Mount Ayr wins Creston meet

In a split class event, Creston hosted area schools Mount Ayr, Clarke and East Union in a girls track and field meet Monday afternoon.

Mount Ayr scored the most team points, totalling 220 in class A that led East Union’s 109 points. Atlantic led the points total for class AA with 190, leading Creston’s total of 174 that was good for second place.

With perhaps the best weather in the last few weeks, East Union’s head coach Rich Bryson said that he was going to take advantage of it with Monday being the first of back-to-back meets for his team.

“We kind of scaled back a little bit,” said Bryson. “We just wanted to get some nice work in and put some girls in a little different situation. ...We put some girls in some good situations to kind of polish off their events and we responded pretty well.

“We just wanted to focus on a few events and let them polish and get better going into tomorrow night.”

Despite the scaled back night, EU won its 400 meter hurdles race by two seconds with Molly McNeill posting a 1:15 time. The Eagles’ Gabrielle Valencia also posted an impressive 1,500 time that was seven seconds faster than the second place finisher at 5:47.20.

On the other side, Creston head coach Clay Arnold went out with one goal in mind - win.

“We definitely tried to win,” said Arnold. “It didn’t come out that way, but we were trying to score points and had a couple of unfortunate things happen (Monday) that we weren’t counting on.”

Despite the slight frustration with walking away with second, Arnold has high emotions from the results.

“Other than that, (I am) ecstatic with almost everything I saw on the track tonight,” said Arnold. “We ran some sensational times and had some girls really step up that hadn’t got things going yet. It was very exciting to see them get going.”

For the Panthers, their times in all relays run were the fastest in the AA events and were the fastest overall with the exception of being .05 seconds behind Mount Ayr’s tandem of Hayley Whittington, Ryann Martin, Sam Stewart and Keirston Klommhaus that ran a 1:57.33 in the 4x200.

Martensdale-St. Marys time of 10:33.50 in the 4x800 and Clarinda’s one second edge on Creston’s 55.61 in the 4x100 were the other exceptions.

Arnold said Peyton Rice had an excellent day, posting multiple personal bests that helped the relay teams succeed.

Arnold also said Hannah Dryden and MaKenna Hudson posted excellent times with Dryden breaking her personal record in the opening leg of the 4x400 that helped her group post the fastest time of the meet and Hudson’s efforts anchoring a season-best time that included helping to put away the 4x400 race in the third leg for the Panthers.

“Those three, they really stuck out on the track,” said Arnold.

Mount Ayr’s efforts in multiple events pushed it well into first place, with Adalyn Reynolds sweeping the 100, 200 and 400 meter dashes.

The Raiderettes almost swept the relay races, winning all but the 4x800 with a time of 10:37.72 that fell just under four seconds slower than Martensdale-St.Marys’ time.

“We just kind of loaded our girls up and wanted them to have a good night to run,” said Mount Ayr head coach Deb Larsen. “We told them to compete and look at where they’re at.”

Other notable results for the Raiderettes include MacKenzie Shields high jump of 4 feet, 10 inches and Payten Lambert’s long jump of 16 feet, 1 1/4 inches, both the best scores for their respective events in the meet.

Senior Night

Creston’s Brielle Baker was honored as the lone senior for senior night Monday.

The road over the last four years for Baker has been one of great progression, and that she always had within her said Arnold.

“She’s a great talent, came in as a freshman and started producing right away. In terms of her leadership and her race smarts, she’s at a whole other level. ... (She’s) everything you want in a senior leader.”

Arnold continued talking about how important she is to a young team, sharing her race IQ and her ability to work flawlessly on the track.

“She’s been absolutely outstanding. Her races have been flawless. ...We’ve got a great group of young girls around her to see what she can bring every day. She’s never taken a day off and it’s really paid off,” said Arnold.

Team results for A and AA

Class A

1. Mount Ayr 220; 2. Martensdale-St. Marys 117; 3. East Union 109; 4. Stanton 31; 5. Creston 30; 6. Clarinda 26.

Class AA

1. Atlantic 190; 2. Creston 174; 3. Shenandoah 89; 4. Clarinda 68; 5. Clarke 35; 6. Atlantic JV 7; 7. Shenandoah JV 5.

Results for A and AA

100 meter dash A – 1. Adalyn Reynolds, Mount Ayr, 13.15; 5. Tiril Sjoberg, MA, 14.22; 7. Halle Evans, Creston, 15.66; 8. Makayla McIntosh, Crest, 15.98.

100 meter dash AA – 1. Haley Rasmussenm Atlantic, 13.20; 2. Hannah Dryden, Crest, 13.56; 3. Alison Worthington, Crest, 13.94; 4. Sarah Davis, Clarke, 14.03; 5. Payton Glasner, Clarke, 14.14.

