The Columbus Wildcats and Lone Tree Lions were in top form Thursday at the Central City track and field meet. Columbus won the boys’ team championship with 195 points, finishing 60 ahead of second-place Central City.

Meanwhile, Lone Tree was the girls’ team winner with 169 points and finished 21 clear of Dunkerton in second, and the Lion boys and Wildcats girls each finished fourth in the team standings.

Columbus dominated the boys’ competition with eight victories by individuals and relay teams. Senior Kaden Amigon won three times, taking the title in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.63 seconds while also claiming the crown in the 200 in 23.77 seconds and leaping 20 feet four inches for the long jump championship.

Senior Russell Coil dominated the throwing events for the Wildcats, winning the shot put with a top toss of 46 feet four inches and hitting nearly 144 feet even to win the discus.

The team of senior Damian Vergara, junior Juan Chairez and sophomores Dakota Aney and Tyson Kaalberg won the 4-by-800-meter relay for Columbus, clocking in at nine minutes 59 seconds. Kaalberg joined freshman Lamar Ceant and junior Riley Kaalberg to win the shuttle hurdles for the Wildcats in just under 1:07.

Ceant finished second to sophomore teammate Alexander Rees in the 110-meter hurdles, who had a top time of 15.74 seconds. Ceant was also runner-up in the high jump, as was freshman Cade Storm in the 400 hurdles and junior Ty Muniz in the 3,200.

Senior Damian Vergara earned a bronze medal in the 400 for Columbus, as did freshman Drake Marin in the half-mile. Vergara and Storm finished fourth in the 200 and 400, respectively.

Freshman Noah Razo was fifth in the 800 for the Wildcats, as was sophomore Kai Allec in the discus. Columbus also finished third in the 4-by-200 and second in the 4-by-100 and both the sprint and distance medley relays.

The Lone Tree girls rode to victory on the strength of four individual wins, as well as sophomore Ava Christofferson teaming with juniors Vivian Zaruba, Rylee Shield and Cate Sexton to win the sprint medley in 2:04.

Christofferson was the champion of both the 100 and 200, with times of 13.56 and 27.78 seconds, respectively. Shield won the 400 in 1:04 and was second in the 200, while fellow junior Hayden Yoder did similar work in the throwing events by winning the discus for the Lions on a top toss of 85 feet nine inches and finishing runner-up in the shot put.

Lone Tree sophomore Jazmine Nino won the 3,000 in 14:42 and was third in the 1,500. Sexton also won a bronze medal in the long jump, as was junior teammate Alex Dautremont in the discus.

Zaruba ended up second in the 800, as did freshman Olivia Magruder in the high jump. The Lions got fourth-place finishes from Addison McCullough in the long jump, fellow freshman Abby Zaruba in the 1,500 and sophomore Dalanie Graap in the 400. Lone Tree was runner-up in the 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 while also claiming bronze medals in the 4-by-400, 4-by-800, distance medley and shuttle hurdles.

The Lone Tree boys produced a winner in sophomore Grey Spillman, who was the high jump champion by clearing 5’6″. Seniors Ethan Bockelman and Pietro Setti teamed up with sophomores Emmett Burke and Domonic Garcia to win the sprint medley for the Lions in 1:42.

Garcia was the silver medalist in the 100 and 200, while Setti was also a runner-up in the 400, as was freshman Brock Nebergall in the half-mile. Sophomore Reece Holbrook was fifth in both the 400 hurdles and the long jump for Lone Tree, who finished second in the 4-by-100; third in the shuttle hurdles; fourth in the 4-by-400; and fifth in the distance medley.

The Columbus girls were led by Bella Forbes’ win in the shot put, posting a top toss of 33’4″. Forbes was also second in the discus, as was fellow freshman Kymila Bacon in the 100.

Sophomore Audrey Hoback was third in the 100 hurdles for the Wildcats, while Bacon was fourth in the 200, as was freshman Ellie Sanders in the long jump. Sanders and sophomore Jessica Del Rio were fifth in the 100 hurdles and 100 open, respectively, as Columbus also took third in the 4-by-100 and shuttle hurdles.