Cold weather can’t stop Vikes

By Becky Walz,

Friday, April 21, 2023 11:52 am

Tuesday was a stellar night for Sami Mount who won the 100-meter dash and was a member of the winning sprint medley relay. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

The large Decorah girls track team split in two Tuesday night, with part of the team at Charles City and another group at Crestwood.

Champions at CC
Athletes who were at Charles City put on quite a show collecting 191 points and besting the field of eight teams.
“We had some good performances and several events ran seasons best,” noted Coach Cristy Nimrod.
In all the Vikings had 10 events take first.
A mark of 40 feet 0.5 inch gave senior Chloe Reiser gold in the shot put while Julia Alberts had the best discus throw at 112 feet 3 inches.
Decorah swept the sprints with Sami Mount breaking the tape in the 100-meter dash in 13.17 seconds. Dahlyn Headington went 28.20 seconds in the 200-meter dash for the title and Lily Sandhorst’s time of 1:04.56 crowned her champion in the 400-meter dash. Lani Hubka was the final individual winner, taking home the 400-meter hurdle crown in 1:07.75.
Four relays also took first. The 4×100 relay went around the track in 52.07. Members of the winning team were Autumn Schaller, Sydney Kipp, Leslie Campbell and Kailyn O’Gara. In 1:45.96, the 4×200 relay won gold with Brinley Krivachek, O’Gara, Hayley Stowe and Lani Hubka exchanging the baton. Paige Werner, Danielle Losen, Sandhorst and Lillian Olson bested the 4×800 relay field in 10:30.58. In the sprint medley relay, it was Kelby Kerndt, Mount, Headington and McKenzie Riley combining for a time of 1:58.30 for gold.

At Crestwood
The other half of the team traveled to Cresco to compete against seven other squads. Decorah secured 60 points, taking fourth. Crestwood won the meet with 176 points.
Two events came in second, with three others taking third.
Annaleissa Arnold sent the discus 98 feet 7.25 inches for silver. In the 4×100 relay it was Greta Jones, Erin Egan, Dillan Johnson and Bridget Bentley crossing the finishing line second. The quartet posted a time of 55.55 seconds. That same quartet combined for bronze in the 4×200 relay in 1:58.42.
Taking third was Grace Blikre in the 3000-meter run in 13:26.77. In 5:00.35, the distance medley relay team of Annika Schmelzer, Grace Brynsaas, Olivia Paulsen and Lauren Holthaus finished with a bronze.
Full results from the Crestwood meet are available online at www.decorahnewspapers.com.

Coming up
Decorah will be at Waterloo West Thursday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m., then will start next week at Waukon Tuesday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m.

Charles City team scores
1. Decorah 191; 2. Aplington-Parkersburg 133; 3. Charles City 106; 4. New Hampton 91; 5. Jesup 77; 6. Newman Catholic 54; 7. Riceville 31; 8. Nashua-Plainfield 10

Charles City varsity results
Long jump – 3. Hayley Stowe 16-0; 9. Ava Holthaus 14-0
Shot put – 1. Chloe Reiser 40-0.5
Discus – 1. Julia Alberts 112-3; 3. Renae Wilson 99-11
100m – 1. Sami Mount 13.17; 2. Brinley Krivachek 13.35
200m – 1. Dahlyn Headington 28.20; 4. Jerika Dodd 29.09
400m – 1. Lily Sandhorst 1:04.56; 2. Danielle Losen 1:06.73
800m – 3. Brynn Storhoff 2:42.11; 7. Madison Tollefson 2:58.49
1500m – 5. Natalie Stevens 5:53.94
3000m – 2. Stevens 12:45.20
100m hurdles – 2. Wilson 16.75; 4. Kelby Kernt 17.74
400m hurdles – 1. Lani Hubka 1:07.75; 5. Paige Werner 1:16.37
Shuttle hurdle – 2. Sydney Kipp, Wilson, Autumn Scaller, Leslie Campbell, 1:10.26
4×100 – 1. Schaller, Kipp, Campbell, Kailyn O’Gara 52.07
4×200 – 1. Krivachek, O’Gara, Stowe, Hubka, 1:45.96
4×400 – 2. Lillian Olson, Mount, McKenzie Riley, Losen, 4:15.98
4×800 – 1. Werner, Losen, Sandhorst, Olson, 10:30.58
Sprint medley – 1. Kerndt, Mount, Headington, Riley, 1:58.30
Distance medley – 4. Holthaus, Tollefson, Dodd, Storhoff, 4:48.89

Crestwood girls team scores
1. Crestwood 176; 2. Waukon 125; 3. Saint Ansgar 92; 4. Decorah 60; 5. North Fayette Valley 55; 6. Kee 41; 7. Turkey Valley 29; 8. MFL MarMac 6

Crestwood results
Long jump – 7. Elizabeth Bjork 12-9.25
Shot put – 4. Lauren Luzum 34-2.25; 7. Annaleissa Arnold 31-11
Discus – 2. Arnold 98-7.25; 8. Annika Schmelzer 82-105
100m – 4. Greta Jones 13.81; 9. Ava Steine 14.91
200m – 8. Britann Metille 30.30; 11. Steine 31.22;
400m – 4. Stella Pole 1:11.95
800m – 5. Natalie Goodner 2:58.10; 8. Grace Blikre 3:10.19; 11. Diep Doan 3:20.83;
1500m – 5. Deborah Hougen 5:57.47
3000m – 3. Blikre 13:26.77
400m hurdles – 4. Lauren Holthaus 1:18.78
4×100 – 2. Greta Jones, Erin Egan, Dillan Johnson, Bridget Bentley, 55.55
4×200 – 3. Metille, Egan, Johnson, Bentley, 1:58.42
4×400 – 5. Kamryn Steines, Grace Brynsaas, Pole, Olivia Paulsen, 4:54.51
4×800 – 4. Brynsaas, Goodner, Steines, Chloe Sheffield, 11:49.67
Sprint medley – 7. Bentley, Egan, Johnson, Paulsen, 2:09.61
Distance medley – 3. Schmelzer, Brynsaas, Paulsen, Holthaus, 5:00.35

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