Jack Haussner has had a great track season so far. The hurdler/sprinter/long jumper won three of four events at the Polar League track meet, and he has dominated the high hurdle event in the area. Haussner finished 10th at state last year in the 110 meter high hurdles with a time of 16 flat, and he’s already faster this year despite the cold weather. Staff photo/Laurie Johnson
Jack Haussner swept three events, the 110-meter high hurdles, the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, and placed second in the long jump at the May 15 Polar League track meet held at Esko.
Haussner long jumped 19-10, two inches off the mark of the first place leap.
Jack ran the 100-meters in 11.79. Two eighth-graders, Haddon Taylor and Kyler Hansen, ran the 100-meters in 16.60 and 16.71 seconds.
Jack was more than half a second ahead of the field in the 110-meter high hurdles, clocking 16 seconds flat.
In the 200-meters, Jack broke the tape with a time of 23.86 seconds. Eighth-grader Ben Rex ran a great time for a junior high boy by clocking 27.76 seconds. Raymond Degroat ran 32.14.
Rex ran 64.49 in the 400- meters with Tanner DeBoer crossing the line in 65.77 and Haddon Taylor finishing in 78.37 seconds.
Senior Will Surbaugh placed third in the 1600- meter run with a time of 4:43.30. Will took fifth in the 800-meter race with a 2:09.73 clocking.
Sophomore Kevin Viren has been knocking on the door to break five minutes in the 1600-meter run and he got ever so close with his sixth-place finish of 5:00.67. Keegan Morrison ran 5:47.83 in the 1600-meter run to place 22nd.
Sophomore Raymond Degroat threw the shot put 27 feet, 4 inches and the discus 73 feet taking 22nd and 24th in those events.
Brayden Schmidt, a seventh grader, finished the 3200-meter run in 12:33.84 for 12th place and eighth-grader TJ Surbaugh crossed the line in 13:55.82 to take 14th.
The boys’ 4×100 meter relay team finished eighth with a time of 64.72. In the 4×400 meter relay the boys’ team finished 10th with a time of 4:17.29, and the boys finished sixth in the 4×800 meter relay with a time of 10:09.09.
Girls
Freshman Molly LaVigne took fourth place in the 400- meter dash with a time of 67.23. LaVigne also placed sixth in the 100-meter dash in 13.95.
Anna Hay, a freshman, took 11th in the 100-meters with a time of 14.48 and junior Ellen Callender ran 15.54 to place 21.
Sophomore Malin Anderson paced eighth in the 800-meter run in 2:45.30. Eighth-grader Sammie Garrity finished 18th in 3:06.97 and freshman Cece Chmelik was 20th place with a time of 3:22.53.
Sophomore Hailey Smith placed 13th in the discus with a throw of 67 feet. She threw the shot put 26 feet, 2 inches.
Robin Henrikson, a junior, took 13th place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 61.55. Aurora Schelmeske placed 19th in 76.85.
The girls’ 4×100 meter relay placed eighth in 60.51. The 4×400 meter relay team finished seventh in 5:12.18 and the girls’ 4×800 meter relay team took third place with a time of 11:17.93.
Senior Claire LaVigne placed ninth in the 1600- meter run with a time of 6:06.15. Sophomore Louise Ramberg placed 12th in 6:28.39 and Cece Chmelik took 19th in 6:48.28.
Eighth-grader Kylie Viren ran the 3200 meters in 14:46.74 to take 11th.
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