By Becky Walz,
Grateful.
After having five meets canceled due to weather conditions this season, the Decorah boys’ track and field team were grateful to be able to compete Tuesday night in Mason City, after Monday’s conditions were less than favorable.
“Mason City was able to secure enough workers to move the meet to Tuesday and we really needed a chance to compete,” noted Coach Joel Rollinger. “We were very pleased with the efforts of the team.”
Grateful.
After having five meets canceled due to weather conditions this season, the Decorah boys’ track and field team were grateful to be able to compete Tuesday night in Mason City, after Monday’s conditions were less than favorable.
“Mason City was able to secure enough workers to move the meet to Tuesday and we really needed a chance to compete,” noted Coach Joel Rollinger. “We were very pleased with the efforts of the team.”
The Vikes finished second with 140 points to Mason City who had 176 points.
Despite the still less than ideal weather, the Vikings pulled out five gold medals.
Haywood Stowe spring to the title in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the shorter race, Stowe crossed the finish line in 12.30 seconds and posted a time of 23.03 seconds in the 200-meter dash.
Joseph Hjelle had the top throw in the shot put with a heave of 48 feet 1 inch.
Addae Whitsitt, Ben Wymer, Hjelle and Stowe sprinted home in the 4×100 in 44.64 seconds.
In the 4×800, Bennett Schutte, Cade Olson, Trey McCain and Hogan Smith won the event in 8:33.08.
The Vikes will split their team Monday, May 2, with the varsity going to MFL MarMac and the junior varsity to South Winn. The Northeast Iowa Conference meet is Thursday, May 5, at Waverly-Shell Rock at 5 p.m.
Mason City Invite varsity team scores
1. Mason City 176; 2. Decorah 140; 3. Waterloo West 93; 4. Forest City 83; 5. Marshalltown 68; 6. Fort Dodge 64; 7. Waterloo East 10
Individual varsity results
High jump – 3. Kaiden Quandahl 5’8”; 6. Gavin Groux 5’4”
Long jump – 5. Haywood Stowe 20’4”
Shot put – 1. Joseph Hjelle 48’1”; 7. Thomas Ostlie 38’5”
Discus – 3. Hjelle 120’07”; 11. Fisher Tweten 108’09”
100m – 1. Stowe 12.30; 12. Ben Wymer 13.07
200m – 1. Stowe 23.03; 7. B. Wymer 24.17
400m – 5. Addae Whitsitt 54.08
800m – 3. Trey McCain 2:10.25; 10. D’mitry Lesser 2:34.14
1600m – 2. Hogan Smith 4:52.18; 8. Thomas Hammel 5:19.67
3200m – 7. Lesser 11:08.15
110m hurdles – 3. Austin Wilkins 16.55; 6. Dakota Johnson 17.04
400m hurdles – 3. Wilkins 1:04.02; 6. Jacob Pipho 1:10.06
Shuttle hurdle – 2. Wilkins, D. Johnson, Groux, Pipho, 1:05.50
4×100 – 1. Whitsitt, B. Wymer, Hjelle, Stowe, 44.63
4×200 – 2. Groux, Kelley Gates, Quandahl, Brayden Hartl, 1:36.58
4×400 – 2. D. Johnson, Cade Olson, Quandahl, Bennett Schutte, 3:40.87
4×800 – 1. Schutte, Olson, McCain, Smith, 8:33.08
Sprint medley – 2. Wilkins, Garrett Waskow, Gates, Whitsitt, 1:40.88
Distance medley – 3. Cade Averhoff, Waskow, Douglas Bentley, Thomas Hammel, 3:59.49
Mason City Invite JV team scores
1. Waterloo West 150; 2. Forest City 120; 3. Decorah 100.66; 4. Mason City 79.33; 5. Marshalltown 76; 6. Waterloo East 41; 7. Fort Dodge 23
Individual results
High jump – 2. Dakota Johnson 5’10”; 3. Joshua Adam 5’2”; 3. Brayden Hartl 5’2”
Long jump – 6. Montana Jump-Gerleman 16’7”; 9. Justin Fortman 14’1”; 10. Reid Kuehner 13’8”
Shot put – 3. Fisher Tweten 36’7”; 6. William Hahn 33’7”; 14. Cashton Riehle 29’0”
Discus – 4. Thomas Ostlie 101’7”; 6. Hahn 95’3”; 17. Oliver Brummel 67’5”
100m – 7. Kieren Sensor 13.76; 15. Nathan Wymer 15.31; 16. Louis Bucksa 15.79
200m – 1. Douglas Bentley 25.64; 4. Jump-Gerleman 25.97; 12. Brock Taylor 28.22
400m – 7. Ezra Vorvick 1:06.76; 10. Jack Sovern 1:20.53; 11. Nathaniel Roberts 1:22.95
800m – 5. Landan Folkedahl 2:26.15
1600m – 2. Grant Zilka 5:11.21; 12. Vorvick 5:49.41
110m hurdles – 3. Adam 20.07
Shuttle hurdle – X
4×100 – 1. Gavin Groux, Hartl, Garrett Waskow, Kelley Gates, 33.50
4×200 – 7. Alex McGrath, Will Teslow, Kuehner, N. Wymer, 1:55.16
4×400 – 6. Brock Taylor, Fortman, Teslow, McGrath, 4:28.21
4×800 – 2. Cade Averhoff, Adam, Grant Remington, Thomas Hammel, 1:19.35
Sprint medley – 4. Sensor, Remington, Landon Kuennen, Folkedahl, 1:54.51
Distance medley – 1. Jump-Gerleman, Kuennen, Remington, Zilka, 4:18.50
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