Des Moines, IA- The 2024 Iowa State Track championships is rolling right along as Class 2A and Class 3A have finished up their first days’ worth of events. Here’s a look at how our local athletes fared.
Running Events
The girls’ shuttle hurdle started the day as for Class 3A, Washington’s squad of Ryen Pepper, Leighton Salazar, Kendall Hinrichsen, and Leighton Messinger grabbed 14th place with a time of 1 minute and 9 seconds.
Moreover, Fairfield’s team of Maya Lane, Lilly Bergren, Isabel McCready, and Hayley Reinier finished in 23rd place with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds.
Fort Madison’s Avery Rump grabbed four points for the Bloodhounds after finishing in fifth place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10 minutes and 27 seconds. Carley Seeley of Fairfield took 19th place with a time of 11 minutes and 24 seconds.
The boys’ Class 2A 3200-meter run saw Solomon Zaugg of Mediapolis grab the gold with a time of 9 minutes and 19 seconds, earning ten points for the Bulldogs.
For the boys’ Class 3A 3200-meter run, Washington had two runners in Micah Rees and Andrew Rees. Micah finished in 9th place with a time of 9 minutes and 35 seconds, while Andrew grabbed 22nd place with a time of 10 minutes and 34 seconds.
The 200-meter dash preliminary finished with two qualifiers for the finals on Saturday. Kynlee White of Mt. Pleasant finished in 19th place for the girls’ Class 3A race with a time of 26.37 seconds.
In the boys’ Class 2A 200-meter dash, Mediapolis’ Noah Schmidgall took 3rd place with a time of 22.33 seconds. Schmidgall will race on Saturday in the 200-meter finals.
Julian Dear of Fort Madison and Ryan Bair of Keokuk competed in the boys’ Class 3A 200-meter dash. Dear finished in 13th place with a time of 22.32 seconds and Bair took 17th place with a time of 22.45 seconds.
Mediapolis, Fort Madison, and Washington each had a boys’ team and a girls’ team compete in the 4×800 meter relay. The girls’ team of Grace Holsteen, Paige Steiner, Avery Dietz, and Bryn Wright took 23rd place with a time of 10 minutes and 23 seconds.
The boys’ team of Owen and Will Schmidgall, Zaugg, and Logan Rosas took home the silver with a time of 7 minutes and 51 seconds, earning eight more points for the Bulldogs.
In Class 3A, the Fort Madison girls’ team of McKayla Schinstock, Mara Smith, Avery Rump, and Addison Rump took 10th place with a time of 9 minutes and 56 seconds. The Washington girls’ team of Lauren Horak, Abigail Kleese, Hinrichsen, and Iris Dahl finished in 17th place with a time of 10 minutes and 5 seconds.
The boys’ team of Fort Madison of Peyton Lambert, Riley Tripp, Mason McLey, and Nolan Guzman grabbed 18th place and Washington’s team of Logan McDole, Tyler Alderton, Sawyer Tschantz, and Micah Rees finished in 16th.
Alex Scott of Mt. Pleasant raced her way to the Class 3A 100-meter dash finals on Saturday after finishing with a 6th place time of 12.41 seconds.
In the boys’ Class 2A dash, Landry Haberichter punched his ticket to the finals as he raced to a time of 10.89 seconds, the best time of the field.
In Class 3A, Dear finished in 10th with a time of 11.02 seconds and Drew Campbell of Keokuk took 20th place with a time of 11.2 seconds.
The boys’ Class 2A race for the 400-meter dash presented a Southeast Iowa Super Conference rivalry with Nathan Schmidgall of Mediapolis facing off against Grant Myhre of Central Lee.
Lee finished one spot ahead of Schmidgall in 22nd place with a time of 52.40 seconds.
For the boys’ Class 3A 400-meter dash, McLey of Keokuk finished in 21st place with a time of 53.43 seconds and Seth Shepard of Washington took 24th place. For the girls’ Class 3A, Camryn Atterberg of Keokuk grabbed 24th place.
To round out the running events for Class 2A and Class 3A, the boys’ shuttle hurdle relay preliminary competed and in Class 2A Mediapolis’ squad of Aedin Nelson, Noah Schmidgall, Reese Campbell, and Rosas finished in 17th place.
In Class 3A, Fort Madison’s team of Adam Sobczak, Gavin Callahan, Kiawante Smith, and Henry Wiseman thought they had qualified for the finals on Saturday, but the Bloodhounds were disqualified after the race.
Field Events
At 9 am, the girls’ Class 3A discus saw four members of the Southeast Conference competing and one of them finished with points.
Elyse Setterstrom of Fairfield finished in 20th place, Savannah Slobodnik of Mt. Pleasant grabbed 18th place, and Fort Madison’s Brylie Lorence took 17th place with a throw of 107 feet and 1 inch.
Mt. Pleasant’s Kya Goodrich led the first heat with a throw of 113 feet and 11 inches, which claimed the last spot for finals. Goodrich would improve on her fifth throw of the meet, landing at 119 feet and 6 inches. Goodrich finished in 7th place and grabbed two points for the Panthers.
In the boys’ Class 2A long jump, Henry Luttenegger of Mediapolis grabbed 11th place with a leap of 20 feet and 5.5 inches.
Lastly, a trio of SEC foes competed in the boys’ Class 3A high jump. In a highly competitive field, Fairfield’s Ryan Giberson leapt 6 feet and 3 inches, earning 7th place.
Kenden Bowie of Fort Madison was rushing towards the gold when he cleared 6 feet and 7 inches on his final attempt; however, he was unable to clear 6 feet and 9 inches, which earned him 5th place.
In fact, only one person cleared 6 feet and 9 inches, Eli Zillman, a sophomore from Fairfield, claimed the crown and ten points for the Trojans after he cleared the height of his first try.
In the second round of field events, Mt. Pleasant’s Josie Gilmore finished in 22nd place with a leap of 4 feet and 10 inches for the girls’ Class 3A high jump.
Team Standings
Boys’ Class 2A: Mediapolis (18), Underwood (16), South Hamilton (14)
Girls’ Class 2A: Tipton (17), Van Meter (15), Estherville-Lincoln Central and Albia (14)
Boys’ Class 3A: Pella (21), Solon (20), Williamsburg (17)
Girls’ Class 3A: Mt. Vernon (20), Gilbert (18), Pella (16)
How to Watch
The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the entire coed State Track Championship. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.
KILJ will continue providing updates throughout the state track championships.