A total of 14 Ram athletes competed in 12 events in the Coed State Track and Field Meet at Drake Stadium May 20-22. Among Iowa’s finest high school athletes, two Ram track events placed fourth in Class 2A competition.
Jackson Morton placed fourth in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.18 seconds. The winning time in 2A was 14.49 set by Jack Latham of Spirit Lake. The boys shuttle hurdle relay team of Nathan Black, Jaxon Warnke, Bryce Stalder and Morton placed sixth in the preliminaries in 1:02.83, fast enough to qualify for the finals. The team was fourth in the finals with a time of 1:01.65. The winning time was 1:01.15 set by Treynor.
Other finishes in boys track events were
- 4 X 200m relay – Nathan Wailes, Warnke, Richard Daugherty, Stalder, 16th, 1:33.23 [Winning time 1:28.48, Unity Christian-Orange City]
- 400m hurdles – Morton, 18th, 57.73 seconds [Winning time 54.30 seconds, Sid Schaaf, Treynor]
- 4 X 400m relay – Stalder, Warnke, Morton, Daugherty, 19th in prelims, 3:33.55 [Winning time in finals, 3:25.42, Underwood]
Finishes in boys field events were
- High jump – Nathan Black, 9th, 6’ 1” [Winning height 6’ 6”, Isaac Jones, Clarinda]
- Long jump – Bryce Stalder, 11th, 20- 4-1/2” [Winning distance, 23’ 7-1/2”, Cooper Dejean, OABCIG]
- Discus – Josh Ewalt, 13th, 132’ 6” [Winning throw 165’5”, Carson Lienau, Jesup]
Finishes in girls field events were
- Long jump – Brianna Osterson, 12th, 12’ 1-3/4” [Winning distance 17’ 11-3/4”, Kylee Sallee, Hudson]
- Discus – Brooklynn Olson, 13th, 115’ 2” [Winning throw 133’ 10”, Abigayle Angell, Central Springs]
- Shot put – Brooklynn Olson, 15th, 35’ 1-3/4” [Winning throw 42’ 6”, Annika Headington, Waukon]
Finishes in girls track events were
- 4 X 200m relay – Olivia Shannon, Makala Kafer, Osterson, Natalie Heupel, 23rd, 1:56.52 [Winning time
- 4 X 100m relay – Shannon, Osterson, Kafer, Heupel, 24th, 53.00 [Winning time 1:44.21, Dike-New Hartford]
- 800m sprint medley – Annie Twillie, Natalie Heupel, Shannon, Katrina Heupel, 24th, 1:59.02 [Winning time 1:47.86, KPWC]
