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Roncalli boys, Northwestern girls claim Region 1B titles

Frederick Area’s John Bretsch, left, runs with the lead on the anchor leg of the Sprint Medley Relay at the Region 1B Track and Field Meet in Britton Thursday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/19/2022
BRITTON - A team's goal is always to peak at the end of the season. On Thursday during the Region 1B track and field meet, a relay squad did more than just peak. The Frederick boys' sprint medley relay team chopped seven seconds off its previous best time and soared from 24th to 3rd in Class B with their effort. John Bretsch turned in a strong anchor leg to carry the squad to a time of 3:47.71. "I knew we had to cut a lot of seconds off because we were 24th in it," Bretsch said. "I knew the 800 (leg) you could cut the most seconds off." The race was tightly contested and Bretsch barely received the baton from his teammate before the anchor runner from Britton-Hecla received his pass. "I could kind of tell what I had to do," Bretsch said, "because that (third) Britton kid was catching our kid. I'm like, oh boy, I’m going to have to go with this." The junior clocked an unofficial anchor split of 2:05. He was feeling it afterward, but was definitely satisfied with the

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