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Peetz’s Bulldog track and field team traveled on Saturday to compete at the Holyoke Dragon Invitational, and the boy’s varsity squad placed fifth overall with 49 points in a field of 10 teams.
Peetz senior Jakob Kurz placed first in the High Jump clearing 5’ 06” while senior Bryson Long placed second in the Triple Jump and fourth in the 200 meters, and junior Cooper White placed fourth in the High Jump.
The remainder of the Peetz scoring came from strong performances by the relay teams, with second place finish in the 4x400 meters, a third place finish in the 4x200 meters, and a fourth place finish in the 4x100 meters. Sedgwick County took top honors with 175.5 points, followed by Holyoke with a score of 124 points. Wray rounded out the top three with 117 points on the day. For the girl’s squad, Peetz was unable to place high enough in any events to earn points.
The Bulldogs then traveld to Yuma on Monday to compete in the 51st Annual Bill Kalb Invitational against the best teams in eastern Colorado and placed 16th at the end of the day. Jacob Kurz’s fourth place finish in the High Jump earned Peetz their only points of the meet. Cooper White had a seventh place finish in the High Jump and a 12th place finish in the 400 meters.
Peetz is next scheduled to compete on April 16 at Wray.
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