Mount Vernon girls, Clear Creek Amana boys capture Wamac track titles

MOUNT VERNON — You could say that the Mount Vernon girls cleaned up both during and after the Wamac Conference track and field meet Thursday night.

There were the Mustangs, tidying up the west bleachers of the Martha Parsons Family Athletic Complex.

And there were the Mustangs, repeating as conference champions.

On a night in which 16 records fell, Mount Vernon’s girls and Clear Creek Amana’s boys reigned.

“Today wasn’t about how far I threw or how fast we ran,” said Mount Vernon senior Libby Dix, who swept the girls’ shot put and discus events. “It’s about scoring as many points as possible.

“We’re doing great. I’m excited.”

Dix set a meet record in the discus (150 feet, 7 inches), Sydney Maue did likewise in the high jump (5-8), and the Mustangs won seven events and totaled 162.5 points. Williamsburg was second with 104.5, followed by Marion (94) and West Delaware (86).

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Clear Creek Amana’s boys got three record performances from sophomore Tay Seals and piled up 134 points. Center Point-Urbana (107) earned runner-up honors; Mount Vernon (75.5) was third.

Seals reset Wamac records in the 110-meter hurdles (14.10 seconds) the open 100 (10.69) and shuttle hurdle relay (59.36).

He also anchored the winning 4x100.

“Being on a team like this ... it’s amazing. Everybody can push each other,” Seals said.

“We all like each other. If you don’t have team chemistry, if nobody is cheering you on, what are you running for?”

CCA’s Landon Prince reset his state-leading mark in the discus at 191 feet, 2 inches, and won the shot put at 61-7 1/4.

Seals was named boys’ most valuable performer by conference coaches.

Ava Hocker of Williamsburg was voted as the top girl; she won the 400-meter dash (57.54 seconds), the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.98) and anchored the Raiders’ record-setting sprint medley relay, which ran 1:47.21 and climbed to No. 4 in the state (all classes).

Mount Vernon successfully retained its girls’ title behind its field-event prowess and its distance dominance.

In addition to Dix’s sweep in the throws, Maue — who hadn’t been part of the team for the first half of the season — established a career best in the high jump.

“I had shin splints for the first part of the season, but about halfway through, I realized I was missing it,” Maue said. “The coaches kept the door open for me to come back, but I think it’s good that I waited.”

Evelyn Moeller won the 800 and the 1,500, Kiersten Swart claimed the 3,000 and the Mustangs won the 4x800.

Marion’s Abby Cave raced to victory in the 100 and 200 and anchored the Wolves to the 4x100 crown. Two of those three were in record time.

“We had a bad handoff (in the 4x200), but we were able to push that aside,” Cave said. “The weather was great, not too windy and not too cold.”

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Center Point-Urbana’s Nathan Miller ran three 400s in one meet for the first time this season.

He anchored the Stormin’ Pointers’ sprint medley relay to a meet-record clocking of 1:31.48, which ranks No. 1 statewide, then won the 400 (49.07) and the 400 hurdles (53.45) by narrow margins.

“Yeah, I’m dead,” he said. “I couldn’t push as hard as I wanted, but I gave it all I had in the last 50.”

Other top performances:

* Grinnell’s Aiden Gosselink joined Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg as the only girls’ long-jumpers in state history to reach the 20-foot plateau. She did it with a half-inch to spare.

* Vinton-Shellsburg won the boys’ 3,200 and 1,600, in 9:50.80 and 4:26.66.

* West Delaware’s Avery Schmitz won the girls’ 100-meter hurdles, and anchored the Hawks’ winning shuttle hurdle relay.

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Girls Results

Teams — 1. Mount Vernon 162.5, 2. Williamsburg 104.5, 3. Marion 94, 4. West Delaware 86, 5. Solon 71.5, 6. Clear Creek Amana 70, 7. Center Point-Urbana 37.5, 8. Grinnell 37, 9. Benton Community 34, 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 22, 11. South Tama 11, 12. Independence 10.

Shot put — 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 39-4; 2. Ana Glawe (Benton), 37-0 3/4; 3. Lilly Ness (Williamsburg), 37-0.

Discus — 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 150-7*; 2. Kate Shafer (Solon), 129-8; 3. Ana Glawe (Benton), 121-10.

High jump — 1. Sydney Maue (Mount Vernon), 5-8*; 2. Ellie Nielsen (Williamsburg), 5-3; 3. Lauren LeClere (West Delaware), 5-0.

Long jump — 1. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 20-0 1/2*; 2. Lucy Wischmeyer (Mount Vernon), 17-3 1/4; 3. Elizabeth Timmerman (CCA), 17-3.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Williamsburg (Uhlmann, Hughes, Wetjen, Hocker), 1:47.21*; 2. Mount Vernon, 1:48.90; 3. Marion, 1:49.43.

3,000 — 1. Kiersten Swart (Mount Vernon), 11:06.28; 2. Channing Becker (Williamsburg), 11:13.10; 3. Olivia Primrose (Vinton-Shellsburg), 11:14.30.

3,200 relay — 1. Mount Vernon (Schoff, Hoffert, Rupe, Moeller), 9:46.72; 2. West Delaware, 9:51.09; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 9:58.88.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. West Delaware (Peyton, McMahon, Schulte, Schmitz), 1:06.45; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:08.80; 3. Benton Community, 1:08.94.

