Building on big leads from the field events, the Mount Ayr Community Raiders rolled to two more relays titles in action this past week.
The Raiders won by 50 points at the East Union Eagle Relays in Afton Tuesday, April 6, then won the Class Bi title at the Crawford Relays in Osceola by 32.5 points on Thursday, April 8.
Eagle Relays title won
Mount Ayr Community won the East Union Eagle Relays scoring 116 points in Afton on Tuesday, April 6.
The rest of the team scoring: Clarinda Academy--66, Worth County--66, Adair Casey--61, Nodaway Valley--59, Orient Macksburg--54, Bedford--43, Central Decatur --33, Lamoni--26, East Union--23, and Lenox--10.
“I am very pleased with our overall effort so far this season,” stated coach Brad Elliott. “We have trained through these early meets, so it is exciting to see us competing so well.”
The Raiders dominated the field events scoring 55 points to put them far ahead of the field heading into the running events.
Cade Lambson and Dustin Pritchett went 1-2 in both the shot and discus. Lambson threw a season best 154’ 7” in the discus and heaved the shot 51’ ’0.5”, which also is a season best to win that title. Pritchett threw a career best 48’ 10” to capture the silver in the shot.
Braydee Poore won the high jump and Sheldon Triggs and Matt Sobotka both placed in the long jump. Korey Beaman won the 110 meter hurdles and he teamed with Matt Sobotka, Braydee Poore and Chad Starlin to take the shuttle hurdle relay title with a 1:06.93 clocking.
The Raiders closed the evening by winning an exciting 4x400 meter relay. Chad Starlin pulled away in the final five meters to secure the victory for Mount Ayr Community. The other members of the relay were Brett England, Tyler Hinz and Korey Beaman.
Crawford Relays title for boys
Mount Ayr Community again came roaring out of the field events and continued to pile up points to win the Crawford Relays in Osceola on April 8.
The Raiders scored 143.5 points to top the ten team Class B field on Thursday. The rest of the scoring: Martensdale-St. Marys--111, Murray--91, Moravia--69, Lamoni--59, East Union--52, Central Decatur--33, Lamoni--26, Lenox--22, and Lineville-Clio--9.
“I am proud of the way our guys competed,” said head coach Brad Elliott. “We have worked these guys hard and they have responded with great effort and good performances.”
Cade Lambson raised his season’s best in the shot to 51’ 6” and 156’ 8” in the discus. Dustin Pritchett had a career best 137’ 3” throw in the discus on Thursday. These two young men again rolled up 36 points by going 1-2 in the shot and discus.
The 4x800 team of Alex Sobotka, Drake Schafer, Jordan Clymer and Brett England turned in a season best 9:17.80 clocking to win gold at Osceola.
The shuttle hurdle team of Matt Sobotka, Braydee Poore, Chad Starlin and Korey Beaman won for the second time this week and the 4x400 team of Korey Beaman, Brett England, Tyler Hinz and Chad Starlin also won for the second straight time running 3:43.78. The 4x200 relay of Matt Jones, Matt Sobotka, Tyler Hinz and Chad Starlin picked up another first for the Raiders with a winning time of 1:40.88.
Tyler Hinz won the 200 and Korey Beaman the 110 meter hurdles to complete the gold medal winners for Mount Ayr Community.
Next action
The Raiders went to Chariton Tuesday, April 13 and run at the Clarke Invitational tonight (Thursday). Tuesday, April 20, they go to the Red Oak Invitational and are at the Martensdale-St. Mary’s Invitational on Thursday, April 22.