The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-20
HURON TEAM
VICTORIOUS
IN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET AT
COLLEGE,.
BROOKINGS TAKES SECOND
AND MAKES A STRONG BID FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

won the championship cup at the an
nual track and field meet of the South
Dakota Inter-Scholastic Athletic as
sociation held at the college park last
Friday. Brookings made game fight
for first honors, and but for some hard
luck would have won out The points
were divided up among the schools
as follows: Huron, "a; Brookings.
81; Flandreau, 26; Deadwood, 20;
Belle Fourche II; Pierre, 8; Madison,
z; Lake Benton, 2.
1t was the fastest and best meet
ever held by the association, eight
schools having strong teams entered,
and every event was strongly contest
ed. Twelve records of the association
were smashed, which shows the class
of the young athletes competing.
In the 50-yard dash Freed of Huron
lowered the association record from
6 seconds to 3-5. Bently of Dead
wood smashed the records for both
the 100 and 220-yard dashes. The new
marks are 1925 for the 100-yard and
% % for the 220-yard DASH which is
+ remarkably good time for high school
. boys. Gay of Belle Fourche lowered
the record for the mile run from 5
minutes and seconds to minutes
and 81 seconds. The same athlete set
y a new mark for the two-mile run, do
3 ing the distance in 10 minutes and 45
seconds. Roberts, Flandreau's star
athlete, set new marks in all three of
the weight events. He threw the ham,
mer 100 feet, the discus 1O5 feet, 2
inches, and put the shot Al feet, 1-2
inches. Howes, of Pierre, raised the
high-jump mark half inch with
Jump of feet inches, Gene Kel-
ley, Brookings' fast little hurdler, set
a new mark in the low hurdles, do
ing the distance in % seconds. The
high-hurdle record was also lowered,
Habeger of Madison going over the
sticks at II is seconds. The Huron
relay team put up new mark of
/ minute, 80 3-5 seconds for the half
mile relay.
From the above it will be seen
that no one school had monopoly
of the stars, and each team, with the
exception of Lake Benton took hand
in establishing new records.
The meet was decided by the relay
race, the last event. Up to this event
Brookings was ahead with 81 points,
followed closely by Huron with 30
and Flandreau with 26 A victory
for Brookings in this event would
have made them winners by seven
points, and by winning this race
Flandreau could have tied with
Brookings for first honors, but HUI
Z ron's young men romped away with
the race and the championship.
Brookings would have had the meet
won without the relay but for some
downright hard luck. In the 440-
yard dash, Mayland of Brookings was
tripped and thrown within 100 yards
of the finish by Pettigrew of Flan-
dreau. At this time Maryland had a
clear lead, was running easy and with
out doubt would have been a winner
but for the unfortunate occurrence
Pettigrew had no intention of trip
ping Maryland, as under the crcum-
dol I,,k
theless it was the hardest kind of
luck for Brookings. The Brookings
boys We're fair and courteous and did
: not protest the race. Knox of Huron
won the race. But had it not been
for the accident to Maryland he could
not have secured better than third.
and this extra four points is what
gave his team the meet.
81 Gene Kelley, of Brookings, won
the low hurdles and took second in
the other hurdle, securing eight
points for his team. Lacey Caldwell
won one of the prettiest races of the
Sday, the half-mile, in the fast ime of
quarter. Bland Catlett tied for first
Bplace in the pole vault, all three pla-
ces going to Brookings, and he made
q Howes of Pierre break the high
jump record to beat him in that event.
s. The boys were fortunate in hav-
Il ing one of the best days so far this
% SDrinp for their moot and tba ,,;oo
Y weather brought out a big crowd.
q Brookings naturally had the largest
number of supporters. but the o her
teams were not without their be, kers
and the roofing W. very spirited at
times.
Following is a summary Of the
events: