GILBERT – The three event victories, 10 medal-winning performances and third-place team finish were great, they really were, but Darrell Paulsen still wanted to see more.

Paulsen knows what his athletes are capable of and with less than a month remaining in the season, the South Hamilton boys’ track and field coach has ramped up the expectations.

It’s the only way the Hawks will attain their goals come the postseason.

“I just thought we were a little sluggish and I didn’t see what I’d seen in the first four or five meets,” Paulsen said following his team’s showing in Monday’s Bengal Relays. “But overall I’m happy.”

There was plenty to smile about for the Hawks, who amassed 113 points and sat just two points behind Class B runner-up Ogden (115). Madrid was at a different level with nine gold medals and a meet-best 180 points to sail to the team crown.

Twin brothers Devon and Jared Fisher combined to produce 39 of the Hawks’ points, and they broke even in head-to-head battles.

Running side-by-side in the outside lanes, the Fisher boys were neck and neck in the 400-meter dash as they sprinted down the homestretch. Jared had the extra push to win the event in 53.57 seconds, a blink ahead of his silver medalist brother Devon (53.84).

It was Devon’s turn in the 800, as he strode to the front for the win in 2:07.10. Jared was third in 2:09.01.

Still, Paulsen said neither of the twins was exactly thrilled with their outputs.

“I think they ran well at times, but for some reason there wasn’t the consistency and they knew that,” Paulsen said.

The Fishers teamed up with Logan Peters and Josiah Brown to dominate the 4×800 relay early in the meet. With both classes running together, the Hawks jumped to the front early and rolled to gold in 8:35.80.

Peters took his own shot at individual gold in the loaded 1,600 field. The freshman pushed to the front on the third lap, but was unable to maintain his position over the final 300 meters and settled for second in 4:50.34.

Peters was also on the anchor of the second-place 1,600 medley relay (3:59.65) that included Drake Thompson, Logan Klemp and Brown.

Second place went to the Hawks’ 4×100 (52.49), which consisted of Treyton Twedt, Blake Barquist, Sam Lewis and Tralonias Wright.

Barquist was an individual bronze medalist in the long jump (18 feet, 9 inches), as was Trey Woodall in the 400 low hurdles (1:00.36).

South Hamilton will head to Story City on Thursday for the Norsemen Relays.