By Becky Walz,
Tommy Sexton clears a hurdle ahead of a Waukon competitor in the shuttle hurdle relay at the Decorah Early Bird held earlier this season. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
After Monday’s Decorah Relays were wiped out by a snowstorm, the Decorah boys track team braved the cold and windy conditions Friday at the Indian Relays hosted by Waukon.
“I was proud of the guys, as they showed real grit and determination in the difficult conditions. It was nice to get the chance to compete again,” said Coach Joel Rollinger.
The Vikes had a strong day on the oval, posting 160 points to take the team title, Waukon claimed second with 149 points.
Decorah brought home four gold medals in the night. It started with Dakota Johnson in the 100-meter dash who stopped the clock at 11.56 seconds. He later broke the tape in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:00.75. Cade Olson was the fastest to loop the track in the 400-meter dash in 51.53 seconds. The final gold medal of the night was won by Garrett See. The freshman was the fastest in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:04.93.
Eight other events claimed silver for the Vikes including Peyton Webb in the high jump (5-6), William Hahn in the shot put (40-11), Fisher Tweten in the discus (113-11), Johnson in the 110-meter hurdles (16.73), the shuttle hurdle relay (1:09.60), 4×100 relay (47.30), 4×200 relay (1:40.53) and the 4×800 relay (9:35.83).
The Vikings were at Mason City Monday and will have several athletes preparing to compete at the Drake Relays Thursday through Saturday, April 27-29.
Indian Relays team scores
1. Decorah 160; 2. Waukon 149; 3. Osage 148; 4. New Hampton 69; 5. Central Elkader 42
Varsity results
High jump – 2. Peyton Webb 5-6
Long jump – 3. Gavin Groux 18-7.5; 7. Ashton Saltou 15-8.75
Shot put – 2. William Hahn 40-11; 5. Fisher Tweten 36-0
Discus – 2. Tweten 113-11; 5. Hahn 97-8
100m – 1. Dakota Johnson 11.56; 8. Douglas Bentley 13.39
200m – 7. Montana Jump-Gerleman 27.58; 9. Noah Vilardo 31.76
400m – 1. Cade Olson 51.53; 5. Brayden Hartl 55.02
800m – 4. D’Mitry Lesser 2:22.97; 5. Thomas Hammel 2:24.46
1600m – 1. Garrett See 5:04.93; 4. Grant Zilka 5:14.13
3200m – 3. Hammel 11:34.94; 4. Max Grimstad 12:21.64
110m hurdles – 2. Johnson 16.73; 5. Joshua Adam 18.50
400m hurdles – 1. Johnson 1:00.75; 3. Saltou 1:03.94
Shuttle hurdle – 2. Adam, Tommy Sexton, Groux, Saltou, 1:09.60
4×100 – 2. Groux, Webb, Hartl, Adam, 47.30
4×200 – 2. Groux, Webb, Trevor Kuennen, Landon Quandahl, 1:40.53
4×400 – 3. L. Quandahl, Kuennen, Sexton, Carter Dlhy, 3:52.40
4×800 – 2. Lesser, See, Zilka, Mason Avila, 9:35.83
Sprint medley – 3. Adam, Hartl, Olson, Kuennen, 1:45.57
Distance medley – 4. Jump-Gerleman, Kaiden Youngblood, Garrett Waskow, Dhly, 4:21.33
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