Reynolds qualifies for Drake Relays in first meet

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Decorated senior and Stanford University signee Ryce Reynolds got his senior season off with a bang, winning two individual titles and adding a third in the 4X400 relay at last week’s IATC indoor track championships at Iowa State University.
The Raiders won three events at the meet and got their first live action of the spring.
On the track Senior Ryce Reynolds stood at the top of the podium for his third consecutive IATC 400-meter State Indoor title in meet record fashion.
His performance of 48.76 locks him in as a “Blue Standard” automatic qualifier for the 2024 Drake Relays. Raider Dyson Thompson also captured a top-10 finish in the event, placing 9th in 55.01.
In the boy’s 200-meter dash, Reynolds would come back to win another gold against a field of class 1A track stars in a come-from-behind surge at the finish, setting a new meet record in a time of 22.42 and nearly breaking his own school record.
The final event of the night was another meet record for the Raiders in the 4×400 Relay. Dyson Thompson, Preston Fleharty, Jackson Ruggles, and Reynolds teamed up to defend the Raiders 2023 4×400 title with a back-to-back gold medal performance of 3:30.90.
At the conclusion of the meet Ryce Reynolds was awarded with the IATC Track & Field Championships Male Outstanding Athlete of the Meet for Class 1A.
Individually, Preston Fleharty placed 14th in the 60-meter dash in 7.52. Tate Dugan placed 18th in the 200-meter dash in 24.19 and 24th in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.99. Adam Trujillo placed 20th in the 1,600-meter run in 5:18.25 and Tegan Hill placed in the 800-meter run in 2:19.10.
The Raiders had a top-10 finish in the distance medley relay. The team of Preston Fleharty, Garrett Walter, Jackson Ruggles, and Adan Trujillo were tenth in a time of 3:57.42. Lisbon won the event in a time of 3:40.45. Other POI teams in the event were Lenox, East Union, Nodaway Valley, and SE Warren. The Raiders also had an 18th place finish from their 4X800-meter relay in a time of 10:17.20 with the team of Aidan Murphy, Braylon Greenwell, Michael Adkisson, and Tegan Hill.
The Raiders will be back on the track this Saturday at the Northwest Missouri State high school indoor meet. The meet will be in Maryville, Missouri.

IATC Championships

Mount Ayr Results:
Distance Medley Relay: 10. Mount Ayr (P. Fleharty, G. Walter, J. Ruggles, A. Trujillo) 3:57.42
4X800-meter relay: 18. Mount Ayr (A. Murphy, B. Greenwell, M. Adkisson, T. Hill) 10:17
60-meter hurdles: 24. Tate Dugan 9.99
60-meter dash: 14. Preston Fleharty 7.52
400-meter dash: 1. Ryce Reynolds 48.76, 9. Dyson Thompson 55.01.
1,600-meter run: 20. Adam Trujillo 5:18.25.
800-meter run: 23. Tegan Hill 2:19.10.
200-meter dash: 1. Ryce Reynolds 22.42, 18. Tate Dugan 24.19
4X400-meter relay: 1. Mount Ayr (D. Thompson, T. Dugan, P. Fleharty, R. Reynolds) 3:30.90.
Shot Put: 22. Rowan Sackett 36-03, 26. Kash Wasteney 34-09.25