Mount Ayr boys win home tournament

MOUNT AYR — It was finally a beautiful night for track and field Tuesday in Mount Ayr as the Raiders and Raiderettes hosted more than a dozen teams for the Chet Roed Relays.

The home team came away with a win on the boys’ side, scoring 116 points. Lenox placed second with 95. I-35 won the girls team race with 165 points. Mount Ayr took second with 146.

Creston

The Panthers brought a small crew, opting to send most of the team to the rescheduled Glenwood relays. They were still able to put together three top-three events.

Wyatt Goodenberger continued to excel in the distance events, running a 2:08.77 800-meter and a 4:52.43 1600m. He won both events and earned a new PR in the 800.

The girls distance medley relay comprised of Haileigh Lundy, Mia Strunk, Henley Shinn and Karlie Kruse placed third in a time of 5:01.03.

Mount Ayr

The Raiders and Raiderettes put together 11 first-place events — four from the boys and seven from the girls.

Senior Garrett Walter had a great night, finishing first in the 200m (23.07), third in the 100m (11.39) and third in the 400m (52.56). He was also on the winning 4x400m relay team.

Senior Adan Trujillo won a competitive 3200m run over the top seed, Tate McDole of Lamoni. Trujillo ran 10:58.85 while McDole finished in 11:15.63.

The boys won two relays — the sprint medley and the 4x400. In the sprint medley, the team of Dyson Thompson, Tate Dugan, Tyler Martin and Jackson Ruggles ran a 1:38.19, defeating the Bedford team by two seconds.

The 4x400m team of Ruggles, Bryson Martin, Thompson and Tegan Hill ran a 3:37.25 to finish the night with gold.

The girls had a number of top performers including Emma Reynolds, Aubree Shields and Addison Doolittle.

Reynolds earned first in the 100m (12.83), 200m (26.78), was on the winning 4x400m relay and placed second in the 400m (1:00.76).

After a lackluster performance at the Drake Relays, Shields earned redemption at home, winning the high jump in a new PR and school record of 5-06. She broke her own record of 5-05. The mark is tied for second highest in the state, one inch behind Emma Roberts of HLV.

Shields also took the gold in the 400m hurdles, running 1:13.15. She took fourth in the 400m dash and was on the winning 4x400m relay.

Doolittle put a lot of laps on the track Tuesday as she won the 3000m in 11:59.40, placed second in the 800m (2:33.37), third in the 1500 (5:37.03) and anchored the winning distance medley relay.

Also on the winning 4x400m relay was Tatum Friedrich and Ashlyn Murphy. Joining Doolittle on the DMR were Breya Nickle, Kate Newton and Friedrich.

Lenox

The Tigers had four first-place events, all including defending Drake Relays and state champion, Gabe Funk.

Funk won the 110m hurdles, his individual state-winning event from last year, in 15.28. His Drake-qualifying 400m dash finished in 50.07. He won the 400m hurdles at Drake last weekend and now in Mount Ayr with a time of 54.35.

He was joined on the winning shuttle hurdle relay team by Jordan Martin-England, Kolben Robinson and Wylie Brokaw.

Lenox had two second-place relays — the 4x400 and 4x800. The first was ran by Brody Brokaw, Owen Grundman, Martin-England and Wylie Brokaw in 3:42.67. The latter was comprised of Cade Cordell, Patton Adams, Brogan Petersen and Jayden Arnold.

While the girls didn’t win any events, they earned bronze in two individual events and four relays. In the 200m dash, McKinzie Menefee ran 27.79, and in the 400m, Sadie Cox ran 1:01.91.

The third-place relays were the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and the shuttle hurdle relay. The 4x100 comprised of Bentley Petersen, Menefee, Zoey Reed and Sadie Cox ran 54.23. In the 4x200, the same team of four ran 1:52.63. The 4x400 relay was made up of Reed, Jentri Cox, Menefee and Sadie Cox. They ran 4:32.82.

The shuttle hurdle team of Delaney Funk, Danielle Robinson, Jentri Cox and Carley Larson ran 1:21.44.

The girls team finished fourth with 43 points.

