Pekin track earns 12 spots at state

The Pekin boys and girls track teams competed in the 1A Qualifying track meet last Thursday, May 12 held at Sigourney.

The Panther girls will be competing in eight events at the state meet, while the boys qualified in four. Competing at state for Pekin will be Kerrigan Pope in both the discus and shot put; Lauren Steigleder in the 3000-meter run; Lauren Derscheid in the 1500-meter run; Sarah Eubanks in the 400-meter dash; the 4x800 relay team of Audrey Fariss, Derscheid, Makenzie Dahlstrom, and Sarah Eubanks; the 4x400 relay team of Claire Roth, Eubanks, Audrey Fariss, and Dahlstrom; the distance medley team of Claire Roth, Lilly Reneker, Dahlstrom, and Derscheid; Jaedon Wolver in both the high jump and 400-meter hurdles; Luke Long in the high jump; the distance medley team of Kevin Rohr, Chase Stansberry, Zack Wise, and Wolver; and the 4x400 relay team of Logan Baker, Luke Long, Wise, and Wolver.

Pekin’s girls’ team won the district meet with 144.5 points. Wapello was second with 101 and English Valleys finished third with 81. Steigleder won the 3000-meter run, while Eubanks finished first in the 400-meter dash. Derscheid and Steigleder took the top two spots in the 1500-meter run. Pekin had relay wins in the 4x400, 4x800, and the distance medley.

Pope finished second in both the discus and shot put.

The boys’ team finished sixth with 54 points. Winning was New London with 150 points. Long and Wolver finished third and fourth in the high jump, while Wolver had a third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. The 4x400 relay team had a second-place finish and the distance medley team placed third.

The state meet will be held this Thursday, May 19 through Saturday, May 21.

Districts at Sigourney — Girls results

Team Rankings: 1) Pekin 144.5, 2) Wapello 101, 3) English Valleys 81, 4) Danville 79, 5) Winfield-Mt. Union 52, 6) WACO 50, 7) Montezuma 46, 8) Sigourney 45, 9) B-G-M 38, 10) Hillcrest 28.5, 11) HLV 26, 12) Tri-County 14, 12) New London 14, 14) Keota 10

100-Meter Dash: 15) Krysta Sheetz 16.15

200-Meter Dash: 10) Rowan Connelley 30.89, 13) Renae Eubanks 32.16

400-Meter Dash: 1) Sarah Eubanks 1:01.96, 6) Emily Laumeyer 1:07.75

800-Meter Run: 4) Alex Parsons 2:38.07, 5) Audrey Fariss 2:42.22

1500-Meter Run: 1) Lauren Derscheid 5:13.16, 2) Lauren Steigleder 5:24.93

3000-Meter Run: 1) Lauren Steigleder 12:00.23

100-Meter Hurdles: 5) Erica Hoy 18.38, 7) Kayse Miller 18.52

400-Meter Hurdles: 8) Kayse Miller 1:17.74, 10) Erica Hoy 1:21.42

4x100-Meter Relay: 5) Pekin, Rowan Connelly, Erica Hoy, Brooke Miller, Lilly Reneker 55.78

4x200-Meter Relay: 6) Pekin, Claire Roth, Renae Eubanks, Emma Phillips, Emily Laumeyer 2:02.61

4x400-Meter Relay: 1) Pekin, Makenzie Dahlstrom, Lauren Derscheid, Audrey Fariss, Sarah Eubanks 4:16.57

4x800-Meter Relay: 1) Pekin, Audrey Fariss, Lauren Derscheid, Sarah Eubanks, Makenzie Dahlstrom 10:21.93

800 Sprint Medley: 4) Pekin, Claire Roth, Lilly Reneker, Rowan Connelly, Makenzie Dahlstrom 1:59.82

Distance Medley: 1) Pekin, Lilly Reneker, Claire Roth, Makenzie Dahlstrom, Lauren Derscheid 4:33.18

4x100-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 4) Pekin, Brooke Miller, Erica Hoy, Renae Eubanks, Kayse Miller 1:16.80

High Jump: 5) Kayse Miller 4-08, 8) Renae Eubanks 4-04

Long Jump: 3) Claire Roth 14-06.50, 5) Alex Parsons 14-02

Discus: 2) Kerrigan Pope 123-05, 4) Emma Phillips 99-10

Shot Put: 2) Kerrigan Pope 35-09.75, 9) Haylea Oostra 28-04.50

Districts at Sigourney — Boys results

Team Rankings: 1) New London 150, 2) English Valleys 94, 3) Danville 86.5, 4) WACO 80.5, 5) Wapello 74, 6) Pekin 54, 7) HLV 51, 8) B-G-M 50, 9) Winfield-Mt. Union 49, 10) Montezuma 29, 11) Sigourney 9, 12) Tri-County

100-Meter Dash: 14) Cade Bemis 13.60

200-Meter Dash: 17) Cade Bemis 28.04, 18) Leyn Castellanos 28.35

400-Meter Dash: 11) Robert Brown 59.66, 17) Leyn Castellanos 1:02.61

800-Meter Run: 15) Dylan Sobaski 2:48.70

1600-Meter Run: 11) Ben Guise 5:31.86

3200-Meter Run: 7) Ben Guise 12:29.12

110-Meter Hurdles: 12) Kyler Dickey 21.16, 13) Alton Williams 22.32

400-Meter Hurdles: 3) Jaedon Wolver 57.39, 14) Kyler Dickey 1:10.93

4x100-Meter Relay: 9) Pekin, Sven Dahlstrom, Kevin Rohr, Will Adam, Robert Brown 49.10

4x200-Meter Relay: 6) Pekin, Sven Dahlstrom, Luke Long, Chase Stansberry, Will Adam 1:40.73

4x400-Meter Relay: 2) Pekin, Logan Baker, Luke Long, Zack Wise, Jaedon Wolver 3:34.33

800 Sprint Medley: 7) Pekin, Kevin Rohr, Chase Stansberry, Luke Long, Logan Baker 1:43.94

Distance Medley: 3) Pekin, Kevin Rohr, Chase Stansberry, Zack Wise, Jaedon Wolver 3:46.99

4x110-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 5) Pekin, Will Adam, Logan Baker, Robert Brown, Kyler Dickey 1:13.27

High Jump: 3) Luke Long 6-00, 4) Jaedon Wolver 6-00

Long Jump: 4) Will Adam 18-04, 5) Kevin Rohr 18-02

Discus: 6) Kevin Linn 122-11, 16) Isaac Sylvester 95-01

Shot Put: 10) Isaac Sylvester 35-05.25, 15) Caden Bender 33-04.25