Newton girls come in third at Pella, Grinnell

PELLA — Tori White won the 100-meter hurdles, Audrey Muckler ran to a win in the 3,000 and the shuttle hurdle relay team posted a season-best time in winning another gold medal during the Tulip Time Relays on Monday.

The Cardinals also finished second three times and placed third four times. That helped them score 126.5 points in third.

Pella won its home meet with 176.5 points and Dowling Catholic was next with 163. The rest of the field included Ottumwa (82.5), Oskaloosa (70.5) and Pella Christian (68).

“After most of the team had more than a week without competition, they were ready to get back after it,” Newton head girls track and field coach Rachelle Tipton said. “While they keep impressing us, they know there is more work to be done.”

White won the 100 hurdles in 16.68 seconds and then anchored the shuttle hurdle relay team to a win.

The foursome of Camryn Klein, Macy Lampe, Mack Sims and White won the race in a season-best time of 1 minute, 7.24 seconds.

The final win came from Muckler in the 3,000. Her winning time was clocked in 11:38.58 and Alexis Sorensen (12:31.03) and Talia Friedman (12:50.49) were third and fifth, respectively.

The Cardinals also scored double points in the 400 as Lauren Clarke was the runner-up in 1:00.47 and Alex Riney finished sixth in 1:09.07.

Newton was third in a pair of field events. White placed third in the high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 9 inches and Abby Bruce had a mark of 15-2 1/2 in the long jump.

On the track, Winther (2:26.85) finished second in the 800, Lola Rivera (28.39) took fourth in the 200, Harper Barton (5:14.94) placed fifth in the 1,500 and Sims (1:17.27) was sixth in the 400 hurdles.

There weren’t a ton of best times because of a strong wind throughout the night, but the distance medley relay team did post a season-best time.

The foursome of Lola Rivera, Jazmyn Rivera, Winther and Barton placed second in a season-best 4:27.79.

“The goal for the night was to defeat the wind, not let it defeat us,” Tipton said. “The team took on that challenge and had a fantastic night.”

The 4x100 relay team of BrookLynn Britton, Lola Rivera, Klein and Clarke finished third in 51.65.

Riney, Winther, Klein and Barton placed third in the 4x400 relay in 4:22.38.

Cardinals finish third at Grinnell Coed Tiger Relays

GRINNELL — Newton won a trio of relays and finished in the top three nine times during the Grinnell Coed Tiger Relays on Tuesday.

Clarke and White posted the top individual finishes for Newton, and the Cardinals also were second in the 4x200 relay.

“With back-to-back nights of competition we had to be strategic in events to get the best out of the athletes for both nights,” Tipton said. “We look forward to some good rest and training as we head into the next three important weeks of the season.”

Pella won the meet championship with 114.5 points. Williamsburg (68.5) edged Newton (62.5) for second and the rest of the field featured Iowa City Liberty (53), Bondurant-Farrar (46), Grinnell (36.5) and Oskaloosa (11).

The Cardinals’ first win came in the sprint medley relay as Lampe, Klein, Lola Rivera and Clarke won the race in a season-best time of 1:53.05.

Not too long after that, Newton won the 4x800 relay with Barton, Muckler, Riney and Winther. They posted a season-best time of 10:13.14.

The shuttle hurdle relay team also came home with the gold medal. The quartet of Klein, Lampe, Sims and White won the race in 1:08.36.

Klein, Lola Rivera, Bruce and Clarke placed second in the 4x200 in a season-best time of 1:46.82, which currently ranks 14th in Class 3A.

The 4x100 relay team was outside the top three but posted a time under 51 seconds for the second time this season. The foursome of Klein, Lola Rivera, Bruce and Clarke placed fourth in 50.78.

“The weather was much more cooperative this evening, and the team took full advantage,” Tipton said.

Clarke (12.86) was the runner-up in the 100, White (16.05) and Sims (career-best 16.57) were 2-3 in the 100 hurdles and the Cardinals also doubled up in the 1,500 and 3,000.

Muckler (5:12.4) and Winther (5:13.61) each posted career-best times in finishing 3-4 in the 1,500, while Temple Barton (12:21.53) and Laek Sullivan (13:19) turned in career-best times in the 3,000 and came in third and fifth, respectively.

Harper Barton ran a career-best time of 2:28.29 and finished fourth in the 800 and White (1:18.29) was sixth in the 400 hurdles.

White (4-10 also took fifth in the high jump and Bruce (15-7) and Sims (14-9) went 5-6 in the long jump.

“I want to shout out the freshmen,” Tipton said. “They came into the season with a mindset matching the upperclassmen, ready to work hard and expect great things, but tonight especially, we had some step up into new roles and events and do very well.”