Seven events off to State Meet for Raiderettes

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Seven Mount Ayr girl’s track events will make the trip to Des Moines this week for the 2025 Class 1A girls state meet. This comes after a night of good competition at the Corydon, Class 1A State qualifying meet on Thursday, May 15. The Raiderettes had three events qualify automatically, and four events got to state as a wildcard, the next best performances statewide. The Raiderettes placed fifth in the team race with a score of 88 points. Earlham won the meet with a team score of 128 points.
The Class 1A
state meet begins
this Thursday. The Class 1A portion of the meet starts at 2:40 p.m. with running events and 2:00 p.m. in field events. Friday, 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 Raiderettes will send three individuals and four relay events to the state meet. Aubree Shields will look to finish high again in the high jump after winning the event at Corydon with a jump of 5-feet, 1-inch. Shields was the runner-up in the event last year at state. Freshman Emma Reynolds qualified in the 200-meter dash after winning the event at the state qualifying meet in a season-best time of 26.34. Tatum Friedrich was the runner-up in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:02.46 to qualify as a wildcard bid for state.
The Raiderettes won a pair of relay events in the 4X400-meter relay and the sprint medley relay event. Both go to the state meet as automatic qualifiers. The 4×400-meter relay team of Aubree Shields, Tatum Friedrich, Ashlyn Murphy, and Emma Reynolds captured first place in a season-best time of 4:12.07. The Raiderettes sprint medley relay team of Brittlyn Nickle, Jaxy Knight, Aubree Shields, and Emma Reynolds won the event in a time of 1:55.51.
The Raideretes 4X100-meter relay team of Brittlyn Nickle, Emma Reynolds, Jaxy Knight, and Aubree Shields placed third in a time of 52.02 and qualified for state as a wildcard bid. The last relay off to state is the 4X800-meter relay team of Tatum Friedrich, Kate Newton, Ava England, and Addison Doolittle, who placed fourth in 10:44.90.
Other Raiderettes capturing top-10 finishes at the meet in an individual event were MaKel Jones in the 100-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles, Ashlyn Murphy in the 200-meter dash, Kate Newton in the 800-meter run, Addison Doolittle in the 1,500-meter run, and Ryley Greenwell in the 3,000-meter run. Emily Knox, Koda Henle, Jones, and Kensie Barnes all had top-10 finishes in a field event.
Class 1A State Qualifying Meet
At Corydon
Thursday, May 15
Team Scores: 1. Earlham 128, Martensdale-St. Mary’s 118, 2. Wayne 118, 4. Van Buren 96, 5. Mount Ayr 88, 6. Moravia 39, 7. SE Warren 35.5, 8. East Union 32.5, 9. Orient-Macksburg 30, 10. Lamoni 20, 10. Murray 20, 12. Mormon Trail 3, 13. Moulton-Udell 1.
Mount Ayr Results:
Field Event Results:
Shot Put: 6. Emily Knox 31-09.25, 9. Koda Henle 29-06.
Long Jump: 9. MaKel Jones 14-8.
High Jump: 1. Aubree Shields 5-1.
Discus: 9. Kensie Barnes 79-09, 12. Koda Henle 74-06.
Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 6. MaKel Jones 14.20, 21. Alexa Bailey 16.92.
100-meter hurdles: 15. Breya Nickle 20.16, 16. Anna Greenland 21.04.
200-meter dash: 1. Emma Reynolds 26.34, 4. Ashlyn Murphy 29.28.
400-meter dash: 2. Tatum Friedrich 1:02.46, 11. Kyleigh Conklin 1:11.29.
400-meter hurdles: 8. MaKel Jones 1:17.01.
800-meter run: 7. Kate Newton 2:43.83.
1,500-meter run: 8. Addison Doolittle 5:34.16, 11. Ryley Greenwell 6:15.98.
3,000-meter run: 7. Ryley Greenwell 14:36.90.
Relay Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Mount Ayr (B. Nickle, A. Shields, J. Knight, E. Reynolds) 1:55.51.
4X100-meter relay: 3. Mount Ayr (B. Nickle, E. Reynolds, J. Knight, A. Shields) 52.02.
4X200-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (M. Jones, J. Knight, B. Nickle, A. Murphy) 1:55.44.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 7. Mount Ayr (K. Conklin, S. Meadors, A. Greenland, B. Nickle) 1:26.04.
4X400-meter relay: 1. Mount Ayr (A. Shields, T. Friedrich, A. Murphy, E. Reynolds) 4:12.07.
4X800-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (T. Friedrich, K. Newton, A. England, A. Doolittle) 10:44.90.
Distance Medley Relay: 4. Mount Ayr (B. Nickle, A. Murphy, K. Newton, A. Doolittle) 4:47.75.