~courtesy of The Scanton Journal
Greene County girls and boys teams competed in the Heart of Iowa Conference track meet in Gilbert on Tuesday, May 3. They also took part in the North Polk Comet Invitational Coed meet on Thursday.
HOIC track meet: The Ram girls finished fifth among the nine schools in the conference while the boys were sixth. Gilbert won the team championship for the girls while North Polk claimed first for the boys.
Megan Durbin brought home gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races, as did Max Neese for the boys. Durbin was also first in the high jump and Kenna Marquardt won the discus. Daric Whipple was first in the 400-meter hurdles and the boys 4×400-meter relay struck gold.
Girls results:
- 3000-meters – Haley Hall 12:46.65, seventh
- 4×800 relay – 13:29.50, seventh
- 100-meters – Megan Durbin 13.20, first
- Distance medley – 4:46.49, fifth
- 400-meters – Olivia Hansen 1:04.91, sixth
- 4×200 relay – 2:04.87, seventh
- 100-meter hurdles – Melanie Doran 17.62, sixth
- 800-meters – Chantel Flack 2:34.29, fourth
- 200-meters – Durbin 27.31, first
- Sprint medley – 1:59.68, fourth
- 4×100 relay – 55.03, sixth
- 4×400 relay – 4:42.62, seventh
- Long jump – Janelle Brophy 15’ 10.5”, fourth
- High jump – Durbin 5’ 4”, first
- Shot put – Kenna Marquardt 31’ 1”, eighth
- Discus – Marquardt 113’ 8”, first
Girls team standings: 1) Gilbert 150.5; 2) North Polk 124.5; 3) Prairie City-Monroe 107; 4) Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 101; 5) Greene County 77; 6) Roland-Story 60.5; 7) Nevada 56; 8) South Hamilton 33.5; 9) Saydel 28
Boys results:
- 4×800 relay – 10:32.81, eighth
- Shuttle hurdle relay – 1:08.91, eighth
- 100-meters – Max Neese 11.09, first
- 400-meters – Nick Schroeder 54.00, sixth
- 4×200 relay – 1:38.80, fifth
- 200-meters – Neese 23.26, first
- 400-meter hurdles – Daric Whipple 55.85, first
- Distance medley – 4:10, seventh
- 4×100 relay – 44.85, fourth
- 4×400 relay – 3:33.10, first
- Shot put – Matthew Gordon 45’ 7.25”, fourth
Boys team standings: 1) North Polk 116; 2) Gilbert 113; 3) Roland-Story 97; 4) Nevada 90; 5) CMB 69; 6) Greene County 61; 7) South Hamilton 60; 8) PCM 58; 9) Saydel 35.
Comet Invitational: GC girls ended the evening in fourth place among six schools. The boys finished fifth. North Polk claimed titles for both girls and boys.
Gold medal events for the Rams were Kenna Marquardt in the discus; Megan Durbin, high jump; Janelle Brophy, long jump; Max Neese, 100- and 200-meter dashes; Daric Whipple, 400-meter hurdles; shuttle hurdle relay: Whipple, Chase Stoline, Logan Lansman, Tyler Beger; 4×100 relay: Neese, Stoline, Lansman, Whipple.
Girls results:
- Shot put – Kenna Marquardt 31’ 9”, third; Laurin Lyons 30’ 8.25”, fourth
- Discus – Marquardt 107’ 9.75”, first
- High jump – Megan Durbin 5’ 2”, first
- Long jump – Janelle Brophy 15’ 1.75”, first; Hannah Cooklin 13’ 6.5”, sixth
- 4×800 relay – Gabby Sawhill, Caytlyn Adamson, Makelia Brown, Emily Bettey 11:32.11, fifth
- Distance medley – Brophy, Maria Delgado, Abby Staley, Haley Hall 4:58.76, third
- 4×200 relay – Lyons, Olivia Hansen, Melanie Doran, Durbin 1:51.78, second
- 800-meters – Chantel Flack 2:33.94, second
- Sprint medley – Doran, Lyons, Durbin, Hansen 1:54.85, second
- 4×400 relay – Brophy, Flack, Abby Staley, Sawhill 4:49.49, fourth
Girls team standings: 1) North Polk 170; 2) Gilbert 166; 3) South Hamilton 78; 4) Greene County 76; 5) ADM 49; 6) Perry 37
Boys results:
- Shot put – Matthew Gordon 44’ 7.25”, fourth
- High jump – Ethan Woodruff 5’ 2”, fourth
- 4×800 relay – Nolan Ford, Cayden Gerdes, Sergio Perez, Jon Kersey 10:14.71, sixth
- 3200-meters – Levi Kiss 11:59.21, sixth
- Shuttle hurdle relay – Daric Whipple, Chase Stoline, Logan Lansman, Tyler Beger 1:02.50, first
- 100-meters – Max Neese 11.25, first
- 4×200 relay – Beger, Stoline, Lansman, Nick Schroeder 1:37.29, fourth
- 200-meters – Neese 22.92, first
- 400-meter hurdles – Whipple 57.21, first
- Distance medley – Clint Dennhardt, Bryce Hoyle, Justice Davis, Levi Kiss 4:10, sixth
- 4×100 relay – Neese, Stoline, Lansman, Whipple 44.62, first
Boys team standings: 1) North Polk 133; 2) Norwalk 128; 3) Mount Ayr; 4) South Hamilton 74; 5) Greene County 71; 6) DC-Grimes 58
