The Hancock track and field team competed twice in three days last week and were led by Jace Meierding who won three times for the Owls. The team started the week with the Border West meet in Wheaton May 5 with the boys finishing second and the girls in third. Two days later, the team was in Benson for the Benson/KMS meet and the boys finished third and the girls were ninth. Through the two meets, MACA finished with 11 event wins.
Border West meet
The Hancock track and field crew did not have their normal crew at the Border West meet due to 14 athletes participating in a solo/ensemble concert that evening. Despite the different squad, they were still able to rack up 27 personal records, six first place finishes, placing second as a team for the boys and the girls were third.
The boys team finished with 151 points to place in second out of four teams. Border West won their home meet with 220 points.
There were four event wins on the boys side of the meet. Jace Meierding dominated the hurdle events, winning them both. He was first in the 110 hurdles with 18.09 and first in the 300 hurdles with 43.87. Cruise Millette also won the shot put with a toss of 40 feet 2 inches. The final Owl win came in the 4×200 relay, where Hancock finished in 1:39.52.
The girls team finished third as a team with 102 points. Border West completed the team sweep, winning with 266 points.
On the girls side of the meet, Hancock finished with two event wins, once again in the hurdle events. In the 100 hurdles, Giana Feuchtenberger recorded the fastest time of 17.84 and Laura Kellenberger won the 300 hurdles.
Benson meet
The other meet of the week for the Owls was in Benson. The boys team performed well, finishing in third place and earned five event wins.
The Hancock boys were third as a team with 106 points and Border West won the event with 128 points.
Jett Nuest pulled off wins for Hancock in the 800 and 1,600 with times of 2:06.30 and 4:40.59, respectively. Jace Meierding picked up another win for the Owls in the 300 Hurdles by clocking in at 43.93. Hancock also won two relay events. Preseten Banister, Seth Wilson, Jace Meierding and Jeremiah Schmidgall won the 4×100 with a time of 46.82. Hancock also won the 4×400 relay with Oliver Rechtzigel, Seth Wilson, Nuest and Emmett Charles by finishing in 3:51.37.
The girls team finished the meet in ninth place out of 10 teams with 34 points. Border West won the team event with 121 points.
Giana Feuchtenberger led the team with three of the team’s four top-five finishes. She was second in the 300 hurdles with 48.61, third in the triple jump with 30 feet 9 inches and fifth in the 100 hurdles with 17.88. Laura Kellenberger had the only other top-five finish by placing fifth in the discus with a distance of 94 feet 2 inches
The team was back in action May 13 for the Little Eight Conference Championships in Wheaton May 13. The next meet on the schedule would be section competition at Redwood Valley Thursday, May 29.
