Hocker named WaMaC girls MVP

MOUNT VERNON — It was a stellar night on the track for Williamsburg’s Ava Hocker at the WaMaC conference meet in Mount Vernon Thursday.

Hocker was named girls most valuable performer and ran the distance of 400-meters three times: one with a baton in hand, one without and one with hurdles.

All ended with the same result, victory.

“It made the three 400s worth it,” Ava Hocker said with a smile after winning MVP. Hocker also ran a leg on the Raiders’ fourth-place 4x100-meter relay team.

Hocker anchored the winning sprint medley relay, which set a new meet record, won the open 400 and the 400 hurdles, a new event for the Raiders’ sophomore.

“Its been really run,“ Ava Hocker said. ”My mom ran the 400 hurdles too, so I can listen to advice from her. Its been a race I’m not putting too much pressure on.“

The Raiders’ sprint medley time ranked fourth statewide after Thursday.

“One thing we have prioritized is our handoffs, which we can still get better at,” 200-meter leg Ailea Wetjen said. “We also have been focusing a lot on finishing well.”

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Wetjen had a big night in her individual races on the evening as well.

In two of the most top-heavy events of the evening, Wetjen placed fourth — in both the 100 and 200.

Wetjen’s 200-meter time of 25.31 broke the previous meet record, and Wetjen is in the top 10 in 3A in both events.

“I love the WaMaC meet because the competition is phenomenal,” Wetjen said. “I know I’m able to run personal bests running against girls that are ranked so high in the state.”

All three runner-up finishes for the Raiders came from freshman: Ellie Nielsen in the high jump and Channing Becker in the 3,000 and 1,500.

The Williamsburg girls, as a team, finished runner-up with 104 1/2 team points.

“We have a quite a few of the same teams next weekend at our state-qualifying meet, so I’m looking forward to that,” said Wetjen. ”All of us can still drop some time.“

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On the boys’ side, Williamsburg earned one event title, from Rayce Heitman in the long jump.

Heitman jumped 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches in an event he hasn’t performed in since his freshman year.

The boys’ sprint medley team finished runner-up behind a statewide best from Center Point-Urbana.

Grant Hocker broke the previous meet record in the 400, finishing second in 49.18. Heitman was third. Both are in the top 10 in 3A.

Malachai Williams and Dylan Weisskopf both placed in the shot put for the Raiders. Williams finished fifth and Weisskopf seventh.

The Raiders finished seventh as a team with 55 points.

Sixteen meet records were broken on the evening, highlighting the firepower the WaMaC will provide the rest of the postseason.

Both teams will be back at Mount Vernon Thursday for the state-qualifying meet.

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GIRLS RESULTS

Team scores

1. Mount Vernon 162.5, 2. Williamsburg 104.5, 3. Marion 94, 4. West Delaware 86, 5. Solon 71.5, 6. Clear Creek Amana 70, 7. Center Point-Urbana 37.5, 8. Grinnell 37, 9. Benton Community 34, 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 22, 11. South Tama 11, 12. Independence 10.

Event results

Shot put — 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 39-4; 2. Ana Glawe (Benton), 37-0 3/4; 3. Lilly Ness (Williamsburg), 37-0.

Discus — 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 150-7*; 2. Kate Shafer (Solon), 129-8; 3. Ana Glawe (Benton), 121-10.

High jump — 1. Sydney Maue (Mount Vernon), 5-8*; 2. Ellie Nielsen (Williamsburg), 5-3; 3. Lauren LeClere (West Delaware), 5-0.

Long jump — 1. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 20-0 1/2*; 2. Lucy Wischmeyer (Mount Vernon), 17-3 1/4; 3. Elizabeth Timmerman (CCA), 17-3.

Sprint medley — 1. Williamsburg (Uhlmann, Hughes, Wetjen, Hocker), 1:47.21*; 2. Mount Vernon, 1:48.90; 3. Marion, 1:49.43.

3,000 — 1. Kiersten Swart (Mount Vernon), 11:06.28; 2. Channing Becker (Williamsburg), 11:13.10; 3. Olivia Primrose (Vinton-Shellsburg), 11:14.30.

4x800 — 1. Mount Vernon, 9:46.72; 2. West Delaware, 9:51.09; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 9:58.88.

Shuttle hurdle — 1. West Delaware, 1:06.45; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:08.80; 3. Benton Community, 1:08.94.

100 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion), 12.27; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 12.28; 3. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 12.31.

Distance medley — 1. Marion, 4:14.39*; 2. Mount Vernon, 4:18.47; 3. West Delaware, 4:18.49.

400 — 1. Ava Hocker (Williamsburg), 57.54; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 57.73; 3. Jerzey Haluska (Solon), 59.13.

