Strong performances for Raiderettes in outdoor opener
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Dannie Stewart clears a hurdle during the track meet in Earlham last week. PHOTO BY DARLA SOBOTKA.
The Mount Ayr Track squads opened up the 2024 outdoor season with some great early season performances at the Earlham co-ed meet last Thursday.
The meet was non-scoring, but many top-5 finishes were earned for the Raiderettes.
“Three of the four field events came away with top-5 finishes. Aubree Shields was second in the high jump, MaKel Jones placed 4th in the long jump and Senior Hayden Ruggles took 5th in the shot put,” said Mount Ayr track coach Brad Elliott.
“The on-track performers answered the call in several events as well. The shuttle hurdle relay of Nickle, Jones, Stewart, and Shields took 3rd. Jaxy Knight was 5th in the 100m and 200m, the 1600 Medley relay of Murphy, Conklin, Wasteney and Byer claimed 5th, Aubree Shields debuted in the 400m hurdles with a 3rd place finish. The 4×100 of Jones, Clark, Conklin & Knight placed 4th and the 4×400 of Newton, Friedrich, Shields and Murphy placed 3rd,” he said.
Four of the seven Raiderette relay events placed in the top-5.
The top finish came from Mount Ayr’s shuttle hurdle and 4×400-meter relay teams. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Breya Nickle, MaKel Jones, Dannie Stewart, and Aubree Shields was third in a time of 1:21.09.
The 4×400-meter relay team of Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Shields, and Ashlyn Murphy was third in a time of 4:28.21.
The Raiderettes 4×100-meter relay team of MaKel Jones, Aubree Clark, Kyleigh Conklin, and Jaxy Knight placed fourth in 55.73. Also, the Raiderettes distance medley relay team of Ashlyn Murphy, Kyleigh Conklin, Keely Wasteney, and Ashlyn Byer placed fifth in a time of 5:15.81.
Other Raiderette relay finishes were 4×800 sixth, and the 4×200 and sprint medley relays, eighth.
Mount Ayr had three top-5 finishes in field events and six Raiderette athletes had top-10 finishes in the field events.
Aubree Shields had the top field event finish with a runner-up finish in the high jump. Shields had the best jump of 5-feet, 2 inches.
MaKel Jones added a fourth-place finish in the long jump and Hayden Ruggles added a fifth-place finish in the shot put. Jalyn Akers, Koda Henle, and Dannie Stewart all had top-10 finishes in a field event.
Shields and Dannie Stewart finished third and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles. Shields was third in 1:13.37, and Stewart was fourth in 1:24.38. Jaxy Knight had a pair of 5th place finishes. Knight ran a time of 13.89 to place fifth in the 100-meter dash. Knight also ran a time of 29.29 to collect a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter dash.
Other Mount Ayr athletes getting top-10 finishes in individual events were Aubree Clark in the 100-meter dash, Kaley Murphy in the 400-meter dash, MaKel Jones in the 100-meter hurdles, Ashlyn Murphy in the 800-meter run, and Addison Doolittle in the 1,500-meter run.
Mount Ayr traveled to Panorama on Tuesday, April 2 for the Panther co-ed meet and will be back on the track on Thursday at the Centerville Big Red co-ed meet. The Raiderettes will run at the Creston Panther co-ed relays on April 8.
Earlham Early Bird Co-Ed
Mount Ayr Girls Results:
Field Event Results:
Shot Put: 5. Hayden Ruggles 30-11.75, 8. Jalyn Akers 29-0.75, 10. Koda Henle 28-03.5.
High Jump: 2. Aubree Shields 5-2.
Discus: 12. Hayden Ruggles 76-10, 14. Jalyn Akers 71-01, 15. Adley Dredge 69-08.
Long Jump: 4. MaKel Jones 14-06, 9. Dannie Stewart 13-07.50.
Individual Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 8. Mount Ayr (Anna Greenland, Janna Irving, Breya Nickle, Kyleigh Conklin) 2:14.98.
4×800-meter relay: 6. Mount Ayr (Kacie Larson, Tatum Friedrich, Ivy Bice, Addison Doolittle) 11:44.99.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Breya Nickle, MaKel Jones, Dannie Stewart, Aubree Shields) 1:21.09.
100-meter dash: 5. Jaxy Knight 13.89, 8. Aubree Clark 14.75.
Distance Medley Relay: 5. Mount Ayr (Ashlyn Murphy, Kyleigh Conklin, Keely Wasteney, Ashlyn Byer) 5:15.81.
400-meter dash: 6. Tatum Friedrich 1:09.55, 9. Kaley Murphy 1:25.82.
4×200-meter relay: 8. Mount Ayr (Anna Greenland, Janna Irving, Breanna Purdy, Abby Eaton) 2:08.89.
100-meter hurdles: 10. MaKel Jones 21.44, 12. Breya Nickle 22.30.
800-meter run: 6. Anne Newton 2:46.15, 8. Ashlyn Murphy 2:52.66, 14. Keely Wasteny 3:02.37.
200-meter dash: 5. Jaxy Knight 29.29, 8. Aubree Clark 30.48.
400-meter hurdles: 3. Aubree Shields 1:13.37, 4. Dannie Stewart 1:24.38.
1,500-meter run: 8. Addison Doolittle 6:16.87, 11. Ivy Bice 6:50.07.
4×100-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (MaKel Jones, Aubree Clark, Kyleigh Conklin, Jaxy Knight) 55.73, 12. Mount Ayr (Kaley Murphy, Abby Eaton, Breanna Purdy, Janna Irving) 1:03.42.
4×400-meter relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Shields, Ashlyn Murphy) 4:28.21.
