Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 20, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 March 1944 — INTER-CLASS TRACK MEET [ARTICLE]

INTER-CLASS TRACK MEET

The Junior class started off the inter-class track meet last Friday by winning the 100 yard dash, coming in first and second in the mile, and first and second in the 440. From then on they coasted to victory. Final score showed the Juniors with 56 I]3 points, Seniors with 44 points, Sophs with 10 points and Freshies with 5 2j3 points. Following is a summary of the track meet: 1 100 yard dash—N. Abbring, Don Chappell, Red Evans— 11 sec. Mile Run—M. Peterson, Wm. Ely-—5:48.6 min. High Jump—S. Terpstra and F. Roorda tied for first. J. Fieldhouse, Tom Swart and G. Roorda tied for third—s feet. 440 Yard Dash—N. Abbring, J. Walstra, Sig Boezeman—6o.6 sec. High Hurdles—Henrichs, Ruissard and Strangle tied for second —20.4 sec. Shot Put—Sam Kingma, L. DeKock, G. Nanenga—4l ft. 6V2 in. Half Mile—John Walstra, M. Peterson, J. Boezeman—2.2s min 220 Yard Dash—S. Terpstra, Cal Swart, R. Muraida—2s.2 sec. Pole Vault—P. Hoffman and G. Stangle tied for first, Roy Anderson—9 ft. 3 in. Low Hurdles—Sig Boezeman, Joe Ruissard, Dick Henrichs —28 sec. Broad Jump—Cal Swart, P. Hoffman, L. Marshall—lß ft. 2 in Half Mile Relay—Srs. (P. Hoffman, Red Evans, S. Terpstra, Sig Boezeman) —1.50 min. Prospects for track season are very bright. The times and heighths and distances for the various events were very good for early season performances. Weather permitting, there well be a dual track meet next Tuesday afternoon on the local cinder oval with Wheatfield.