East Union

The Eagles scored four points, placing 14th in the boys race.

Sophomore Brock Driskill had the best finish for East Union, taking fourth in the 3200m run. He finished in 11:37.89. In the 1600, Driskill took eighth in 5:26.02.

Paul McNeill took ninth in the 400m run in 56.55. He was ninth in long jump with a mark of 18-01.

The best relay for the Eagles was the distance medley relay comprised of Aiden Denton, Liam Morris, Cyler Wuebker and Driskill. They finished in seventh in 4:29.51.

Southwest Valley

The Timberwolves came home with one girls gold medal and two for the boys. The boys also set three new school records.

The boys 4x100m relay and the distance medley relay were the team’s first-place events. The first relay, comprised of Wyatt Shires, Brody Crozier, Gavin Wetzel and Wyatt Mendenhall, ran a season-best 45.26.

The DMR set a new set a new school record on their way to the victory with a time of 3:51.57, running Walker Bissell, Crozier, Mendenhall and Ian Forsythe.

In the 100m dash, Crozier broke his own school record for the third time this season, running a second-place time of 11.36.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of Mendenhall, Bissell, Riley Hartman and Wetzel lowered their school record for the second time this season, with a new time of 1:05.5 in their second place finish.

In the high jump, Wetzel and Bissell placed second and third, respectively, both jumping 5-10.

On the girls’ side, Mackenzie Richards threw 35-03 in shot put for gold, an outdoor season best. Her discus mark of 79-08 was good for fourth.

In the girls’ only relay of the night, the distance medley added a sixth-place finish with Anistyn Poston, Hailey Randall, Heather Mendenhall and Taylor Stargell. They ran a 5:15.66.

With 56 points, the Southwest Valley boys placed fourth. The girls scored 15 points for ninth.

Orient-Macksburg

Despite their small numbers, the O-M girls scored 20 points, placing eighth.

Marissa Cass and Emma Boswell led the march for the Bulldogs. Boswell finished third in both the high jump and long jump, with marks of 4-10 and 14-08.5, respectively. Her 29.74 200m dash was good for seventh.

In the 100m dash, Cass placed fourth in a time of 13.31. The two were also both on the fourth-place distance medley relay with Ella Boswell and Mattison Thompson. The team ran a 5:03.25.

Murray

The Lady Mustangs placed fifth, scoring 34 points while the boys fell to 12th with 12 points.

The boys put together four top-five events, led by AJ Clarke and Nolan Gannon. In the high jump, Clarke jumped 5-08 for fourth place. He also posted a sixth-place finish in the 400m with a 55.6.

Gannon posted a fifth-place finish in the 100m dash, running 11.63. Clarke and Gannon were joined by Keaton Brammer and Ayden Lamb in the sprint medley. The team ran 1:45.05, finishing fourth.

Gannon, Lamb, Brammer and Seth McMurry ran on the 4x200m relay that finished fifth in 1:39.94.

The Murray girls were led by their field event performances. Keirsten Klein won the discus in 97-01 and took silver in the shot put with 33-02.5. Teammate Karina Romero took silver in discus with a mark of 83.

In the high jump, Sierra Cleghorn jumped 4-06, good for fifth place.

The team’s best relay was the 4x400m, the quartet of Marlee Busick, Maryssa McMurry, Cleghorn and Aylah Miller running 4:53.49.

Full results available at aatiming.com.

TEAM SCORES

Boys

1. Mount Ayr - 116
2. Lenox - 95
3. Southeast Warren - 64
4. Southwest Valley - 56
5. Central Decatur - 52
6. Bedford - 51
7. Lamoni - 36
8. Creston - 30
9. Wayne - 28
10. I-35 - 23
11. Clarke - 22
12. Murray - 12
13. East Union - 4

Girls

1. I-35 - 165
2. Mount Ayr - 146
3. Clarke - 84
4. Lenox - 43
5. Murray - 34
6. Southeast Warren - 30
7. Lamoni - 27
8. Orient-Macksburg - 20
9. Southwest Valley - 15
10. Creston - 11
11. Mormon Trail - 8
12. Seymour Community - 1