Junior Peter DeYoung (Evansville, IN/Evansville Bosse) took advantage of the familiar home surroundings, taking first place in the triple jump with a leap of 42-10. He also captured first place in the high jump, clearing 6-4.
Junior Mark Sherer (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) took first place in the 1500-meter run, finishing just ahead of sophomore Dan Ruge (Chesterton, IN/Chesterton). Sherer finished in 4:08.38, just nipping Ruge at the line by .13 seconds (4:08.51).
The 4 X 200 relay team of Joe Bombagetti (Crown Point, IN/Crown Point), Ken Rudolph (Ft. Wayne, IN/Concordia Lutheran), Jerome Murray (Lawton, OK/Eisenhower), and Darren Green (Dallas, TX/South Texas HS for Health Professions) raced to the finish ahead of the competition to take first place with a time of 1:33.81.
Green added an individual second-place finish in the 200-meter run (23.24) and a third in the 55-meter dash (6.62). Junior John Crumpacker (Crawfordsville, IN/Ben Davis) was second in the pole vault (13 feet).
Senior Jared Smit (Lafayette, IN/Central Catholic) took second in the 3000-meter run (8:56.55). Junior Caleb Ishman (Gary, IN/Emerson Visual and Performing Arts) opened the competition with a stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, then followed up with solid third-place finish in the weight throw (45' 2-1/2").
Ten teams competed in the Invitational, which was not scored as a team competition.