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Ellinwood boys wins 3,200-meter relay
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Ellinwood Eagle Asher Miller places 14th at the Sterling cross country meet. - photo by JIM MISUNAS/Great Bend Tribune

STERLING — Ellinwood’s boys captured first place in the 3,200-meter relay (9:18.93) with Asher Miller, Koy Behnke, Alex Cowing and Matthew Cook at Friday’s Sterling Track Invitational.

Placing runner-up for the Eagles were Cook, 400 (53.29); Miller, 3,200 (10:35); Cody Zink, pole vault (9-0); the Eagles’ 400-meter relay (45.96) with Britton Dutton, Zink, Behnke and Cook; and the 1,600-meter relay (3:41.0) with Zink, Cook, Dutton and Behnke.

Ellinwood’s girls earned a trio of runner-up finishes — Brittany Simpson, 200 (28.34); Mary Dimitt, discus (99-3) and Kennedy Behnke, 400 (1:06.76).

STERLING INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Little River 883/4; 2—Inman 861/2; 3—Sterling 70; 4—Ellsworth 58; 5—Hutchinson Central Christian 57; 6—Nickerson 54; 7—Ellinwood 47; 8—Lyons 28; 9—Burrton 24; 10—Fairfield 15; 11—Concordia 13; 12—Solomon 33/4

ELLINWOOD GIRLS RESULTS

200m—2—Simpson, 28.34

400m—2—Behnke, 1:06.76

1,600m—3—Winget, 6:38.91

3,200m—3—Winget, 14:10; 4—Brauer, 14:20

400m relay—6—Ellinwood, 55.14 (Behnke, Baker, Dimitt, Simpson)

1,600m relay—4—Ellinwood, 4:39.0 (Behnke, Baker, Brauer, Simpson)

Discus—2—Dimitt, 99-3; 5—Baker, 90-0

STERLING INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Inman 174; 2—Ellinwood 73; 3—Little River 66; 4—Hutchinson Central Christian 62; 5—Sterling 52; 6—Fairfield 40; 7—Nickerson 33; 8—Ellsworth 26; 9—Lyons 10; 10—Burrton 8; 11—Concordia 7; 12—Solomon 6

ELLINWOOD BOYS RESULTS

110m hurdles—6—Steffan, 20.15

300m hurdles—5—Steffan, 48.46

400m—2—Cook, 53.29

1,600m—3—Miller, 4:57.25; 5—Cowing, 5:30.71

3,200m—2—Miller, 10:35; 5—Cowing, 10:42

400m relay—2—Ellinwood, 45.96 (Dutton, Zink, Behnke, Cook)

1,600m relay—2—Ellinwood, 3:41.0 (Zink, Cook, Dutton, Behnke)

3,200m relay—1—Ellinwood, 9:18.93 (Miller, Behnke, Cowing, Cook)

Long jump—5—Haynes, 18-71/2

Pole vault—2—Zink, 9-0; 3—Merritt 8-6; 5—Haynes, 7-6