The Warrenton boys track team continued its consistent season with a sixth-place finish in the Warrenton Invitational Friday. The Warriors finished with 59 points. Helias won the event with 114 …
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The Warrenton boys track team continued its consistent season with a sixth-place finish in the Warrenton Invitational Friday.
The Warriors finished with 59 points.
Helias won the event with 114 points.
“When you’re running your own meet, you don’t get a ton of time to watch events,” Warrenton Head Coach Steven McDowell said. “But looking at the scores, I saw we left a lot of points out on the track that could have put us in second or third place.”
Senior Jacob Crump continued to impress on the track, winning the 200-meter and setting a personal best in 22.47 seconds to beat out Union’s Deric Purnell.
“He ran exceptionally well,” McDowell said. “He had a great challenge from the kid from Union, and that kid is good. That gives us a good idea of where Crump is in the 200.”
Crump also won the 300 hurdles, finishing in 41.49 seconds.
“His 300 time was down a little bit, but there just wasn’t that push,” McDowell said. “That will happen sometimes when there isn’t someone there to push you, but he still ran a good race. He had a good night.”
Junior Ruben Varnado set a personal best in the shot put, winning the event with a final toss of 133 feet, 3 inches.
The mark was the third-best distance among Class 4, District 4 athletes this season.
“He has really worked at it, and his potential is really hitting,” McDowell said. “Ruben had a heck of a night in the discus.”
Other notable finishers included freshman Nathan Nordwald, who set a personal best in the 1,600 (4:52.06) and helped the 3,200 relay team run a team-best 8:46.98.
Nordwald was joined on the team by Dylan Chandler, Matthew Hackmann and Isaac Frederick.
In the 800 relay, the Warriors held a narrow lead before botching the final handoff and not finishing the race.
“It looked like they were going to shave some time off their PR, but it’s something that we can correct and work on,” McDowell said. “I’ve seen it happen at sectionals and state. I told them you’ve got to let it go and learn from it. It’s no big deal, I’m proud of their effort.”
With a competitive field filled with larger schools, McDowell said he was happy with the sixth-place finish and hopes the consistency carries over into Friday’s Gateway Athletic Conference meet at Liberty.
“I wasn’t really disappointed in these kids’ efforts,” he said. “I thought we competed well and we performed where we normally do.”
Finished second in Friday's GAC North meetFINAL LAP — Nathan Nordwald, right, outruns a Union opponent during Friday's Warrenton Invitational. Kory Carpenter photo.
