Track and field athletes turned in stellar performances during the Dewey Donat Classic at the Barnett Center on Monday.
One of the many highlights occurred at the finish to the boys’ 400-meter dash between Ipswich’s Turner Thorson and Faulkton’s Roman DiMaria. Thorson led for much of the race, and looked destined to win by a wide margin before DiMaria closed the gap at the end, setting up an exciting close finish.
Thorson won by three one-hundredth’s of a second, holding off DiMaria’s comeback effort. Thorson was glad to come away with the victory.
“It started out I felt strong and didn’t really feel him coming until the last second, so it was pretty close there but a good run,” Thorson said.
A highlight in the field events was Webster’s Drew Reetz, who won the pole vault with a leap of 13 feet, 6.25 inches. Reetz was satisfied with his performance.
“Last year my PR was 14 foot, so I was pretty satisfied with how I did,” Reetz said. “New poles. Go
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