By Becky Walz,
Firing out of the blocks at a meet at Nashua-Plainfield last week are Trojans Olivia Snyder (far left) and Morgan Wenthold (far right). (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
Getting on the track at New Hampton, the Turkey Valley girls and boys track teams posted another day of solid gains Thursday.
The girls finished with 36 points, garnering one gold. The boys’ team standings were unavailable at press time, but the Trojans also collected one title.
In girls’ action, Turkey Valley’s 4×200 took the top spot in 1:55.13. Members of the winning relay included Clare Courtney, Olivia Snyder, Jenna Throndson and Morgan Wenthold. It was that same quartet taking bronze in the 4×100 and sprint medley relays. In the 4×100, the foursome posted a time of 54.28 seconds and opened the meet in the sprint medley in 2:05.01.
The Trojan boys did even better, winning one event, taking home three silvers and two bronze. Burke Busta, Ryan Franzen, Chase Hayek and Noah Hanson broke the tape in 1:34.72, winning the 4×200 relay. In the 4×400, those four were second in 3:37.37. In the 4×800 relay it was Franzen, B. Busta, Hayek combining with Russell Nieman for a time of 9:18.78, to take silver. Hanson was an individual runner-up in the 200-meter dash, posting a time of 22.87 seconds, in addition to a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash in 11.40 seconds. Franzen’s time of 2:11.15 in the 800-meter run earned him a third-place finish as well.
Complete results will be available online at www.driftlessjournal.com.
Monday’s girls’ meet at New Hampton was cancelled due to impending weather so the Trojans won’t be on the track again until Thursday, April 20, when they travel to Kee for a 4:30 p.m. start.
New Hampton girls team scores
1. New Hampton 145.5; 2. Waukon 134.5; 3. Sumner-Fred 104; 4. Nashua-Plainfield 58; 5. Tripoli 54; 6. North Fayette Valley 53; 7. Turkey Valley 36
Girls results
Long jump – 8. Makinley Lutgen 13’7.25”
Shot put – 9. Jacqlyn Schmitt 28’11.5”; 18. Aubrey Hoffert 19’5”
Discus – 4. J. Schmitt 96’10”; 19. Hoffert 62’5”
100m – 5. Ryann Schmitt 14.26
200m – 10. Addison Steinlage 30.75; 11. Addison Lutgen 31.95
400m – 10. Haylee Hanson 1:09.89; 13. Karen Ventura 1:16.29
800m – 8. Karstyn Lukes 2:54.62; 11. Delaney Busta 3:18.77
1500m – 5. Layni Schuchhardt 6:06.67; 11. Steinlage 6:30.50
100m hurdles – 8. Kinsey Reicks 19.71; 11. Hanson 20.60
400m hurdles – 6. Hanson 1:22.41; 8. Ventura 1:28.82
4×100 – 3. Clare Courtney, Olivia Snyder, Jenna Throndson, Morgan Wenthold, 54.28
4×200 – 1. Courtney, Snyder, Throndson, Wenthold, 1:55.13
4×400 – 6. Wenthold, Reicks, Throndson, Snyder, 4:57.77
4×800 – 5. Schuchhardt, Lukes, Steinlage, Busta, 12:52.57
Sprint medley – 3. Courtney, Snyder, Throndson, Wenthold, 2:05.01
Distance medley – 5. R. Schmitt, A. Lutgen, M. Lutgen, Schuchhardt, 5:13.81
Boys results
Shot put – 14. Logan Busta 30’3.5”
Discus – 10. Troy Schmitt 115’2”
100m – 3. Noah Hanson 11.40; 10. Schmitt 12.26
200m – 2. Hanson 22.87; 12. Schmitt 25.37
400m – 9. Russell Nieman 1:00.75; 10. JD Kruse 1:01.67
800m – 3. Ryan Franzen 2:11.15
1600m – 5. Nieman 5:15.10
4×200 – 1. Burke Busta, Franzen, Chase Hayek, Hanson, 1:34.72
4×400 – 2. B. Busta, Hanson, Hayek, Franzen, 3:37.37
4×800 – 2. Franzen, B. Busta, Hayek, Nieman, 9:18.78
Sprint medley – 6. Schmitt, B. Busta, Hayek, JD Kruse, 1:47.78
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