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Athletes run for State
By Ryan Suchomel, Hometown Current
May. 13, 2024 7:08 am, Updated: May. 13, 2024 7:25 am
BROOKLYN — In Class 1A state qualifying track, area athletes were split between Brooklyn and Belle Plaine.
At BGM, the Iowa Valley boys finished third and the English Valleys girls finished fourth. Wins were tough to come by with defending 1A champion Lisbon scoring 174 team points (BCLUW was runner-up with 71.5 points, Iowa Valley had 71.)
The Tiger boys advanced six events to Des Moines. Caleb Haack finished second and is ranked second in the 200.
Lisbon also won the girls team title but the event winners were a little more spread out.
The Bears got gold from Kennedy Axmear (discus), Addison Achenbach (3,000), and Ava Gehrking (100)
The Warrior winners included Ema Roberts (high jump) and Aaliyah Cooper (400 hurdles).
The Tigers were led by a first-place finish from Lydia Kriegel (shot put).
In Belle Plaine the Plainsmen boys finished third and the girls were fifth. Madrid swept the two title, running away with the boys crown.
Sam DeMeulenaere won the 400 and 800 for Belle Plaine and anchored the gold-medal sprint medley with Mason Walter, Peyton Dostal and Lane Vokoun.
Riley Simmons won discus with a toss of 144 feet, 4 inches.
On the girls side, the lone Plainsmen winner was Alyssa Steinback in the 100 hurdles.
Results
Boys team scores — 1. Lisbon 174; 2. BCLUW 71.5; 3. Iowa Valley 71; 4. North Cedar 69; 5. Baxter 67.5; 6. (tie) Lynnville-Sully 54 and English Valleys 54; 8. Midland 40; 9. Springville 34; 9. BGM 34; 11. Calamus-Wheatland 29; 12. GMG 17; 13. HLV 13; 14. Prince of Peace 10.
Winner, area place winners
Shot put — 1. Ethan Thimmes (NC) 49-5.25.
Discus — 1. Anthony Harrington (Mid) 149-9; 4. Nolan Kriegel (IV) 129-10; 8. Garrett Hoyt (IV) 112-1.
High jump — 1. Johny Amina (NC) 6-4; 3. Josh Read (IV) 6-0; 6. (tie) Dakota Heishman (BGM) 5-4.
Long jump — 1. Daylin Schaefer (L) 20-7; 3. Deshon Anderson (EV) 19-1.5; 4. Nolan Kriegel (IV) 19-0.5; 5. Ty Heishman (BGM) 19-0.25.
Sprint medley — 1. Lisbon 1:36.75; 2. Iowa Valley (Karter Thiessen, Layne Peska, Caleb Haack, Jeffrey Crawford) 1:36.88; 6. BGM (Zachary Clayton, Nathan Findlay, Logan Findlay, Landen Cooling) 1:42.58; 8. HLV (Max Henstorf, Aiden Van waus, Payton Roth, Boston Roorda) 1:45.98.
3,200 — 1. Gage Heyne (EV) 9:54.75.
4x800 — 1. Lisbon 8:30.75; 6. English Valleys (Jonathyn Downing, Hunter Offerman, Myles Grove, Jack Osborne) 9:01.22; 7. BGM (Caleb Fleming, Ashten Kalinay, Kadon Folkman, Tucker Wright) 9:12.30.
Shuttle hurdle — 1. Iowa Valley (Chance Hoyt, Dawson Smith, Nolan Kriegel, Josh Read) 1:05.43; 6. English Valleys (Everett Bender, Teagan Mast, Roejert Patterson, Cael Grove) 1:18.28.
100 — 1. Baylor Speidel (L) 10.61; 4. Nathan Findlay (BGM) 11.71; 8. Deshon Anderson (EV) 12.11.
Distance medley — 1. English Valleys (Ben Coffman, Deshon Anderson, Myles Grove, Gage Heyne) 3:42.58; 5. Iowa Valley (Dane Smith, Owen Bral, Lane Chavla, Taite Peach) 3:53.19; 6. HLV (Mason Westerdale, Cael Weisskopf, Sean Mcculloch, Austin VanHamme) 4:08.18; 7. BGM (Landon Hassett, Jacksyn Bullers, Kadon Folkman, Tucker Wright) 4:08.93.
400 — 1. Cael Keller (BCLUW) 50.21; 2. Jeffrey Crawford (IV) 51.20; 6. Brody Sternhagen (HLV) 54.07.
4x200 — 1. Lisbon 1:33.14; 3. BGM (Zachary Clayton, Nathan Findlay, Landen Cooling, Logan Findlay) 1:35.84; 6. HLV (Max Henstorf, Aiden Van waus, Payton Roth, Boston Roorda) 1:39.07.
110 hurdles — 1. Gage Holub (L) 15.29; 4. Dakota Heishman (BGM) 16.37.
800 — 1. Michael Gadberry (L) 1:58.70; 2. Gage Heyne (EV) 1:58.80; 5. Myles Grove (EV) 2:09.70; 7. Payton Roth (HLV) 2:10.60.
200 — 1. Baylor Speidel (L) 21.30; 2. Caleb Haack (IV) 21.80.
