GHV competes at H-D

It was a middle of the road kind of night for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team when they competed in the Hampton-Dumont Boy’s Invitational on Monday, April 20.  The Cardinals finished in the middle of the eight team meet with 90 points.  The Denver Cyclones won the meet with 150 points, followed by Aplington-Parkersburg with 147 and Clarion-Goldfield with 95.

Ezra Marroquin was the only Cardinal to claim a win.  Marroquin won the 400 meter dash with a time of 53.13.

Sam Cataldo claimed two second place finishes.  One in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.92 and the other in the 400 meter hurdles in 57.80.

“Although it was windy and cold, the boys competed and got better,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens. “We’re ready to head into the second half of our season.”

Other events placing in the top six included:

•200 meter dash: Marroquin, third, 23.88

•400 meter dash:  Conner Shaw, fourth, 55.70

•800 meter run:  Derek Brown, fifth, 2:20.23

•1600 meter run: Brown, sixth, 5:08.67

•110 meter hurdles: Zac Scholl, sixth, 17.88

•4x100 relay: Marroquin, Shaw, David Cook, Kevin Boehnke, third, 47.86

•4x200 relay: Boehnke, Harley Forry, Nich Mehmen, Cook, third, 1:39.19

•4x400 relay:  Mehmen, Nathan Klesel, Boehnke, Shaw, fifth, 3:55.10

•4x800 relay: Parker Schnieders, Klesel, Andy Schreur, Daniel Schreur, fifth, 10:19.86

•Distance medley: Forry, Mehmen, Scholl, Catlado, fifth, 4:10.50

•Shuttle hurdle: Scholl, Cook, Forry, Cataldo, fourth, 1:06.49.

•High jump: Boehnke, fifth, 5’06”

•Long jump: Marroquin, third, 18’9.50”