Sims, Lampe lead Newton girls to third at Tulip Time Relays

PELLA — Mack Sims and Macy Lampe finished 1-2 in the 100-meter hurdles, the Cardinals grabbed four third-place finishes and the Newton girls track and field team was third at the Tulip Time Relays thanks to a boatload of top-five tallies.

Pella won the meet championship with 185 points and Mount Pleasant (144.5) also reached triple-figures in second, but the Cardinals scored 92 points in third.

“I’m proud of the team for continuing to step up and persevere through the crazy wind,” Newton girls head track and field coach Rachelle Tipton said. “It may not always lead to the times or distances desired, but they don’t back down from the competition.”

The seven-team field also featured Oskaloosa (90), Pella Christian (82.5), Ottumwa (54) and PCM (44).

Sims won the 100 hurdles in 17.41 seconds, while Lampe was close behind in 17.79.

Brooke Garvis had the only individual third-place finish. She grabbed the bronze medal in the shot put with a career-best toss of 32 feet, 4 1/2 inches.

The 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams featured Gracie Clayton, Lauren Clarke, Abby Bruce and Lola Rivera. The foursome was third in both events, posting a time of 53.12 in the 4x100 and a season-best 1 minute, 52.12 seconds in the 4x200.

The 4x800 relay team also was third with Hailey Dickerson, Hadley Kruse, Cameron Sharp and Peyton Ray. They finished in 11:42.89.

Addie Hammerly (95-8) and Garvis (career-best 88-8) went 4-5 in the discus, Chloe Rorabaugh was fourth in the 100 in a career-best 14.0 seconds and Harper Barton (5:32.54) and Bella Winther (career-best 5:34.21) were 4-5 in the 1,500.

Alex Riney (2:46.94) was fourth in the 800, Alivia Conley (29.49) was fifth in the 200 and Meghan Trout (13:45.57) placed fifth in the 3,000. Winther tied for sixth in the high jump with a leap of 4-4.

“We’re starting to piece together what state qualifying will look like, but we have three more meets before that with conference coming up next,” Tipton said.

PCM was led by Ayla Barrett, who tied for first in the high jump with a leap of 4-10.

Lexi Fagg tied for third in the long jump with a mark of 14-11 3/4 and Abi Teeter took third in the 1,500 in 5:22.65.

Addison Steenhoek finished fifth in the 800 with a time of 2:54.73 and Ali Hilsabeck took sixth in the 400 in 1:13.88.