Middle school boys run in Fort Madison

FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield Middle School boys? track and field teams competed in Fort Madison Monday evening with the eighth-grade team coming away with a third-place team finish and seventh-graders finishing as the runner-up to meet champion Burlington James Madison. Mount Pleasant was first and Burlington Oak Street was second in the eighth-grade division.

The Trojans won three events on the night ? top finishes are as follows:

Eighth-grade

First-place

4x800 relay ? Brandon Taglauer, Austin Davis, Ammon Shaner, Aaron Gevock

Second-place

Shot Put ? Jacob Mineart

800 medley relay ? Fairfield (Lucas Story, Forrest Miller, Nathan Barker, Alex Love)

4x400 relay ? Fairfield (Dillon Fry, Luis Giron, Nathan Barker, Alex Love)

Third-place

High Jump ? Daniel Schwarz

Shuttle-hurdle relay ? Fairfield (Daniel Schwarz, Makena Dettmann, Jonathan Swanson)

400 dash ? Dillon Fry

4x200 relay ? Fairfield (Mason Carnahan, Dillon Laughlin, Nathan Barker, Luis Giron)

200 hurdles ? Luis Giron

800 run ? Aaron Gevock

Team standings ? 1. Mt. Pleasant 131, 2. Oak Street 105, 3. Fairfield 91, 4. James Madison 80, 5. Ft. Madison 63, 6. Keokuk 62

Seventh-grade

First-place

Discus ? Mason Ellis

4x800 relay ? Fairfield (Chet Vogt, Matt Carr, Riley Hammel, Vincent Horras)

Second-place

400 dash ? Riley Hammel

4x400 relay ? Fairfield (Chet Vogt, Matt Carr, Riley Hammel, Vincent Horras)

For complete story, read the Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Fairfield Ledger.