L-S girls finish second, C-M fifth at SICL meet

COLFAX — The South Iowa Cedar League features some of the top track and field athletes in Class 1A, but Lynnville-Sully and Colfax-Mingo finished in the top of the league during the annual outdoor meet on Tuesday.

The Hawks were limited to just one win, but six top-three finishes propelled them to a third-place team finish. Lynnville-Sully (103) was one point back of runner-up English Valleys (104) and HLV/TC won the conference championship with 116.5 points.

“We knew it would be a tough night as our conference has shown it has some great athletes,” L-S head girls track and field coach Kevin Johnson said. “We’re proud of our athletes, and we battled all night long.”

Colfax-Mingo hosted the SICL outdoor meet for the first time and placed fifth in the final standings with 62.5 points.

North Mahaska won four events and placed fourth with 101. Belle Plaine, Montezuma and Sigourney all scored 56 points, and the rest of the 11-team field featured Iowa Valley (45), BGM (32) and Keota (7).

Lynnville-Sully’s only win came in the 4x800-meter relay. The quartet of Kate Harthoorn, Brooke Harthoorn, Olivia Norrish and Peyton Sharp posted a winning time of 10 minutes, 22.93 seconds, which ranks ninth in 1A. It was a season-best time by nearly 9 seconds.

The 4x400 relay team of Kate Harthoorn, Emma Parkinson, Sharp and Isabelle Vos finished second in 4:26.75 and the 4x100 relay team of Cori Fisk, Breah Lowry, Morgan Hay and Brilynn Tice took third in a season-best 54.06 seconds.

The other three runner-up finishes came from Tatum Huyser. She has the sixth-best times in 1A in both the 100 and 200 and ranks seventh in the high jump.

Unfortunately, she faced an incredibly tough field in the 100 and 200 and went head-to-head with the defending high jump champion, too.

Huyser placed second in the 100 in 12.97 and took second in the 200 in 26.84. English Valleys’ Ava Gehrking won both races in 12.56 and 26.2, respectively.

Gehrking’s best times in the 100 and 200 rank third and first, respectively, in 1A.

Huyser cleared 5 feet, 2 inches to finish second in the high jump. HLV/TC’s Ema Roberts, who last year’s 1A title and placed second at this year’s Drake Relays, won the event with a leap of 5-7.

Huyser and Vos both posted career-best times in the 400. Huyser placed fourth in 1 minute, 2.56 seconds and Vos took fifth in 1:03.48. Roberts won the race in 1:00.88 and two others finished under 1:03.

The Hawks were fourth individually in three other events. Kate Harthoorn (2:30.29) and Sharp (2:37.08) each registered career-best times and finished 4-6 in the 800, Norrish (5:28.83) and Mandeesa Vos (5:29.33) went 4-5 in the 1,500 in career-best times and Mandeesa Vos (11:54.22) and Parkinson (12:12.42) placed 4-6 in the 3,000.

Isabelle Vos had a mark of 14-4 1/2 in the long jump and finished sixth.

Colfax-Mingo was led by Ashlynn Hosbond, who was second in the 3,000 and sixth in the 1,500. Her 3,000 time was clocked in a career-best 11:18.07 and she finished the 1,500 in 5:29.55.

The Tigerhawks were third in the shuttle hurdle relay with Trinity Smith, Lily Anderson, Evalyn Anderson and Jessa Purdie. They finished the race in 1:16.14.

Colfax-Mingo doubled up in a pair of field events. Grace Hunsberger (4-10) and Claire Hunsberger (4-8) were 3-5 in the high jump and Lexie Aller (32-2) and Emma Cook (31-6 1/2) finished 5-6 in the shot put. Cook’s throw of 31-6 1/2 tied her career best.

Smith grabbed a pair of top-five finishes. She was fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:14.29, and she was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 14-11 1/4.

Purdie (18.5) also was sixth in the 100 hurdles and Britney Keeney took sixth in the discus with a career-best throw of 88-1.

Notes: Huyser, Gehrking and Roberts are not the only standout SICL athletes this season. North Mahaska’s Nataliya Linder ranks third in 1A in the long jump (17-4 3/4) and seventh in the 400 hurdles (1:07.10), HLV/TC’s Aaliyah Cooper is currently eighth in the 400 hurdles (1:07.24) and eighth in the long jump (16-11) and Iowa Valley’s Lydia Kriegel sits third in the shot put (40-4) and fourth in the discus (130-1 1/2). HLV/TC’s Emery Hall currently has the eighth-best time in 1A in the 800 in 2:21.96 and HLV/TC’s 4x400 relay team has posted the top time in 1A at 4:07.26.

Field events lead Tigerhawks at Cardinal Relays

NEWTON — Colfax-Mingo doubled up in three field events at the Cardinal Relays on Friday.

That’s where most of their individual points came from as the Tigerhawks finished fourth with 92.5 points.

Class 3A Newton dominated its way to the meet championship, scoring 211 points at the top of the standings.

Lynnville-Sully (111), North Mahaska (99.5), Pleasantville (81), Southeast Warren (52) and Dallas Center-Grimes (24) completed the field.

DCG entered eight runners in the 1,500-meter run and another Mustang participated in the 100 hurdles.

Smith, Hosbond and Grace Hunsberger led Colfax-Mingo with a trio of bronze medals.

Smith (1:14.50) was the third in the 400 hurdles, Hosbond (career-best 5:24.14) placed third in the 1,500 and Grace Hunsberger (4-10) took third in the high jump. Claire Hunsberger also was tied for fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4-8.

Keeney (77-8) and Cook (75-5) were 4-6 in the discus, Cook (31-4 1/4) and Aller (30-6) went 4-6 in the shot put and Laila Kwaskiewicz secured a pair of sixth-place finishes.

Kwaskiewicz placed sixth in the 800 in a season-best 2:57.54 and took sixth in the 3,000 in a season-best 13:12.71.