By Becky Walz,
Brayden Hartl (left) takes the baton from Peyton Webb in a race earlier in the week hosted by Decorah. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The Decorah boys track team got a chance to see some new competition Thursday, competing at the West Delaware Invite.
The Vikes picked up 154 points, taking second at the seven-team invite. Waverly-Shell Rock was the team champion with 212 points.
Decorah had three individuals and five relays bring home titles. In the long jump, Kaiden Quandahl topped the field with a leap of 20 feet 6 inches. William Hahn was crowned the discus champion with a best throw of 138 feet 4 inches and breaking the tape in the 1600-meter run in 4:59.22 was Garrett See.
The sprint medley relay claimed the title in 1:40.03 with Gavin Groux, K. Quandahl, Cade Olson and Trevor Kuennen combining their talents. In 9:22.10, See, Carter Dlhy, Mason Avila and Max Grimstand won the 4×800 relay. Also in first was the shuttle hurdle relay. Team members Joshua Adam, Tommy Sexton, Groux and Dakota Johnson clocked in at 1:05.62. In the 4×100 Weight Man relay, Cash Riehle, Hahn, Henry Brynsaas and Fisher Tweten blazed around the track in 47.04 seconds.
The Vikings had six other events with runner-up finishes including Hahn in the shot put (42’7.5”), Ben Wymer in the 100-meter dash (11.35), Gates in the 200-meter dash (22.74), Kuennen in the 400-meter dash (54.58), the 4×100 relay of Adam, Kuennen, Peyton Webb and Landon Quandahl (47.04) and the 4×400 relay of Johnson, Gate, Brayden Hartl and Olson.
The Vikes hosted the final home regular season meet Monday, April 17, and finish the week at Waukon Friday, April 21, at 4:30 p.m.
West Delaware team scores
1. Waverly-Shell Rock 212; 2. Decorah 154; 3. Maquoketa Valley 75; 4. West Delaware 56; 4. Maquoketa 56; 6. Central Elkader 17; 7. Wapsie Valley 4
Varsity results
High jump – 3. Brayden Hartl 5’4”
Long jump – 1. Kaiden Quandahl 20’6”; 5. Kelley Gates 18’7.5”; 12. Ashton Saltou 17’4.5”; 13. Montana Jump-Gerleman 17’3.5”
Shot put – 2. William Hahn 42’7.5”; 7. Fisher Tweten 39’1”; 12. Luke Franzen 36’0”; 16. Cash Riehle 33’10.5”
Discus – 1. Hahn 138’4”; 5. Tweten 126’0”; 10. Henry Brynsaas 104’1”
100m – 2. Ben Wymer 11.35; 7. Peyton Webb 12.15; 8. Kaiden Youngblood 12.20; 10. Garrett Waskow 12.26
200m – 2. Gates 22.74; 6. Webb 24.19; 12. Justin Fortman 25.47
400m – 2. Trevor Kuennen 54.58; 12. Caleb Johnson 1:04.22; 13. Brody Hanson 1:04.92
800m – 5. Thomas Hammel 2:19.36; 8. D’Mitrey Lesser 2:25.89; 10. Douglas Bentley 2:27.35; 11. Brock Taylor 2:30.44
1600m – 1. Garrett See 4:59.22; 4. Grant Zilka 5:19.52; 6. Carson Bohner 5:21.55; 7. Max Grimstad 5:27.58
3200m – 4. Lesser 11:05.68; 6. Zilka 11:39.21; 7. Phuong Doan 12:55.76; 8. Ezra Vorvick 13:11.50
110m hurdles – 7. Joshua Adam 17.35; 10. Tommy Sexton 19.64; 11. Franzen 19.76
400m hurdles – 4. Gavin Groux 59.87; 5. Saltou 1:01.44; 10. Caden Malanaphy 1:07.27
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Adam, Sexton, Groux, Dakota Johnson, 1:05.62
4×100 – 2. Adam, Kuennen, Webb, L. Quandahl, 47.04; 7. Fortman, Louis Bucksa, Alexander McGrath, Jump-Gerleman, 50.36
4×100 weighmen – 1. Riehle, Hahn, Brynsaas, Tweten, 50.64
4×200 – 4. Jace Buddenberg, Will Teslow, Youngblood, Jump-Gerleman, 1:42.30
4×400 – 2. Johnson, Gates, Hartl, Cade Olson, 3:34.19; 7. Kyle Pattison, Mason Avila, Teslow, Buddenberg, 4:09.39
4×800 – 1. See, Carter Dlhy, Avila, Grimstad, 9:22.10; 4. Pattison, Bohner, Taylor, Malanaphy, 9:58.65
Sprint medley – 1. Groux, K. Quandahl, Olson, Kuennen, 1:40.03; 5. Waskow, L. Quandahl, Bentley, Buddenberg, 1:50.97
Distance medley – 1. Saltou, Hartl, L. Quandahl, Thomas Hammel, 3:53.41
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