PCM boys score runner-up conference finish

JEWELL — Griffin Olson won both individual hurdle events and Chase Wagaman and Mark Bussan added victories in a field event, but the PCM boys track and field team couldn’t quite solve Nevada during the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference meet on Thursday.

The Mustangs’ five total wins were paired with eight other top-three finishes, but PCM fell just three points off a conference title.

Nevada edged PCM at the top with 159 points. PCM (156.5) was 2.5 points back in second and the rest of the top five featured Roland-Story (107), Greene County (92) and South Hamilton (77).

West Marshall (63.5), Saydel (38) and Perry (36) completed the eight-team field.

Olson won the 110- and 400-meter hurdles in career-best times. He won the 110 highs in 15.16 seconds, while Gavin Van Gorp (15.96) was fourth. Olson’s 56.35 won the 400 hurdles and Gavin Steenhoek posted a career-best time of 1 minute, 0.08 seconds in fifth.

Olson’s 15.16 in the 110 highs rank 13th in Class 2A, while his 56.35 in the 400 hurdles is seventh.

Wagaman won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 8 inches and Jake Winters was fourth with a jump of 5-2.

Bussan’s throw of 46-1 1/4 won the shot put, while Van Gorp’s 19-10 3/4 in the long jump placed him second. Alex Wendt (116-10) and Harlan Shannon (115-4) went 4-5 in the discus.

Evan Jones scored a pair of individual top-three finishes. He was second in the 200 in 23.11, while Tad Wilson (23.51) was fifth. Jones (11.44) and Wilson (11.84) were 3-5 in the 100, too.

Riley Graber posted a career-best time of 52.48 to place fourth in the 400, while Coby DeRaad (2:11.77) and Carson Hansen (5:07.27) were sixth in the 800 and 1,600, respectively.

The Mustangs also won the shuttle hurdle relay. The team of Winters, Jaden Houser, Olson and Van Gorp scored a win with a season-best time of 1:02.47, which ranks ninth in 2A.

PCM’s 4x100, 4x200 and sprint medley relay teams all were second and the 4x400 team finished third.

Olson, Gabe Hobbs, Jacob Wendt and Jones finished the 4x100 in 44.31 seconds and the 4x200 relay team of Jones, Wilson, Wendt and Hobbs completed the race in 1:32.55.

The sprint medley relay team of Carter Burns, Wendt, Hobbs and Graber posted the team’s second-fastest time of the year in 1:39.01.

DeRaad, Graber, Hobbs and Wendt finished the 4x400 in third with a season-best time of 3:33.75.

Seven wins power Mustangs to victory at North Polk

ALLEMAN — PCM won three relays, finished 1-2 in the 110 high hurdles and grabbed two more victories in field events as the Mustangs piled up 138.5 points to win the North Polk Coed Invitiatonal on Monday.

The Mustangs were 26.5 points better than runner-up Greene County (112), which was the only other school to reach triple-figures in points.

Nevada (98), Roland-Story (93), South Hamilton (79), North Polk (74.5) and the Johnston JV (47) completed the seven-team field.

Wagaman (6-0) and Bussan (47-8) each had career-best performances to win the high jump and shot put, Van Gorp (15.67) and Winters (16.48) finished 1-2 in the 110 high hurdles and Olson (57.51) and Steenhoek (1:00.36) went 1-4 in the 400 hurdles.

Shannon (122-6) and Austin Van Maanen (115-9) had career-best throws to finish third and fourth, respectively, in the discus.

Graber (52.83) and Joey Ferneding (56.9) were 2-5 in the 400, Burns (11.92) placed fifth in the 100 and Joe Shaver posted a career-best time of 2:11.64 to place sixth in the 800.

The 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams all won. Jones, Olson, Wendt and Hobbs posted their second-best time of the season in the 4x200 with a 1:31.25 and the 4x800 relay foursome with Shaver, Kolby Clark, Hansen and DeRaad also posted their second-fastest time in 8:52.61.

Ferneding, Graber, Hobbs and Jones won the 4x400 in 3:36.88 and the sprint medley relay team of Jones, Hobbs, Wilson and Wendt finished second in 1:40.25.

The shuttle hurdle relay team capped the top-three finishes in second. The foursome of Houser, Winters, Olson and Van Gorp posted their second-best time of the season with a 1:02.85.