Sigourney, IA- Four of our local schools ventured to Sigourney last night to compete in a Co-Ed track meet and the HLV girls’ team finished on top of the standings with 123 points, while the Columbus boys’ team won their sixth meet of the year, edging past Pekin by four points with 109.
Girls Competition
Van Buren County was next on the leaderboard with 103 points as the Warriors won four events. The team displayed their speed with victories in the 4×100 and 4×200 meter relays, winning the events by a second and two seconds, respectively.
Rylee Phillips earned an individual win in the 1500-meter run, posting a time of 5 minutes and 20 seconds. The Warriors added one more victory in the relays with a time of 1 minute and 59 seconds in the sprint medley relay.
Kayley Snowgren provided eight points with a 2nd place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
WACO managed to finish in 5th place with 61 points as Bren Graber collected their lone victory of the meet with a time of 17.2 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles. Taelyn Egli finished in 2nd place for the long jump as did Josie Dykstra for the 400-meter hurdles. The Warriors’ shuttle hurdle and 4×100 meter relay squads also took the silver.
The 4×200 meter relay team for Columbus anchored the squad with a 2nd place time of 1 minute and 56 seconds. Isabella Forbes took home a silver in the shot put with a heave of 33 feet and 11 inches, which helped the Wildcats take 7th place with 43 points.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s freshman sensation took home another gold in the long jump with a distance of 16 feet and 7 inches. The Wolves snatched 2nd place in the sprint medley relay with a time of 2 minutes. Winfield-Mt. Union collected 28 points for 9th place.
Boys Competition
Columbus was able to outduel Pekin behind their first-place performances in five events.
Riley Kaalberg won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.33 seconds. Lamar Ceant sprinted to wins in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.5 seconds and the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.03 seconds.
The Wildcats won the 4×200 meter relay with a time of 1 minute and 31 seconds and the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 1 seconds.
Van Buren County, Winfield-Mt. Union, and WACO finished bundled in the middle of the pack, respectively, with Van Buren County leading the way with 52 points and a 5th place finish.
Van Buren County combined to win the 4×400 meter relay with a mark of 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Jace Duncan took the silver in the 400-meter hurdles and Lincoln Bainbridge grabbed 2nd place in the 200-meter dash.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s lone win came in the shot put as Cooper Buffington heaved the shot 47 feet and 7 inches, a full four feet further than 2nd place. The Wolves had a litany of 2nd place finishes with the distance medley, the sprint medley, and Kohlby Newsom in the 1600-meter run.
WACO picked up the win the in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 45.08 seconds.
Up Next
WACO will host the Ekstrand Relays tomorrow, May 1st.