Author: Nathan Bloechl

KILJ — Three individual champions and nine all-conference performers highlighted Friday’s action at the American Rivers Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the Central College men’s team.

The Dutch were led by former Mount Pleasant star Sam Beatty.

Beatty, a junior for Central,  defended his outdoor high jump title, winning for the second year in a row after clearing the bar at 6 feet, 10.25 inches, a new personal-best mark.

Next up for Beatty is the Midwest Twilight Qualifiers, which will be hosted by Augustana College in Illinois.

College Baseball: Wesleyan’s Beaber Named CAC Coach of the Year

Iowa Wesleyan head baseball coach and Mount Pleasant alum Blake Beaber has been named the Continental Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, the league has announced.

Beaber, who has been with Iowa Wesleyan since 2016, successfully navigated the Tigers through their returning season to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) this year.

Wesleyan finished their season with an overall record of 21-30 and a third-place finish in the CAC Championships Tournament.

It was the most wins in a single season for the program since winning 24 games in 2012.

Also earning postseason accolades were pitcher Luis Ayesa, Cristian Cordero and Derek Marrufo, who were all All-Conference choices.

College Softball: Krieger Earns All-CAC Honors

Iowa Wesleyan’s Kara Krieger (FR/New London, IA) has earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors.

In her 99 at-bats this season, Krieger accumulated 34 hits with a .343 batting average, scoring 21 times.

She tallied six doubles and two triples.

Krieger also added 13 RBIs and drew 15 walks.

In the field the former New London standout made 33 outs with a fielding percentage of .975.

Prep Track: State Qualifier List

1A Boys

New London

• Kade Benjamin – High Jump
• Carter Allen – Discus
• Carter Allen – Shot Put
• Alexander Julian – 3,200m
• Seth Bailey – 1,600m
• Rylan Martin – 800m
• 4×100 relay (Boden Pickle, Reann Seberg, Joel Lacy and Josh Catala)
• 4×400 relay (Rylan Martin, Kaden Benjamin, Reann Seberg, Alexander Julian)
• 4×800 relay (Rylan Martin, Alexander Julian, Seth Bailey and Kade Benjamin)

Winfield-Mount Union

• Cam Buffington – Long Jump

Danville

• Distance Medley Relay (Ethan Unzicker, Cadence Williams, Ty Carr, Ayden Doyle)

WACO 

• Shuttle Hurdle Relay  (Zach Schmitz, Mason Miller, Isaac Oswald, Simeon Reichenbach)

1A Girls

Danville

• Kenna Furnald – Long Jump

Winfield-Mount Union 

• Keetyn Townsley – 100m Hurdles
• Jobey Malone – Shot Put
• Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Morgan Grelk, Kayreanna Sharar, Keetyn Townsley, Josie Nelson)

2A Boys

Mediapolis

• Anthony Isley – 200m
• Kadin Salek – 400m
• Solomon Zaugg – 1,600m
• 4×400 relay (Kadin Salek, Levi Arnold, Logan Rosas, Anthony Isley)
• 4×800 relay (Levi Arnold, Solomon Zaugg, Logan Rosas, Owen Schmidgall)
• Sprint Medley (Cole Lipper, Anthony Isley, Kadin Salek, Ben Egan)
• Distance Medley (Logan Rosas, Kadin Salek, Anthony Isley, Cole Lipper)

Van Buren County

• Anthony Duncan – 400m, 400 hurdles
• Tyler Stoltz – High Jump

2A Girls

Mediapolis 

• 4×800 relay (Jaydon Wirt, Brooklyn Mohele, Haley Steffener, Kyra Anderson)

3A Boys

Mount Pleasant 

• Will Davidson – 200m, 110 hurdles, Long Jump
• Isaac Jerrel – Shot Put
• 4×800 relay (Isaac Rynders, Isaiah Albright, Gabe Feldmann, Jacob Richtman)

3A Girls

• Kenna Lamm – 100m
• Abby Blint – 3,000m
• Jadan Brumbaugh – Shot Put, Discus
• Distance Medley (Andi Scott, Elsie Lange, Tristian Shull, Abby Blint)

Mount Pleasant — Iowa Wesleyan head baseball coach and Mount Pleasant alum Blake Beaber has been named the Continental Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, the league has announced.

