Baxter girls win Dave Robinson Relays

NEVADA — The Baxter girls track and field team won just three events on Thursday during the Dave Robinson Relays.

But the Bolts piled up 17 top-three finishes and claimed their first meet championship since 2021 after scoring 164.5 points at Nevada High School.

Colfax-Mingo was held out of the win column but finished second and third three times each. The Tigerhawks scored 101 points in fourth.

“It was a total team effort,” Baxter head girls track and field coach Josh Russell said. “We scored in all 19 events. I’m just so proud and happy for the girls and their performances. They competed hard all night long and stepped up every time they were challenged.”

Collins-Maxwell (127) edged Lynnville-Sully (120) for second in the nine-team field. Coon Rapids-Bayard (85.5), BGM (39), GMG (28), host Colo-NESCO (28) and Meskwaki Settlement School (18) finalized the field.

Camryn Russell claimed all three Baxter wins. She won the 100-meter hurdles in 17.18 seconds, grabbed a win in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 1 inch and set a new school record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1 minute, 9.67 seconds.

The 400 hurdles time ranks 10th in Class 1A.

“Camryn beat the Bear girl from Meskwaki who qualified for the state meet last year,” Coach Russell said.

The Bolts doubled up in the 100, 200, 400, 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles. They also went 2-3 in the 100, 200 and 400 and placed 1-2 in the 100 hurdles.

Sydnee Hibbs (13.94) edged Russell (13.97) for second in the 100, Avery Wonders (28.56) and Hibbs (29.29) finished 2-3 in the 200 and Wonders (1:04.4) and Kendall Brummel (1:08.28) both set career-best times in going 2-3 in the 400.

Grace Anderegg was just behind Russell in the 100 hurdles. She finished second in a career-best 17.79. and Brummel was third in the 400 hurdles in 1:15.52.

Callie Cross registered career-best throws in both the shot put and discus and placed in both for the first time in her career. She was fourth in the shot put with a toss of 30-9 1/4 and placed fifth in the discus with a heave of 72-3.

Wonders (4-10) finished third in the high jump and Gwen Tichy posted a career-best time 2:51.11 and placed fifth in the 800.

Makayla True was top four in both the 1,500 and 3,000. She finished third in the 1,500 in a career-best 5:33.49 and took fourth in the 3,000 in a career-best 12:00.03.

The Bolts also were second in the 4x800 and sprint medley relays and finished third in the 4x400 and shuttle hurdle relays.

Piper Redman, Tichy, Zoey Gliem and Kamdyn Krampe finished second in the 4x800 in 11:55.33 and Alyvia Burdess, Rossi Swihart, Hibbs and Tichy placed second in the sprint medley relay in 2:08.22.

Burdess, Tichy, Redman and Wonders took third in the 4x400 in 4:42.97 and the shuttle hurdle relay team of Brummel, Swihart, Krampe and Anderegg was third in a season-best 1:16.55.

“We opened up a few people in individual events and they ran further than we’ve asked them to run so far,” Coach Russell said. “We asked girls to step up in relays that were new to them, too.”

The Tigerhawks placed second in a pair of field events. Trinity Smith (15-5) was second in the long jump and Grace Hunsberger (5-0) took second in the high jump.

Colfax-Mingo doubled up in the shot put, discus and long jump. Lexie Aller (30-0 1/2) and Emma Cook (30-5 1/4) were 3-5 in the shot put and Lily Arndt (85-0) and Britney Keeney (81-8) finished 3-4 in the discus.

Krissy Snow joined Smith in the top six of the long jump as she placed sixth with a leap of 12-11.

Smith collected fourth in the 400 hurdles in 1:17.44, Ashlynn Hosbond (12:11.04) was fifth in the 3,000 and Jessa Purdie (18.72) took fifth in the 100 hurdles.

Hosbond (5:34.02) and Laila Kwaskiewicz (career-best 6:09.87) were 4-6 in the 1,500, Purdie registered a career-best 30.87 in the 200 and placed sixth and Mallory Sipma finished sixth in the 800 in 2:52.18.

The Tigerhawks were second in the distance medley relay. The team of Purdie, Karmylia Snyder, Smith and Hosbond hit the finish line in a season-best 4:52.43.

C-M’s 4x200 relay team of Snow, Katelyn Steenhoek, Aubrey VanderSchoor and Snyder took third in 2:05.36.