Cougar girls, Spartan boys lead locals at NICL West track

GRUNDY CENTER – The AGWSR girls track and field team narrowly snatched the runner-up spot at the NICL West Championships in Grundy Center on Monday, May 7.
 
The Cougars scored 103 points to edge Grundy Center by two points for the second spot, trailing team champion West Marshall (155 points). BCLUW was fifth in the team standings with 59 points and Gladbrook-Reinbeck scored 24 team points.
 
AGWSR's Aubrie Fisher was named the girls' MVP of the meet, winning gold in the 800 in 2:32.45, the 1,500 in 5:24.99 and the 3,000 in 11:57.07. She also anchored the winning 4x800 relay team in 10:38.19 with teammates Mandy Willems, Ali Gerbracht and Haley Bakker.
 
The Grundy Center boys scored 122 points for the runner-up spot behind East Marshall's 142 team total. BCLUW was third with 97 points, AGWSR took sixth with 50 points and Gladbrook-Reinbeck was seventh with 19 points.
 
BCLUW's Jack Garber was the boys' MVP, winning the 110 (14.96) and 400 hurdle (56.20) events and running on the conference-title winning 4x100 and shuttle hurdle relay teams. Garber's teammates on the 4x100 were Ben Paper, Logan Mann and Troy Dolphin and Coby Willett, Koty Kruse and Connor Thompson in the hurdle relay.
 
NICL West Championships
At Grundy Center
 
Girls
Team scores–1. West Marshall 155; 2. AGWSR 103; 3. Grundy Center 101; 4. East Marshall 87; 5. BCLUW 59; 6. South Hardin 47; 7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 24.
 
Boys
Team scores–1. East Marshall 142; 2. Grundy Center 122; 3. BCLUW 97; 4. West Marshall 90; 5. South Hardin 69; 6. AGWSR 50; 7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 19.
 

SLIDESHOW: NICL West Track and Field Championships

 
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