By Becky Walz,
A record that has stood since 1929 finally was broken Monday as Decorah senior sprinter Haywood Stowe flew down the track in the 100-meter dash in 11.11 seconds.
“It has been a goal of Haywood’s, so it was great to see the 1929 record finally go down. We had many outstanding efforts from our athletes as we head into conference and state qualifying meets,” said Coach Joel Rollinger.
A record that has stood since 1929 finally was broken Monday as Decorah senior sprinter Haywood Stowe flew down the track in the 100-meter dash in 11.11 seconds.
“It has been a goal of Haywood’s, so it was great to see the 1929 record finally go down. We had many outstanding efforts from our athletes as we head into conference and state qualifying meets,” said Coach Joel Rollinger.
He wasn’t the only winner of the night for the Decorah boys’ track team at MFL MarMac either, as the Vikings came home with the team title and 13 other gold medals. The Vikings dominated the track, adding up 216 points over the host Bulldogs’ 82 points who took second.
Trey McCain won a pair of individual titles as he won the long jump (18’10”) and 400-meter dash (52.98 seconds). Sweeping the throwing events once again was Joseph Hjelle. The senior tossed the shot put 51 feet 5.5 inches and sent the discus sailing 153 feet 9 inches.
Winning the 200-meter dash was Addae Whitsitt in 23.58 seconds, while Hogan Smith garnered gold in the 800-meter run in 2:05.31. Dakota Johnson notched first in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.40 seconds. Jacob Pipho won the other hurdle event, circling the track in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.29.
Decorah claimed five relay titles as well. The sprint medley of Gavin Groux, Garrett Waskow, Kaiden Quandahl and Hogan Smith broke the tape in 1:41.52. Then it was the shuttle hurdle relay’s turn to win in 1:04.43. Members of the gold-medal squad were Austin Wilkins, Johnson, Groux and Pipho.
Whitsitt, Ben Wymer, Kelley Gates and Stowe ran away with the 4×200 gold in 1:32.82. The night ended with back-to-back wins for Decorah. The 4×100 stopped the clock first at 45.07 seconds with Wymer, Hjelle, Groux and Stowe teaming up. In the final event of the night Cade Olson, McCain, Brayden Hartl and Johnson claimed the 4×400 win in 3:45.96.
NEIC meet Thursday
The Vikings will begin the postseason at the Northeast Iowa Conference meet in Waverly Thursday, May 5, at 5 p.m. Then they will have a week to prepare to host the state-qualifying meet Thursday, May 12, at 4 p.m.
Team scores
1. Decorah 216; 2. MFL MarMac 82; 3. Clayton Ridge 78; 4. Ed-Co 64; 5. East Buchanan 59; 6. Central Elkader 47; 7. Kee 18
Varsity individual results
High jump – 2. Brayden Hartl 5’0”
Long jump – 1. Trey McCain 18’10”; 5. Garrett Waskow 16’9”
Shot put – 1. Joseph Hjelle 51’5.5”; 4. Thomas Ostlie 39’0.5”; 9. Fisher Tweten 35’6”
Discus – 1. Hjelle 153’9”; 3. Ostlie 111’8”; 4. Tweten 109’0”
100m – 1. Haywood Stowe 11.11; 2. Addae Whitsitt 11.58
200m – 1. Whitsitt 23.58; 2. Kelley Gates 24.11
400m – 1. McCain 52.98; 2. Kaiden Quandahl 53.41
800m – 1. Hogan Smith 2:05.31; 2. Doug Bentley 2:16.07
1600m – 4. D’mitry Lesser 5:15.30
3200m – 2. Landan Folkedahl 11:19.21
110m hurdles – 1. Dakota Johnson 16.40
400m hurdles – 1. Jacob Pipho 1:01.29
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Austin Wilkins, D. Johnson, Groux, Pipho, 1:04.43
4×100 – 1. Ben Wymer, Hjelle, Groux, Stowe, 45.07
4×200 – 1. Whitsitt, Wymer, Gates, Stowe, 1:32.82
4×400 – 1. Cade Olson, McCain, Hartl, Johnson, 3:45.96
Sprint medley – 1. Groux, Waskow, Quandahl, Smith, 1:41.52
Distance medley – 2. Olson, Hartl, Bennett Schutte, Hammel, 3:51.59
JV individual results
100m – 1. Garrett Waskow 12.57; 2. Doug Bentley 12.63
200m – 3. Thomas Hammel 27.07; 7. Fisher Tweten 28.83
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