4x200 — 1. Clear Creek Amana, 1:44.90*; 2. Marion, 1:46.15; 3. West Delaware, 1:46.74.

100 hurdles — 1. Avery Schmitz (West Delaware), 15.65; 2. Scout Ridout (South Tama), 16.30; 3. Addilyn Scheetz (CCA), 16.32.

800 — 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon), 2:23.69; 2. Sam Schoff (Mount Vernon), 2:25.95; 3. Edie Axmear (Williamsburg), 2:26.92.

200 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion), 24.95*; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 25.23; 3. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 25.24.

400 hurdles — 1. Ava Hocker (Williamsburg), 1:03.98; 2. Norah Peyton (West Delaware), 1:05.56; 3. Kiersten Swart (Mount Vernon), 1:07.78.

1,500 — 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon), 4:58.74; 2. Channing Becker (Williamsburg), 5:07.77; 3. Addison Seamans (Solon), 5:08.39.

4x100 — 1. Marion, 49.09*; 2. Grinnell, 49.32; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 50.31.

4x400 — 1. Marion, 4:00.91*; 2. West Delaware, 4:01.09; 3. Solon, 4:03.52.

*conference record

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BOYS RESULTS

Team scores

1. Clear Creek Amana 134, 2. Center Point-Urbana 107, 3. Mount Vernon 75.5, 4. Grinnell 69.5, 5. Benton Community 66, 6. Vinton-Shellsburg 64, 7. Williamsburg 55, 8. Solon 48, 9. West Delaware 36, 10. Marion 35, 11. Independence 32, 12. South Tama 19

Event results

Shot put — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 61-7 1/4; 2. Colson Chvala (Vinton-Shellsburg), 53-0 1/2; 3. Cameron Corey (Grinnell), 51-5.

Discus — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 191-2*; 2. Byron Christianson (Vinton-Shellsburg), 162-6; 3. Cameron Corey (Grinnell), 155-0.

High jump — 1. Eli Patterson (Benton), 6-6; 2. Kaden Hoeper (Solon), 6-2; 3. Gideon Hansen (Marion), 6-2.

Long jump — 1. Rayce Heitman (Williamsburg), 21-5 3/4; 2. Caleb Bock (Solon), 21-0; 3. Maddox Kelley (Solon), 20-8 1/4.

Sprint medley — 1. Center Point-Urbana, 1:31.48*; 2. Williamsburg, 1:33.56; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 1:34.91.

3,200 — 1. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 9:50.80; 2. Cadel Conner (Grinnell), 9:51.25; 3. Barrett Jesina (South Tama), 10:24.74.

4x800 — 1. Mount Vernon (O'Connor, Caskey, Olberding, Scheil), 8:13.21; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 8:21.51; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 8:21.51.

Shuttle hurdle — 1. Clear Creek Amana, 59.36; 2. Benton Community, 1:01.38; 3. West Delaware, 1:01.39.

100 — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 10.69*; 2. A.J. Maloney (CPU), 10.95; 3. Jack Cantwell (West Delaware), 11.31.

Distance medley — 1. Grinnell (Perkins, Ringler, Mahoney, Laug), 3:34.90; 2. Mount Vernon, 3:37.63; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 3:40.63.

400 — 1. Nathan Miller (CPU), 49.07*; 2. Grant Hocker (Williamsburg), 49.18; 3. Rayce Heitman (Williamsburg), 49.79.

4x200 — 1. Marion, 1:30.96; 2. Benton Community, 1:31.06; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:31.55.

110 hurdles — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 14.10*; 2. Christian Timmerman (West Delaware), 15.38; 3. Clark Morris (West Delaware), 15.47.

800 — 1. Harrison Laug (Grinnell), 1:59.63; 2. Dawson Scheil (Mount Vernon), 1:59.96; 3. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 2:01.56.

200 — 1. Carter Andrews (CPU), 22.47; 2. Owen Rosenberg (CCA), 22.58; 3. Gavin Brooks (Benton), 22.92.

400 hurdles — 1. Nathan Miller (CPU), 53.45; 2. Owen Von Ahsen (Benton), 53.51; 3. Christopher Meyer (Independence), 55.59.

1,600 — 1. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 4:26.66; 2. Cadel Conner (Grinnell), 4:27.27; 3. Brock Hilsman (CCA), 4:36.83.

4x100 — 1. Clear Creek Amana, 42.65; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 42.86; 3. Marion, 43.37.

4x400 — 1. Center Point-Urbana, 3:25.22; 2. Benton Community, 3:25.49; 3. Williamsburg, 3:26.15.

*conference record