Iowa state track 1A, 2A boys’ results: Lisbon’s Kole Becker adds more gold to cap memorable meet

DES MOINES — Lisbon’s Kole Becker had a weekend to remember at the Class 1A boys’ state track and field meet.

Lisbon finished second in the team race with 57 points — Madrid won with 65.5.

Becker was responsible for 40 of the 57 points, thanks to his four state titles — two of which he won on Saturday at Drake Stadium.

The first title on Saturday came in the shuttle hurdle relay with Becker as the anchor.

“These guys kept it close and got me equal to start my leg,” Becker said of teammates Cohen Kamaus, Luke Czarnecki and Bryce Clausen. “I had to finish it for them. It was a great team effort.”

The Lions won with a time of 1:00.20, beating the Belle Plaine team of Ethan Hamilton, Connor Timm, Eli Ehlen and Ben DeMeulenaere, which finished in 1:00.64.

“It’s just a lot more fun because we can all celebrate together,” Becker said of winning a relay title. “We worked all season for this. It was just fun.”

Becker’s second title of the day and the fourth of the meet was in the 110-meter high hurdles.

Becker, a junior, won in a time of 15.06.

“I just came in here with nothing to lose,” Becker said. “This was my first year at the state meet and I had a good result.

“I definitely thought I was capable of getting all four. I’m at a loss of words right now. This is crazy.”

It wasn’t all Becker on Saturday for Lisbon, though. The Lions also won the 400-meter relay. The team of Will Bennett, Baylor Speidel, Kaden Caspers and Devyn Decious won in 44.60.

Decious, a senior, closed it out for Lisbon.

“It’s amazing,” Bennett said. “(Decious) worked his butt off the last four years and didn’t get the chance last year to do it. He deserves this.”

English Valleys’ Beau Flander won the 100-meter dash on Saturday with a time of 11.12

“It feels amazing,” Flander said. “It feels great to know that you’re the best out here in 1A.”

It wasn’t a feeling he had after his 200-meter race where he didn’t qualify for the finals on Thursday.

“This more than makes up for my 200,” Flander said. “This is the greatest feeling I’ve ever felt. I was really disappointed after the 200 but this completely makes up for it.

“The 200 definitely motivated me a lot. I felt like I let myself down and I felt like I let the people of our community down and winning the 100 makes it all better.”

Class 2A

West Liberty’s team of Caleb Wulf, Jahsiah Galvin, Drake Collins and Sam Gingerich finished third with a time of 1:01.33 in the shuttle hurdle relay.

Treynor won the shuttle hurdle with a time of 1:01.15.

Tipton finished eighth in the team race with 25 team points and Jesup finished ninth with 21 team points. Underwood won with 66 points.

CLASS 2A BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. Underwood 66

2. Treynor 60

3. Bellevue 47

4. Spirit Lake 41

5. Unity Christian 40

CLASS 2A BOYS SPRINT MEDLEY

1. Unity Christian, 1:31.76

2. Spirit Lake, 1:32.75

3. Pella Christian, 1:34.45

CLASS 2A BOYS 800

1. Brady Griebel (Bellevue), 1:56.05

2. Scott Pearson (Underwood), 1:58.87

3. Freddie Lewis (South Hamilton), 1:59.85

CLASS 2A BOYS SHUTTLE HURDLE

1. Treynor, 1:01.142

2. Spirit Lake, 1:01.15

3. West Liberty, 1:01.33

CLASS 2A BOYS 100

1. Cooper DeJean (Ida Grove OABCIG), 11.16

2. Brayden Wollan (Underwood), 11.23

3. Tate Sander (Belmond-Klemme), 11.36

CLASS 2A BOYS 110 HURDLES

1. Jack Latham (Spirit Lake), 14.49

2. Sid Schaaf (Treynor), 14.83

3. Jaden Damiano (Iowa Falls-Alden), 15.12

CLASS 2A BOYS 200

1. Brayden Wollan (Underwood), 21.86

2. Cooper DeJean (Ida Grove OABCIG), 22.12

3. Logan Franken (Unity Christian), 22.34

CLASS 2A BOYS 1,600

1. Brady Griebel (Bellevue), 4:22.57

2. Carson Houg (Des Moines Christian), 4:22.90

3. Aaron Fynaardt (Des Moines Christian), 4:23.41

CLASS 2A BOYS 4x100

1. Ida Grove OABCIG, 42.59

2. Unity Christian, 42.67

3. Spirit Lake, 43.08

CLASS 2A BOYS 4x400

1. Underwood, 3:25.42

2. Treynor, 3:26.88

3. Mediapolis, 3:28.03

CLASS 1A BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. Madrid 65.5

2. Lisbon 57

3. Earlham 52

4. Wapsie Valley 50

5. Grundy Center 38

CLASS 1A BOYS SPRINT MEDLEY

1. Wapsie Valley, 1:33.57

2. Grundy Center, 1:35.05

3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 1:35.59

CLASS 1A BOYS 800

1. Jason Renze (Madrid), 1:56.57

2. Jayden Dickson (Earlham), 1:56.92

3. Chase Knoche (Calamus-Wheatland), 1:57.16

CLASS 1A BOYS SHUTTLE HURDLE

1. Lisbon, 1:00.20

2. Belle Plaine, 1:00.64

3. Anita CAM, 1:00.76

CLASS 1A BOYS 100

1. Beau Flander (English Valleys), 11.12

2. Logan Knaack (Grundy Center), 11.29

3. Karter Decker (MFL MarMac), 11.30

CLASS 1A BOYS 110 HURDLES

1. Kole Becker (Lisbon), 15.06

2. Cooper Kock (Westside Ar-We-Va), 15.16

3. Beau York (HLV), 15.19

CLASS 1A BOYS 200

1. Kase Baker (Fort Dodge St. Edmond), 22.31

2. Brigham Daniel (Glidden-Ralston), 22.48

3. Karter Decker (MFL MarMac), 22.55

CLASS 1A BOYS 1,600

1. Jason Renze (Madrid), 4:24.40

2. Zach Dixon (Earlham), 4:27.50

3. Clay Pehl (Madrid), 4:30.55

CLASS 1A BOYS 4x100

1. Lisbon, 44.60

2. Tripoli, 44.72

3. Wapsie Valley, 44.95

CLASS 1A BOYS 4x400

1. Danville, 3:28.68

2. Maquoketa Valley, 3:29.01

3. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 3:29.34