Five area schools run at Hawk Relays

It was a busy night at the Hawk Relays at Mid-Prairie High School, as 21 different teams competed at the co-ed meet.

When the dust settled, there were many top finishes for the four area schools that were represented at the meet.

On the girls? side of the contest, Mid-Prairie tied for first among the six teams competing, with Highland taking fourth, IMS taking fifth and Columbus finishing in sixth.

On the boys? side, Mid-Prairie took sixth in the 15-team meet, with Highland earning ninth place, Columbus taking 10th, Washington finishing in 13th and IMS taking 15th.

Washington

The Demons went to the meet and notched eight team points in Wellman, the bulk of which came from junior Caleb Bex.

Bex took fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a time of 16.0 seconds, finishing a second behind Oskaloosa?s Austin Reed, who won the meet title.

?Caleb is running very consistent,? Washington boys? track coach Steve Roth said. ?He?s right around 15.8, 15.9 or 16, and he?s being consistent. He ran a nice race and got out well. He didn?t hit a hurdle and is getting better and better. He?s going to have to because our district is tough.?

Demon senior Jack Giardino also posted a strong showing for the Demons, using a run of 11.75 seconds to claim fifth in the 100-meter dash.

?Jack isn?t running the times he wants to, but it?s his third 100 of the year,? Roth said. ?He just needs to run a little more.?

In the shuttle hurdle relay, the Demons went with their younger runners, and came away with a strong finish, taking sixth in the meet with a team of Cade Hennigan, Lincoln Kleese, Chase McDole and Ben Schiefer.

?With three freshman on that team and one sophomore, they had good form,? Roth said. ?Cade Hennigan got us out really well, then Lincoln Kleese had a tough time on the first hurdle, but got it back together. Ben finished it up very strong. I?m proud of the way they ran. The more I get to run them, the more confident they get.?

The Demons? 4x200-meter relay team of Ethan Hansen, Bryce Rickey, Tanner Murphy and Jose Tapia combined for a 1:38.25 to take sixth in the meet.

The Demons will be sending several events to Winfield-Mt. Union on Thursday night, as they look to post final times before the Drake Relays cutoff date at midnight.

Mid-Prairie

It was a strong all-around night for the Hawks at their home relay, highlighted by the girls? team claiming a share of the team title.

The Hawk girls earned five crowns on the day, picking up individual titles from Kate Cavanagh in the 1500-meter run (5:51.63) and Maddi Zahradnek in the 800-meter run (2:41.74).

In the relays, the Hawks earned the title in the distance medley relay with Emily Cayton, Alex Rath, Abby Tornow and Hannah Van Roekel combining for the title.

The 4x100-meter team of Ali Butters, Rath, Tornow and Cayton claimed a meet title, while the 4x800-meter team of Tornow, Kessa Jones, Van Roekel and Zahradnek also finished in first place.

On the boys? side of the meet, championships were tougher to come by in a 15-team meet, but junior Levi Duwa continued his dominance in the shot and discus, claiming titles in both events.

Mid-Prairie?s boys also had their 4x800-meter relay team of Peyton Miller, Quinn Schmidt, Cary Schaefer and Andrew Schwartz earn a meet title as well.

Highland

One of the biggest highlights of the meet was the 3200-meter run of Highland senior Keiffer Sexton, who claimed the meet title in the event.

Sexton shattered his own 3200-meter school record (which he set last Friday) by nine seconds on Tuesday night, running a 9:48.24.

Highland also saw its boys? distance medley team of Trey Lasek, Chase Rath, Jake Wood and Caleb Brase, and the 4x400-meter relay team of Wood, Brase, Lasek and Sexton each take fourth place at the meet.

Billy Burton also claimed fourth place in the long jump with a distance of 20 feet ? 1.5 inches.

On the girls? side of the meet, Bailey Harmston won the high jump, clearing 4 feet ? 10 inches, while Aly Stokes finished in third in the long jump, leaping 15 feet ? 11 inches.

Emilee Thomann finished in fourth in the 100-meter dash, while Macey Thomann finished in the same place in the 400-meter dash.

Kristy Thomann finished in third place in the 200-meter dash, followed by Sarah Schneider?s fourth-place finish in the same event.

Bailey Harmston took third in the 400-meter hurdles.

In the relays, Highland?s 4x200-meter relay team of Murphy Beinhart, Sarah Schneider, Stokes and Kelsey Hora won the event, while distance medley team of Schneider, Sydney Black, Kelsey Hora and Kylie Wood took second.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Beinhart, Stokes, Black and Hora also won the meet title, running a 4:29.64.

Columbus

On the girls? side of the meet, Columbus was paced by Shania Boyd, who earned meet titles in the long jump, 400-meter dash and anchored the shuttle hurdle relay winning team.

Boyd was joined by Anna Hamilton, Monaye Matthews and Angie Byas in the shuttle hurdle event.

The Wildcats also had a strong finish in the 800-meter sprint medley, with a team of Courtney Zaehringer, Byas, Matthews and Boyd.

Ashley Canny took third in the 1500-meter run, while the Wildcats also finished in second place in the 4x400-meter relay, with a team of Janessa Carpenter, Vanessa Cuellar, Betsy Atanacio and Canny.

On the boys? side, Mauricio Ramirez had a strong night, taking second in each of the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and a fifth-place finish in the long jump.

IMS

Iowa Mennonite?s girls had a strong meet, highlighted by Emma Beachy?s meet title in the discus with a personal-best distance of 91 feet ? 07 inches.

IMS also claimed a meet title in the sprint medley relay, posting a time of 2:07.79 with Taylor Geyer, Grace Belin, Mackenzie Gutierrez and Calli Shaw combining.

Rubye Ney finished in second in the 100-meter hurdles, while Suzanna Yoder claimed second in the 200-meter dash.

IMS saw its boys? team earn a fifth-place finish from Drake Brezina in the 200-meter dash, to go with Levi Geyer?s personal best in the 3200, running an 11:13.79.