100 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion), 12.27; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 12.28; 3. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 12.31.

Distance medley relay — 1. Marion (Michaels, Aarhus, Case, Dabroski), 4:14.39*; 2. Mount Vernon, 4:18.47; 3. West Delaware, 4:18.49.

400 — 1. Ava Hocker (Williamsburg), 57.54; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 57.73; 3. Jerzey Haluska (Solon), 59.13.

800 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Herring, Simpson, Scheetz, Timmerman), 1:44.90*; 2. Marion, 1:46.15; 3. West Delaware, 1:46.74.

100 hurdles — 1. Avery Schmitz (West Delaware), 15.65; 2. Scout Ridout (South Tama), 16.30; 3. Addilyn Scheetz (CCA), 16.32.

800 — 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon), 2:23.69; 2. Sam Schoff (Mount Vernon), 2:25.95; 3. Edie Axmear (Williamsburg), 2:26.92.

200 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion), 24.95*; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 25.23; 3. Aiden Gosselink (Grinnell), 25.24.

400 hurdles — 1. Ava Hocker (Williamsburg), 1:03.98; 2. Norah Peyton (West Delaware), 1:05.56; 3. Kiersten Swart (Mount Vernon), 1:07.78.

1,500 — 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon), 4:58.74; 2. Channing Becker (Williamsburg), 5:07.77; 3. Addison Seamans (Solon), 5:08.39.

400 relay — 1. Marion (Lovell, Dietz, Aarhus, Cave), 49.09*; 2. Grinnell, 49.32; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 50.31.

1,600 relay — 1. Marion (Carnes, Case, Dabroski, Dietz), 4:00.91*; 2. West Delaware, 4:01.09; 3. Solon, 4:03.52.

*conference record

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Clear Creek Amana 134, 2. Center Point-Urbana 107, 3. Mount Vernon 75.5, 4. Grinnell 69.5, 5. Benton Community 66, 6. Vinton-Shellsburg 64, 7. Williamsburg 55, 8. Solon 48, 9. West Delaware 36, 10. Marion 35, 11. Independence 32, 12. South Tama 19.

Shot put — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 61-7 1/4; 2. Colson Chvala (Vinton-Shellsburg), 53-0 1/2; 3. Cameron Corey (Grinnell), 51-5.

Discus — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 191-2*; 2. Byron Christianson (Vinton-Shellsburg), 162-6; 3. Cameron Corey (Grinnell), 155-0.

High jump — 1. Eli Patterson (Benton), 6-6; 2. Kaden Hoeper (Solon), 6-2; 3. Gideon Hansen (Marion), 6-2.

Long jump — 1. Rayce Heitman (Williamsburg), 21-5 3/4; 2. Caleb Bock (Solon), 21-0; 3. Maddox Kelley (Solon), 20-8 1/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Knight, Andrews, Maloney, Miller), 1:31.48*; 2. Williamsburg, 1:33.56; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 1:34.91.

3,200 — 1. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 9:50.80; 2. Cadel Conner (Grinnell), 9:51.25; 3. Barrett Jesina (South Tama), 10:24.74.

3,200 relay — 1. Mount Vernon (O'Connor, Caskey, Olberding, Scheil), 8:13.21; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 8:21.51; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 8:21.51.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Rosenberg, Higdon, Mipata, Seals), 59.36; 2. Benton Community, 1:01.38; 3. West Delaware, 1:01.39.

100 — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 10.69*; 2. A.J. Maloney (CPU), 10.95; 3. Jack Cantwell (West Delaware), 11.31.

Distance medley relay — 1. Grinnell (Perkins, Ringler, Mahoney, Laug), 3:34.90*; 2. Mount Vernon, 3:37.63; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 3:40.63.

400 — 1. Nathan Miller (CPU), 49.07*; 2. Grant Hocker (Williamsburg), 49.18; 3. Rayce Heitman (Williamsburg), 49.79.

800 relay — 1. Marion (Wheeler, Danninger, Diers, Meyers), 1:30.96; 2. Benton Community, 1:31.06; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:31.55.

110 hurdles — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 14.10*; 2. Christian Timmerman (West Delaware), 15.38; 3. Clark Morris (West Delaware), 15.47.

800 — 1. Harrison Laug (Grinnell), 1:59.63; 2. Dawson Scheil (Mount Vernon), 1:59.96; 3. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 2:01.56.

200 — 1. Carter Andrews (CPU), 22.47; 2. Owen Rosenberg (CCA), 22.58; 3. Gavin Brooks (Benton), 22.92.

400 hurdles — 1. Nathan Miller (CPU), 53.45; 2. Owen Von Ahsen (Benton), 53.51; 3. Christopher Meyer (Independence), 55.59.

1,600 — 1. Alex Torres (Vinton-Shellsburg), 4:26.66; 2. Cadel Conner (Grinnell), 4:27.27; 3. Brock Hilsman (CCA), 4:36.83.

400 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Frank, Dains, Rosenberg, Seals), 42.65; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 42.86; 3. Marion, 43.37.

1,600 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Maloney, Estling, Crouchet, Grimm), 3:25.22; 2. Benton Community, 3:25.49; 3. Williamsburg, 3:26.15.

*conference record

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