By Becky Walz,
South Winn’s Megan Hageman (right) leads Trojan Kinsey Reicks down the final stretch in the sprint medley relay Thursday at the UIC meet in Guttenberg. (Photo courtesy of Leah Kruse)
It was a close finish in the girls’ race for the Upper Iowa Conference title Thursday in Guttenberg with Central Elkader skimming by South Winn. The Central Warriors collected 169 points, while South Winn tallied 163. The Trojan girls finished the night with 79 points, good for fifth place.
North Fayette Valley took top honors in the boys’ team standings, ahead of MFL MarMac. South Winn came in third with 109 points, while Turkey Valley collected 65 points to finish sixth.
SW highlights
The South Winn girls had five events claim the top spot.
Alyssa Holthaus and Abby Wagner went 1-2 in the high jump, with Holthaus clearing the bar at an even 5 feet for the crown. In 2:27.77, Billie Wagner had the fastest 800-meter time as fellow senior Megan Hageman broke the tape in the 1500-meter run in 5:14.81.
The 4×100 relay of Morgan Kriener, Josie Tollefsrud, Allison Hageman and Cloey Zweibohmer stopped the clock at 53.76 seconds for gold. Britney Hageman, Adele Conway, Ivey Franzen and B. Wagner took the distance medley title in 4:39.04.
Kaden Bullerman won the lone gold for the Warrior boys. The senior was the long jump king with a best jump of 18 feet, 6.5 inches. Lukas Weiss was right behind as the runner-up, jumping 18 feet, 6.25 inches.
Six other events had runner-up finishes including Bullerman in the 400-meter hurdles (58.26), Weiss in the 110-meter hurdles (17.09), Kaden Barton-Franzen in the high jump (5-6), Parker Timp in the shot put (43-10.75), Keagen Streeter in the discus (130-6) and the shuttle hurdle relay of Weiss, Bullerman, Timp and Brady Ohrt (1:0583).
TV highlights
The Trojan boys had three relays garner the gold and one individual.
Ryan Franzen won a total of three titles including the 400-meter dash in 52.68 seconds. He also anchored the sprint medley to gold with Troy Schmitt, Chase Hayek and Noah Hanson in 1:38.71. In the final event of the night, the 4×400 relay quartet of Hanson, Hayek, Burke Busta and Franzen broke the tape in 3:42.38. The 4×800 relay was also golden. Hayek, B. Busta, JD Kruse and Russell Nieman stopped the clock at 9:14.05 for the win.
Two more events claimed silver for the Turkey Valley boys. Hanson was the 200-meter dash runner-up in 23.72 seconds. Anchoring the 4×200 to second, Hanson combined with B. Busta, Franzen and Hayek for a time of 1:36.15.
The Turkey Valley girls had a pair of second place finishes to go with a trio of bronze.
In the throwing events, senior Jacqlyn Schmitt took home silver in the shot put with a best throw of 32 feet, 5.5 inches and earned bronze in the discus with a distance of 90 feet, 3 inches. Ryann Schmitt, Olivia Snyder, Clare Courtney and Jenna Throndson put up a time of 53.84 seconds in the 4×100 relay to take silver.
Two relays took third for the Trojan girls — the 4×200 (1:57.89) and 4×800 (12:11.71).
The big one
Thursday, May 11, is the state-qualifying meet for both South Winn and Turkey Valley at Northwood-Kensett, at 4 p.m.
The state-qualifying meets determine who will compete at state, which is Thursday through Saturday, May 18-20, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The top performance at all sites qualify, followed by the 14 next best times/distances from across the state, for a total of 24 per event.
UIC girls team scores
1. Central Elkader 169; 2. South Winn 163; 3. North Fayette Valley 101; 4. Kee 99; 5. Turkey Valley 79; 6. Clayton Ridge 37; 7. Postville 25; 8. MFL MarMac 22; 9. West Central 19
UIC boys team scores
1. North Fayette Valley 162; 2. MFL MarMac 134; 3. South Winn 109; 4. West Central 79; 5. Clayton Ridge 70; 6. Turkey Valley 65; 7. Central Elkader 47; 8. Kee 42; 9. Postville 26
Girls results
High jump – 1. Alyssa Holthaus, SW, 5-0; 2. Abby Wagner, SW, 4-10
