Raiders load up relay events to send to State
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team loaded up its relay events at last week’s state qualifying meet, and it paid off. Six of the seven relay events for the Raiders will run at this week’s Class 1A state meet. Relays that are going to state are the 4X100, 4X200, 4X400, the sprint medley, the distance medley, and the shuttle hurdle relay.
The Class 1A state meet begins this Thursday. The Class 1A portion of the meet starts at 2:40 p.m. with run-
ning events and
2:00 p.m. in
field events. Fri-
day, May 23, has the same schedule. Saturday events begin at 9:00 a.m. If you can not make the state meet, the Iowa High School Sports Network is hosting a free co-ed state meet stream, all three days of the state meet.
The Raiders won a pair of relay events to earn automatic qualification to the state meet. Those relays were the 4X100 and the shuttle hurdle relay. The Raiders’ 4X100-meter relay team of Drayden Thompson, Garrett Walter, Trevin Victor, and Tate Dugan crossed the finish line first in a time of 44.61. The Raiders’ shuttle hurdle relay team of Manny Hyde, Adler Reed, Isac Dugan, and Jackson Ruggles ran to a winning time of 1:05.37 to advance to state.
The Raiders had one best season times among the six relay state qualifiers. Their 4X400-meter relay team of Jackson Ruggles, Drayden Thompson, Garrett Walter, and Adan Trujillo placed third at the meet in a season-best time of 3:32.42.
The Raiders 4X200-meter relay team of Drayden Thompson, Garrett Walter, Trevin Victor, and Jackson Ruggles was runners-up in the event in a time of 1:32.69. Mount Ayr’s sprint medley relay team of Drayden Thompson, Trevin Victor, Garrett Walter, and Jackson Ruggles placed third in a time of 1:37.72. The other state-qualifying relay was the Raiders distance medley relay team of Trevin Victor, Tyler Martin, Tegan Hill, and Adan Trujillo who placed third in a time of 3:44.84.
Adler Reed and Rowan Sackett led Mount Ayr finishers in the field events. Reed was third in the high jump with a jump of 5-feet, 8 inches. Sackett was fourth in the shot put with a best throw of 41-feet 11 inches.
In individual events, Mount Ayr had a handful of top-5 finishes. Isac Dugan placed third in the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 17.03 while Manny Hyde was fifth in the same event in 17.51. Dugan was also fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:04.76. Bryson Martin added a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash in 55.58. Mount Ayr entrants who collected top-10 finishes were Tyler and Bryson Martin in the 200-meter dash, Adler Reed in hte 400-meter dash, Tegan Hill and Michael Adkisson in the 800-meter run, Brylon Greenwell in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter run events, Brock Shaha in the 1,600, and Austin Briner in the 3,200.
Earlham won the team title at the meet with a team score of 186.5 points. Van Buren was the runner-up with a team score of 106, while SE Warren was third with 105 points. Mount Ayr was fourth with 96 points.
Class 1A State Qualifying Meet
At Corydon
Thursday, May 15
Team Scores: 1. Earlham 186.5, 2. Van Buren 106, 3. SE Warren 105, 4. Mount Ayr 96, 5. Wayne 64, 6. Lamoni 46, 7. Martensdale-St. Mary’s 42, 8. East Union 34, 9. Murray 22.5, 10. Moravia 24, 11. Mormon Trail 3.
Mount Ayr Results:
Field Event Results:
Shot Put: 4. Rowan Sackett 41-11, 10. Ethan Johns 38-2.50.
Long Jump: 13. Bryson Martin 17-05.5.
High Jump: 3. Adler Reed 5-8.
Discus: 10. Jesse Shelman 106-04, 11. Kellon Shaffer 105-10.
Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 7. Bryson Martin 12.12, 17. Trace Knapp 13.43.
110-meter hurdles: 3. Isac Dugan 17.03, 5. Manny Hyde 17.51.
200-meter dash: 6. Tyler Martin 24.43, 8. Bryson Martin 24.67.
400-meter dash: 5. Bryson Martin 55.58, 8. Adler Reed 58.14.
400-meter hurdles: 5. Isac Dugan 1:04.76, 11. Calvin Main 1:08.92.
800-meter run: 6. Tegan Hill 2:17.57, 7. Michael Adkisson 2:17.92.
1,600-meter run: 8. Braylon Greenwell 5:16.32, 10. Brock Shaha 5:24.42.
3,200-meter run: 6. Braylon Greenwell 12:24.17, 9. Austin Briner 13:17.07.
Relay Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 3. Mount Ayr (D. Thompson, T. Victor, G. Walter, J. Ruggles) 1:37.72.
4X100-meter relay: 1. Mount Ayr (D. Thompson, G. Walter, T. Victor, T. Dugan) 44.61.
4X200-meter relay: 2. Mount Ayr (D. Thompson, T. Victor, G. Walter, J. Ruggles) 1:32.69.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 1. Mount Ayr (M. Hyde, A. Reed, I. Dugan, J. Ruggles) 1:05.37.
*4X400-meter relay: 3. Mount Ayr (G. Walter, D. Thompson, A. Trujillo, J. Ruggles) 3:32.42.
4X800-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (B. Shaha, M. Adkisson, N. Roemer, J. Gilliland) 9:50.53.
Distance Medley Relay: 3. Mount Ayr (T. Victor, T. Martin, A. Trujillo, T. Hill) 3:44.84.