State Track and Field- Class 2A and 3A have finished up their day two events and here are the results for our local teams.

Looking at Mt. Pleasant first, Will Davidson finished with the 2^nd fastest time in the preliminary and the 10^th fastest time all time in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.10 seconds. The finals will run tomorrow at 1:15 pm. Davidson also grabbed points for the Panthers in the 400 meter hurdles as he took 3^rd place with a time of 54.13 seconds.

The girls 4×200 meter relay team of Courtney Raub, Bailey Jalas, Kynlee White, and Andi Scott finished with a time of 1 minute and 46 seconds, which placed them in 12^th.

Rellana Van Deuren took 23^rd place with a time of 1 minute and 13 seconds in the girls 400 meter hurdles.

The team of Raub, Jalas, Scott, and Tristian Shull ran in the girls 4×100 meter relay that finished in 21^st place with a time of 51.58 seconds.

The Panthers boys’ 4×400 meter relay team of Jacob Richtman, Gabe Feldmann, Jude Dykstra, and Mason Sloat finished in 23^rd place with a time of 3 minutes and 33 seconds.

In the field events, Avin Truong took home a 5^th place finish in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 7.75 inches and Isaac Jerrel finished in 8^th place in the shot put with a heave of 51 feet 3.25 inches. Ava English heaved the shot 34 feet 11.75 inches, which claimed her 16^th place.

For the Van Buren County boys’ team, Anthony Duncan dethroned last year’s champion in the 400 meter hurdles and claimed an individual state championship in Class 2A for the Warriors with a time of 54.97 seconds. Tyler Stoltz captured points for the Warriors with a 7^th place finish in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet 1 inch.

For Class 2A, the Mediapolis 4×200 girls’ team of Bailey Jackson, Kira Messer, Josie Hutcheson, and Haley Steffener finished in 22^nd place with a time of 1 minute and 51 seconds.

For the Mediapolis boys’ 4×400 meter relay team of Logan Rosas, Levi Arnold, Owen Schmidgall, and Anthony Isley, they will be competing in the finals tomorrow after qualifying with 3^rd fastest time in the preliminary with a time of 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Steffener finished in 21^st place in the girls’ high jump with a leap of 4 feet 10 inches.

The 4×200 meter relay team of Travain Donaldson, Grant Boal, Jace Figuereo, and Jack Riley took 4th place with a time of 1 minute and 29 seconds for West Burlington/Notre Dame.

For Washington, the girls 4×400 meter relay team of Grace Voss, Leighton Messinger, Eden Levetzow, and Iris Dahl finished in 17^th place with a time of 4 minutes and 12 seconds. The boys’ 4×400 meter relay team of Logan McDole, Ethan Patterson, Cameron Vongpanya, and Alec Ulin also took 17^th place with a time of 3 minutes and 31 seconds.

In the field, Brayden Hartman finished as the runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 57 feet 8 inches.

Team Point Leaders:

Boys Class 2A: Des Moines Christian: 30, Williamsburg: 28, Shenandoah: 24

Girls Class 2A: Van Meter and Mid-Prairie: 28, Unity Christ: 21, West Lyon and Sheldon: 18

Boys Class 3A: Pella: 44, North Polk and Mt. Vernon and Epworth: 25, Central DeWitt: 22

Girls Class 3A: Solon: 43, ADM: 34, Clear Lake and Hampton-Dumont-CAL: 20

Mediapolis is still in the running for the boys’ Class 2A rankings with 23 points, which ranks the Bulldogs in 4^th place. Van Buren County is in 7^th place with 18.5 points. Central Lee finished with 3 points.

For the boys’ Class 3A, Mt. Pleasant is in 12^th place with 11 points. Washington is in 18^th place with 8 points and West Burlington/Notre Dame is in 23^rd place with 5 points.

Stay tuned to KILJ for more results tomorrow and Saturday.

Prep Girls’ Soccer- The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the final rankings of the season for Class 2A and 3A. Class 3A returned to form by bringing some chaos before the postseason gets underway.

Waverly-Shell Rock still clings on to the top spot in Class 2A with a 14-1 record. Independence experienced their first loss of the season to Assumption 3-0, which dropped them down one spot to 5^th. North Polk was ranked 6^th last week but after falling 1-0 against previously ranked 9^th now ranked 8^th Bondurant-Farrar, the Comets plummeted to 11^th in the rankings. Norwalk jumped up to 10^th in the rankings after taking down fellow ranked team Lewis Central 5-4. The Titans are now ranked 13^th. Burlington was dropped from the top 15 after losing 1-0 to Davenport Central. Glenwood rounds out the top 15 with a 10-5 record.

Comparing the final rankings to the preseason, 13 teams remain ranked in the top 15. North Polk had the biggest drop in the rankings, falling 8 spots from being ranked 3^rd at the start of the season. ADM moved up the rankings 6 spots from 12^th to 6^th, the biggest climb of all the teams in Class 2A.

In Class 3A, Waukee Northwest holds the top spot, but there’s a new #2 team. Ankeny continues their climb back up the rankings after defeating the previous #2 team Valley 1-0 last week. The Hawks are now ranked 2^nd with the Tigers falling back to 4^th. Dowling Catholic has lost their last three games and fall two spots in the rankings from 5^th to 7^th. Dubuque Hempstead fell out of the top 15 after losing to #6 Linn-Mar 6-0 last week. Prairie enters the top 15 at the #15 slot with a 10-3 record.

12 of the 15 teams listed in the preseason rankings remain on the list. Two schools kept their same rankings: Ankeny in 2^nd and Valley in 4^th. Ankeny Centennial had the largest fall and the most surprising fall after entering the season as the #1 team. The Jaguars enter the postseason ranked 8^th with an 8-6 record. Johnston had the highest climb entering the season ranked 9^th and ending the regular season ranked 3^rd.

