Local boys? teams impress at Demon Relays

Many area teams got their chance to show what they could do early in the season on Tuesday afternoon.

Six boys? track teams in the coverage area stretched their legs at the Demon Relays, with Mid-Prairie claiming the Class B title.

The meet was split into three classes, with Washington in Class A, Mid-Prairie in Class B and WACO, Keota, Highland and Columbus in Class C.

For full Washington results, check out Wednesday?s issue of The Journal.

Mid-Prairie

The Class B team title for the Golden Hawks came with 12 top 3 finishes on the day, led by a trio of field event titles.

Levi Duwa claimed the Class B shot put crown with a throw of 50 feet ? 9.5 inches, while also picking up the discus title with a toss of 159 feet ? 6 inches.

Marshal Teets also picked up a title in the high jump, clearing 5 feet ? 8 inches on the day.

Mid-Prairie picked up the top two spots in each of the 800- and 1600-meter runs on Tuesday, with Ryan Errthum and Luke Sigler finishing back to back in the 800. Sigler and Andrew Schwarz earned the top two spots in the 1600.

Floyd Evans claimed the Class B 3200-meter title, with a time of 10:35.37.

100-meter dash

3. Peyton Miller, 11.99

7. Jackson Young, 12.85

200-meter dash

7. Jared Miller, 26.54

9. Ryan Miller, 27.18

400-meter dash

2. Quinn Schmidt, 55.63

6. Elmir Ganibegovic, 1:02.53

800-meter run

1. Ryan Errthum, 2:10.76

2. Luke Sigler, 2:10.90

1600-meter run

1. Luke Sigler, 4:55.33

2. Andrew Schwarz, 4:57.99

3200-meter run

1. Floyd Evans, 10:35.37

5. David Fleming, 11:46.50

4x100-meter relay

3. Peyton Miller, 47.95

Cary Schaefer

Keaton Duwa

Jackson Young

4x200-meter relay

1. Quinn Schmidt, 1:39.96

Keaton Duwa

Marshal Teets

Cary Schaefer

4x400-meter relay

2. Peyton Miller, 3:47.18

Cary Schaefer

Ryan Errthum

Floyd Evans

4x800-meter relay

2. Brent Foster, 9:08.20

Ryan Errthum

Kyle Miller

Grant Boyse

Sprint medley

1. Jackson Young, 3:50.02

Keaton Duwa

Cary Schaefer

Peyton Miller

High jump

1. Marshal Teets, 5-08.00

Long Jump

4. Marshal Teets, 18-00.50

6. Miles Burrows, 17-02.50

Shot put

1. Levi Duwa, 50-09.50

9. Alex Yutzy, 31-06.50

Discus

1. Levi Duwa, 159-06

Columbus

The Wildcats put together a strong meet in Class C, earning nine top 3 finishes on the day.

The big success for Columbus came in the relays, where they won the 4x100 and 4x200-meter titles with their sprint team of Ruben Paz, Devon Henry, Abel Mena and Mauricio Ramirez.

Ramirez also finished second in the 100-meter dash and the long jump, while Henry took second in the high jump.

Mena claimed second place in the 200-meter dash, posting a time of 24.22.

100-meter dash

2. Mauricio Ramirez, 11.52

4. Devon Henry, 12.20

200-meter dash

2. Abel Mena, 24.22

6. Carter Colby, 26.08

9. Chance Colby, 26.32

400-meter dash

7. James Rivera, 1:01.81

16. James Spurlock, 1:19.42

800-meter run

6. James Rivera, 2:33.09

10. Caleb Fox, 2:44.25

1600-meter run

7. James Rivera, 5:42.37

15. Chase Wheeler, 6:28.73

110-meter hurdles

5. Tommy Pretz, 19.52

400-meter hurdles

10. Jorge Zapata, 1:13.93

4x100-meter relay

1. Ruben Paz, 45.27

Devon Henry

Abel Mena

Mauricio Ramirez

4x200-meter relay

1. Ruben Paz, 1:35.65

Devon Henry

Abel Mena

Mauricio Ramirez

4x800-meter relay

6. Caleb Fox, 11:16.78

James Spurlock

Chase Wheeler

Jorge Zapata

Shuttle hurdle

3. Ruben Paz, 1:16.21

Carter Colby

Chance Colby

Tommy Pretz

High jump

2. Devon Henry, 5-08.00

3. Carter Colby, 5-06.00

Long jump

2. Mauricio Ramirez, 18-04.50

4. Abel Mena, 17-05.50

6. Ruben Paz, 16-10.00

Shot put

9. Cody Fox, 31-09.00

Discus

11. Cody Fox, 76-09.50

WACO

The Warrior boys? track team had four Class C titles at the Demon Relays, three of which came from one athlete.

