Greene County Ram relay teams continue to run well, but the points they score aren’t enough to put their teams at the top of the rankings in track and field meets.
The boys and girls track and field teams competed in the Van Meter Invitational in Van Meter Thursday, April 8. The boys finished seventh of eight teams and the girls finished sixth of seven teams, with the Rams not competing in several events.
Boys coach Chad Morton explained a few runners are healing, and he intentionally didn’t load the meet heavily.
Neither team competes in the high jump. The boys had no entries in the 4 X 100m shuttle hurdle relay, the distance medley, and the 400 yard dash.
The girls had no entries in the 4 X 800m relay, the 4 X 100m shuttle hurdle relay, the 100m hurdles, the 800m run, the 400m hurdles, and the 4 X 400m relay.
In boys competition, Jackson Morton racked up another win in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.33 seconds. That’s a new school record. He’s in eighth place in the state in all classes, reports the coach, who is his father. Morton also placed second in the 400m hurdles in 59.2 seconds, 2 seconds behind the winner Connor McKee of CAM. The 4 X 100m relay also claimed another first place finish, with Daniel Rivera, Bryce Stalder, Richard Daugherty and Jaxon Warnke posting a time of 45.58 seconds. Morton, Stalder, Daugherty and Warnke won the 4 X 200m relay in 1:35.51, also more than 2 seconds ahead of the second place time.
Stalder placed third in the 100m dash with a time of 11.73 seconds. Logan Woodruff placed fourth in the 3200m race in 11:01.95. The 800 sprint medley team of Reese Jennings, Eli Mohr, Devin Schmit and Brian Burris placed eighth with a time of 1:54.1, for one team point.
In boys field events, Josh Ewalt placed seventh in the discus throw at 105’ 6-1/2”. He placed eighth in the shot put with a toss of 35’ 5”. Jesse Miller placed eighth in the discus at 101’ 10”.
Team scores among boys teams were Winterset 128, ADM 125, Van Meter 121, ACGC 114, CAM 90, Earlham 79, Greene County 59 and Panorama 6.
In girls track events, the Rams won the 4 X 100m relay in a time of 54.49 seconds recorded by Olivia Shannon, Natalie Heupel, Makala Kafer and Brianna Osterson. The distance medley relay team of Annie Twillie, Gretah Johnson, Alexa Peters and Katrina Heupel finished fourth with a tie of 5:18.30. The 4 X 200m relay team of Johnson, Georgia Osterson, Kelsi Miller and Caroline Kellogg placed sixth in 2:14.95.
Shannon placed third in the 100m dash with a time of 13.7 seconds, a personal record. She also placed third in the 400 yd dash with a time of 1:04.27. Brianna Osterson placed third in the 200m dash in 29:15 seconds. Behind her in fourth place was Natalie Heupel in 30.03 seconds. Katrina Heupel placed sixth in the 1500m run with a time of 6:00.24.
In girls field events, Osterson won the long jump with a leap of 16’ 5”. Brooklynn Olson placed second in the shot put at 33’ 8-1/2”. She also placed second in the discus throw with a throw of 100’ 1”.
Teams scores were Winterset 161, Van Meter 130.5, ADM 110, ACGC 86.5, Panorama 86, Greene County 81, and CAM 55.
