Raider boys take second at POI meet, 4×400 champs

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By Ryan Stonebreaker

CORNING, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s track and field team placed second at last weeks Pride of Iowa Conference. The Raiders, SW Valley and Lennox were locked in a battle for the team title. SW Valley would ultimately win the POI title for the first time in their program’s history, scoring 119 points. Mount Ayr was right there, close to securing the program’s 22nd POI Team title since 1989, scoring 115 points. Lenox was a close third scoring 114.5 points.
The Raiders won one event at the meet, the 4×400-meter relay. The team of Calvin Main, Michael Adkisson, Bryson Martin and Jackson Ruggles won in a time of 3:36.92.
Two other events had top-10 all-time times in Mount Ayr track history. Ruggles placed second in the 400-meter dash in 51.36, the ninth all-time time at Mount Ayr. The 100-meter dash also saw sophomore Drayden Thompson place fourth in a time of 11.41. Thompson’s time gave him the top time all-time in Mount Ayr track history with the top sophomore time recorded.  Thompson’s time was the ninth all time in Mount Ayr history of the event for any class.
The Raiders excelled in the relay events, placing third or better in all but one of the seven relays they ran. Three placed as runners-up. The Raiders 4×100 team of Thompson, Isac Dugan, Manny Hyde, and Tate Dugan was second in a time of 45.35. The Raiders sprint medley relay team of Martin, Isac Dugan, Tate Dugan, and Ruggles were second in 1:37.80. Mount Ayr was also the runner-up in the shuttle hurdle relay event. The team of Hyde, Tate Dugan, Adkisson and Main were second in a time of 1:05.08.
In individual events, Thompson was third in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash events and fourth in the 100-meter dash. Braylon Greenwell was third in the 3,200-meter run in 11:21.04 and he added a sixth place finish in the 1,600-meter run and 7th place finish in the 800.   Ruggles was second in the 400-meter dash and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles. Other Raiders with top-10 finishes were Isac Dugan in the 100, Main in the 200, Martin in the 800-meter run. West Adams in the 1,600-meter run and Adkisson and Main in the 110-meter hurdles.
In field events, the top Mount Ayr finishes came from Rowan Sackett in the shot put with a third place finish.  Sackett had a best throw of 43-feet, 11.50 inches.  Kellon Shaffer added a top-10 finish in the discus.

Pride of Iowa Conference Boys Meet 
Team Scores: 1. SW Valley 119, 2. Mount Ayr 115, 3. Lenox 114.5, 4. Nodaway Valley 96, 5. Martensdale-St. Marys 74, 6. SE Warren 71, 7. East Union 69, 8. Central Decatur 56, 9. Wayne 26.5.

Field Event Results: 
Shot Put: 3. Rowan Sackett 43-11.50, 12. Kellon Shaffer 35-05.
Discus: 7. Kellon Shaffer 112-03, 11. Jesse Shelman 102-02.
Long Jump: 11. Nathan Stewart 15-06.5, 13. Wynston Jones 15-01.

Individual Event Results: 
100-meter dash: 4. Drayden Thompson 11.41, 8. Isac Dugan 11.77.
200-meter dash: 3. Drayden Thompson 23.24, 6. Calvin Main 23.66.
400-meter dash: 2. Jackson Ruggles 51.36, 3. Drayden Thompson 52.93.
800-meter run: 6. Bryson Martin 2:14.52, 7. Braylon Greenwell 2:15.74.
1,600-meter run: 6. Braylon Greenwell 5:17.13, 7. Weston Adams 5:25.79.
3,200-meter run: 3. Braylon Greenwell 11:21.04, 11. Marcius Luna 16:03.78.
110-meter hurdles: 5. Michael Adkisson 16.36, 6. Calvin Main 16.39.
400-meter hurdles: 5. Jackson Ruggles 58.98.

Relay Event Results:
4X100-meter relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Drayden Thompson, Isac Dugan, Manny Hyde, Tate Dugan) 45.35.
4X200-meter relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Nathan Stewart, Manny Hyde, Isac Dugan, Tate Dugan) 1:38.62.
4X400-meter relay: 1. Mount Ayr (Calvin Main, Michael Adkisson, Bryson Martin, Jackson Ruggles) 3:36.92.
4X800-meter relay: 4. Mount Ayr (Nathan Roemer, Weston Adams, Austin Briner, Braylon Greenwell) 9:43.53.
Sprint Medley Relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Bryson Martin, Isac Dugan, Tate Dugan, Jackson Ruggles) 1:37.80.
Distance Medley Relay: 3. Mount Ayr (Nathan Stewart, Manny Hyde, Michael Adkisson, Bryson Martin) 4:02.65.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 2. Mount Ayr (Manny Hyde, Tate Dugan, Michael Adkisson, Calvin Main) 1:05.08.