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Eagles' Joiner wins two gold medals
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Ellinwood freshman Eleanor Joiner

BENNINGTON — Ellinwood freshman Eleanor Joiner captured the 800 meters (2:30.41) and 1,600-meters (5:38.16) at Friday's Bennington track meet.

Runner-up medals were earned by Alya Ritchie, 400 (1:04.94) and the Eagles 3,200-meter relay (11:52.78) with Lexi Thomas, Heidi Brauer, Madison Dombroski and Lauren Ringwald.

Ellinwood's boys captured a trio of gold medals by Dawson Sunderland, 100 (12.03); Landon Simpson, long jump (19-91/2) and the 1,600-meter relay (3:44.07) with Sunderland, Ryan Pohlman, Erik Grose and Simpson

Cason Merritt placed runner-up in the pole vault (12-0).

BENNINGTON GIRLS

ELLINWOOD RESULTS

100m hurdles—4—Ritchie, 19.41

400m—1—Ritchie, 1:04.94

800m—1—Joiner, 2:30.41

1,600m—1—Joiner, 5:38.16

3,200m—4—Dombroski, 15:00.85; 5—Brauer, 15:35.95

400m throwers relay—3—Ellinwood, 1:06.49 (Franco, Reynolds, Rouse, Wesner)

3,200m relay—2—Ellinwood, 11:52.78 (Thomas, Brauer, Dombroski, Ringwald)

High jump—4—Ritchie, 4-6

Shot put—5—Franco, 30-53/4

BENNINGTON BOYS

ELLINWOOD RESULTS

100m—1—Sunderland, 12.03; 4—Simpson, 12.19

110m hurdles—4—Broyles, 18.81

200m—1—Sunderland, 24.2

300m hurdles—5—Zook, 50.32

1,600—5—Pohlman, 5:12.04

400m relay—5—Ellinwood, 50.43 (Broyles, McNeff, Schartz, Gibson)

1,600m relay—1—Ellinwood, 3:44.07 (Sunderland, Ryan Pohlman, Erik Grose, Simpson)

3,200m relay—3—Ellinwood, 9:21.17 (Grose, Brauer, Behnke, Pohlman)

Long jump—1—Simpson, 19-91/2

Pole vault—2—Merritt, 12-0; 3—Martinez, 10-0; 6—Gibson, 8-6