No track, all field for Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf

VAN HORNE — Where’s Weisskopf?

From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on a track night, the options are many.

Don’t bother looking inside the fence surrounding the track. That’s unlikely. His duties are elsewhere.

“It’s a little stressful,” said Williamsburg senior Derek Weisskopf, field-event wizard. “I’ve got to make sure I’m checked in at every spot.”

At Thursday’s Bobcat Invitational track and field meet at Bobcat Stadium, it was the discus, the high jump and the shot put, in succession.

He won two of the three events and was edged in the other (the shot put) by tie-breaker. That effort helped Williamsburg sweep the team titles.

The Raiders edged Center Point-Urbana, 110-107, for the boys’ title. Williamsburg’s girls compiled 136 points, outscoring runner-up Vinton-Shellsburg by 25.

A University of Iowa football recruit, Weisskopf unloaded a distance of 180 feet, 4 inches in the discus.

“The wind really helped,” he said. “The wind was coming out of the northwest, and it really helped the right-handed throwers.”

Weisskopf passed on his final three attempts and headed inside the Benton gymnasium to escape the late-afternoon shower, and also to compete in the high jump.

There, he cleared 6 feet, 2 inches and stopped at that point with the title secure.

Then it was the shot put. His effort of 53-3 was matched by Brady McDonald of Independence, with McDonald claiming the title with a superior second-best throw.

So, Derek, why not try the long jump and go for an individual field-event sweep sometime?

You’d think with Weisskopf’s explosiveness, that would be a fit.

“I asked Coach (Matt) Matthes if I could practice the long jump, and he doesn’t think it’s a good idea,” Weisskopf said. “I wish I could try it. Oh well.”

At last year’s state meet, Weisskopf was the Class 2A champion in the high jump, the runner-up in the shot put and placed seventh in the discus.

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Oelwein has a new school record-holder in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles: Garet Kiel — formerly a co-owner of the mark at 14.90 seconds — lowered it to 14.76 Thursday.

“It felt smooth and pretty fast,” Kiehl said. “I only hit one of (the hurdles).”

Kiel also brought the Huskies from behind to win the shuttle hurdle relay.

“I love running people down in the shuttle,” he said. “I see that guy ahead of me, and I want to go get him.”

CPU won five boys’ events; Williamsburg and Oelwein won four apiece.

Williamsburg’s girls took home five golds. The Raiders captured the 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays, with freshman Ava Hocker anchoring all three.

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BOBCAT INVITATIONAL

At Van Horne

Girls Results

Teams — 1. Williamsburg 136, 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 111, 3. Benton Community 94.5, 4. Center Point-Urbana 59, 5. C.R. Xavier 57, 6. (tie) HLV and Oelwein 54, 8. Independence 37.5, 9. Iowa Valley 34, 10. Iowa City Regina 31, 11. Belle Plaine 24, 12. Benton JV 14, 13. Waterloo Columbus 4, 14. Valley Lutheran 1.

Shot put — 1. Ana Glawe (BC), 36-8; 2. Aly Erickson (V-S), 34-8 1/2; 3. Lydia Kriegel (IV), 34-2.

Discus — 1. Sophie Simon (CPU), 101-1; 2. Lydia Kriegel (IV), 100-7; 3. Ella Simon (CPU), 91-9.

High jump — 1. Reese Naeve (ICR), 5-2; 2. Avery Recker (ICR), 4-10; 3. Liberty Maxwell (Wmsbg), 4-8.

Long jump — 1. Keston Spratt (Wmsbg), 15-3; 2. Layna DeMoss (BC), 15-2 1/2; 3. Sofia Musick (CRX), 14-8 1/2.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Benton Community (Lohrer, Michels, Drahos, DeMoss), 2:05.43; 2. HLV, 2:06.44; 3. Williamsburg, 2:07.73.

3,000 — 1. Olivia Primrose (V-S), 12:21.89; 2. Emma Wilkerson (CPU), 12:24.31; 3. Lillyona Abernathy (Wmsbg), 13:15.50.

3,200 relay — 1. Benton Community (Lyons, Jones, Kauder, Kelly), 10:56.92; 2. Williamsburg, 11:01.10; 3. Oelwein, 11:05.34.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Benton Community (Sadler, Werner, Moore, Seeck), 1:13.17; 2. Oelwein, 3. Belle Plaine, 1:22.34.

100 — 1. Ailea Wetjen (Wmsbg), 13.40; 2. Tess Erickson (V-S), 13.64; 3. Sofia Musick (CRX), 13.96.

Distance medley relay — 1. C.R. Xavier (Marek, Gatewood, Schmit, O’Brien), 4:51.31; 2. Williamsburg, 4:55.06; 3. Belle Plaine, 5:02.72.

400 — 1. Ema Roberts (HLV), 1:04.05; 2. Tess Erickson (V-S), 1:05.06; 3. Keston Spratt (Wmsbg), 1:05.97.

800 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Wetjen, Hughes, Finn, Hocker), 1:49.62; 2. Benton Community, 1:59.09; 3. HLV, 2:00.40.

