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The Auburn girls’ overcame less than ideal weather conditions to win the team title at the Platteview Invitational track meet Thursday. Auburn and Falls City were among the nine teams that competed in the meet.
The Auburn girls totaled 144 points for a first place finish. Gretna was second with 115 points, and Ashland-Greenwood was a distant third with 53. Falls City finished with 16 points for 9th place.
Auburn had seven individual event winners, and also won one relay on the day. Tierra Williams placed first in the long jump, triple jump, and 100-meter dash. She just missed a 4th win, finishing a close second in the 200-meter dash. Also for Auburn, Catherine Davison won both the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, Emily Slama won the 800-meter run, and Amy Mann was first in the pole vault. Auburn also cruised to a first place finish in the 3200-meter relay, winning by nearly 30-seconds over the second place team from Plattsmouth.
Falls City had two third place finishes on the day. Hailey Baxter was a solid third in the shot put, and Claire Poppe finished third in the 300-meter hurdles. Poppe also was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles.
Plattsmouth won the boys portion of the meet with 102 points, with Gretna second with 99. Auburn finished 4th with 80 points, just one point out of 3rd place. Falls City placed 9th with 10 points.
Individually, Auburn’s Thomas Hinrichs won the 110 and 300-meter hurdles, Devin Anderson was first in the 400-meter dash and second in the 800-meter run, and Alex Gonsalves won the long jump and was second in the 100 and 200-meter dash. Auburn also won the 400-meter relay.
For Falls City, Josh Stoller placed 3rd in the pole vault, and Jordy Stoller was 6th in the long jump.
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