Staff writer
Juniors Trevor Troutt and Josie Peterson of Centre High School had first-place finishes April 28 in discus throws at Marion’s invitational track meet.
Peterson won the girls’ discus with a throw of 85 feet, three feet more than second-place Dominique Chew of Hesston. Peterson placed second, behind Chew, in girls’ shot put with a throw of 27-08. She also placed second in girls’ javelin, with a throw of 86-01, behind Dakota Kaufman of Hillsboro.
Troutt finished on top in boys’ discus with a distance of 126 feet, 11 inches, one and one-half feet farther than the nearest competitor, Trevor Williams of Hesston.
Ben Seemann finished second in the boys’ 800-meter run, with a time of 2:13.05. He finished four- and-a-half seconds behind Nathan Vogel of Hillsboro.