Mid-Prairie girls on track for return to the top of 2A

WILLIAMSBURG — The COVID-related cancellation of last year’s track and field season interrupted Mid-Prairie’s championship run.

But it probably didn’t end it.

“It was really unfortunate we didn’t have a season last year,” senior sprinter Maddie Edgington said. “But we have a lot of girls back.

She smiled.

“And we have What’s-Her-Name.”

What’s-Her-Name is freshman distance ace Danielle Hostetler, who didn’t compete Tuesday at the Williamsburg Invitational meet at Bob Murphy Stadium. But in Hostetler’s absence, you saw what else the Golden Hawks have.

A lot.

Edgington was on two winning events, and Mid-Prairie was a competitive second to Solon in the girls’ team race.

The Spartans scored 135 points, the Golden Hawks 114.

Mid-Prairie won 2A state titles in 2018 and 2019, and would have been significant favorites last year had a season gone through.

The Golden Hawks’ middle- to long-distance prowess is well known. But they have speed, too.

“We do a lot of speed work. Amber (Swart) and I lead the speed workouts,” Edgington said. “I haven’t run an open 100 since I was a sophomore.”

She won that in 13.27 seconds.

Solon swept the team titles. The boys prevailed with a deep squad, tallying 109 points despite winning just two events.

Benton boys win 6 events

Benton Community claimed six events and compiled 85 points.

Junior Jacob Brecht was a four-event champion for the Bobcats, sprinting to wins in the 100 (11.21) and 200 (22.52), running on the sprint medley relay and anchoring the triumphant 400 relay.

Teammate Aiden Harris led the 800 throughout, finishing in 2:01.03.

“I like to stride out, and I don’t pay attention to who is behind me,” Harris said. “The first lap felt slow. I thought I’d be able to keep that pace throughout.”

Meet Mount Vernon’s Laura Swart

Like all sophomores, Mount Vernon’s Laura Swart is a varsity rookie on the track. She was a triple-winner (sprint medley relay, 1,600 relay).

"I ran the 800 and 1,500 in middle school, and I was all right,“ Swart said. “The hurdles are a nice change. I really like them.”

With no track last spring, Swart found other outlets.

“I was on my Ripstik (skateboard) a lot,” she said. “I hung out with my family. I walked the dog.”

Other stars Tuesday:

WILLIAMSBURG INVITATIONAL TRACK & FIELD MEET

At Williamsburg

GIRLS RESULTS

Teams — 1. Solon 135, 2. Mid-Prairie 114, 3. Williamsburg 97, 4. Mount Vernon 70, 5. Mount Pleasant 65, 6. Iowa City Regina 59, 7. Center Point-Urbana 48, 8. Grinnell 36, 9. Belle Plaine 35, 10. Benton Community 34, 11. Alburnett 32, 12. Washington (Iowa) 14, 13. Williamsburg JV 2.

Shot put — 1. Jadan Brumbaugh (MtP), 41-2; 2. Lauren Pope (Wmsbg), 39-1; 3. Tori Boyse (Mid-P), 38-3; Discus — 1. Ava Conrad (Sol), 123-2; 2. Tori Boyse (Mid-P), 117-5; 3. Taylor Luscomb (CPU), 116-6; High jump — 1. Hailey Carolan (Alb), 5-2; 2. Inga Dovre (Wmsbg), 5-1; 3. Kaia Holtkamp (Sol), 5-0; Long jump — 1. Annie Gahan (ICR), 15-8; 2. MaKinley Levin (Sol), 15-6; 3. Callie Levin (Sol), 15-3 1/2.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Mid-Prairie (Edgington, Jones, Evans, Swart), 1:54.20; 2. Solon, 1:59.55; 3. Alburnett, 1:59.83; 3,000 — 1. Ana Fleming (Mid-P), 11:40.97; 2. Annalee Bartels (ICR), 11:56.70; 3. Macey Kent (Wmsbg), 12:35.86; 3,200 relay — 1. Solon (O’Neill, Holtkamp, Conway, Bock), 10:01.40; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 10:31.81; 3. Williamsburg, 10:48.77; Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Iowa City Regina (Naeve, Clark, Clark, Gahan), 1:09.74; 2. Solon, 1:10.79; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:13.34; 100 — 1. Maddie Edgington (Mid-P), 13.27; 2. Gracie Ehret (Wmsbg), 13.38; 3. Amber Swart (Mid-P), 13.59; Distance medley relay — 1. Mount Vernon (Quam, See, Dougherty, Swart), 4:26.50; 2. Solon, 4:38.15; 3. Benton Community, 4:46.59; 400 — 1. Emma Bock (Sol), 59.81; 2. Kaia Holtkamp (Sol), 1:01.60; 3. Laine Hadsall (CPU), 1:03.38; 800 relay — 1. Solon (Stahle, Stahle, Levin, Levin), 1:48.87; 2. Mid-Prairie, 1:50.88; 3. Grinnell, 1:54.08; 100 hurdles — 1. Karsyn Lamm (MtP), 16.44; 2. Kenna Lamm (MtP), 17.21; 3. Abby Clark (ICR), 17.72; 800 — 1. Mitzi Evans (Mid-P), 2:20.38; 2. Kora Katcher (CPU), 2:30.02; 3. Kiersten Conway (Sol), 2:34.88; 200 — 1. Gracie Ehret (Wmsbg), 27.36; 2. Gretta Dodd (Grin), 27.87; 3. Kate Dougherty (MtV), 28.18; 400 hurdles — 1. Laura Swart (MtV), 1:09.26; 2. Annie Gahan (ICR), 1:09.77; 3. Amara Jones (Mid-P), 1:11.74; 1,500 — 1. Kay Fett (CPU), 5:16.28; 2. Abby Fleming (Mid-P), 5:28.58; 3. Abby Rinderknecht (BC), 5:35.01; 400 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Frederick, Eichhorn, DeWitt, Ehret), 50.93; 2. Mid-Prairie, 50.94; 3. Solon, 51.84; 1,600 relay — 1. Mount Vernon (See, Dougherty, Swart, Dougherty), 4:13.02; 2. Solon, 4:19.37; 3. Mid-Prairie, 4:20.37.

