CRESCO — Sara Mead qualified for the Class 2A state meet in four events and the boys distance crew led the way as the J-Hawk girls were runner-up with 117 points and the boys placed sixth Thursday at the Crestwood State Qualifier during an extremely windy meet.
“I was extremely happy with how all of the girls performed on Thursday in the high winds,†J-Hawk girls coach Miah Smith said. “Our times were similar to our bests of the season, which tells me these girls really wanted to compete to the best of their abilities.
Smith praised most of her state-bound group.
“Sara Mead has had a spectacular season … she qualified all four of her events, including three relays which she anchored to victories. Olivia Nesbit chose a bad night to be a lefty in the discus ring, but her consistency throughout the season allowed her to get a mark that qualified her at-large.
“Amaya Trebon-Boyd advocated to run the 400 a few meets back, and it worked out well as she won Thursday and helped with the 4x4 and sprint medley qualification. Katelyn Zelle deserves a shout out because she qualified her two relays, and was barely third in her two individual events. It is tough to see that in her senior season, but I cannot wait to see what she does in the shuttle (hurdle) and sprint medley at state.â€
The boys will send distance stalwarts Will Nesbit, Karsten Nuehring and Nathan Pint in individual events and as part of the 3,200 and distance medley relays.
“For us, the meet had a lot of 50/50 shots to go to state. We ran our best and half of our 50/50 made it, so the odds played out,†head coach Jason Sullivan said. “I’m proud of the effort the guys put forward; we ran our best times of the year, and as coaches, that’s all we can ask.
“Great effort and leadership by our seniors: Cameron Davis, Paxton McHone, Karsten Nuehring, Brennan Ochsner, Nathan Pint, Jude Sullivan, Ryan Treptow, Parker Woodward, and Preston Youngblut. All the seniors competed well and showed the underclassmen how to bring (their) best.â€
Class 2A Crestwood SQM
Top 10 placement
Boys
100
8. Preston YOUNGBLUT 12.10
800
5. Vincent O’CONNOR 2:06.44
1,600
1. Nathan PINT 4:28.89
5. Karsten NUEHRING 4:37.53
3,200
2. Will NESBIT 10:13.59
8. Hayden BENTON 11:21.83
110 hurdles
5. Drew MUNSON 16.79
Discus
9. Brennan OCHSNER 136’ 1â€
High jump
5. Aiden YOUNGBLUT 5’ 10â€
Long jump
5. Abe SULLIVAN 19’ 6.50â€
10. Cameron DAVIS 17’ 11â€
Shot put
7. Preston YOUNGBLUT 46’ 4.25â€
Relays
3. Distance medley 3:42.29 (Munson, Sullivan, Treptow, Pint)
3. 3,200 8:22.16 (Treptow, Pint, O’Connor, Nuehring)
4. 400 45.26 (Munson, Youngblut, Sullivan, Youngblut)
5. Sprint medley 1:37.35 (Munson, Sullivan, Lange, Treptow)
5. 1,600 3:31.92 (Treptow, Sullivan, Lange, O’Connor)
6. 800 1:34.62 (Sullivan, Youngblut, Youngblut, Lange)
Girls
100
3. Katelyn ZELLE 13.82
7. Macyn LOEB 14.57
200
3. Amaya TREBON-BOYD 27.79
400
1. Amaya TREBON-BOYD 1:02.06
5. Jordyn BERGMAN 1:05.34
800
10. Layni SCHILLING 2:39.26
3,000
4. Mackenzie WILSON 11:20.85
100 hurdles
1. Sara MEAD 15.54
3. Katelyn ZELLE 16.619
400 hurdles
3. Emma BOSE 1:10.87
7. Colbi ROBERTS 1:17.94
Discus
5. Olivia NESBIT 109’ 4â€
High jump
4. Colbi ROBERTS 4’ 6â€
Long jump
5. Dylan VOGEL 15’ 3.75â€
6. Emma BOSE 15’ 1.50â€
Shot put
7. Olivia NESBIT 32’ 10â€
Relays
1. Shuttle hurdle 1:07.97 (Zelle, Bose, Schissel, Mead)
1. Sprint medley 1:52.70 (Zelle, Schissel, Trebon-Boyd, Mead)
1. 1,600 4:08.81 (|Bergman, Trebon-Boyd, Bose, Mead)
4. 800 1:55.65 (Truex, Schissel, Weber, Staebell)
5. 400 53.70 (Loeb, Weber, Staebell, Vogel)
7. 3,200 11:00.23 (DeVore, Forssberg, Copp, Schilling)
8. Distance medley 5:05.16 (DeWald, Herget-Miller, Kohagen, DeVore)
Independence track sends four individuals, one relay to Drake
The Mustangs saw Brooklyn Banghart, AJ Kitner, Christopher Meyer and Ezekiel Symonds qualify for the 3A meet state in individual events, as well as the 800 relay during the Class 3A Decorah State Qualifier.
Class 3A Decorah SQM
Top 10 placement
Boys
100
4. AJ Kitner 11.18
200
6. Tanner Wilson 23.30
400
Boys 400m (3A)
3. Tanner Wilson 53.44
400 hurdles
3. Christopher Meyer 55.40
Long jump
1. Ezekiel Symonds 22-10.25
Shot put
8. Lucas Sidles 44-6
Relays
2. 800 1:33.50 (E. Symonds, B. Christian, N. Fettkether, A. Kitner)
3. Sprint medley 1:38.45 (N. Fettkether, B. Christian, A. Kitner, C. Meyer)
6. 400 44.65 (C. Meyer, B. Christian, N. Fettkether, A. Kitner)
Girls
100
7. Grace Westphal 13.20
200
7. Grace Westphal 27.90
800
4. Reaghan Ressler 2:31.56
6. Regan Reeg 2:33.21
100 hurdles
4. Brooklyn Banghart 15.97
Discus
9. Claire Kegler 94-1
Long jump
9. Regan Reeg 14-7.5
Relays
7. 400 54.15 (G. Westphal, M. TeBockhorst, B. Banghart, R. Ressler)
7. 800 2:05.33 (A. Wheelock, M. TeBockhorst, D. Johnson, R. Reeg)
East Buchanan sends handful of girls to state
The Buccaneers placed fifth at the Class 1A Edgewood-Colesburg State Qualifier on Thursday in Edgewood. East Buchanan qualified Andelyn Cabalka in two individual events and three girls relay teams.
Class 1A Edgewood-Colesburg SQM
Top 8 placement
Boys
High jump
5. Hansen, Will 5-8
Long jump
5. Pals, Keenan 19-2.5
Relays
800
6. East Buchanan 1:38.88
3,200
5. East Buchanan 9:26.93
Sprint medley
6. East Buchanan 21:44.80
Girls
100
8. Carnicle, Adysin 13.72
100 hurdles
2. Cabalka, Andelyn 16.35
8. Stone, Kamryn 18.14
400 hurdles
3. Flexsenhar, Elsie 11 E Buchanan 1:11.14
4. Stone, Kamryn 1:13.19
High jump
8. Carnicle, Adysin 4-4
Long jump
2. Cabalka, Andelyn 16-9.75
Relays
400
8. East Buchanan 56.09
800
4. East Buchanan 1:53.73
1,600
2. East Buchanan 4:11.50
3,200
5. East Buchanan 11:56.81
Sprint medley
5. East Buchanan 1:57.24
Shuttle hurdle
1. East Buchanan 21:10.32
