Raiders claim POI Championship Monday

By Editor | May 3, 2023 |

Raider Relays
Mount Ayr hosted its Raider Relays last week in a boys only contest. (The Raiderette Relays are Thursday, May 4).
The Raiders finished second overall with 127.5 points, behind Interstate-35 in first place with 165 points and just ahead of Clarke with 85 points.
Wayne, Central Decatur, Bedford and Southeast Warren rounded out the field.
The Raiders had a number of top finishes on the night with Ryce Reynolds taking first in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.42 and the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 53.18.
Drew Ehlen finished first in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:08.07.
The Raider 4×100 team of Preston Fleharty, Braydon Pierson, Tate Dugan and Jaydon Knight finished first overall with a time of 44.76.
The 4×800 team of Adan Trujillo, Aidan Murphy, Tegan Hill and Garrett Walter finished first with a time of 9:15.04.
The Raider shuttle hurdle relay team of Dugan, Trety Fooken, Jaize Frost and Dalton Barnes finished first with a time of 1:11.79.
Pierson took a leap in the long jump and finished first with a jump of 20-01.75, a personal record for the Graceland University commit.
Closing out the night, the Raider 4×400 team of Jackson Ruggles, Pierson, Knight and Reynolds finished first with a time of 3:31.97, winning the Chet Roed 4×400 plaque.
Van Meter
The Mount Ayr track and field team traveled to Van Meter April 27 for a coed meet producting top times and results including a 4×100 team by the Raiders to sit second on the All-Time MACHS leaderboard.
Raiderettes
On the girls side of things, the Raiderettes saw Zoey Larsen take wins in the shot put and discus, throwing a 31-01 in the shot put and a 96-07 in the discus.
Jill Kniep came in third in the shot put, throwing a distance of 29-09.5.
Aubree Shields finished second in the high jump with a height of 5-00 cleared.
The Raiderette 4×100 team of MaKenna Jones, Kaylie Shields, Aubree Shields and Tegan Streit finished third overall with a time of 1:12.79, just .49 behind first place.
MaKenna Jones placed third in the 400 meter hurdles, finishing in a time of 1:12.38.
Raiders
The Raiders saw plenty of fine performances as well, throughout the night.
Jaydon Knight took first in the shot put, throwing the shot a distance of 43-07.
The 4×200 team of Preston Fleharty, Braydon Pierson, Tate Dugan and Jaydon Knight finished second overall with a time of 1:33.27.
The 4×100 team placed first overall with a time of 44.36 to put themselves second on the MACHS All-Time leaderboard. The team consisted of Preston Fleharty, Braydon Pierson, Tate Dugan and Jaydon Knight.
Pride of Iowa Meet
The Mount Ayr Track & Field teams traveled to Martensdale for the Pride of Iowa Conference meet on Monday night.
It wasn’t just the runners, throwers and jumpers competing, however, as the 20 m.p.h. wind was fighting everyone, but that didn’t stop Ryce Reynolds from setting a new meet record in the 400 meter hurdles or a new school record in the 200 meter dash.
“You have to practice when the weather’s bad. It’s easy to stay inside where it’s warm and fuzzy in those situations and if you don’t practice in these kinds of conditions how do you expect to compete in them,” said Mount Ayr coach Brad Elliott. “Coach was infamously notorious for putting us through these situations and if it’s going to be bad at practice it’ll be bad at a meet somewhere.”
The Raiders would win the conference championship, while the Raiderettes went on to be runner-up.
“You look to certain checkpoints in the season to see if your performances are holding up to your competitors and with these two team scores tonight it really showed where our team is at.” said coach Elliott.
Raiderettes
Girls Team Scores
1 Nodaway Valley 127
2 Mount Ayr 110
3 Wayne 107
4 MStM 101
5 Central Decatur 77
6 Lenox 54
7 SE Warren 45
8 Bedford 44
9 Southwest Valley 42
10 East Union 34
The Raiderettes ran to a second-place finish in the POI, trailing Nodaway Valley for most of the night, but having a back-and-forth fight with the Wayne Falcons, eventually defeating the Falcons by three points.
Martensdale-St. Marys was a close opponent as well at 101 points.
The Raiderettes had a handful of top three finishes on the night to help rack up the points.
In the 4×200 the Raiderettes took second place with a time of 1:58.48. The team consisted of Kaylie Shields, Aubree Shields, Aubree Clark and Ashlyn Murphy.
Ashlyn Murphy placed third in the long jump, leaping a distance of 14-10.25.
Aubree Shields placed third in the high jump, clearing 4-10, just ahead of teammate Kaylie Shields in fourth, clearing 4-08.
The Raiderette team of Karlie Larsen, Addison Doolittle, Ivy Bice and Anne Newton placed third in the 4×800 with a time of 11:21.91.
MaKenna Jones, Aubree Shields, Kaylie Shields and Tegan Streit made up the shuttle hurdle relay team and finished in a time of 1:12.98 to take third.
It was another third place for the 4×100 team of Madison Shields, Kaylie Shields, Tegan Streit and Ashlyn Murphy as they ran a 55.06.
Doolittle placed third in the 1500 meter run after finishing in a time of 5:59.14.
MaKenna Jones placed third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.50.
Closing out the night, the Raiderettes placed third in the 4×400 relay with Aubree Clark, Anne Newton, Karlie Larsen and Aubree Shields running a time of 4:36.11.
Raiders
Boys Team Scores
1 Mount Ayr 152
2 Central Decatur 127
3 Lenox 110
4 SE Warren 76
5 East Union 57
6 Nodaway Valley 56
7 Wayne 50
8 MStM 41
9 Southwest Valley 38
10 Bedford 33
The Raiders took more than their fair share of victories on the night as the relays were in top form, as well as individual events snagging multiple points finishes.
Mount Ayr saw a 1-2 finish in the 100 meter dash with Ryce Reynolds and Jaydon Knight running times of 11.25 and 11.47, respectively as well as a 1-2 finish in the 200 meter run with Reynolds and Braydon Pierson running in 22.41 and 23.06, respectively.
Reynolds also saw victories in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50.19, while Pierson ran a 52.83 to take third.
The 400 meter hurdles saw Reynolds set a new meet record with a time of 54.96 and come home with the gold.
“I’m still kind of running off that runners high of having a busy night and having loaded events and I’m grateful I could go out and showcase what I can do in multiple events,” said Reynolds. “I kind of surprised myself in events like the 100 and 200 I did really well in events I don’t really run that often. The 400 hurdles, I didn’t run my best time right off the 200 it was a quick turnaround but conference points are more important than time, obviously but to get my team 10 points and to help the team I was proud of myself.”
Drew Ehlen finished third in the 800 meter in a time of 2:14.55.
Four of the Raider relay teams took first place on the night.
The Raider 4×100 team of Preston Fleharty, Dalton Barnes, Tate Dugan and Jaydon Knight ran a 46.69 for first place while the 4×200 team of Fleharty, Dugan, Jackson Ruggles and Knight ran a 1:36.25 to take first.
The distance medley team of Fleharty, Ruggles, Adan Trujillo and Ehlen finished first with a time of 3:56.96.
To close out the night, the Raiders won the 4×400 in a time of 3:40.44 with Ehlen, Dugan, Ruggles and Pierson.
The Raider sprint medley team of Fleharty, Trey Fooken, Ruggles and Ehlen finished third in a time of 1:44.41.
Knight would finish third in the shot put with a throw of 44-01.25.

