By Becky Walz,
Turkey Valley’s Ryan Franzen (left) gets set to pass a runner in a contest from early in the season. Thursday, the senior won two individual golds and another in the 4x400 relay. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
Against strong gusts of wind and temperatures hovering in the 40s, the Turkey Valley track teams competed well at the Gary Bottorf Invite hosted by Kee Thursday.
The Trojan boys finished second with 65 points behind team champion MFL MarMac who posted 120 points. In the girls’ team race, the Trojans tallied 78 points to finish third. Waukon won the meet with 145 points, followed by the hosts with 87.
Franzen on fire
Ryan Franzen lit up the track Thursday, earning two individual and one relay gold. The senior looped the track in 52.70 seconds to win the 400-meter dash and later won the 800-meter run in 2:07.48. Franzen capped off the night as a member of the winning 4×400 relay with Burke Busta, Chase Hayek and Troy Schmitt. The quartet posted a winning time of 3:48.62.
For Noah Hanson it was a quartet of silvers as he was the runner-up in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the shorter event the senior sprinted down the track in 11.42 seconds and stopped the clock at 23.46 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Rounding out the sprints, Hanson finished second to teammate, Franzen, in the 400-meter dash in 53.20 seconds. In the 4×100 relay, he joined forces with Franzen, Dairean Keyes and JD Kruse to take silver in 48.72 seconds.
Rounding out the top-three finishes for the Trojans was the 4×800 relay of Logan Busta, Miguel Diaz, Kruse and Tucker Reicks in 10:56.62 for bronze.
Shining for the girls
Three events claimed titles for the Trojan girls which began with Jacqlyn Schmitt in the discus with a heave of 94 feet 9 inches. The senior claimed second in the shot put with a throw of 34 feet 6.5 inches as well.
The 4×100 relay and the 4×100 weightmen relay also won gold. In the 4×100 relay it was Jenna Throndson, Olivia Snyder, Ryann Schmitt and Morgan Wenthold posting the winning time of 54.48 seconds. Aubrey Hoffert, Delaney Busta, Addison Lutgen and J. Schmitt won the weightmen 4×100 relay in 1:02.72.
Layni Schuchhardt was the runner-up in the 3000-meter run in 13:43.84, along with the other six relays.
Coming up
The Trojans were at Sumner-Fred Monday. Tuesday, April 25, the girls will be at Clayton Ridge, while the boys will travel to Clayton Ridge Thursday, April 27. Both events are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Gary Bottorf boys team scores
1. MFL MarMac 120; 2. Turkey Valley 65; 3. Clayton Ridge 60; 4. Kee 55; 5. West Central 48; 6. De Soto (Wis.) 22; 7. Postville 18
Gary Bottorf girls team scores
1. Waukon 145; 2. Kee 87; 3. Turkey Valley 78; 4. West Central 27; 5. MFL MarMac 18; 6. De Soto (Wis.) 13; 7. Postville 8
Boys results
Shot put – 4. Logan Busta 37-4.75
Discus – 6. Troy Schmitt 97-1
100m – 2. Noah Hanson 11.42; 4. Burke Busta 12.20
200m – 2. Hanson 23.46; 5. B. Busta 25.88
400m – 1. Ryan Franzen 52.70; 2. Hanson 53.20
800m – 1. Franzen 2:07.48; 9. Tucker Reicks 2:43.22
1600m – 6. Russell Nieman 5:36.58
3200m – 6. Nieman 11:13.18
400m hurdles – 7. L. Busta 1:15.00; 9. Reicks 1:31.29
4×100 – 2. Franzen, Hanson, Dairean Keyes, JD Kruse, 48.72
4×200 – 2. Miguel Diaz, Chase Hayek, Kruse, Keyes, 1:47.13
4×400 – 1. B. Busta, Hayek, Franzen, Schmitt, 3:48.62
4×800 – 3. L. Busta, Diaz, Kruse, Reicks, 10:56.62
Sprint medley – 4. L. Busta, Kruse, Hayek, Schmitt, 1:50.09
Girls results
Long jump – 3. Morgan Wenthold 15-1; 5. Makinley Lutgen 13-4
Shot put – 2. Jacqlyn Schmitt 34-6.5; 7. Aubrey Hoffert 23-7.25
Discus – 1. J. Schmitt 94-9; 8. Jenna Throndson 65-5.5; 9. Hoffert 65-3
100m – 7. Kinsey Reicks 15.32; 9. Delaney Busta 16.11
200m – 4. Olivia Snyder 30.15; 8. Layni Schuchhardt 32.31
400m – 5. Busta 1:17.90; 7. Karen Ventura 1:18.52
800m – 4. Karstyn Lukes 3:03.21; 6. Addison Steinlage 3:10.81
3000m – 2. Schuchhardt 13:43.84; 5. Steinlage 14:24.07
100m hurdles – 5. Haylee Hanson 20.66
400m hurdles – 4. Ventura 1:28.86
Shuttle hurdle – 2. 1:32.42
4×100 – 1. Throndson, Snyder, Ryann Schmitt, Wenthold 54.48
4×100 weightmen – 1. Hoffert, Busta, A. Lutgen, J. Schmitt, 1:02.72
4×200 – 2. Wenthold, Snyder, Reicks, Throndson 1:59.53
4×400 – 2. Reicks, Hanson, Lukes, Schuchhardt, 5:00.70
4×800 – 2. Lukes, Hanson, M. Lutgen, A. Lutgen, 12:39.78
Sprint medley – 2. Throndson, R. Schmitt, Snyder, Wenthold, 2:05.58
Distance medley – 2. R. Schmitt, Steinlage, A. Lutgen, M. Lutgen, 5:28.33
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