Cowboys post some good efforts at Wartburg Indoor meet

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows boys track & field team opened the indoor portion of their schedule by going to Wartburg College last Tuesday. Several good performances were turned in by long-time coach Craig Warnke’s team.

In field events, Andrew Conlon tied for 20th with a high jump mark of 5’ 2”. Riley State cleared 5’ for a tie at 23rd in the same event. Sam Urness finished 20th out of 41 entries in the long jump, posting a best mark of 18’ 2.5”. He was joined in that event by Cameron Jergenson, who made 15’ 6.5” for 38th place. Kane Mendoza heaved the shot to a 21’ 7” distance for 46th in that event.

In the 55-meter dash prelims, Bryce Hamilton took sixth in his heat with a 7.25 while Zach Leist finished eighth in his heat at 8.41. Neither of them made the finals. The 55-meter hurdles prelims saw Chase Harker in seventh at 9.89 in his heat, while Sergio Arragon took seventh in his heat with 10.89. Neither of them qualified for the finals.

For the full story, see the March 10 edition of the Monitor.