NV keeps improving at Earlham, AC/GC meets

Nodaway Valley’s track and field teams continue turning in faster times and farther distances as the season wears on and the Wolverines are now less than two weeks away from their conference meet, May 4 at Southwest Valley.

Last week, the Wolverines competed in a Tuesday meet at Earlham and a Thursday meet at Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center, taking advantage of warmer weather throughout the week.

At AC/GC, the girls were seventh and the boys were eighth. At the Earlham meet, the girls were ninth and the boys were fourth. Both events featured some of the area’s best competitors.

The Wolverines had meets scheduled Monday at Van Meter and Thursday at Martensdale-St. Marys.

Wolverines battle at Chargers’ meet

On their way to scoring 49 points on the night, the Wolverines were led by first place finishes in the Gonzales-Parrish Relays by the distance medley relay (Allie Cornelison, Emma Boswell, Abby Nelson and Izzy Eisbach) in 4:30.06, as well as Boswell with a jump of 15-10.50 in the long jump. Boswell placed fourth in high jump, clearing a season-best 4-10. Eisbach had the girls’ only runner-up finish with a time of 5:06.39 in the 1500m run.

The 4x400 team of Kylie Nelson, Abby Nelson, Emma Boswell and Eisbach was third in 4:27.94 — another season best.

Abby Nelson placed fourth in the 800 (2:38.16) and was sixth in high jump (4-06). The 4x200 quartet of Haisley Zoubek, Ava Herrick, Kenzie Lilly and Vega Ritchie was eighth in 2:10.26.

Kylie Nelson set a personal record in the 200 (29.63), as did Lilly in the 100 (15.46) and Kiah Tener in the shot put (65-00).

The boys racked up 44 points with silver finishes leading the way from the 4x800m team of Haden Colton, Luke Kading, Paul Kading and Gabe Winkelmann in 8:49.47 and Winkelmann individually in the 1600 (4:51.06).

The 4x200 team (Cassius Burnside, Austin Walker, Eli Campbell and Titan Foster) was third in a season best of 1:40.64. The shuttle hurdle team also posted a season best of 1:19.31 with Brandon Decena, Campbell, Lyrick Schwartz and Micah Cronk to place fourth. Foster was fourth with a PR in the 400m hurdles in 1:00.49.

A load of fifth through eighth place finishers included:

• 4x400 (Haden Colton, Foster, Burnside and Walker) was fifth in a season best 3:43.11

• Distance medley (Cronk, Trevyn Colton, Cael Strode and Josh Nelson) was seventh in a season best 4:13.57

• Cherubim Mercado took seventh in the 3200 (12:31.50)

• Thomas Herrick was eighth in the 400 (PR 57.97)

• Paul Kading was eighth in the 1600 (PR 5:14.06)

• Logan Stanton was eighth in long jump (17-01) and the 400 (1:03.45)

Everett Ehler posted personal records in the 400 (58.89) and 800 (2:19.88), Strode posted one in the 800 (2:20.77), Schwartz one in the 400 hurdles (1:10.38) and Clay Raasch two: in the shot put (26-05) and discus (59-08). The 4x100 quartet of Lantz, Collin Akers, Decena and Campbell had a season best of 48.86.

Girls D-Med, Winkelman’s mile highlight at Earlham

Scoring 33 points on a warm night in Earlham, the Wolverine girls came away with a win in the distance medley to lead the way. Kylie Nelson, Emma Boswell, Abby Nelson and Eisbach made up the team, and they ran a 4:29.13.

Allie Cornelison ran to third place in the 400 hurdles (1:06.06) and 100m hurdles (18.21). Emma Boswell was fourth in long jump with a season best 16-02.25 and sixth in high jump, clearing 4-08. Eisbach took fourth in the 1500 (5:00.32).

The sprint medley team (Cornelison, Ella Boswell, Kylie Nelson and Abby Nelson) was seventh (2:05.29) and Abby Nelson took seventh in the 1500 (5:30.44) and high jump (4-06).

The 4x200 (Ella Boswell, Kaylee Moser, Lilly and Zoubek) ran a season best (2:05.98), as did the 4x100 (Ella Boswell, Ava Herrick, Lilly and Zoubek (58.53).

Moser (15.68) and Ritchie (15.65) had PRs in the 100 while Herrick had two: in the 400 (1:13.01) and 200 (31.97).

On the boys side, Winkelmann’s winning time in the 1600 was 4:48.88.

The distance medley (Burnside, Walker, Foster and Winkelmann) placed third (3:47.96). Burnside took third in the long jump (20-05) and sixth in the 100 (11.50).

Luke Kading, Ehler, Strode and Josh Nelson were fourth in the 4x800 (9:33.36), as was the shuttle hurdle (Decena, Campbell, Schwartz and Cronk) in 1:22.72, the 4x200 (Lantz, Campbell, Akers and Decena) in 1:40, Mercado in the 3200 (12:18.04), Haden Colton in the 400 (PR 55.11) and 800 (PR 2:19.29), Paul Kading in the 800 (PR 2:09.80), Foster in the 400m hurdles (PR of 1:00.90) and Luke Kading in the 1600 (5:00.76). Foster was eighth in long jump with a leap of 18-05.

Trevyn Colton had a PR in the 100 (12.99). Other personal recorders were from Ehler in the 400 (1:00.11) and Schwartz in the 400m hurdles (1:12.12).