100 hurdles — 1. Macy Westendorf (Oel), 17.37; 2. Camden Erhardt (V-S), 17.83; 3. Brooklyn Banghart (Ind), 17.97.

800 — 1. Ashlyn Sauser (Oel), 2:33.40; 2. Reagan McMenomy (Wmsbg), 2:36.97; 3. Jaida Lyons (BC), 2:38.92.

200 — 1. Tess Erickson (V-S), 28.46; 2. Ema Roberts (HLV), 28.62; 3. Kaelynn Roster (V-S), 29.25.

400 hurdles — 1. Aaliyah Cooper (HLV), 1:15.08; 2. Kinzie See (Oel), 1:17.56; 3. Kennedy Thiessen (IV), 1:19.02.

1,500 — 1. Mia Deegan (CRX), 5:28.59; 2. Edie Axmear (Wmsbg), 5:34.77; 3. Olivia Primrose (V-S), 5:35.99.

400 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Wetjen, Finn, Hughes, Hocker), 51.07; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 53.65; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 54.18.

1,600 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Hughes, Spratt, Gryp, Hocker), 4:24.81; 2. Independence, 4:38.40; 3. Benton Community, 4:43.25.

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Williamsburg 110, 2. Center Point-Urbana 107, 3. Benton Community 99, 4. Mount Vernon 85, 5. Oelwein 76, 6. Iowa Valley 58.5, 7. Independence 41.5, 8. Belle Plaine 40, 9. Vinton-Shellsburg 35, 10. (tie) C.R. Xavier and Waterloo Columbus 24, 12. English Valleys 23, 13. Iowa City Regina 6, 14. HLV 5, 15. Benton JV 4.

Shot put — 1. Brady McDonald (Ind), 53-3; 2. Derek Weisskopf (Wmsbg), 53-3; 3. Tory Wash (V-S), 51-5.

Discus — 1. Derek Weisskopf (Wmsbg), 180-4; 2. Zach Sidles (Ind), 173-6; 3. Riley Simmons (BP), 163-7.

High jump — 1. Derek Weisskopf (Wmsbg), 6-2; 2. Eli Patterson (BC), 6-0; 3. Kinnick Covington (CPU), 5-10.

Long jump — 1. Carter Andrews (CPU), 20-8; 2. Caleb DeTemmerman (Oel), 20-6 1/2; 3. Brady Burkhart (Oel), 20-6 1/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Benton Community (Pfiffner, Tjelmeland, Bruns, Martin), 1:42.99; 2. Iowa Valley, 1:44.28; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:44.87.

3,200 — 1. Jace Matern (WCol), 11:14.31; 2. Nile Busch (Wmsbg), 11:16.70; 3. Cayle Estling (CPU), 11:21.53.

3,200 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Havel, Witte, Grimm, Stowers), 8:43.82; 2. Mount Vernon, 8:46.06; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 9:01.37.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Oelwein (Bratten, Burkhart, Tripp, Kiel), 1:04.71; 2. Mount Vernon, 1:06.10; 3. Benton Community, 1:07.10.

100 — 1. A.J. Maloney (CPU), 11.58; 2. Clayten Steckly (Wmsbg), 11.64; 3. Caleb DeTemmerman (Oel), 11.70.

Distance medley relay — 1. Belle Plaine (Walter, Dostal, Vokoun, DeMeulenaere), 3:48.28; 2. English Valleys, 3:48.55; 3. C.R. Xavier, 3:50.60.

400 — 1. Nathan Miller (CPU), 51.96; 2. Grant Hocker (Wmsbg), 52.47; 3. Jeffrey Crawford (IV), 54.91.

800 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Steckly, Reese, Wetjen, Heitman), 1:32.31; 2. Benton Community, 1:34.72; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:36.38.

110 hurdles — 1. Garet Kiel (Oel), 14.76; 2. Miles Francois (MtV), 15.90; 3. Lane Vokoun (BP), 16.23.

800 — 1. Conall Sauser (Oel), 2:05.00; 2. Sam DeMeulenaere (BP), 2:05.38; 3. Blayze Havel (CPU), 2:06.60.

200 — 1. Caleb DeTemmerman (Oel), 23.50; 2. Carson Bruns (BC), 23.51; 3. Caleb Haack (IV), 23.69.

400 hurdles — 1. Sam DeMeulenaere (BP), 59.39; 2. Owen Von Ahsen (BC), 59.97; 3. Christopher Meyer (Ind), 1:00.35.

1,600 — 1. Grady Olberding (MtV), 4:37.33; 2. Gage Heyne (EngV), 4:40.26; 3. Alex Torres (V-S), 4:48.92.

400 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Reese, Steckly, Wetjen, Heitman), 44.45; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 45.27; 3. C.R. Xavier, 45.97.

1,600 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Stowers, Witte, Grimm, Miller), 3:32.93; 2. Iowa Valley, 3:41.20; 3. Mount Vernon, 3:45.60.

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