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Track opens in Wamac Conference
By Ryan Suchomel, Hometown Current
Mar. 25, 2024 7:43 am, Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 10:44 am
GRINNELL — Williamsburg competed in the Wamac Indoor Tuesday, March 19, at Grinnell College.
No team scores were kept.
Ava Hocker won gold for the Raiders, placing first in the 400 in 1:00.28. She also ran the anchor leg on the winning 4 x 400 relay, finishing it after Analise DeWitt, Graceyn Uhlmann and Phoenix Gryp ran the first three legs.
Aside from Adam Arp winning the 60-meter wheelchair, the Raider boys’ best finish was the third-place 4 x 800 relay of Devin Busch, Peyton Stowers, Landon Batcheler, and Noah Estling. They finished in 8 minutes, 44.54 seconds.
Wamac Indoor
Boys
Winner, Williamsburg
High jump — 1. Brady Kurt (Indee) 6-1; 10. Rogan Ackerman (W) 5-6.
Long jump — 1. Aren Schlemme (CCA) 20-8.
Shot put — 1. Brady McDonald (Indee) 53-11.5; 11. Braden Plotz (W) 44-2.5; 21. Malachai Williams (W) 39-11; 30. Trenton Davies (W) 35-4; 53. Ben Eschen (W) 21-1.
60 hurdles — 1. Nash Kotar (Solon) 8.93.
60 — 1. Kellan Harter (Grinnell) 7.00; 25. Caleb Welsh (W) 7.75; 42. Rogan Ackerman (W) 8.15; 49. Aaron Parsons (W) 8.68; 57. Ethan Koch (W) 10.14.
60 wheelchair — 1. Adam Arp (W) 17.31.
1,600 — 1. James Brant (ST) 4:28.64; 9. Wes Hulseberg (W) 4:50.48; 22. Finn Brummel (W) 5:22.36; 23. Charlie Koons (W) 5:31.92.
4 x 200 — 1. Benton Community 1:36.62; 23. Williamsburg (Luke Kleinmeyer, Jacoby Cox, Zach Soukup, Dylan Wilkey) 1:58.31; 24. Williamsburg (Caleb Kubas, Aaron Parsons, Matthew Wille, Ethan Koch) 2:10.76.
4 x 800 — 1. Vinton-Shellsburg 8:41.45; 3. Williamsburg (Devin Busch, Peyton Stowers, Landon Batcheler, Noah Estling) 8:44.54.
200 — 1. Aren Schlemme (CCA) 22.89; 44. Zach Soukup (W) 28.21; 49. Luke Kleinmeyer (W) 29.70; 51. Dylan Wilkey (W) 30.82.
Distance medley — 1. Solon 3:44.33; 10. Williamsburg (Caleb Welsh, Jacoby Cox, Colin Reed, Nile Busch) 4:18.53.
400 — 1. Kellan Harter (Grinnell) 52.46; 35. Matthew Wille (W) 1:08.50.
800 — 1. Grady Olberding (MV) 2:04.90; 11. Finn Brummel (W) 2:17.78; 26. Dominic Fisher (W) 2:40.85.
4 x 400 — 1. Center Point-Urbana 3:35.40; 13. Williamsburg (Wes Hulseberg, Devin Busch, Calvin Seeman, Hayes Arwine) 3:54.16; 20. Williamsburg (Colin Reed, Nile Busch, Charlie Koons, Tyler McMullin) 4:20.00.
Girls
Winner, Williamsburg
High jump — 1. Sydney Maue (MV) 5-0; 5. Phoenix Gryp (W) 4-6; 8. Liberty Maxwell (W) 4-4.
Long jump — 1. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell) 16-3.25; 4. Keston Spratt (W) 15-4.5; 9. Ailea Wetjen (W) 14-1; 13. Carly Rich (W) 13-9; 16. Mya Simmons (W) 13-3.75; 31. Sara Pieroni (W) 9-8.75.
Shot put — 1. Ana Glawe (BC) 37-7.5; 16. Clarissa Suhr (W) 29-5; 17. Lilly Ness (W) 29-3.5; 45. Emma Miller (W) 15-10.
60 hurdles — 1. Avery Schmitz (WD) 9.78; 13. Phoenix Gryp (W) 10.79; 14. Kalon Spratt (W) 10.84; 20. Kadie Reed (W) 11.04; 24. Lanie Long (W) 11.25.
60 — 1. Kenzie Lovell (Marion) 8.04; 15. Lily Wilson (W) 8.88; 19. Mya Simmons (W) 8.95; 35. Cecelia Gryp (W) 9.31; 43. Jersey Metz (W) 9.53; 55. Grace Weldon (W) 10.23.
1,500 — 1. Kiersten Swart (MV) 5:12.48; 9. Reagan McMenomy (W) 5:31.96; 11. Ashlyn Hoffman (W) 5:52.61.
4 x 200 — 1. Solon 1:49.89; 5. Williamsburg (Makenna Hughes, Ailea Wetjen, Taylor Sanchez, Shannon Finn) 1:53.16; 9. Williamsburg (Mya Simmons, Graceyn Uhlmann, Kennedy Skaggs, Elizabeth Stohlmann) 1:58.51.
4 x 800 — 1. West Delaware 10:34.63; 7. Williamsburg (Analise DeWitt, Alley Gorsh, Edie Axmear, Lilyona Abernathy) 11:24.69.
200 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion) 26.57; 4. Ailea Wetjen (W) 27.54; 17. Kadie Reed (W) 30.41; 23. Lanie Long (W) 31.06; 31. Kalon Spratt (W) 31.74; 40. Makenze Riedel (W) 32.54.
Distance medley — 1. Solon 4:26.19; 6. Williamsburg (Elizabeth Stohlmann, Taylor Sanchez, Keston Spartt, Reagan McMenomy) 4:45.82.
400 — 1. Ava Hocker (W) 1:00.28; 12. Kaylin Becker (W) 1:13.23; 13 Zoe Allen (W) 1:13.90; 16. Alley Gorsh (W) 1:14.40; 24. Liberty Maxwell (W) 1:17.79.
800 — 1. Kyra Cordes (Marion) 2:25.81; 6. Edie Axmear (W) 2:43.48; 12. Lilyona Abernathy (W) 2:46.62; 13. Ashlyn Hoffman (W) 2:47.65; 14. Valerie Altenhofen (W) 2:47.77; 23. Zada Buchholtz (W) 3:00.40.
4x400 — 1. Williamsburg (Shannon Finn, Keston Spratt, Makenna Hughes, Ava Hocker) 4:14.95; 9. Williamsburg (Analise DeWitt, Graceyn Uhlmann, Phoenix Gryp, Kennedy Skaggs) 4:35.01.