The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-06
BRR0OK|NGS BOYS
CAPTURE TROPHY
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM SUBMERGES
OTHER SCHOOLS IN ANNUAL
SIOUX VALLEY MEET
TAKE FIRST HoMORS IN EIGHT EVENTS
Preston With Only One Man
Takes Third Place.

Placing in every event and taking
events. Brookings high school track
team easily carried off the pennant in
;he annual Sioux Valley nterscholastic
track and field meet at State field last
Saturday afternoon. Three other high
schools were represented in the meet
Watertown, Lake Preston and Elan
dreau. In spite Of the cold weather
and extremely poor condition of the
track, excellept time was made in all
of the races. A large crowd turned
out but the weather was a little too
cold for any great display of enthu-
siasm.
In the final count Brookings had
IS points, Watertown 80, Lake Pres
ton Is, and Flandreau s. Points were
the relay race, in the following ratio.
First place, 5 points; second place,
3 points, and third place. / point
Lake Preston was represented by only
one man, Thompson who captured 16
points all alone and put his school
in third place. He probably deserves
more credit than any other man in
the meet, although Shawhan of Water.
town won the same number of points.
For BrOokings Martin, Ryger Irwin
and Sundet were the big point win
ners. Martin placed first in the cen
tury and 220-yard dashes and in the
pole vault In the low hurdles Ryger
led the field until the third from the
last hurdle when he fell. brusing both
knees terribly, but picked himself up
and fin shed third in the race. Mears
fook first in the discus and placed
second in the broad jump. Coach
Wick will take his team to NermilliOn
for the interstate meet on May IA, and
expresses justifable confidence that
BrOOkings will carry off first hOnOrs.
The RESULTS were as follows
One mile Shawhan, Halvorson,
Walsh. Time, 4: :5S. State record, 4: 81
100yd. dash-Martin Ryger, Thomp-
son. Time, Ill, State record, 1922.
Pole vault - Martin Ryger and
Pierce, tie second. Height, 1T. in.
State record, II f. / in.
12Oyd hurdles - Whitwan, Sundet,
Thompson. Time, 24:4. State record,
16a
floyd dash -Ryger, Shawhan, Bin
ford. Time, 56:4 Record, 81 As.
Discus Mears, Littig Deklotz. Dis
tance, 80 #, State record. 100 #. 2 in.
Broad Thompson, Mears, Lien
Distance. 1S ft.'3 in. State record,
p #. in
22O-yd hurdles Shawhan, Whitman,
Ryger. Time, 80 fiat state record,
27 Is.
Shot put Sundet, Hanson Thomp-
SON Distance. 3S #. in. State rec
ord, AZ IT, in.
22O-yd dash - Martin. Thompson,
Ryger. Time, 26 fiat State record,
% 3-5.
11dll-Illlt race - II W Ill, ,CNd nan,
Blocker. Time, 2:11 As. State rec
ord, 2:04 As.
High Thompson, Palmer and
Plat tied for second. Height, It.
State record it. 8Ha in.
One-half mile relay-Brookings run
by Ryger, Sundet, Martin, Irwin, first;
Flandreau, second; Watertown, third.
Time, 1:41 3-5. State record, 1:37 2-5.
Oficials-IC. A. West, starter and
referee. Finish Judges, Culhane, Nc
Cain. Funk. Timers, Cole, NJ. c.
White, Waltz. Scorer, Alvin. An
nouncer. Lindsay.
The following men were entered in
the meet: BrOokings - Halvorson,
Rishoi Irwin, Martin, Sundet, Ryger,
Mears, Blakeslee, Lien, Palmer, Nor
ton, Blocker, Swenson and Lindsay;
Watertown-Walsh, Shawhan, Whit
wan, Binford and Hanson; Lake Pres
ton-Thompson Flandreu - Deklotz,
Platt, Pierce, Littig, Knudson and