Sigourney High School track & field hosted the annual Savage Relays Tuesday, and the big winner among area teams was the Columbus Wildcat boys. Columbus took first in the team standings with 136 points, finishing almost 50 points clear of second-place Cardinal thanks to six individual winners and four winning relay teams.

Wildcat junior Kaden Amigon was the champion in two events, winning the 100-meter dash in 11.15 seconds and taking the 200 meters in 22.39 seconds. Senior Triston Miller also won multiple events, claiming the 110-meter hurdles in 14.41 seconds and posting the top high jump of six-and-a-half feet. Junior Cael Phillips was the 3,200-meter champ in 10 minutes 58 seconds, while classmate Russell Coil put up the top toss of 46 feet eight inches in the shot put.

Columbus needed only 43.87 seconds to win the four-by-100-meters and just over a minute to win the shuttle hurdles. The Wildcats also claimed a title in the 4-by-400 in 4:04, while their win in the sprint medley in 1:40 came by tenths of a second.

Coil was a runner-up in the discus, as were senior Jeff Hoback and junior Cael Phillips in the 100 and the 1,600, respectively. Amigon was third in the long jump, as was Hoback in the 200. Junior Tim-Hills Carrier was fourth in the 800, while the Wildcats took second in the 4-by-200; third in the distance medley; and fourth in the 4-by-800. The best finish for the Columbus girls came from sophomore Lily Coil, who was second in the 400 hurdles and fourth in the 100 hurdles.

The best finish from an area girls’ team belonged to the Highland Huskies, who were fifth in team scoring behind two winners. Junior Sarah Burton was a champion with a top long jump of 17 feet one-and-a-half inches and also ran a leg on the Huskies’ winning 4-by-100 relay that posted a time of just under 54 seconds.

Burton was also second in the 200 and third in the 400, while senior teammate Jessica Kraus was third in the discus. Highland was fourth in the distance medley and runner-up in the 4-by-200 and the shuttle hurdles.

There were plenty of other great individual performances from around the area. Winfield-Mount Union junior Cam Buffington was the boys’ long jump champion, leaping an inch shy of 22 feet. Buffington was also fourth in the 100, as was the Wolves’ sprint medley team and senior Jeff Maish in the 3,200.

The Winfield-Mount Union girls were great in the hurdle races once again. Senior Keetyn Townsley won the 100 hurdles in 17.36 seconds and helped the Wolves’ shuttle hurdles team win in 1:14. WMU was also the champion of the 4-by-200 in 1:54 and was runner-up in the 4-by-100.

The WACO Warriors’ best finish came from senior Odee Shtefanchuk, who was the discus toss champ after hitting 158 feet one inch. Junior Chase Waterhouse was third in the same event, while senior Simeon Reichenbach was runner-up in both the 110 hurdles and the long jump.

Senior Mason Miller was fourth in the 110 hurdles and the high jump, while WACO’s shuttle hurdles team finished second. The Warrior girls were led by a fourth-place finish from junior Zoey Dennler in the 400 hurdles.

The Sigourney Savages were led in their home meet by a victory from their girls’ distance medley, winning in 4:57. The boys were runner-up in the same event and third in the 4-by-200, while the Savage girls claimed a bronze medal in the sprint medley.

Sigourney freshman Troy Klett was second in the boys’ 3,200 and third in the 1,600. Sophomores Reagan Clarahan and Josephine Moore were third in the 400 hurdles and fourth in the shot put, respectively. The Keota Eagles’ relay teams got third-place finishes in the boys’ 4-by-100 and girls’ 4-by-200 and fourth in the girls’ 4-by-100.