Crestwood girls' track team wins home meet, boys place sixth

CRESCO - On a cool and crisp spring evening, the Crestwood girls’ and boys’ track team both performed well during their home co-ed meet on April 26 as the girls’ squad captured first place with 182 points while the boys’ team placed sixth with 60 points.

Girls’ meet

The Crestwood girls’ team placed in the top two in 14 of 19 events as the Cadets cruised to the team title. 

“All of our girls did a great job and competed very well,” Cadet Girls’ Coach Jim Obermann said. “It’s always nice to win your home meet. Cassidy Ihns ran well in the 3000 meters to win. Brynn Bodermann, Annie Mast, Sharon Goodman and Katie Saner also competed well.

“All of our veterans did a great job. Rachel Steffen and Lexi Hoppe also ran strong. This was a good meet for our entire team, and I’m very proud of all of our girls,” Obermann said.

Katie Saner won gold in the 100 dash (12.70 seconds), the 400 (1:00.37) and she helped the sprint medley team take first in a time of 1:55.79. Other sprint medley runners included: Autumn Forcelle, Brynn Bodermann and Annie Mast.

Cassidy Ihns won the 3000 meters in a personal record time of 10:43.18. Sharon Goodman grabbed first in the discus with a toss of 120 feet, 1 inch; and she placed second in the high jump at 4-10.

The distance medley team of Emily Friesen, Mast, Keelee Andera and Bodermann won gold in 4:44.15. The shuttle hurdle team of Emma Cotant, Lexi Hoppe, Katlin Born and Sam Balk placed first in 1:15.90. The sprint medley team of Autumn Forcelle, Bodermann, Saner and Mast took first in 1:55.79.

Hope Dohlman placed second in the 800 in 2:33.85. Rachel Steffen was second in the 400 hurdles in 1:14.33. Lexi Hoppe placed second in the long jump at 15-5.5. Kristen Reicks was second in the shot put at 34-9.5. Crestwood’s 4x100 team of Cotant, Andera, Forcelle and Hoppe took second in 55.78.

Team standings: 1. Crestwood 182; 2. New Hampton 159; 3. Osage 89; 4. South Winn 64; 5. Dunkerton 51; 6. Riceville 20.

Cadet results

100: 1. Katie Saner 12.70; 9. Krista Riley 15.25; 10. Noel Lloyd 15.43; 15. Angel Lebherz 16.60; 16. Sydney Erickson 19.62.

200: 2. Brynn Bodermann 29.71; 7. Emily Friesen 31.38; 11. Michaela Walton 34.34; 12. Emily Reinhart 34.35.

400: 1. Saner 1:00.37; 6. Emily Reinhart 1:15.41; 12. Mikayla Lane 1:13.19.

800: 2. Hope Dohlman 2:33.85; 3. Cassidy Ihns 2:41.11.

100 hurdles: 3. Lexi Hoppe 17.44; 5. Emma Cotant 19.35; 8. Hanna Ward 26.99.

1500: 3. Sarah Mashek 5:38.85; 6. Mattie Slavin 6:05.10.

3000: 1. Ihns 10:43.18; 3. Libby Labosky 13:19.73.

400 hurdles: 2. Rachel Steffen 1:14.33; 5. Sam Balk 1:21.53.

Discus: 1. Sharon Goodman 120-1; 7. Hallie Frohn 85-7.5; 10. Danielle Ahern 77-3; 12. Kristen Reicks 70-0.5; 17. Hailley Mittelsted 52-10; 18. Emily Blaess 48-3.

High jump: 2. Goodman 4-10; 4. Cassie Ollendieck 4-6.

Long jump: 2. Lexi Hoppe 15-5.5; 4. Keelee Andera 14-9.75; 10. Emma Rissman 13-4.25; 15. Sydney Erickson 9-2.5; 16. Madison Nolan 7-10.5.

Shot put: 2. Kristen Reicks 34-9.5; 4. Cameron Ollendick 31-8; 17. Amiah DeWolf 30-0.5; 18. Hallie Frohn 29-2.

4x100: 2. CW 55.78 (Cotant, Andera, Autumn Forcelle, Hoppe); JV CW 1:00.66 (Lloyd, Trista Foster, Emma Rissman, Riley); JV CW 1:02.37 (Ahern, DeWolf, Cameron Ollendick, Cassie Ollendieck).

4x200: 4. CW 1:57.17 (Annie Mast, Andera, Steffen, Balk); JV CW 2:08.16 (Mary Turnbull, Rachel Ludeking, Ashley Ferrie, Walton).

4x400: 3. CW 4:30.57 (Emily Friesen, Mast, Steffen, Bodermann); JV CW 4:58.40 (Abbie Bergan, Labosky, Slavin, Kelsey Stortz).

4x800: 4. CW 10:55.64 (Emily Friesen, Steffen, Slavin, Mashek); JV CW 12:30.86 (Stortz, Maddie Brace, Sami Bigalk, Lane).

Shuttle hurdle: 1. CW 1:15.90 (Cotant, Hoppe, Katlin Born, Balk).

