Sprints shine for Raiderettes at West Central Valley
The Mount Ayr girl’s track team made the trip to Stuart for the West Central Valley co-ed meet on Thursday, April 18. There, the Raiderettes placed fifth out of nine scoring teams with 59 team points. Van Meter claimed the meet title, scoring 149 points followed by Grand View Christian with 72.5 and West Central Valley with 71.5 points. The meet was the second of the week for Mount Ayr, who ran at the Lenox co-ed earlier in the week and placed third out of 11 teams.
The Raiderettes run twice this week. Mount Ayr will host a ten-team meet Tuesday, April 23, and be back on the track Thursday at Van Meter. The POI conference meet is just around the corner on April 29 at Mount Ayr.
The Raiderettes had a good meet in the sprint department at West Central Valley.
Mount Ayr had nine season-best times spread out among four events.
Every Mount Ayr runner in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter dash events had season-best times. Four were top-10 finishes.
Anne Newton won the 400-meter dash in 1:08.71 and Kyleigh Conklin was sixth in 1:14.83. Abby Eaton and Tatum Friedrich placed eighth in the 100 and ninth in the 200.
Other Raiderettes collecting season-best times in the 100-meter dash were Breanna Purdy and Kynlee Still. Raiderettes collecting season-best times in the 200-meter dash were Kyleigh Conklin and Janna Irving.
Newton was not the only Mount Ayr athlete to claim a first-place finish. Aubree Shields won the high jump with a best jump of 5-feet, 2 inches. Shields also was the runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.85. Hayden Ruggles placed third in the shot put with a best throw of 30-feet, 2.5 inches.
The Raiderettes also collected a season-best time in the sprint medley relay. The team of Aubree Clark, Jaxy Knight, Ashlynn Murphy, and Anne Newton placed fifth in a time of 2:05.78.
Mount Ayr had three top-3 finishing relay events at the meet. The Raiderettes 4X400-meter relay team of Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Clark, and Ashlyn Murphy were runners-up in 4:46.55. Mount Ayr placed third in the 4X800-meter relay with the team of Addison Doolittle, Ashlynn Byer, Keely Wasteney, and Tatum Friedrich in 11:48.21. The Raiderettes also placed third in the shuttle hurdle relay event with the team of Dannie Stewart, Breya Nickle, Brittlyn Nickle, and MaKel Jones in 1:22.34.
West Central Valley Co-Ed
Team Scores: 1. Van Meter 149, 2. Grand View Christian 72.5, 3. West Central Valley 71.5, 4. Woodward-Granger 68, 5. Mount Ayr 59, 6. CAM 51, 7. AC/GC 50, 8. Ankeny Christian 43, 9. Panorama 20.
Field Event Results:
Shot Put: 3. Hayden Ruggles 30-02.5, 7. Jalyn Akers 28-02.5, 8. Koda Henle 28-02.
Discus: 7. Hayden Ruggles 81-09, 12. Koda Henle 74-08, 15. Jalyn Akers 69-05.
High Jump: 1. Aubree Shields 5-2.
Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 8. Abby Eaton 14.46, 18. Breanna Purdy 15.26, 26. Kynlee Still 16.33.
200-meter dash: 9. Tatum Friedrich 30.30, 13. Kyleigh Conklin 30.52, 23. Janna Irving 34.00.
400-meter dash: 1. Anne Newton 1:08.71, 6. Kyleigh Conklin 1:14.83.
800-meter run: 11 Keely Wasteney 3:03.86, 15. Ava England 3:09.14.
1,500-meter run: 12. Ashlynn Byer 6:26.62.
100-meter hurdles: 2. Aubree Shields 17.85, 8. Dannie Stewart 19.20.
Relay Event Results:
4×100-meter relay: 7. Mount Ayr (Dannie Stewart, Breya Nickle, MaKel Jones, Jaxy Knight) 56.39.
4×200-meter relay: 6. Mount Ayr (Breya Nickle, Brittlyn Nickle, Anna Greenland, Abby Eaton) 2:04.25.
4×400-meter relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy) 4:46.55.
4×800-meter relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Addison Doolittle, Ashlynn Byer, Keely Wasteney, Tatum Friedrich) 11:48.21.
Sprint Medley Relay: 5. Mount Ayr (Aubree Clark, Jaxy Knight, Ashlynn Murphy, Anne Newton) 2:05.78.
Distance Medley relay: 7. Mount Ayr (Jaxy Knight, Ashlynn Murphy, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Clark) 5:09.58.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Dannie Stewart, Breya Nickle, Brittlyn Nickle, MaKel Jones) 1:22.34.