Beaber, who has been with Iowa Wesleyan since 2016, successfully navigated the Tigers through their returning season to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) this year.

Wesleyan finished their season with an overall record of 21-30 and a third-place finish in the CAC Championships Tournament.

It was the most wins in a single season for the program since winning 24 games in 2012.

Also earning postseason accolades were pitcher Luis Ayesa, Cristian Cordero and Derek Marrufo, who were all All-Conference choices.

Mount Pleasant — The Mount Pleasant track and field team will be sending several to the 2022 State Track and Field Championships next week.

The Panthers, who hosted a Class 3A state qualifying meet at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex, faired well despite record high temperatures.

Starting the day off right was Kenna Lamm, who clinched a first place finish in the 100m dash, winning in 13.18 seconds. Lamm beat out Assumption senior Alaina McConnell.

Panther senior Abby Blint was electric yesterday. Despite a seventh place finish in the 1,500m run, Blint rolled to a win in the 3,000m run, crossing the finish line in 11:40.25.

Iowa State recruit Jadan Brumbaugh was up to her usual tricks in field events, with easy wins in the shot put and discus.

Brumbaugh went 48 feet, 4.25 inches in the shot, while going 134 feet, 1 inch in the discus.

On the boys’ side, Will Davidson continued his strong season — qualifying for three separate events.

Davidson went 22.52 to finish as runner up in the 200m dash, he coupled that with a 15.18 in the 110m hurdles and a runner up finish in the long jump.

Panther junior Isaac Jerrel is also headed to the state meet.

Jerrell was a runner up to Brayden Hartman of Washington in the shot put with a heave of 48 feet, 9.5 inches.

In relays the Mount Pleasant boys’ 4×800 team is going to the Blue Oval.

That team consisted of Jacob Richtman, Gabe Feldmann, Isaac Rynders and Isiah Albright.

They were runners-up in the event.

The Panther girls will be sending the distance medley quartet of Tristian Shull, Andi Scott, Elsie Lange and Abby Blint.

The full list of area qualifiers will be announced Saturday.

Sigourney — The New London Tiger boys’ track team are state qualifying meet team champions.

The Tigers got supreme performances up and down their lineup en route to the win yesterday at Sigourney.

Automatic qualifiers for New London include:

• Kade Benjamin – High Jump
• Carter Allen – Discus
• Carter Allen – Shot Put
• Alexander Julian – 3,200m
• Seth Bailey – 1,600m
• Rylan Martin – 800m
• 4×100 relay (Boden Pickle, Reann Seberg, Joel Lacy and Josh Catala)
• 4×400 relay (Rylan Martin, Kaden Benjamin, Reann Seberg, Alexander Julian)
• 4×800 relay (Rylan Martin, Alexander Julian, Seth Bailey and Kade Benjamin)

Ottumwa — Freshman Madie Anderson (Mt. Pleasant, IA/Winfield Mt. Union) of the Indian Hills Softball team has been named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XI DI Softball Pitcher of the Year, announced by the the conference office on Wednesday.

Anderson has also been named to the NJCAA All-Region XI First-Team, becoming the fourth Warrior to earn Pitcher of the Year honors since 2017.

The former Winfield-Mount Union ace led the Warriors to its most team wins since 2006 after posting a team-high 17 wins in the circle.

Anderson tossed seven complete games on the year, including three shutouts.

The freshman pitched a team-high 105.0 innings on the year and posted a 2.20 earned run average. Anderson struck out a team-high 129 batters while issuing just 33 walks.

Anderson and the Warriors are set to host the NJCAA Midwest District Tournament at R.L. Hellyer Field on May 14 against Crowder College (MO).

The best-of-three series gets underway at 2:00 PM Saturday with a doubleheader and an if necessary game on Sunday, May 15.

Mount Pleasant — The Iowa Wesleyan University Athletics Department has announced the return of the Tiger Athletics Golf Outing, which will take place at the Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison, Iowa on July 29th, 2022.

The funds that are raised from this year’s golf outing will go directly toward the renovation and relocation of the Iowa Wesleyan weight room on campus.

To register for the event, you can log on to iwtigers.com.