Raiderettes capture home meet title
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The Mount Ayr Raiderettes captured the team title at their home co-ed relays on April 23.
Mount Ayr topped the 11-team scoring meet with 129 points to win the team title. Clarke was second with 100 points.
The Raiderettes also set season-best times in three relay events and won three events at the meet.
Aubree Shields won the high jump with a best jump of 5-feet, 1-inch. Hayden Ruggles had a pair of top-3 finishes. Ruggles was second in the shot put with a best throw of 31-feet, 9 inches, and third in the discus with a best throw of 74-feet, 8 inches. MaKel Jones would place fourth in the long jump with a best jump of 14-feet, 2-inches. Jalyn Akers would place fifth in the discus and Koda Henle would place fifth in the shot put.
Addison Doolittle won the 1,500-meter run in 5:39.83 to lead Mount Ayr individual events. Mount Ayr claimed four third-place finishers. Ashlyn Murphy was third in the 400-meter dash, Anne Newton was third in the 800-meter run, Ashlyn Byer was third in the 3,000-meter run, and Aubree Shields was third in the 100-meter hurdles. Jaxy Knight, Aubree Clark, Tatum Friedrich, and MaKel Jones all added top-5 finishes in an individual event.
The Raiderettes won one relay event, the 4×400-meter relay. The team of Anne Newton, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy, and Aubree Shields won the event and set a new season-best time in 4:20.66.
Mount Ayr set new season-best times in the 4×200-meter relay with the team of Brittlyn Nickle, Breya Nickle, Kyleigh Conklin, and Tatum Friedrich in fourth place in 2:00.03.
The Raiderettes also set a new season-best time in the spring medley relay with a third-place finish with the team of Ashlyn Murphy, Aubree Clark, Jaxy Knight, and Anne Newton in 2:02.50.
Mount Ayr had a pair of runner-up finishes in relay events.
The Raiderettes 4×100-meter relay team of Murphy, Brittlyn Nickle, Stewart, and Knight were runners-up in 55.60. The other runner-up finish came from the distance medley relay team of Brittlyn Nickle, Stewart, Abby Eaton, and Anne Newton in a time of 4:49.43.
Mount Ayr Co-Ed Relays
Team Scores: 1. Mount Ayr 129, 2. Clarke 100, 3. Creston 81, 4. SW Valley 80, 5. Lenox 56, 6. Murray 49, 7. Orient-Macksburg 35, 8. Lamoni 24, 9. Seymour 11, 10. Hamburg 10, 11. Mormon Trail 3.
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 1. Aubree Shields 5-1.
Long Jump: 4. MaKel Jones 14-02.
Shot Put: 2. Hayden Ruggles 31-09, 5. Koda Henle 27-10, 6. Jalyn Akers 27-02, 19. Kate James 20-0, 20. Cenadie Young 16-03.
Discus: 3. Hayden Ruggles 74-08, 5. Jalyn Akers 72-07, 6. Koda Henle 71-07, 16. Kate James 43-05, 17. Cenadie Young 29-01.
Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 5. Jaxy Knight 13.87, 19. Lacey Weeda 15.87, 20. Alexa Bailey 16.28, 22. Janna Irving 16.64.
200-meter dash: 6. Jaxy Knight 28.93, 9. Aubree Clark 29.97, 11. Abby Eaton 30.45, 12. Kyleight Conklin 30.59, 17. Breya Nickle 31.49, 25. Janna Irving 36.26.
400-meter dash: 3. Ashlyn Murphy 1:04.72, 5. Aubree Clark 1:07.07.
800-meter run: 3. Anne Newton 2:39.45, 5. Tatum Friedrich 2:48.32, 6. Ashlyn Byer 3:00.12, 9. Ava England 3:04.92.
1,500-meter run: 1. Addison Doolittle 5:39.83.
3,000-meter run: 3. Ashlyn Byer 14:30.82.
100-meter hurdles: 3. Aubree Shields 16.98, 6. Dannie Stewart 18.29.
400-meter hurdles: 4. MaKel Jones 1:20.79.
Relay Event Results:
4×100-meter relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Ashlyn Murphy, Brittlyn Nickle, Dannie Stewart, Jaxy Knight) 55.60.
4×200-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (Brittlyn Nickle, Breya Nickle, Kyleigh Conklin, Tatum Friedrich) 2:00.03.
4×400-meter relay: 1. Mount Ayr (Anne Newton, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy, Aubree Shields) 4:20.66.
4×800-meter relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Tatum Friedrich, Ava England, Keely Wasteney, Addison Doolittle) 11:37.67.
Sprint Medley relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Ashlyn Murphy, Aubree Clark, Jaxy Knight, Anne Newton) 2:02.50.
Distance Medley relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Brittlyn Nickle, Dannie Stewart, Abby Eaton, Anne Newton) 4:49.43.
Shuttle Hurdle relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Dannie Stewart, MaKel Jones, Breya Nickle, Aubree Shields) 1:18.09.

