Gillett Secondary School senior Akeem Bates propelled the Tigers to a fifth-place finish among 17 Division 3 schools Thursday at the Oshkosh High School Invitational on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus.
Bates won the long jump and triple jump for the Tigers in the indoor meet, which was won by Princeton/Green Lake. Suring placed seventh.
Bates, who took ninth at state in the long jump in 2014, took first Thursday with a leap of 19 feet, 11 1/4 inches. His winning mark in the triple jump was 41 feet, 8.5 inches.
Also finishing in the top five for Gillett were Matt Peterson, fourth in the 60-meter hurdles; Max Zeitler, fifth in the 1,600-meter run at 4:55.85; and Evan Bubolz, fifth in the 800 (2:15:18).
Suring had four top-five finishes.
Senior Creo VanBellinger took fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.75) and third in the long jump (18-7 1/4). Senior Will Vollmar was third in the 60-meter dash (7.74). Grant Fischer was fourth in the 800-run (2:14.50), crossing the finish line just ahead of Bubolz.
Team results: 1. Princeton/Green Lake 60, 2. St. Mary’s Springs 57, 3. Reedsville 47, 4. Algoma 43, 5. Gillett 38, 6. Rosholt 36.5, 7. Suring 31. 8. Manawa 26.5, 9. Sevastopol 26, 9. Menominee Indian 26, 11. Rio 23, 12. Lourdes Academy 19.5, 13. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 17, 13. Horizon 17, 15. Fall River 11, 16. St. Mary Central 10, 17. Valley Christian 5.5.
Local results:
60 dash: 3. Will Vollmar, 7.74, Suring; 4. Creo VanBellinger, Suring, 7.75
60 hurdles: 4. Matt Peterson, Gillett, 9.21
800 run: 4. Grant Fischer, Suring, 2:14.50; 5. Evan Bubolz, Gillett, 2:15.18
1,600 run: 5. Max Zeitler, Gillett, 4:55.85
3,200 run: 8. Scout Gerndt, Suring, 11:42.93.
800 relay: 6. Suring, 1:46.54.
1,600 relay: 7. Gillett, 4:03.06.
High jump: 6. Alex Zeitler, Gillett, 5-04
Pole vault: 4. Parker Wanish, Suring, 10-00
Long jump: 1. Akeem Bates, Gillett, 19-11 3/4; 3. Creo VanBellinger, Suring, 18-07 1/4
Triple jump: 1. Akeem Bates, Gillett, 41-08.50.
Categories
