Mt. Pleasant, IA- The Mt. Pleasant track and field teams held their banquet yesterday and after a successful season, which saw the girls’ team finish in the top 15 at state and the boys’ team send their first state qualifier since 2024, the coaches handed out their annual team awards.
(Mt. Pleasant Girls’ Team Celebrates Second Consecutive Conference Title)
On the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant had a spectacular year as they hoisted the runner-up trophy at the State Indoor Meet to start the season, defended their conference title, and accrued 27 points at the state meet to finish in 12th place.
Avery Fedler was one of the main reasons for those accolades as the freshman collected school records in the 400-meter dash (57.51 seconds), the 800-meter run (2 minutes and 11.47 seconds), the 1500-meter run (4 minutes and 39.85 seconds), and the sprint medley relay (1 minute and 47.29 seconds), along with Kynlee White, Alex Scott, and Delaney Anderson.
At state, Fedler grabbed 2nd place in the 800-meter with the new program record time, finished in 7th in the 1500-meter run, nabbed 5th place in the 400-meter dash, and with the sprint medley team took 3rd place with the new program record. Overall, Fedler was the Leading Scorer and Co-Rookie of the Year. Joining her in Rookie of the Year honors was Anderson.
Another freshman for Mt. Pleasant, Anderson also reshaped the program record book, as she set the school mark in the 4×100 meter relay with the team of White, Scott, and Taylor Williamson, as they claimed the mark of 48.4 seconds. The 4×100 meter relay snatched 4th at state.
Quintrie Lee was able to punch her ticket to the state meet for the 3000-meter run, where she finished in 19th place with a time of 11 minutes and 7 seconds. Lee was named Most Improved. White finished her Panther career with multiple school records in the relays and with the Panther Award, while Elodie Rawson earned Most Potential, as she had the 3rd fastest time for the 400-meter dash and the 2nd fastest time for the 800-meter run.
On the boys’ side, Kayle Brown had himself an impressive freshman campaign, as the Panther was able to qualify for two events at the state meet: the shuttle hurdle relay and the long jump, which included a 9th place finish in the latter, posting a leap of 21 feet and 3.5 inches. Caleb Shepherd, Keegan Heaton, and Kaden Schadt joined Brown in the shuttle hurdle relay, which finished in 19th place at state. Brown was named Rookie of the Year.
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Silas Hulett took home Leading Scorer with a conference championship in the 3200-meter run and a dual state qualification for the long-distance events. At the state meet, Hulett finished in 21st in the 1600 and 12th in the 3200.
Griffen Jones took home the Panther Award, as he posted the fastest 100 and 200-meter dash times of the team. Franky Lopez earned the Most Potential, and Hoang Quang, who also qualified for the state long jump and finished in 24th place with a leap of 18 feet and 8.5 inches, claimed Most Improved.