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The Mount Ayr track & field teams traveled to Earlham for the second meet of the season at Jack Padilla Stadium.
The weather saw a big change from the first meet of the season at the Earlybird meet in Earlham just a month before.
The Raiders faced near 80 degree temperatures with high winds blowing in.
The Raiders plugged some new faces into
events, while familiar faces were seen running as well, such as Ryce Reynolds in the 400 meter hurdles, an event he continues to own and improve upon every week. This week was no difference, with Reynolds snapping his previous record, set a week before in Panora, by over one second with a 54.21 which was a full 4.17 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
As team, the Raiders finished the meet in sixth with 48 scores.
Team Rankings
1 Van Meter 148
2 Earlham 127
3 ACGC 121
4 DMC 110
5 North Polk 52.5
6 Mt. Ayr 48
7 WCV 38
8 NV 35
9 Panorama 27.5
10 Gilbert 18
11 GVC 13
Bringing home the lone gold for the Raiders was Reynolds with his 400 meter hurdle performance.
The Raiders had one other podium finish with Adler Shay in the 800 meter with a time of 2:02.6 for third place.
Raiderette Stats
The Raiderettes finished the night out in fifth place with 75 points.
Team Rankings
1 Van Meter 108
2 Gilbert 84
3 C-M 79.5
4 Panorama 79
5 Mt. Ayr 75
6 Earlham 63
7 NV 61.5
8 DSM Christian 54
9 WCV 51
10 GVC 44
11 ACGC 36
The Raiderettes saw first place finishes by the 4×100 shuttle hurdle team of Tegan Streit, Maddie Stewart, Kacee Klommhaus and Ryleigh Haveman with a time of 1:17.16 and Addy Reynolds in the 400 meter dash with a time of 59.92
The Raiderettes were on the podium in the shot put with a third place finish by Zoey Larsen with a throw of 29-09.25, the 400 meter hurdles with Payten Lambert in third with a time of 1:14.56 and the 4×100 relay with Lambert, Reynolds, Kaylie Shields and Jaxy Knight with a time of 52.60.
Lenox Meet
The track and field teams traveled to Lenox on Monday, April 18 for another chilly and windy track meet, this time only 30 minutes from their home turf.
The Raiders and Raiderettes both placed third overall with the Raiders scoring 83 and the Raiderettes scoring 95.
Boys Team
Rankings
1 Lenox 100
2 Shen 89
3 Mt. Ayr 83
4 R-O 80
5 Griswold 60
6 E.Mills 38
7 SWV 37
7 SEW 37
9 Bed 31
10 ACGC 20
The Raiders had a decent night on the track, traling the Shenandoah Mustangs and Lenox Tigers in the standings.
The Raiders took podium spots in the 100 meter dash with Jaydon Knight, a win in the 200 meter dash with Austin Cole, a win in the 400 meter dash with Ryce Reynolds, a win in the 4×400 with Cole, Knight, Adler Shay and Reynolds, and a third place finish for Hunter Case in the boys long jump.
Girls Team Rankings
1 R-O 128
2 Shen 115
3 Mt. Ayr 95
4 Lenox 59
5 Griswold 48
6 Bed 35
6 E.Mills 35
7 SWV 24
7 SEW 21
9 O-M 4
10 Diag. 2
The Raiderettes placed third overall on the night, behind Riverside-Oakland in first and Shenandoah in second.
The Raiderettes saw podium finishes in the 400 meter dash with Abby Eaton, a win in the 200 meter with Addy Reynolds, a second place finish in the 4×200 relay with Lambert, Kaylie Shields, Reynolds and Jaxy Knight, a win in the 400 meter hurdles with MaKenna Jones and a podium finish in the 400 meter hurdles with Maddie Stewart, a second place finish in the 4×400 with Lambert, Anne Newton, Knight and Reynolds, a second place finish in the 4×800 with Jones, Keligh Conklin, Karly Elwood and Newton, a first place finish in the 800 sprint medley with K. Shields, Knight, Lambert and Reynolds and a podium finish in third in the shuttle hurdle with Tegan Streit, Stewart, Kacee Klommhaus and Ryleigh Haveman.
The Raiders and Raiderettes hit the track again in Stuart today (Thursday, April 21) at 4:30 p.m.