March 29, 2024

Newton track teams finish second at Tama

TAMA — Newton High’s track teams braved the cold, windy weather to compete in Tuesday’s South Tama’s STC Early Bird Invitational. The Cardinal teams finished second to the hosting Trojan teams.

Unfortunately, the complete official results were not available by presstime. A full story on the Newton teams will be in Thursday’s Newton Daily News.

The Cardinal boys captured gold medals in six events. Winners were Landon Hansen in the shot put, Jaise Gulling in the discus, Connor Gholson in long jump, Matthew Karsten in the 100-meter dash, and the 4x100 and sprint medley relays.

The Cardinal girls won five events. Kenna Winther took first in the long jump. Newton was first in the shuttle hurdle relay, the 4x200 relay, the sprint medley relay and the 4x400 relay.