400 hurdles — 1. Hakael Powell (PoP) 55.97.
1,600 — 1. Matt Richardson (B) 4:35.62; 2. Gage Heyne (EV) 4:35.71.
4x100 — 1. Lisbon 43.65; 3. Iowa Valley (Karter Thiessen, Layne Peska, Josh Read, Nolan Kriegel) 45.97; 4. BGM (Zachary Clayton, Nathan Findlay, Tate Martin, Logan Findlay) 46.75; 8. English Valleys (Ben Coffman, Myles Grove, Drew Fisher, Deshon Anderson) 48.24.
4x400 — 1. Iowa Valley (Karter Thiessen, Layne Peska, Caleb Haack, Jeffrey Crawford) 3:30.13; 8. HLV (Sean Mcculloch, Payton Roth, Max Henstorf, Brody Sternhagen) 3:57.21.
Girls team scores — 1. Lisbon 104.5; 2. BCLUW 103.5; 3. Lynnville-Sully 85; 4. English Valleys 78; 5. HLV 70; 6. Baxter 65; 7. Springville 45; 8. Iowa Valley 44; 9. Midland 38; 10. Calamus-Wheatland 37; 11. North Cedar 24; 12. GMG 17; 13. BGM 11.
Winner, area place winners
Shot put — 1. Lydia Kriegel (IV) 37-8.5; 2. Kennedy Axmear (EV) 37-3; 6. Taylor Mikesell (EV) 33-6; 8. Aubrey Zittergruen (HLV) 31-4.5.
Discus — 1. Kennedy Axmear (EV) 124-0; 2. Lydia Kriegel (IV) 117-11; 7. Raelene Hawkins (HLV) 93-9.\
High jump — 1. Ema Roberts (HLV) 5-4; 5. (tie) Nicole Gensley (HLV) 4-8 and Kennedy Thiessen (IV) 4-8.
Long jump — 1. Ava Czarnecki (L) 15-11.75; 4. Maeci Marshall (IV) 14-8.
Sprint medley — 1. Lisbon 1:53.45; 3. HLV (Lily Randall, Emery Hall, Ayla Hall, Aaliyah Cooper) 1:57.59; 6. BGM (Connie Schott, Amiah Lint, Ryanne VanDee, Clair Manatt) 2:09.01; 7. English Valleys (Delaney Hall, Mallory Koehn, Anna Gorsh, Aubrey Achenbach) 2:09.38.
3,000 — 1. Addison Achenbach (EV) 11:49.02; 3. Kaylee Frazier (EV) 13:01.82.
4x800 — 1. BCLUW 10:03.19; 3. Iowa Valley (Grace Ryan, Emma Von Lienen, Ella Read, Hannah Ryan) 10:29.41.
Shuttle hurdle — 1. Springville 1:09.60; 4. BGM (Ryanne VanDee, Clair Manatt, Jeryn Kalinay, Amiah Lint) 1:15.93; 7. English Valleys (Kailor Lown, Phoenix Sorden-Spies, Mallory Koehn, Lydia Smith) 1:25.49.
100 — 1. Ava Gehrking (EV) 12.90; 2. Lily Randall (HLV) 13.02.
Distance medley — 1. BCLUW 4;26.60; 2. HLV (Lily Randall, Ayla Hall, Aaliyah Cooper, Emery Hall) 4;26.65; 3. Iowa Valley (Michaela Schachtlie, Ella Read, Kennedy Thiessen, Emma Von Lienen) 4:52.48.
400 — 1. Courtney Knoche (CW) 1:00.52; 2. Ema Roberts (HLV) 1:02.67; 8. Hannah Ryan (IV) 1:11.51.
4x200 — 1. Lisbon 1:48.77; 5. English Valleys (Kailor Lown, Libby Armstrong, Delaney Hall, Anna Gorsh) 1:57.69; 8. Iowa Valley (Michaela Schachtlie, Abby Sparrowgrove, Clara Fry, Kylie Loffer) 2:02.83.
100 hurdles — 1. Camryn Russell (B) 16.10; 6. Ryanne VanDee (BGM) 17.47.
800 — 1. Courtney Knoche (CW) 2:28.30; 2. Emery Hall (HLV) 2:31.00; 7. Aubrey Achenbach (EV) 2;43.20.
200 — 1. Addy Happel (L) 25.90; 3. Ava Gehrking (EV) 26.70.
400 hurdles — 1. Aaliyah Cooper (HLV) 1:10.06.
1,500 — 1. Kalia Stover (BCLUW) 5:25.02; 4. Addison Achenbach (EV) 5:42.76; 6. Kaylee Frazier (EV) 5:46.92.
4x100 — 1. Lisbon 51.36; 3. English Valleys (Hadyn Bender, Libby Armstrong, Delaney Hall, Ava Gehrking) 54.55; 7. Iowa Valley (Maeci Marshall, Abby Sparrowgrove, Clara Fry, Kylie Loffer) 58.41.
4x400 — 1. BCLUW 4:19.26; 3. HLV (Ayla Hall, Emery Hall, Aaliyah Cooper, Ema Roberts) 4:23.09; 7. Iowa Valley (Grace Ryan, Emma Von Lienen, Kennedy Thiessen, Ella Read) 4:48.67.