finishes on the night to help rack up the points.
In the 4×200 the Raiderettes took second place with a time of 1:58.48. The team consisted of Kaylie Shields, Aubree Shields, Aubree Clark and Ashlyn Murphy.
Ashlyn Murphy placed third in the long jump, leaping a distance of 14-10.25.
Aubree Shields placed third in the high jump, clearing 4-10, just ahead of teammate Kaylie Shields in fourth, clearing 4-08.
The Raiderette team of Karlie Larsen, Addison Doolittle, Ivy Bice and Anne Newton placed third in the 4×800 with a time of 11:21.91.
MaKenna Jones, Aubree Shields, Kaylie Shields and Tegan Streit made up the shuttle hurdle relay team and finished in a time of 1:12.98 to take third.
It was another third place for the 4×100 team of Madison Shields, Kaylie Shields, Tegan Streit and Ashlyn Murphy as they ran a 55.06.
Doolittle placed third in the 1500 meter run after finishing in a time of 5:59.14.
MaKenna Jones placed third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.50.
Closing out the night, the Raiderettes placed third in the 4×400 relay with Aubree Clark, Anne Newton, Karlie Larsen and Aubree Shields running a time of 4:36.11.
Raiders
Boys Team Scores
1 Mount Ayr 152
2 Central Decatur 127
3 Lenox 110
4 SE Warren 76
5 East Union 57
6 Nodaway Valley 56
7 Wayne 50
8 MStM 41
9 Southwest Valley 38
10 Bedford 33
The Raiders took more than their fair share of victories on the night as the relays were in top form, as well as individual events snagging multiple points finishes.
Mount Ayr saw a 1-2 finish in the 100 meter dash with Ryce Reynolds and Jaydon Knight running times of 11.25 and 11.47, respectively as well as a 1-2 finish in the 200 meter run with Reynolds and Braydon Pierson running in 22.41 and 23.06, respectively.
Reynolds also saw victories in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50.19, while Pierson ran a 52.83 to take third.
The 400 meter hurdles saw Reynolds set a new meet record with a time of 54.96 and come home with the gold.
“I’m still kind of running off that runners high of having a busy night and having loaded events and I’m grateful I could go out and showcase what I can do in multiple events,” said Reynolds. “I kind of surprised myself in events like the 100 and 200 I did really well in events I don’t really run that often. The 400 hurdles, I didn’t run my best time right off the 200 it was a quick turnaround but conference points are more important than time, obviously but to get my team 10 points and to help the team I was proud of myself.”
Drew Ehlen finished third in the 800 meter in a time of 2:14.55.
Four of the Raider relay teams took first place on the night.
The Raider 4×100 team of Preston Fleharty, Dalton Barnes, Tate Dugan and Jaydon Knight ran a 46.69 for first place while the 4×200 team of Fleharty, Dugan, Jackson Ruggles and Knight ran a 1:36.25 to take first.
The distance medley team of Fleharty, Ruggles, Adan Trujillo and Ehlen finished first with a time of 3:56.96.
To close out the night, the Raiders won the 4×400 in a time of 3:40.44 with Ehlen, Dugan, Ruggles and Pierson.
The Raider sprint medley team of Fleharty, Trey Fooken, Ruggles and Ehlen finished third in a time of 1:44.41.
Knight would finish third in the shot put with a throw of 44-01.25.