200 meter dash A – 1. Adalyn Reynolds, MA, 27.93; 2. Alison Worthington, Crest, 28.59; 3. Ryann Martin, MA, 29.35; 4. Beth McKnight, East Union, 29.58; 5. Alissa Weinkeotz, EU, 30.65; 7. Makayla McIntosh, Crest, 33.49.

200 meter dash AA – 1. Haley Rasmussen, Atl, 27.07; 2. Hannah Dryden, Crest, 27.59; 4. MaKenna Hudson, Crest, 29.08; 5. Sarah Davis, Clarke, 29.78; 6. Payton Glasner, Clarke, 30.73.

400 meter dash A – 1. Adalyn Reynolds, MA, 1:04.13; 2. Payten Lambert, MA, 1:07.85; 3. Alison Worthington, Crest, 1:09.05.

400 meter dash AA – 1. Alyssa Derby, Atl, 1:03.10; 2. MaKenna Hudson, Crest, 1:03.29; 4. Hannah Dryden, Crest, 1:04.75.

800 meters A – 1. Jensen Archibald, Martensdale-St. Marys, 2:43.97; 2. Molly Sickels, Crest, 2:45.94; 3. Gabrielle Hunke, MA, 2:55.66; 4. Rachel Gregg, MA, 3:12:64; 5. Taylor Miller, EU, 3:34.66.

800 meters AA – 1. Brielle Baker, Crest, 2:34.12; 2. Braelyn Baker, Crest, 2:36.95.

1,500 meters A – 1. Gabrielle Valencia, EU, 5:47.20; 3. Taylor Clymer, MA, 6:48.57; 5. Emma Mobley, MA, 7:10.86; 6. Ansley Waigand, EU, 7:24.34.

1,500 meters AA – 1. Taylor McCreedy, Atl, 5:09.16; 2. Braelyn Baker, Crest, 5:20.40; 6. Ali Christensen, Crest, 5:55.86; 10. Katie Donaldson, Clarke, 6:31.58.

3,000 meters AA – 1. Addie Dearment, Atl, 12;42.15; 4. Katie Donaldson, Clarke, 13:13.90; 5. Ali Christensen, Crest, 13:19.22; 6. Rachel Gregg, MA, 15:18.00.

100 meter hurdles A – 1. Jaycee Knight, MA, 18.05; 2. Grace Nixon, EU, 18.41; 3. Maddy Hayes, EU, 18.98; 6. Madison Birkenholz, MA, 20.23; 7. Makayla McIntosh, Crest, 22.28; Taylor Seaton, Crest, 27.09.

100 meter hurdles AA – 1. Roxy Denton, Shenandoah, 17.56; 4. Ashlynn Oehlert, Clarke, 18.52; 5. Brittany Linch, Crest, 18.70; 8. Ryli Abildtrup, Crest, 20.52; 10. Hollie Miler, Clarke, 20.93.

400 meter hurdles A – 1. Molly McNeill, EU, 1:15.00; 2. Sam Stewart, MA, 1:17.40; 3. MaKayla Jones, MA, 1:20.58; 5. Halle Evans, Crest, 1:27.17.

400 meter hurdles AA – 1. Heidi Williams, Atl, 1:12.77; 4. Angelina Chuong, Crest, 1:16.81; 7. Brittany Linch, Crest, 1:22.31.

High jump A – 1. MacKenzie Shields, MA, 4-10.00; Kaitlyn Mitchell, EU, 4-04.00.

High jump AA – 1. Faith Espinosa, Clarinda, 4-8.00; 2. Ryli Abildtrup, Crest, 4-4.00.

Long jump A – 1. Payten Lambert, MA, 12-01.25; Tiril Sjoberg, MA, 14-06.25; 5. Grace Nixon, EU, 13-03.00; 6. Halle Evans, Crest, 13-02.50; 7. Allibea Skarda, EU, 12-10.50; 8. Taylor Seaton, Crest, 8-08.50.

Long jump AA – 1. Haley Rasmussen, Atl, 15-06.00; 5. Emma Hanson, Crest, 13-00.50; 6. Ashley Reynard, Crest, 12-01.75.

Shot put A – 1. Jessica Kelley, EU, 30-10.00; 2. Hannah Jackson, MA, 30-08.00; 5. Brianna Fields, Crest, 29-03.00; 6. Hope Whittington, MA, 28-10.50; 8. Ali Neisemier, EU, 24-02.25.

