Boys’ Track: Jerrel’s Second Place Finish Leads Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant junior Isaac Jerrel finished second in the shot put, as the Panthers finished 12th at the Williamsburg Invite yesterday.
Clear Creek-Amana won the team race with 92 points, while Cedar Rapids Prairie ended in second.
Williamsburg placed third.
Jerrel’s toss of 46 feet, once inch fell five short of winner Brayden Hartman of Washington.
The Panther shuttle hurdle team placed fourth, running 1:07.98. That team was comprised of Will Davidson, Morgan Van Nyhuis, Avin Truong and Bowen Davis.
They ran 1:07.98.
The top Southeast Conference finisher was Washington, who ended 7th in the team race.
Boys’ Track: Columbus Wins WACO Relays
Columbus racked up 110 points as the Wildcats claimed victory at the WACO Relays yesterday in Wayland.
English Valleys finished in second, while Van Buren placed third.
Columbus’ Kaden Amigon started the scoring with a win in the 400m dash, running 53.08. Isaac Acosta came behind that with an easy win in the 800m, as well.
Host WACO won three events.
Jonah Clark won the shot put with a heave of 41 feet, 3.5 inches. All-State running back Simeon Reichenbach won the hurdles for WACO.
Reichenbach cruised to a time of 15.47 seconds. He also helped orchestrate a win in the Shuttle Hurdle relay.
Joining him there were Zach Schmitz, Mason Miller and Clayton Miller.
Van Buren’s Tyler Stoltz claimed gold in the high and long jump.
He cleared 6 feet, 3.25 inches in the high jump, while launching himself 20 feet, 2 inches in the long.
Girls’ Track: Brumbaugh Rolls Again
Iowa State recruit Jadan Brumbaugh won the shot put again, heaving a toss of 46 feet, 9 inches as the Mount Pleasant girls’ finished in fourth at Williamsburg.
Brumbaugh’s throw again broke her own school record and is the top throw in the state this season.
In the hurdles, Kenna Lamm placed third the senior ran 17.63 for Mount Pleasant.
Panther senior Abby Blint placed fourth in the 1,500m. Blint clocked in at 5:25.24.
Blint also helped the distance medley tea of Mica Carter, Elise Lange and Andrea Lopreato place third in 4:45.21.
Solon won the team title on the girls’ side, while Cedar Rapids Prairie finished in second.
Girls’ Track: WACO Fifth at Home Invite
WACO placed third at their home invite yesterday winning three events.
Ally Rinner, Zoey Dennler and the Shuttle Hurdle team for the Warriors were all crowned victors.
Rinner won the 200m dash in 32.99, Dennler won the hurdles running a time of 184.3 seconds while the Shuttle Hurdle team finished in 1:19.48.
Lone Tree won the team championship while English Valleys placed second.
Springville finished in third.
College Baseball: Wesleyan Clubs Four Homers in Losing Effort
Iowa Wesleyan hit four home runs but could not overcome a four run sixth inning by Viterbo as the V-Hawks earned a 10-5 win yesterday afternoon.
Derek Marrufo opened the scoring for the Tigers with a second inning solo hone run, but the V-Hawks would then score 7 of the game’s next 9 runs to take a 7-2 lead into the 7th inning.
Jackson Van Roekel took the loss for the Tigers, tossing 5.1 innings allowing three earned while striking out four.
The Tigers are now 12-24.
Viterbo improved to 9-23.
College Softball: Mount Mercy Blanks Tigers
Iowa Wesleyan was held to just one hit as Mount Mercy picked up a 10-0 win over the Tigers yesterday at Mapleleaf.
Kara Krieger had Wesleyan’s lone hit, a single, as Mount Mercy’s duo of Jayna Witzany and Madi Sprague teamed up to strike out nine batters of five sparkling innings.
The loss moved Wesleyan to 3-16 overall.
They’ll take part in the CAC Classic this Friday in Nevada, Missouri.