DC West wins Irish Invite by just four points

Five gold medals, a silver and four bronzes proved to be the difference for the Douglas County West boys’ track team to  hold off Falls City Sacred Heart and Sterling take home the team title of the Irish Invitational, held last Tuesday in Syracuse.

DC West tallied 91 points and edged hosts Sacred Heart by four points and Sterling by five. The Irish took home three golds, a pair of silvers and four bronze medals, while Sterling finished with three gold, two silver and five bronze.

A team championship for the Irish boys would have been their fifth in six events so far this spring.

In the ladies team portion, Omaha Christian Academy accumulated 85 points to hold off runner-up Pawnee City and third place Sterling by seven and 11 points, respectively. The Lady Irish were fourth with 67 points.

A boys-girls combined score was also kept and Sterling claimed first place with 160 points, followed by Sacred Heart’s 154 and Omaha Christian was third with 133 points.

Irish seniors Will Burenheide (110 hurdles) and Sean Strasheim (pole vault) and junior Chaz Dunn (800) were the lone first place medalists on the boys side. Senior Clay Finck ran to bronze in both the 100 and 200 and the Irish placed three in both the pole vault and triple jump events.

Maggie Goltz’ first place finish in the long jump proved to be the only gold on the girls side for FCSH. Goltz, who is just a freshman, claimed second in the triple jump and fifth in both the 200 and 400-meter runs. Sophomores Kelsi Fouraker (800) and Emily Rohrer (shot put) each earned a silver medal.

All six of the Irish relay teams finished fourth or better with the girls 3200-meter relay nabbing the fourth-place finish and the 400 and 1600-meter teams each finished third. The boys were second in both the 4×100 and 4×400 and third in the 4×800.

Sacred Heart was scheduled to travel to the Pawnee City Invitational today at 3 p.m., then wrap-up the regular season May 3 at the Tecumseh Invite.

IRISH INVITATIONAL
April 16 @ Syracuse

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS
Douglas County West    91
FC Sacred Heart    87
Sterling    86
Pawnee City    51
Omaha Christian Academy    48
Palmyra     36
Lincoln Parkview    33
Conestoga    26
NC Lourdes Central    21
Bellevue Christian Cornerstone    16
Lewiston    14
Johnson-Brock    10
Syracuse    8

INDIVIDUAL BOYS
100-meter dash – 1. Hill, DCW, 11.4; also, 4. Finck, FCSH, 11.5.
200 – 1. Hickey, CNGA, 23.6; also, 3. Finck, FCSH, 23.9.
400 – 1. Hill, DCW, 51.3; also, 5. Arnold, FCSH, 55.6.  
800 – 1. Dunn, FCSH, 2:04.4.
1600 – 1. Joey, DCW, 4:58.
3200 – 1. Logston, STR, 11:13.8.
110 hurdles – 1. Burenheide, FCSH, 16.2.    
300 hurdles – 1. Wenzl, STR, 42.4; also, 4. Burenheide, FCSH, 46.3; 6. Niemeyer, FCSH, 45.1.         400-meter relay – 1. PAL, 46.1; 2. FCSH (Finck, Y. Haralabidis, Dunn), 46.3.
1600-meter relay – 1. DCW, 3:35.5; 2. FCSH (Dunn, Haralabidis, Finck, Kean), 3:40.7
3200-meter relay – 1. DCW, 8:39; also, 3. FCSH (Arnold, Malone, Niemeyer, T. Froeschl), 9:22.9.
High jump – 1. Smith, PC, 6-01.
Pole vault – 1. Strasheim, FCSH, 12-00; also, 3. M. Mullins, FCSH, 11-06; 5. Kean, FCSH, 10-06.
Long jump – 1. Hickey, CNGA, 21-02.
Triple jump – 1. Smith, PC, 41-03.75; also, 4. Malone, FCSH, 39-03; 5. Arnold, FCSH, 38-11; 6. Haralabidis, FCSH, 38-02.75.
Shot put – 1. Benson, STR, 50-03.75; also, 6. Cromer, FCSH, 42-10.5.  
Discus – 1. Carpenter, NCL, 152-00.

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS
Omaha Christian Academy    85
Pawnee City    78
Sterling    74
FC Sacred Heart    67
Conestoga    59
Palmyra        53.5
Johnson-Brock    49
NC Lourdes Central    26
Syracuse    15.5
Douglas County West    15
Lincoln Parkview    5

INDIVIDUAL GIRLS
100-meter dash – 1. Peterson, PAL, 13.5.     
200 – 1. Hundley, PC, 28.6; also, 5. Goltz, FCSH, 29.3.
400 – 1. Stransen, OCA, 1:01.2; also, 5. Goltz, FCSH, 1:07.3.    
800 – 1. Stransen, OCA, 2:28; 2. Fouraker, FCSH, 2:40.1.
1600 – 1. Hestermann, STR, 6:05.2; also, 4. Fiegener, FCSH, 6:34.7.
3200 – 1. K. Parriott, CNGA, 13:15.0; also, 6. Bieker, FCSH, 14:02.3.
100 hurdles – 1. Lovgren, OCA, 16.6.
300 hurdles – 1. Hundley, PC, 49.4; also, 5. Parrish, FCSH, 54.0.      
400-meter relay – 1. OCA, 55.0; also, 3. FCSH (A. Magdanz, Fouraker, Parrish, E. Magdanz), 56.8.
1600-meter relay – 1. OCA, 4:25.8; also, 3. FCSH (Fouraker, Bieker, Parrish, A. Magdanz), 4:44.1.
3200-meter relay – 1. STR, 10:57; also, 4. FCSH (Fouraker, Bieker, A. Magdanz, Fiegener), 11:31.5.         High jump – 1. Hallstrom, SYR, 4-10.
Pole vault – 1. Wenzl, PC, 7-00; also, 4. A. Magdanz, FCSH, 7-00; 6. Kreifels, FCSH, 6-00.
Long jump – 1. Goltz, FCSH, 15-04.75.
Triple jump – 1. Phillips, PAL, 33-09; 2. Goltz, FCSH, 32-07.5.
Shot put –  1. Eickhoff, STR, 34-01; 2. Rohrer, FCSH, 34-00.75.
Discus – 1. Lempka, STR, 112-08; also, 6. Rohrer, FCSH, 91-11.