Shot put AA – 1. Logan Hughes, Shenandoah, 39-08.00; 2. Kelsey Fields, Crest, 37-7.75; 4. Abbi Hood, Crest, 32-08.50; 5. Tori White, Clarke, 31-10.50; 7. Kaitlyn Halsband, Clarke, 28-09.00.

Discus throw – 1. Gracie Mobley, MA, 102-01; 3. Rakenzy Pryor, EU, 83-00; 4. Hope Whittington, MA, 81-01; 6. Brianna Fields, Crest, 80-01; 7. Ryli Aubildtrup, Crest, 74-01; 8. Ali Neisemier, EU, 62-05.

Discus throw AA – 1. Logan Hughes, Shenandoah, 116-10; 2. Kelsey Fields, Crest. 113-10; Abbi Hood, Crest, 94-06; 7. Tori White, 79-07; 11. Audrey Kindred, Clarke, 72-11.

4x100 relay A – 1. Mount Ayr (Tiril Sjoberg, Kierston Klommhaus, Jaycee Knight, Adalyn Reynolds), 53.79; 4. East Union (Beth McKnight, Mallory Raney, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Allivea Skarda), 56.22; 5. Creston (Alison Worthington, Taylor Seaton, Makayla McIntosh, Molly Sickels), 1:02.36.

4x100 relay AA – 1. Clarinda, 54.60; 3. Creston (Ashley Renard, Brittany Linch, Brianna Fields, Emma Hanson), 55.61; 5. Clarke (Ashlynn Oehlert, Payton Glasner, Hailee Fry, Sarah Davis), 56.37.

4x200 relay A – 1. Mount Ayr (Hayley Whittington, Ryann Martin, Sam Stewart, Keirston Klommhaus), 1:57.33; 4. East Union (Aubery Hansen, Katelyn Albrechtsen, Ryleigh Kelley, Allivea Skarda), 2:08.83.

4x200 relay AA – 1. Creston (Ashley Reynard, Emma Hanson, Brianna Fields, Kelsey Fields), 1:57.38; 3. Clarke (Caitlin Clark, Taylor Short, Emma Bolton, Hailee Fry), 2:05.41.

4x400 relay A – 1. Mount Ayr (Ryann Martin, Madalynn Stewart, MaKayla Jones, Payten Lambert), 4:38.52; 3. East Union (Kaylin Lack, Maddy Hayes, Mattie Rienmenschneider, Elizabeth Hardy), 5:02.87.

4x400 relay AA – 1. Creston (Hannah Dryden, Peyton Rice, MaKenna Hudson, Brielle Baker), 4:12.95.

4x800 relay A – 1. Martensdale-St. Marys 10:33.50; 2. Mount Ayr (Gabrielle Hunkem Olivia West, Karter Edwards, Taylor Clymer), 10:37.72; 3. East Union (Mattie Riemeschneider, Karah Kirkland, Clarissa Kinkle, Kylie Tate), 11:03.63.

4x800 relay AA – 1. Creston (Molly Sickels, Peyton Rice, Braelyn Baker, Brielle Baker), 10:33.50.

800 Sprint medley A – 1. Mount Ayr (Tiril Sjoberg, Sam Stewart, Payten Lambert, Ryann Martin), 2:03.98; 4. East Union (Aubrey Hansen, Ryleigh Kelley, Katelyn Alberchtsen, Kaylin Lack), 2:15.60.

800 Sprint medley AA – 1. Creston (Peyton Rice, Emma Hanson, Braelyn Baker, MaKenna Hudson), 1:58.30; 4. Clarke (Hailee Fry, Sarah Davis, Payton Glasner, Taylor Short), 2:07.98.

Distance medley A – 1. East Union (Beth McKnight, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Olivia Cheers, Elizabeth Hardy), 5:00.83; 2. Mount Ayr (Gabrielle Hinke, Avery Dickerson, Madalynn Stewart, MaKayla Jones), 5:07.49.

Distance medley AA – 1. Creston (Ashley Reynard, Kelsey Fields, Peyton Rice, Brielle Baker), 4:34.17.

Shuttle hurdle A – 1. Mount Ayr (Jaycee Knight, Madalynn Stewart, Emma Mobley, Sam Stewart), 1:17.24; 2. East Union (Grace Nixon, Molly McNeill, Mallory Raney, Maddy Hayes), 1:19.00.

Shuttle hurdle AA – 1. Atlantic 1:14.91; 2. Creston (Angelina Chuong, Brittany Linch, Ryli Abildtrup, Halle Evans), 1:20.75; 4. Clarke (Ashlynn Oehlert, Hollie Miler, Mallory Zimmerman, Crystal Barlage),1:23.66.