Class 1A state qualifier at Belle Plaine
Boys team scores - 1. Madrid 215; 2. Janesville 72; 3. Belle Plaine 70; 4. Central City 68; 5. North Linn 59; 6. Clarksville 55; 7. AGWSR 43; 8. Don Bosco 39; 9. Waterloo Christian 30; 10. North Tama 28; 11. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 18; 12. Colo-Nesco 12; 13. Valley Lutheran 7; 14. Meskwaki Settlement 3.
Winner, Belle Plaine place winners
Shot put - 1. Dawson Barnett (C) 49-5.
Discus - 1. Riley Simmons (BP) 144-4.
High jump - 1. Jayce Fuson (M) 5-10.
Long jump - 1. Eli Schmidt (C) 21-5.5; 3. Lane Vokoun (BP) 20-6.
Sprint medley - 1. Belle Plaine (Mason Walter, Peyton Dostal, Lane Vokoun, Sam DeMeulenaere) 1:39.11.
3,200 - 1. Clay Warson (M) 10:43.97.
4x800 - 1. Madrid 8:30.59.
Shuttle hurdle - 1. Madrid 1:04.12.
100 - 1. Tyler Fuller (M) 11.32; 5. Lane Vokoun (BP) 11.97.
Distance medley - 1. Madrid 3;44.26.
400 - 1. Sam DeMeulenaere (BP) 52.41; 6. Maddox Purk (BP) 56.69.
4x200 - 1. Madrid 1:32.20.
110 hurdles - 1. Kaden Abbas (AGWSR) 15.34; 3. Lane Vokoun (BP) 15.80.
800 - 1. Sam DeMeulenaere (BP) 2:01.02.
200 - 1. Tyler Fuller (M) 22.89.
400 hurdles - 1. Jack Lindeman (J) 56.00; 2. Sam DeMeulenaere (BP) 57.88.
1,600 - 1. Clay Warson (M) 4:42.02; 8. Maddox Purk (BP) 5:30.54.
4x100 - 1. Madrid 44.72; 7. Belle Plaine (Adyson Stark, Mason Walter, Peyton Dostal, Ty Alcott) 48.79.
4x400 - 1. Madrid 3:37.59.
Girls team scores - 1. Madrid 121; 2. AGWSR 113; 3. North Linn 93; 4. Janesville 66; 5. Belle Plaine 61; 6. (tie) Don Bosco 54 and Galdbrook-Reinbeck 54; 8. Waterloo Christian 37; 9. Clarksville 31; 10. Colo-Nesco 30; 11. Meskwaki Settlement 28; 12. North Tama 26; 13. Valley Lutheran 2.
Winner, Belle Plaine place winners
Shot put - 1. Abby Veld (AGWSR) 38-0; 4. Denisyn Adams (BP) 31-8; 8. Janessa Blomme (BP) 30-1.
Discus - 1. Abby Veld (AGWSR) 126-4; 2. Denisyn Adams (BP) 92-4; 8. Lizzy Sankot (BP) 81-7.
High jump - 1. Kennedy Brant (GR) 5-3.
Long jump - 1. Sia Bear (MS) 16-10.5.
Sprint medley - 1. Don Bosco 1:53.93; 6. Belle Plaine (Ella Grieder, Aurora Hemmingsen-Brinkman, Ava Grieder, Kaylie Donnelly) 2:04.11.
3,000 - 1. Katelyn Brandhorst (M) 10:49.13.
4x800 - 1. AGWSR 10:14.22.
Shuttle hurdle - 1. Janesville 1:12.98; 2. Belle Plaine (Ella Grieder, Ava Grieder, Kennedy Coover, Alyssa Steinback) 1:13.58.
100 - 1.Kloe Nissen (DB) 12.89; 7. Maya Johnson (BP) 14.11.
Distance medley - 1. AGWSR 4:26.86; 3. Belle Plaine (Aurora Hemmingsen-Brinkman, Ava Grieder, Kaylie Donnelly, Kennedy Coover) 4:49.89.
400 - 1. Kloe Nissen (DB) 59.78.
4x200 - 1. North Linn 1:52.32; 6. Belle Plaine (Aurora Hemmingsen-Brinkman, Paige Trunkhill, Kaylie Donnelly, Maya Johnson) 2:02.58.
100 hurdles - 1. Alyssa Steinback (BP) 16.93.
800 - 1. Katelyn Brandhorst (M) 2:25.47; 4. Kennedy Coover 9BP) 2:37.75.
200 - 1. Kloe Nissen (DB) 26.22.
400 hurdles - 1. Honor Hovegna (J) 1:09.50; 4. Alyssa Steinback (BP) 1:11.48.
1,500 - 1. Katelyn Brandhorst (M) 5:01.83.
4x100 - 1. North Linn 54.08; 5. Belle Plaine (Ella Grieder, Aurora Hemmingsen-Brunkman, Kaylie Donnelly, Alyssa Steinback) 57.09.
4x400 - 1. AGWSR 4:16.81.