The Rebel runners traveled to Tracy on Tuesday, April 9th for their invitational. There amongst eight teams competing on the day. Others in the field were hosts Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Montevideo, Mountain Lake Area, Lakeview, Wabasso along with Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda.
The Rebel boys earned third place overall while the girls came in sixth.
Individually Justin Clarke earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the long with his leap of 18’ 6.5” and also in the 1600 meter run crossing the finish line at 4:56. He also earned a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter event (57.21). Aaron Johnson finished second in the 100-meter run – just three seconds off first and also came in second in the 300-meter race. Brayden Ahlers was third behind Johnson in the 110-meter hurdle event at 17.44. Tyler Winter finished in the top five with a 5th place discuss toss of 113’ 09” and tied for fourth in the high jump event crossing the bar at 5’08”. Maverick Beckmann placed third in the 3200-meter run finishing with a time of 12:11. Dawson Brown contributed with a sixth-place leap in the long jump of 17’09” and placed fifth in the pole vault at 9’0”.
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