Long jump – 4. A. Wagner, SW, 15-6.5; 6. Holthaus, SW, 15-3; 7. Makinley Lutgen, TV, 15-1.25
Shot put – 2. Jacqlyn Schmitt, TV 32-5.5; 6. Kalissa Schmelzer, SW, 27-1.5; 8. Quinn Kruckman, SW, 25-4.25
Discus – 3. J. Schmitt, TV, 90-3; 4. Kruckman, SW, 82-4
100m – 5. Olivia Snyder, TV, 14.06; 6. Cloey Zweibohmer, SW, 14.11; 9. Clare Courtney, TV, 14.55; 14. Dhalia Trujilo, SW, 16.33
200m – 2. Zweibohmer, SW, 28.52; 7. Jenna Throndson, TV, 29.82; 12. M. Lutgen, TV, 31.14; 13. Alyssa Timp, SW, 33.21
400m – 5. Katie Shimek, SW, 1:05.83; 6. Megan Hageman, SW, 1;06.72; 7. Haylee Hanson, TV, 1:11.71; 10. Addison Lutgen, TV, 1:16.42
800m – 1. Billie Wagner, SW, 2:27.77; 2. Josie Tieskoetter, SW, 2:29.84; 4. Layni Schuchhardt, TV, 2:46.63; 8. Karstyn Lukes, TV, 2:55.78
1500m – 1. M. Hageman, SW, 5:14.81; 2. Anna Dietzenbach, SW, 5:42.20; 4. Schuchhardt, TV, 6:08.57
3000m – 2. Dietzenbach, SW, 12:25.89; 3. Tessa Phillips, SW, 13:26.92
100m hurdles – 5. Izzy Kuboushek, SW, 19.12; 7. Hanson, TV, 19.50; 8. Josie Hageman, SW, 19.88; 9. Kinsey Reicks, TV, 20.23
400m hurdles – 5. Hanson, TV, 1:18.72; 6. Kuboushek, SW, 1:19.00; 7. Aubrey Willey, SW, 1:21.18; 9. Karen Ventura, TV, 1:25.23
Shuttle hurdle – 3. J. Hageman, Becker, Kuboushek, A. Willey, SW, 1:20.83; 4. Hanson, Reicks, Ventura, Busta, TV, 1:26.29
4×100 – 1. Morgan Kriener, Josie Tollefsrud, Allison Hageman, Zweibohmer, SW, 53.76; 2. Ryann Schmitt, Snyder, Courtney, Throndson, TV, 53.84
4×200 – 3. Throndson, Snyder, R. Schmitt, M. Lutgen, TV, 1:5789; 4. Kriener, Gabby Becker, A. Hageman, Holthaus, SW, 1:57.94
4×400 – 2. Shimek, Tieskoetter, Karissa Wenthold, B. Wagner, SW, 4:25.00; 5. A. Lutgen, Addison Steinlage, Ventura, Delaney Busta, TV, 5:00.68
4×800 – 2. Wenthold, Ella Willey, Maddy Jansen, Tieskoetter, SW, 10:32.93; 3. Lukes, Schuchhardt, Steinlage, A. Lutgen, TV, 12:11.71
Sprint medley – 4. Kriener, Tollefsrud, A. Hageman, M. Hageman, SW, 2:03.05; 5. R. Schmitt, Throndson, Snyder, Reicks, TV, 2:04.10
Distance medley – 1. Britney Hageman, Adele Conway, Ivey Franzen, B. Wagner, SW, 4:39.04; 4. Reicks, Steinlage, M. Lutgen, Lukes, TV, 5:12.45
Boys results
High jump – 2. Kaden Barton-Franzen, SW, 5-6; 9. Irving Flores, SW, 5-0
Long jump – 1. Kaden Bullerman, SW, 18-6.5; 2. Lukas Weiss, SW, 18-6.25
Shot put – 2. Parker Timp, SW, 43-10.75; 6. Chandler Riehle, SW, 38-1
Discus – 2. Keagen Streeter, SW, 130-6
100m – 6. Nolan Sabelka, SW, 12.91; 8. Logan Busta, TV, 13.14; 13. Miguel Diaz, TV, 13.99; 14. I. Flores, SW, 14.02
200m – 2. Noah Hanson, TV, 23.72; 7. Sabelka, SW, 25.91; 10. Kyle Kuboushek, SW, 27.24; 13. M. Diaz, TV, 28.50
400m – 1. Ryan Franzen, TV, 52.68; 10. Hunter Wagner, SW, 1:03.19; 14. Tucker Reicks, TV, 1:07.40
800m – 8. Brody Tieskoetter, SW, 2:26.50; 9. Brady Ohrt, SW, 2:29.88; 12. Reicks, TV, 2:41.82
1600m – 6. Abe Conway, SW, 5:24.80; 7. Wagner, SW, 5:37.08
3200m – 7. Kyle Hageman, SW, 12:41.12; 9. Max Moonen, SW, 13:53.82
110m hurdles – 2. Weiss, SW, 17.09; 5. Ohrt, SW, 18.40
400m hurdles – 2. Bullerman, SW, 58.26; 11. L. Busta, TV, 1:11.63
Shuttle hurdle – 2. Weiss, Bullerman, Timp, Ohrt, SW, 1:05.83
4×100 – 3. Streeter, Timp, Weiss, Riehle, SW, 46.66; 6. David Diaz, Burke Busta, JD Kruse, Troy Schmitt, TV, 49.65
4×200 – 2. B. Busta, Franzen, Chase Hayek, Hanson, TV, 1:36.15; 4. Timp, Landen Schnuelle, Bullerman, Riehle, SW, 1:41.10
4×400 – 1. Hanson, Hayek, B. Busta, Franzen, TV, 3:42.38; 4. Ohrt, B. Tieskoetter, Brad Dahl, Omar Flores, SW, 4:03.26
4×800 – 1. Hayek, B. Busta, Kruse, Russell Nieman, TV, 9:14.05; 3. B. Tieskoetter, Conway, O. Flores, Wagner, SW, 9:41.20
Sprint medley – 1. Schmitt, Hayek, Hanson, Franzen, TV, 1:38.71; 9. Kuboushek, Schnuelle, Dahl, Conway, 1:51.49
Distance medley – 4. D. Diaz, Kruse, Schmitt, Nieman, TV, 4:14.10; 8. Kuboushek, Barton-Franzen, Dahl, Hageman, SW, 4:23.84
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