(Sentinel photo by Roy Tucker) Hinton's Brandi Schindel circles the track during the 800-meter run Tuesday at the Heartland Relays in Marcus. [Click to enlarge]

Two separate stoppages from rain cut the night short Tuesday at the Heartland Relays in Marcus, but between the storms the Hinton girls' track team shone bright.

The Blackhawks won a total of 10 events and cruised to the team title with 149 points - well ahead of second-place Akron-Westfield with 108.

Kinsey Bak turned in Hinton's top individual performance with three golds, adding a fourth as part of a first-place relay.

(Sentinel photo by Roy Tucker) A-W's Shelby Johnson won the gold with her 114-4 spin of the discus Tuesday afternoon at the Heartland Relays in Marcus. [Click to enlarge]

Bak won the high jump (5-0), the long jump (16-4 3/4) and the 100 hurdles (15.42) solo, then ran with Shelby Derochie, Ashton Moody and Brandi Schindel on the Blackhawks' winning distance medley relay (4:46.27).

Schindel added her own individual gold in the 800-meter run (2:29.50), while Kelci Teut helped Hinton capture three of four field events with a winning spin in the discus (92-9).

Kylie Poss mined her share of gold Tuesday as well, scoring an individual title in the 200-meter dash (28.28) while running with Mackenzie Small, Abby Hageman and Moody on the Blackhawks' first-place 4x200 relay (1:53.55).

Hageman won the 100-meter dash (13.07), Small was second in the long jump (15-1 3/4) and Moody took third in the 400 hurdles (77.56) and sixth in the high jump (4-4).

The 4x800 team of Jaci Dehner, Erica VanHolland, Nadja Dubois and Audrey Jenkins rounded out the Hinton first-place finishes (11:31.28) and Dehner, Dubois and Jenkins added medals at other points in the meet.

Jans was fourth in the 400 hurdles (78.59) and ran with Dehner, Crystal Robinson and Brittany Stampe on Hinton's third-place shuttle hurdle relay (1:17.93).

Jenkins moved on from the 4x800 to place fourth in the 800 (2:44.67) and Dubois was fourth in the 200 (29.43).

Hinton's Erika Johnston and Allyson Howe went 3-4 in the 3,000-meter run (14:52.2/15:18), Katie Lahn was fifth in the 100 (14.38), Robinson fifth in the 400-meter dash (83.72) and Stampe fifth in the 100 hurdles (17.74) to round out Hinton's efforts on the track.

The Blackhawks scored additional points from Briana Babcock with a fourth-place finish in the shot put (27-4) and Alice Jessip at fifth in the discus (88-2).

The runner-up Lady Westerners had three gold medals on the night, including Shelby Johnson in the discus (114-4). Johnson was also third in the shot put (28-5 3/4).

A-W's Lauren Blinde had one individual win in the 400 hurdles (73.34) and teamed with Karly Groon, Kristin Martin and Jordan Harris for the shuttle hurdle relay gold (1:10.93).

Members of that shuttle accounted for several other medals Tuesday, including Groon second in the high jump (5-0) and third in the 100 (13.37).

Harris was second in both the 100 hurdles (16.58) and the 400 hurdles (74.03), Blinde was third in both the 100 hurdles (17.08) and the 400 (69.52), while Martin took fourth in the high jump (4-8).

Other second-place finishes for A-W included Laura Willer in the shot put (30-9) and Missy Dewey in the 400 (69.46).

Willer was also fourth in the discus (90-7), while Dewey ran with Alison Kusler, Tasha Johnson and Ambra Coon on the Lady Westerners' third-place 4x200 relay (1:58.62).

Both Hinton and Akron-Westfield will next run at a Class 1A regional meet in Lawton Saturday. Event champions at Lawton automatically qualify for the state meet, as well as the next 12 best performances from the 12 1A regional meets around the state.

Team Standings: Hinton 149; Akron-Westfield 108; West Sioux 71; Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 69; Aurelia 35.