Schlenker, Pal 2:38.01; 3. H. Bohman, Pal 2:38.10; 4. M. Meyerhofer, Col 2:53.62; 5. T. Haan, Col 2:59.91; 6. T. Haynes, Col 3:06.40.
1,600 — 1. A. Michaelson, Col 5:35.11; 2. M. Thompson, Col 5:38.03; 3. H. Bohman, Pal 5:43.12; 4. S. Contrares, Pal 5:43.13; 5. C. Cox, Col 5:57.00; 6. J. Kopsack, Col 6:23.64.
3,200 — 1. A. Michaelson, Col 12:07.69; 2. S. Contrares, Pal 12:21.55; 3. M. Thompson, Col 12:30.49; 4. R. Diotte, Col 14:05.84; 5. J. Kopsack, Col 14:20.10; 6. W. Nagel, Col 15:34.21.
100 hurdles — 1. N. Lautrup, Col 18.07; 2. K. Boss, Col 20.95; 3. M. Johnson, Col 22.27.
300 hurdles — 1. N. Lautrup, Col 54.50; 2. B. Snyder, Col 1:00.95.
400 relay — 1. Palmer 53.74; 2. Colony 57.05; 3. Houston 57.51.
800 relay — 1. Palmer 1:56.38; 2. Colony 1:59.93; 3. Houston 2:01.73; 4. Colony B 2:08.69.
1,600 relay — 1. Palmer 4:44.54.
Shot put — 1. T. Blake, Pal 35-9.25; 2. R. Huffman, Pal 35-4.75; 3. K. Owens, Pal 31.6.5; 4. J. Voss, ACS 30.5.5; 5. T. Sega, Kod 29.11.5; 6. K. Swenson, Col 29-9.75.
Discus — 1. R. Huffman, Pal 101-2; 2. H. Olson, ACS 94-0; 3. S. Richardson, Grace 93-4; 4. M. Meili, Pal 84-10; 5. S. Dodds, Hou 82-10; 6. T. Sega, Kod 76-3.
High jump — 1. J. Jaronik, Col 4-8; 2. A. Saxon, Col 4-6; 3. A. Kausal, Pal 4-6; 4. M. Johnson, Col 4-2.
Long jump — 1. C. Gillespie, Hou 13-11; 2. J. Jaronik, Col 13-9; 3. A. Vincent, Col 13-2.75; 4. T. Holen, Hou 13-1; 5. S. Wells, Hou 12-8.5; 6. E. Groseclose, Pal 12-6.25.
Triple jump — 1. A. Vincent, Col 30-4.75; 2. E. Groseclose, Pal 28-11.75; 3. T. Holen, Hou 28-10.5; 4. S. Wells, Hou 28-6.5; 5. K. McCall, Pal 27-3.5; 6. C. Williams, Col 27-0.25.