CENTERVILLE — Winning eight events boosted Lynnville-Sully’s boys to their first track meet team victory of the season. The Hawks won the Centerville Co-ed Big Red Relays’ boys championship Friday.
“Friday night was a lot fun. We really stepped up, and our guys took the next step in winning the meet,” Lynnville-Sully head coach Mike Parkinson said. “It was a great night for our mid-distance team as our 4x800 got the night off right winning in a season’s-best time.”
The Hawks’ 4x800 relay team won in 8 minutes, 53.73 seconds. Lynnville-Sully also won the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:03.13 and the 4x400 in 3:43.83.
Corey McCoy claimed first in the 400 meters in 53.24 seconds. Ryan Hofer took the gold in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.28 seconds and Tyson Vander Linden was first in the 400 hurdles in 59.84 seconds.
Sage Ehresman and Rylan James went 1-2 in the shot put with throws of 48 feet, 4 inches and 40-5, respectively. Ehresman won the discus with a toss of 137-10.
Lynnville-Sully competes at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Tuesday. Field events begin at 4:30 p.m.
Other results for the L-S boys at Centerville were:
100-m: 2. Ehresman, 11.25, 4. Nate Stock 11.72
200-m: 4. Ross Van Wyk, 24.62, 5. Noah Engle, 24.63
400-m: 4. Vander Linden, 57.15
110-m HH: 5. Gage Vander Leest, 16.86
1,600-m: 3. Canyon Kuhlmann, 4:57.53, 6. Cody Gibbs, 5:19.56
800-m: 2. Kuhlmann, 2:11.17, 6. Gibbs 2:25.65
3,200-m: 4. Luke Jones, 12:22.96, 5. Ty Breeden, 12:23.65
Distance medley relay: 2. 3:57.9
4x200 relay: 2. 1:40.21
4x100 relay: 2.46.96
High jump: 6. Carson Dunsbergen, 5-6
Long jump: 3. Cayden Johnson, 16-5 1/2
Discus: 3. Engle, 125-7
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