JANESVILLE &045; The NRHEG boys’ track and field continued its surprising spring, winning the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Invitational Thursday.

The Panthers topped the six-team field with 116 points, followed by Mankato Loyola with 112, Maple River 104, Faribault Academies 96, JWP 58 and Montgomery-Lonsdale 28.

“It was very satisfying to finish first,” said co-coach Mike Weber. “It has been a long time coming. Guys who don’t score huge points, but pull in some, and just really compete in a hard-nosed fashion, gave us the win.”

The Panthers had five firsts. Sonny Berg won two events, the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. Dustin Schriever won the 200, Matt Reiter the 3200. John Coffield, Tim Rysavy, Brian Bos and Reiter teamed to win the 4×800 relay.

Taking second were Schriever in the high jump, Coffield in the 1600 and Berg in the 200. Schriever, Blake Kierkoff and Geoff Stieglbauer were joined for second by Jake Bushlack in the 4×200 relay; Adam Moen joined them for second in the 4×100.

Other NRHEG places: Rysavy, third, 800; Berg, third, long jump; Tom Bartness, fourth, 400 and fifth, 200; Bushlack, fifth, high jump; Stieglbauer, fifth, 100 and fifth, triple jump; Kierkoff, sixth, high jump; Krey Cory, sixth, 1600; and Brady Jensen, sixth, discus.