Sprint medley: 1. CW 1:55.79 (Forcelle, Bodermann, Saner, Mast); JV CW 2:15.56 (Foster, Cassie Ollendieck, Hodges, Bergan).

Distance medley: 1. CW 4:44.15 (Emily Friesen, Mast, Andera, Bodermann); JV CW 5:37.10 (Born, Bigalk, Jenna Bolson, Brace).

 

Boys’ meet

Crestwood Boys’ Track Coach Chris Lentz was happy to see several Cadets record personal records on Thursday.

“Kade Munkel set a personal record by clearing 6 feet, 1 inch to take first in the high jump,” Lentz said. “Our 4x400, 4x200 and 4x100 teams all ran their best times of the season. In the shot put, Kody Berns (40-1, fifth); Wyatt Scheidel (39-0, sixth); Colby Frazer (38-7.5, seventh); Landon Simiele (33-7); and Nick Knobloch (30-1) all had personal best throws. Kody Berns was really excited to get over 40 feet.”

Lentz noted all the Cadets battled hard against stout competition. Chris Guest had Crestwood’s highest finish as he took gold in the 110 hurdles in 15.85

“We were going against New Hampton, Turkey Valley and South Winn,” Lentz said. “All these teams had guys that can really run. Facing competition like this was good for us because that helps us run faster, and it pulls us around the track.

“Overall, we’re a young team. We’ve got a couple seniors who are running track for the first time. Now that the weather has warmed up (recently), we’ve been able to do some serious practice on our track, which definitely helps us.

“All of our guys are competing hard and getting after it. We still need to get past our comfort zone in some races, and we need to make it hurt a little more (as we cross the finish line). Some guys haven’t had the time to condition themselves because we haven’t been on the track very much this spring to train.

“At this point of the year, we’re in a catch-22 situation. When we had the bad weather earlier, we didn’t want to pound the guys by running them in the gym or the hallways. Now that we’re running multiple meets during the week, we don’t want to over-train the guys on a Wednesday when you have meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“This point of the season is crunch time. We need to keep dropping times the best that we can. Our 4x400 team is young, but they’re improving their times. If we can keep this group together, they’ll be a pretty decent team (down the road). Our shot put guys are improving their technique. Our 4x100 team ran OK at 47 seconds, but we’d like to get it closer to 45 seconds,” Lentz said.

Team standings: 1. New Hampton 138; 2. Turkey Valley 96; 3. South Winn 95; 4. Dunkerton 92; 5. Osage 91; 6. Crestwood 60; 7. Postville 13; 8. Riceville 2.

Cadet results

100: 4. Chris Guest 12.01; 9. Kade Munkel 12.45.

200: 6. Matthew Slifka 25.49; 7. Frank Hrdlicka 25.53; 13. Jon Henry 27.31.

400: 5. Treyton Burnikel 57.69; 8. Kael Anderlik 59.05; 9. Tyrone Grant 59.79.

800: 7. Ryan Steffen 2:19.25.

110 hurdles: 1. Chris Guest 15.85; 6. Zack Lane 18.28.

1600: 10. Carlos Beascochea 5:27.21; 14. Jonathan Millage 5:37.42; 16. Lucas McGee 5:54.89; 18. Boston Ferrie 6:04.95; 19. Daniel Lares 6:10.89; 20. Tyrone Grant 6:12.58.

3200: 6. Justin Nibaur 11:53.54; 7. Nathaniel Bigalk 12:37.69; 9. Luis Lares 13:37.35.

400 hurdles: 3. Guest 59.31; 7. Lane 1:05.27.

Discus: 8. Colby Frazer 110-3.5; 17. Wyatt Scheidel 90-3; 20. Kody Berns 87-10; 29. Landon Simiele 73-11; 33. Nick Knobloch 63-7.5.

High jump: 1. Kade Munkel 6-1.

Long jump: 7. Raymond Himli 17-3.25; 8. Kristian Szajna 16-7; 14. Eduardo Jimenez 15-4; 16. Darian Gossman 13-6.75; 18. Kamryn Erickson 12-0.

Shot put: 5. Berns 40-1; 6. Scheidel 39-0; 7. Frazer 38-7.5; 15. Simiele 33-7; 26. Nick Knobloch 30-1.

4x100 relay: 6. CW 47.79 (Reece Wilson, Munkel, Braden Hayes, Sawyer Swatek); JV CW 51.41 (Mason Peter, Bryer Thompson, Kristian Szajna, Shane Vokaty); JV CW 53.24 (Scheidel, Simiele, Knobloch, Berns).

4x200: 3. CW 1:40.26 (Wilson, Munkel, Hayes, Sawyer Swatek).

4x400: 5. CW 3:57.71 (Bryden Juelsgaard, Walker Sobolik, Burnikel, Reid Wiley).

4x800: 8. CW 10:01.35 (Tristan Weatherington, Ferrie, Lucas McGee, Millage).

Shuttle hurdle: 2. CW 1:07.85 (Carter Henry, Jon Henry, Szajna, Lane).

Sprint medley: 5. CW 1:50.55 (Thompson, Jimenez, Peter, Anderlik).

Distance medley: 4. CW 4:08.64 (Slifka, Vokaty, Jueslgaard, Wiley).