Middle School Track Starts Season

Coaches Shane Barron and Bridget Swailes are pleased with the Tigers performance at the Danville Co-ed Relays on April. 5. The boys’ team has 19 out and the girls’ team numbers 12.

Coach Barron provided some insights, “The first track meet is always tough, especially for seventh graders. They don't know anything about hip numbers, when to check in, etc. Sometimes this is the first sporting event that they have chosen to participate in. There were a lot of nerves early, but by the end of the meet, they were starting to get the hang of it. We may have established two school records for middle school in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team and the 4X400." The boys, as a team, finished second.

Boys Results:

100M - Jaece Deterding - 4th -14.16; Bentley Wright - 6th - 14.79.

100M Hurdles - Gavin Strawhacker - 1st - 17.77; Owen Severson - 2nd - 17.86; Dylan Burden - 3rd - 17.90.

200M - Deterding - 2nd - 29.53; Preston Sholl - 4th - 34.79.

200M Hurdles - Severson - 3rd - 32.30.

400M - Ayden Browning - 5th - 1:16.16; Jayden Wagner - 6th - 1:26.48.

800M - Natan Bergman - 3rd - 2:46.43; Zayden Lawrence - 6th - 3:14.24.

1600M - Bergman - 4th - 6:14.42; Elijah Ingwersen - 6th - 7:25.91.

800SMR - K. Connelly, E. Hinton, Z. Long, A. Browning - 3rd - 2:15.48.

4x100 - B. Wright, E. Ingwersen, Z. Long, J. Gallup - 5th - 8:44.98.

4x200 - R. Merschman, E. Hinton, Z. Long, J. Gallup - 3rd - 2:01.36.

4x100 SHR - G. Strawhacker, D. Burden, K. Porter, O. Severson - 1st - 1:10.19.

4x400 - K. Porter, G. Strawhacker, J. Deterding, D. Burden - 1st - 4:12.70.

4x800 - E. Ingwersen, P. Sholl, K. Connelly, A. Browning - 3rd - 11:47.86.

Distance Med - E. Hinton, Z. Long, J. Gallup, C. Swanson - 2nd - 4:55.11.

Discus - Merschman - 2nd - 93-02; Cole Swanson - 6th - 80-01.

High Jump - Deterding - 1st - 5-02.00; Kellan Porter - 3rd - 5-01.00.

Long Jump - Strawhacker - 2nd - 16-00.00; Severson - 4th - 15-08.50.

Shot Put - Merschman - 2nd - 30-08.50; Joedon Nelson - 6th - 23-09.50.

Girls Results

According to Coach Swailes, the girls put up a strong showing against Danville and WB/ND, two tough conference foes. She is looking forward to improving as the Tigers ready for their next meet on April 19 at West Burlington. The girls finished 3rd as a team with 111 points.

100M - Lilly Coffin - 5th - 16.71; Emily Miller - 6th - 18.48’

100M Hurdles - Hailey Deterding - 2nd - 19.97; Allison Gillip- 4th - 21.20.

200M - Sophie May - 5th - 35.35; Lilly Coffin - 6th - 36.99.

400M - Deterding - 1st - 1:06.66.

800M - Irelynn Kelly - 1st - 3:16.03.

1500M - Kelly - 2nd - 6:53.60.

800 SMR - K. Schwenker, L. Coffin, E. Adams, H. Deterding - 2nd - 2:19.10.

4x200 - L. Coffin, S. May, A. Gillip, K. Schwenker - 3rd - 2:23.65

Distance Med - I. Kelly, K. Schwenker, A. Gillip, E. Adams - 2nd - 5:45.26.

Discus - May - 2nd - 53-10; Grace Chandler - 3rd - 49-08.

High Jump - Deterding - 1st - 4-06.00.

Long Jump - Evelyn Adams - 5th - 12-06.00; Coffin - 6th - 12-03.00.

Shot Put - May - 2nd - 19-01.00; Adams - 3rd - 18.08.50.

The coaches were quite pleased with the effort and results and look forward to the next competition. Congratulations on a great start!