Wayland, IA- The Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) held their conference meet last night and Mediapolis claimed the boys and girls’ South division title, while the Pekin girls’ team claimed the North division crown and Columbus took the boys’ North division banner.
Girls South Division
Mediapolis
The Mediapolis girls’ team, which finished fourth last year, collected 148 points and six conference champions. Bryn Wright ran the 1500-meter in 5 minutes and 21 seconds to win the event. Kendall VanWinkle won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 14 seconds.
Avery Crear leapt to a first-place finish in the high jump with a height of 4 feet and 8 inches. The 4×100 team of Baily Jackson, Josie Hutcheson, Kira Messer, and Haley Steffener took the win over Danville by 0.01s of a second. The same team won the 4×200 meter relay by nearly 13 seconds.
Hutcheson and Steffener were joined by Grace Holsteen and Avery Dietz in the 4×400 meter relay, which grabbed the win with a time of 4 minutes and 25 seconds.
West Burlington
The Falcons, attempting to defend their title from last year, fell just short in that endeavor, earning 144 points and four conference champions. Ady Lamm grabbed first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.57 seconds.
Kaitlyn Kipp paced herself to a win in the 3000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 37 seconds. The 4×800 meter relay team of Hannah Fruehling, Nickel Jilian, Olivia Ritter, and Chloe Diewold won with a time of 10 minutes and 53 seconds—37 seconds faster than second place.
Nadiya Jones won gold in the shot put with a heave of 32 feet and 1.5 inches.
Danville
The Bears’ 110 points was good enough for third place. Jaeda Molle won the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.17 seconds. Miya Orbiana raced to a time of 1 minute and 4 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
The 800-sprint medley team of Kenna Furnald, Delaney Newberry, Alaina Gourley, and Molle won by seven seconds with a time of 1 minute and 54 seconds. Furnald doubled up with a win in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet and 9 inches.
Van Buren County
The Warriors finished with 94.5 points. Kayley Snowgren won the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 34 seconds. Marlee Mertens took the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.84 seconds.
The distance medley team of Ava Loeffler, Daphny Wells, Emma Coffin, and Snowgren took first with a time of 4 minutes and 42 seconds. Mertens, Wells, Lexie Wiley, and Libby Bainbridge won the 4×100 meter shuttle hurdle team with a time of 1 minute and 19 seconds.
Central Lee
The Hawks finished with 63.5 points and one conference champion in Aubrey Weber, winning the discus with a throw of 93 feet.
New London
The Tigers were led by the 4×200 meter relay team of Morgan Jones, Marlianna Woodsmall, Angelica Schlarbaum, and Brooklyn Curry with a fourth-place finish. New London finished with 12 points.
Boys South Division
Mediapolis
Mediapolis won 11 events on their way to 190 points. Solomon Zaugg won two events with first place finishes in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs. Nathan Schmidgall claimed the gold in the 400-meter dash and Logan Rosas won the 800-meter run.
Grady Gunn hopped his way to a first-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles. Gavin Hallgren heaved the shot 42 feet and 4.5 inches to finish as the conference champion in the shot put.
The Bulldogs dominated the relays, winning the 4×200 with the team of Braden Oliver, Henry Luttenegger, Noah Schmidgall, and Kyler Crow with a time of 1 minute and 33 seconds. The 4×400 meter relay of Reese Campbell, Will Schmidgall, Nathan Schmidgall, and Logan Rosas with a time of 3 minutes and 32 seconds.
The 4×800 meter relay team Simon Wendel, Owen Schmidgall, Will Schmidgall, and Zaugg won with a time of 8 minutes and 33 seconds. The 4×110 meter shuttle hurdle team Ben Wolter, Jackson Hutcheson, Gunn, Kamden Stotlar won the event with a time of 1 minute and 5 seconds.
The distance medley relay team of Noah Schmidgall, Crow, Rosas, and Campell finished with a time of 3 minutes and 38 seconds.
Van Buren County
The Warriors finished in a distant second place with 94 points. Tyler Stoltz won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet and Cameron Stoltz took the discus with a heave of 115 feet and 5 inches.
Danville
The Bears grabbed 79 points and third place. Danville’s Ayden Doyle grabbed gold in the 200-meter dash and the 4×100 meter relay team of Jaden Bauer, Drake Bielser, Landon Seibert, and Doyle won with a time of 44.52 seconds.
West Burlington
The Falcons had Landry Haberichter win the 100-meter dash, Logan Hamma took the 400-meter hurdles, and the 800-sprint medley team of Maddox Diewold, Colby Booton, Hamma, and Caden Schwenker won with a time of 1 minute and 40 seconds. West Burlington claimed 76 points.
Central Lee
Central Lee finished with 70 points. Ostyn Moore took second in the shot put with a throw of 39 feet and 3.25 inches. Owen Krogmeier tossed the discus 109 feet and 10.5 inches to earn second place. Lastly, Aden Ross raced to a second-place time of 54.73 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
New London
For the Tigers, London Franklin was the conference champ for the long jump with a leap of 21 feet and 6 inches. New London finished with 55 points.
Girls North Division
The Pekin girls’ team handled business, generating 165 points, with Louisa-Muscatine taking second place with 97 points followed by Hillcrest Academy with 84 points.
Columbus
The Wildcats grabbed 60 points to finish in sixth place. Kymila Bacon’s second-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.74 seconds and Bella Forbes’ second-place throw of 30 feet and 3 inches in the shot put led the team.
WACO
WACO collected 58 points as the 4×100 meter shuttle hurdle relay team of Ally Rinner, Brenna Graber, Madelyn Farmer, and Zoey Dennler finished as conference champions with a time of 1 minute and 15 seconds.
Winfield-Mt. Union
Winfield-Mt. Union finished with 51 points and two conference champion hurdlers as Josie Nelson won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.2 seconds and Tessa Huston took the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds. Quin Smith won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet and 2 inches.
Boys North Division
Columbus has now gone back-to-back after garnering 186 points as Pekin followed behind with 140 points.
Columbus
The Wildcats had two multi-conference champions and six total event wins.
Kaiden Amigon was one of the two multiple winners with a first-place time of 11.40 seconds in the 100-meter dash and a winning time of 23.4 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Lamar Ceant jumped to a win in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.69 seconds.
The team of Juan Chairez, Riley Kaalberg, Ceant, and Amigon won the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 45.31 seconds—just 0.14 seconds faster than WACO.
Russell Coil showed off the muscle and technique, winning the shot put with a heave of 48 feet and 7 inches and the discus with a toss of 136 feet and 8 inches.
Winfield-Mt. Union
Winfield-Mt. Union finished in third place in the North division with 120 points. Ty Scorpil won the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.76 seconds and 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.11 seconds. Kolby Newsom grabbed the gold in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes.
The 800-sprint medley team of Kael Johnson, Eli Miller, Abram Edwards, and Gabriel Hemsworth and the distance medley team of Lane Genkinger, Edwards, Jaxton Jones, and Newsom finished with the win.
Jake Edward leapt 6 feet to take the high jump and Cam Buffington won the long jump with a distance of 20 feet and 11 inches.
WACO
The Warriors earned 67.5 points to finish in fifth place. Chase Waterhouse with a toss of 135 feet and 1 inch in the discus and Louden Huisenga in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet and 10 inches each grabbed second place.
Upcoming Meets
Danville, New London, WACO, Columbus, and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Sigourney for their state qualifying meet, while Mediapolis, West Burlington, Van Buren County, and Central Lee will head west to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont for their meet on May 9th.