BOYS RESULTS

Teams — 1. Solon 109, 2. Benton Community 85, 3. Grinnell 74, 4. Washington (Iowa) 73, 5. Mount Pleasant 69, 6. (tie) Center Point-Urbana and Mid-Prairie 68, 8. Williamsburg 46, 9. Belle Plaine 42, 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 37, 11. Iowa City Regina 36, 12. Oskaloosa 33.

Shot put — 1. Luke Peters (Wmsbg), 49-2; 2. Cooper Pullis (MtP), 48-11; 3. Brayden Hartman (Wash), 46-9; Discus — 1. Reece Mayer (Wash), 133-5; 2. Cooper Pullis (MtP), 132-3; 3. Aaron Campbell (Grin), 127-7; High jump — 1. Cain Brown (Mid-P), 6-4; 2. Ethan Patterson (Wash), 6-1; 3. Colton Hoffman (Sol), 6-0; Long jump — 1. Theo Kolie (ICR), 19-9 3/4; 2. John Engler (VS), 19-1 1/2; 3. Landyn Rowe (VS), 18-9 3/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Benton Community (Thompson, Bruns, Brecht, Harris), 1:35.98; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 1:40.15; 3. Grinnell, 1:41.11; 3,200 — 1. Eli Larson (CPU), 9:54.92; 2. Mason Bach (CPU), 10:01.80; 3. Patrick DeRonde (Osky), 10:36.26; 3,200 relay — 1. Solon (Yeomans, Becicka, Bumsted, Garbes), 9:23.22; 2. Mid-Prairie, 9:27.20; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 9:27.26; Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Belle Plaine (Hamilton, Timm, Ehlen, DeMeulenaere), 1:04.82; 2. Mount Pleasant, 1:06.28; 3. Benton Community, 1:07.18; 100 — 1. Jacob Brecht (BC), 11.21; 2. Colton Hoffman (Sol), 11.49; 3. Aaron Kramer (CPU), 11.53; Distance medley relay — 1. Washington (Patterson, Miller, Morris, Sobaski), 3:37.39; 2. Mid-Prairie, 3:48.07; 3. Solon, 3:51.91; 400 — 1. Carson Jensen (ICR), 51.77; 2. Logan Peterson (CPU), 53.59; 3. Colin Buch (BC), 54.75; 800 relay — 1. Solon (Timmons, Eidahl, Rickertsen, Hoffman), 1:32.67; 2. Grinnell, 1:33.49; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 1:36.52; 110 hurdles — 1. Bryce Wilson (MtP), 16.07; 2. Clark Latcham (Mid-P), 16.35; 3. Ben DeMeulenaere (BP), 16.40; 800 — 1. Aiden Harris (BC), 2:01.03; 2. Patrick DeRonde (Osky), 2:04.49; 3. Elijah Morris (Wash), 2:05.52; 200 — 1. Jacob Brecht (BC), 22.52; 2. Theo Kolie (ICR), 23.68; 3. Owen Douglas (Wmsbg), 23.92; 400 hurdles — 1. Colin Buch (BC), 57.49; 2. Ethan Hamilton (BP), 58.70; 3. Clarke Latcham (Mid-P), 59.21; 1,600 — 1. Lance Sobaski (Wash), 4:39.06; 2. Ben Devalk (Sol), 4:48.29; 3. Braden Penyich (Grin), 4:51.97; 400 relay — 1. Benton Community (Wallace, Buch, Thompson, Brecht), 44.34; 2. Solon, 44.97; 3. Grinnell, 45.34; 1,600 relay — 1. Mid-Prairie (Cavenagh, Stutzman, Latcham, Thomas), 3:38.28; 2. Grinnell, 3:40.31; 3. Solon, 3:40.59.

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