Limited squad competes

By Becky Walz,

With clear skies and warm temperatures, the Decorah boys’ track and field team sent a small contingent of athletes to the Harold Sweet Invitational at Dubuque Senior Thursday night. Decorah scored 34 points in the meet with all six events finishing in the top five of their respective fields.

With clear skies and warm temperatures, the Decorah boys’ track and field team sent a small contingent of athletes to the Harold Sweet Invitational at Dubuque Senior Thursday night. Decorah scored 34 points in the meet with all six events finishing in the top five of their respective fields.
“We took a van of nine guys trying to run events that were hopeful to improve times towards Drake qualification. We were able to improve our times in every event we ran on the track and were very thankful for the opportunity to compete,” said Coach Joel Rollinger.
The best finish came from the distance medley quartet of Ben Wymer, Haywood Stowe, Addae Whitsitt and Bennett Schutte. They combined for a time of 3:40.22 to finish second.
The shuttle hurdle and 4×100 relays each claimed bronze. 
Joining forces in the hurdle event were Austin Wilkins, Dakota Johnson, Gavin Groux and Jacob Pipho in a time of 1:04.02. Whitsitt, Wymer, Pipho and Stowe stopped the clock at 44.21 seconds in the 4×100 relay.
Individually Wilkins placed fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.89 seconds. 
Thrower Joseph Hjelle finished the day fourth in the discus with a throw of 147 feet 5 inches. The senior added a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a heave of 49 feet 8 inches.
Decorah was at Mason City Monday, April 25. Later this week, the Vikings will have several events showcasing their talents at the Drake Relays Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30.

Harold Sweet Invite team scores
1. CR Kennedy 111.50; 2. Epworth, WD 92; 3. Dubuque Senior 87.50; 4. Dubuque Hempstead 85; 5. CR Washington 54; 6. Muscatine 53; 7. Dubuque Wahlert 51; 8. Cascade 40; 9. CR Xavier 38; 10. Northeast Goose Lake 34.50; 11. Decorah 34; 12. Anamosa 30. 13. CR Jefferson 20.50; 14. Beckman 4

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