State Track and Field- The Class 1A and 4A section of Friday’s events are completed and here are the results for our local teams.

The boys’ Class 1A distance medley relay had three local teams running in Winfield-Mt. Union, Danville, and New London. The Wolves team of Lane Genkinger, Abram Edwards, Ty Scorpil, and Kohlby Newsom took 20^th place with a time of 3 minutes and 46 seconds.

Danville finished in 11^th place with a time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds with the team of Drake Nicholson, Ayden Doyle, Ashton McCane, and AJ Bonnesen.

New London captured their first points of the meet with a 7^th place finish with the time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The team of Boden Pickle, London Franklin, Brigham Porter, and Rylan Martin captured two points for the Tigers.

In Class 4A for the boys’ distance medley relay, Burlington’s team of Derrick Watson, Laderrias Shealey, Keshawn Wyldon, and Sam Morehead finished with a time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds, which was good enough for 20^th place.

Keetyn Townsley of Winfield-Mt. Union ran in the girls’ 100 meter hurdles for Class 1A. Townsley grabbed 19^th place with a time of 16.91 seconds.

Triston Miller of Columbus took down the boys’ Class 1A 110 meter hurdle state record that has stood since 1997. Miller sprinted to a time of 14.12 seconds making him the favorite for the finals. Simeon Reichenbach of WACO also qualified with the 6^th fastest time of the preliminary, 15.11 seconds a personal record. The finals will begin at 1:15 pm.

Burlington’s girls team of Kierah Wiseman, Christella Boyer, Sophie Brown, and Mylee Stiefel in the Class 4A 4×200 meter relay, finished in 13^th place with the time of 1 minute 45 second.

The team of Braden Spain, Isaac Oswald, Mason Miller, and Clayton Miller took 12^th place with a time of 1 minute and 33 seconds in the 4×200 meter relay for Class 1A for WACO.

Burlington’s boys’ 4×200 meter relay team of Watson, Wyldon, Shealey, and Caden Schisel took 20^th place with a time of 1 minute and 31 seconds.

Ottumwa’s boys 4×200 meter relay team of Brock Brinegar, Luke Graeve, Javen Rominger, and Mason Farrington grabbed 23^rd place with a time of 1 minute and 32 seconds.

Gabriel Hemsworth of Winfield-Mt. Union earned a point for his 8^th place finish in the boys 400 meter hurdles with a time of 55.42 seconds. Spencer Nelson of Danville took 19^th place with a time of 58.59 seconds.

The girls 4×100 meter team of Wiseman, Boyer, Brown, and Stiefel for Burlington qualified for the finals on Saturday with a time of 49.06 seconds, a season best time. The race will be run at 3:25 pm.

Columbus took home another state record in the boys 4×100 meter relay with a time of Jeff Hoback, Riley Kaalberg, Miller, and Kaden Amingon with a time of 42.69 seconds, which qualified them for Saturday’s final at 3:45 pm.

New London’s team of Pickle, Franklin, Kade Benjamin, and Porter took 11^th place with a time of 44.85 seconds. WACO’s team of Spain, Oswald, Miller, and Reichenbach finished right behind with a time of 45.02 seconds. Lastly, the team of Caleb Giese, Cam Buffington, Eli Miller, and Edwards grabbed 20^th place with a time of 45.42 seconds for the Wolves.

Burlington’s boys’ team of Watson, Shealey, Schisel, and Wyldon finished in 21^st in the 4×100 meter relay with the time of 43.94 seconds.

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team of Sheaden Adams, Hemsworth, Ty Scorpil, and Newsom finished in 11^th place in the 4×400 meter preliminary with a time of 3 minutes and 31 seconds.

In the field events, Delilah Subsin of Ottumwa heaved the shot put to a 4^th place finish with a throw of 39 feet 1.75 inches, which earned the Bulldogs 5 points.

Benjamin of New London and Miller of Columbus were in a showdown for the boys Class 1A high jump competition as they both cleared 6 feet 6 inches. Miller failed all of his attempts for 6 feet 7 inches. Benjamin nailed his first jump for 6 feet 7 inches clinching the state title for himself. This makes it back-to-back individual state championships for Benjamin.

In the boys’ Class 1A discus, Oleh Shtefanchuk’s throw of 150 feet 1 inch was enough to get him into the finals. In the finals, he improved his mark to 155 feet on his second throw then added on to his final total as he finished in 3^rd place with a throw of 158 feet 2 inches. The Warriors claimed 6 team points from the event.

In the girls’ Class 4A long jump, Madelyn Houk of Ottumwa leaped 16 feet 3.5 inches for a 15^th place finish.

Team points leaders:

Boys Class 1A: Mount Ayr: 30, Akron-Westfield and Lisbon: 20, Columbus: 19

Girls Class 1A: AGWSR: 24, Pekin: 21, Calamus-Wheatland: 20

Boys Class 4A: Johnston: 47, Linn-Mar: 45, Iowa City High: 41

Girls Class 4A: Waukee Northwest: 43, Ankeny: 42, Pleasant Valley: 38

In the boys’ Class 1A, New London is tied for 8^th with 12 points. Winfield-Mt. Union is tied for 10^th place with 11 points and Danville is tied for 12^th place with 10 points. WACO is right behind Danville with 9 points.

The Danville girls’ team has 1 point for Class 1A.

In the girls’ Class 4A team standings, Ottumwa is in 22^nd place with 6 points.

Stay tuned to KILJ for more results for Class 1A and 4A tomorrow, May 20^th.