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Central puts up multiple personal bests while winning Clayton Ridge Boys Invite
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Central senior Carson Ruegnitz set personal records in both the discus and 3200 meter run at the Clayton Ridge Boys Track Invitational. The records also put him in Central’s top 10 all time in both events. - photo by Audrey Posten

Central won the April 30 Clayton Ridge Boys Track Invitational, compiling 145 team points to best the host school’s 122. The Warriors were victorious in six events and second or third in eight others.

Highlights included personal records for senior Carson Ruegnitz in the discus and 3200 meter run. His discus throw of 124 feet, 2 inches ranks him sixth all time in the Warrior record books, and his time of 10:43.05 in the 3200 puts him fifth in Central’s top 10.

Also achieving PRs were Mason Loan and Julian Singleton in the 100 meter dash. Loan’s time of 11.65 seconds landed him fifth in Central’s top 10. Singleton achieved a time of 14.01 seconds in the race.

Griffin Koehn hit 31.99 seconds for a PR in the 200, and Tyce Zittergruen won the 400 hurdles with a personal best 1:02.93. Michael White and Declan Finley each secured PRs in the 800 meter run, with White clocking in at 2:21.25 and Finley 2:21.69.

In the shot put, Zane Embretson earned a career best throw of 33 feet, 6.75 inches.

Other results included:

100 - Mason Loan, first

200 - George Reimer, third; Henry Reimer, sixth

400 - Henry Reimer, second

800 - Michael White, second; Declan Finley, third

1600 - Carson Ruegnitz, first; Cruz Healy, fifth

3200 - Carson Ruegnitz, second

110 Hurdles - Breckon Holst, fifth; Zane Embretson, sixth

400 Hurdles - Tyce Zittergruen, first, Breckon Holst, fourth

4x100 - Zane Embretson, Julian Singleton, Griffin Koehn and Lukas Friedlein, sixth

4x200 - Mason Loan, Jesse Polkinghorn, Tyce Zittergruen and George Reimer, third

4x400 - Tyce Zittergruen, Jesse Polkinghorn, Henry Reimer and Mason Loan, first

4x800 - Declan Finley, Michael White, Cruz Healy and Lukas Friedlein, second

Sprint Medley - Henry Reimer, Tyce Zittergruen, Jesse Polkinghorn and Breckon Holst, fourth

Distance Medley - Michael White, Declan Finley, Cruz Healy and Griffin Koehn, fifth

Shuttle Hurdle - George Reimer, Zane Embretson, Breckon Holst and Griffin Koehn, second

Long Jump - Mason Loan, third

Shot Put - Julian Singleton, first; Zane Embretson, fifth

Discus - Carson Ruegnitz, first; Julian Singleton, sixth

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Breckon Holst placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles and fifth in the 110 meter event at the Clayton Ridge Boys Track Invite on April 30. - photo by Audrey Posten

The success came after Central competed in the tough Anamosa Co-Ed Meet on April 28. Results there included:

100 - Mason Loan, 11th, 11.87; George Reimer, 16th, 12.36

200 - George Reimer, ninth, 24.60

400 - Mason Loan, eighth, 54.07; Henry Reimer, 11th, 55.11

800 - Carson Ruegnitz, 12th, 2:11.64; Jesse Polkinghorn, 13th, 2:13.25

1600 - Michael White, 14th, 5:15.23; Declan Finley, 16th, 5:16.68

3200 - Michael White, 12th, 11:16.04; Cruz Healy, 13th, 11:26.31

110 Hurdles - Zane Embretson, 13th, 19.31; Breckon Holst, 14th, 19.95

400 Hurdles - Breckon Holst, 16th, 1:06.83

Sprint Medley - Zittergruen, Polkinghorn, Reimer and Loan, eighth, 1:40.88

4x400 - Polkinghorn, Reimer, Ruegnitz and Zittergruen, 10th, 3:46.96

4x800 - Ruegnitz, Zittergruen, Finley and Polkinghorn, seventh, 8:55.59

Discus - Zane Embretson, 20th, 89-11

Shot Put - Zane Embretson, 18th, 32-04.50

The Warriors were at MFL MarMac on May 4, then will compete in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet at Clayton Ridge on May 7.