Bryce Achen picked up titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, while also claiming the 110-meter hurdle title as well.

WACO?s shuttle hurdle relay team of Beau Beckler, Justyn Chalupa, Colton Horak and Jorge Chacon combined to give the Warriors a first-place finish, with a 1:07.08

WACO junior Jackson Roth claimed second place in the 800-meter run, while Beckler finished in third place for the 110-meter hurdles.

1. Bryce Achen, 11.50

5. Colton Horak, 12.41

200-meter dash

1. Bryce Achen, 22.86

4. Colton Horak, 25.12

400-meter dash

3. Jackson Roth, 57.67

4. Jorge Chacon, 58.59

800-meter run

2. Jackson Roth, 2:15.86

9. Joe Edeker, 2:41.46

1600-meter run

12. John Skriver, 5:56.09

14. Joe Edeker, 6:11.60

3200-meter run

5. John Skriver, 12:45.00

110-meter hurdles

1. Bryce Achen, 16.08

3. Beau Beckler, 17.78

400-meter hurdles

5. Jorge Chacon, 1:05.06

6. Justyn Chalupa, 1:06.44

4x200-meter relay

6. Hunter Leichty, 1:49.19

Justyn Chalupa

Jason Sammons

Jacob Freed

4x400-meter relay

4. Justyn Chalupa,3:52.07

Jorge Chacon

Colton Horak

Bryce Achen

Shuttle hurdle

1. Beau Beckler, 1:07.08

Justyn Chalupa

Colton Horak

Jorge Chacon

Shot put

15. Cade McKinney, 28-10.50

Highland

The Huskies were paced by six individual top 10 finishes on the day, and two top 3 relays.

Highland senior Keiffer Sexton excelled in the distance events, claiming titles in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs on the day.

In the sprints, Billy Burton took sixth in the 100-meter dash, while Mason Manley and Cory Stewart finished in sixth and eighth respectively in the 400-meter dash.

Jared Gringer took seventh place in the 400-meter hurdles for the Huskies.

Highland nabbed third-place finishes in the 4x400- and 4x800-meter relays on the day.

100-meter dash

6. Billy Burton, 12.53

16. Dan Burton, 13.53

200-meter dash

20. Adilkhan Makhat, 31.08

400-meter dash

6. Mason Manley, 1:01.51

8. Cory Stewart, 1:01.96

12. Nic Rath, 1:06.16

800-meter dash

11. Nic Rath, 2:47.90

14. Dennis Levsen, 2:53.24

1600-meter run

1. Keiffer Sexton, 4:55.34

3200-meter run

1. Keiffer Sexton, 10:01.27

400-meter hurdles

7. Jared Gringer, 1:06.85

4x100-meter relay

5. Spencer Wieland, 49.24

Mason Manley

Billy Burton

Jake Wood

4x200-meter relay

4. Jake Wood, 1:42.12

Brody Burton

Billy Burton

Spencer Wieland

4x400-meter relay

3. Trey Lasek, 3:50.67

Cory Stewart

James McPherson

Caleb Brase

4x800-meter relay

3. Josh Brand, 9:35.44

Jared Gringer

Caleb Brase

James McPherson

Sprint medley

4. Trey Lasek, 4:32.49

Dan Burton

Brody Burton

Josh Brand

Keota

The Eagle boys? track team opened up their season strong at the Demon Relays, claiming four second-place finishes.

Turner Klein ran well in the distance events, picking up second place in both the 1600- and 3200-meter runs, averaging a 5:19 mile in both events.

Zach Mousel picked up a strong day in the 400-meter dash to pick up second place, while helping the sprint medley team of Luke Greiner, Nate Sieren and Klein to a second place finish.

Greiner also added a third-place finish in the long jump to his day.

100-meter dash

7. Luke Greiner, 12.59

200-meter dash

12. Isaiah Hahn, 26.66

16. Branden Hyman, 29.53

400-meter dash

2. Zach Mousel, 56.71

5. Isaiah Hahn, 59.55

1600-meter run

2. Turner Klein, 5:19.41

3200-meter run

2. Turner Klein, 10:35.37

Sprint medley

2. Luke Greiner, 4:15.46

Nate Sieren

Zach Mousel

Turner Klein

Long jump

3. Luke Greiner, 17-08.50

5. Zach Mousel, 16-11.50

Shot put

7. Alex Heisdorffer, 32-08.50