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Weisskopf 3rd in high jump at Drake Relays
By Ryan Suchomel, Hometown Current
Apr. 29, 2024 8:00 am
DES MOINES — No flags, but the Williamsburg track teams stayed pretty busy at the Drake Relays this week in Des Moines.
Senior Derek Weisskopf finished fourth in the discus, ninth in the shot put and third in the high jump.
Ava Hocker was 12th in the 400, and anchored the Raider sprint medley team, which finished ninth.
English Valleys’s Kennedy Axmear finished fourth in the discus and 11th in the shot put, and Iowa Valley’s Lydia Kriegel was 16th in the discus.
Results
Williamsburg
Boys Discus — 4. Derek Weisskopf 181-9.
Boys shot put — 9. Derek Weisskopf 51-6.25.
Boys high jump — 3. Derek Weisskopf 6-5.
Girls sprint medley — 9. Makenna Hughes, Taylor Sanchez, Ailea Wetjen, Ava Hocker 1:50.72.
Girls 400 — 12. Ava Hocker 57.94.
Girls 4x100 — 37. Ailea Wetjen, Taylor Sanchez, Makenna Hughes, Ava Hocker 50.69.
Boys 4x100 — 27. Alex Reese, Clayten Steckly, Braylon Wetjen, Rayce Heitman 43.40.
Girls 4x400 — 20. Makenna Hughes, Keston Spratt, Reagan McMenomy, Ava Hocker 4:10.20.
Other area finishers
Girls shot put — 11. Kennedy Axmear (EV) 37-9.5.
Girls discus — 4. Kennedy Axmear (EV) 136-7; 16. Lydia Kriegel (IV) 119-2.