PCM third, Baxter fifth at Girls EBF Invitational

EDDYVILLE — The Prairie City-Monroe and Baxter girls’ track and field teams both earned victories at the EBF Girls Invitational on Thursday night.

The Mustangs won the 4x100 relay with a season-best time, and Baxter senior Sailor Hinegardner picked up another win in the 100-meter hurdles.

Complete results were not available at press time.

PCM had one win and four second-place finishes on the night. The Mustangs finished third in the team standings with 76 points. Baxter (69) and Lynnville-Sully (61) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

North Polk won the meet with 115 points. The Comets edged North Cedar by four points. The meet featured 12 varsity and three JV teams.

“It was nice to finally get some decent weather to compete in tonight,” PCM coach Bridget Martin said. “We also were able to compete against great teams, which is always good when you are looking to improve your times and distances.”

The Mustangs’ winning time in the 4x100 relay was clocked at 53.35 seconds.

That foursome included sophomores Sierra Foster and Lexi Kuecker, freshman Margo Chipps and senior Ashley Miller.

Miller was part of two second-place finishes, too. She was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash in a personal-best time of 13.01 seconds. Hinegardner placed fourth in 13.44.

Miller also ran on the runner-up 4x400 team. That foursome included junior Paytan Schut, Miller, sophomore Kate McCarthy and Foster, and they finished in 4 minutes, 16.97 seconds.

The distance medley relay team also was second. That foursome included freshman Emma Houser, sophomores Hannah McCarthy and Regan Freland and Schut. They finished in 4:43.85.

Chipps was the runner-up in the 400 hurdles. She finished in a personal-best time of 1:13.9. Miller was fourth in the 200 in 27.42 seconds and Foster was fourth in the 400 in a personal-best time of 1:03.62.

“We continue to see times drop and distances improve, which is always our goal,” Martin said. “The girls continue to put forth great effort and work together as a team.”

PCM’s 4x800 relay team of junior Sayde White, freshman Emily Tuinstra, senior Amaya Hartson and sophomore Klaire Jungling finished fifth in 12:11.99.

Hinegardner gave Baxter a win in the 100 hurdles. She finished with a winning time of 17.15 seconds. PCM sophomore Megan Cowman was third in 17.62 and Chipps placed fifth in 18.27.

Baxter’s next best finish came in the 3,000. Junior Brenna Thomson was the runner-up in 11:47.64. PCM’s Baylee Smith placed fifth in 12:17.20.

Thomson and Smith also raced against each other in the 800. This time, Smith finished fourth in 2:42.58 and Thomson was fifth in 2:43.06.

The Bolts’ 4x800 relay team of junior Lauren Ratliff, sophomore Holly Jessen, senior Ashlee Johnson and freshman Kailee Conradi finished third in 11:22.21.

Ratliff and Johnson finished less than a second a part in the 1,500. Ratliff finished fifth in 5:42.08 and Johnson was sixth in 5:42.96.