Boys track teams compete at Cardinal Invitational

Tuesday night the girls Cardinal Invitational was delayed due to lightning and thunder. Although the weather was windy and cold Friday for the boys Cardinal Invitational the lightning stayed away and the meet was competed.

^{Red Oak, Stanton, Southwest Valley, Griswold and East Mills were in Clarinda for the meet, and there were solid results from all four schools.}

^{Red Oak}

^{Despite the fact that Red Oak is usually classified as a 2A school, it raced with the 3A schools in Clarinda and still achieved some good results.}

^{Head coach Sueann French said the Tigers have some things to sort out but this was a good measuring stick for the rest of the season.}

^{“We’ve got some things to work on. We have a lot of freshmen,” she said. “I tell the kids that they’re only going to get better and stronger. This is all helping them.”}

^{Red Oak ran Hayden VanMeter in the open 100 meter dash for the first time, and French said she was happy with his performance considering it was his first time running in the event, placing sixth with a time of 12.47.}

^{Dylan Graber finished ninth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.99, and then took sixth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.27.}

^{Clay Selberg scored for Red Oak in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:14.24, which was good for fifth.}

^{The 4x100 meter relay team placed fifth with a time of 47.67.}

^Stanton

^{The big performance for Stanton came in the field, not on the track. Alex Becthold won both the shot put and the discus, winning the discus with a throw of 147’10’’ and the shot put with a throw of 46’.}

^{“He’s very diligent in his warm-up,” head coach Jeff Grebin said. “I hope other kids learn from that. His leadership is something we’re going to miss next year so we’re going to get as much out of him as we can this year.”}

^{Stanton also saw a first place performance from its shuttle hurdle team who finished with a time of 1:10.10.}

^{Other strong performances came from Drake Johnson, who finished third in the long jump with a jump of 18’3’’; Connor Hultman who took third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.41; and Chris Jones who finished third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.69.}

^{Southwest Valley}

^{The Timberwolves saw a winning performance from Tony Klocke, who won the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.96.}

^{The 4x100 meter shuttle hurdle relay team also scored for Southwest Valley by finishing third with a time of 1:08.53.}

^{Wyatt McAlpin had a good day, finishing fifth in the 400 meter dash, seventh in the 200 meter dash and eighth in the 800 meter run.}

^{Philip Currin added a fifth place finish in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 12:50.61 and Ricky Almaguer took fourth in the long jump with a jump of 17’6.5’’.}

^Griswold

^{Griswold’s David Thompson had a long and very successful night in Clarinda. Thompson took first in the 1,600 meter run in a time of 5:09.67 and first in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:48.72. For good measure, he added a fourth-place finish in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:12.80.}

^{Other athletes had successful nights as well. Jadon Jahnke took second in the long and high jumps, with leaps of 5’6’’ in the high jump and 19’1’’ in the long jump.}

^{A.J. Hartman took third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.64 while adding 10th place finishes in the 200 meter dash and the 800 meter run.}

^{East Mills}

^{The Wolverines used their strengths in field and sprint events to have a successful night in Clarinda.}

^{Ben Christensen finished the 110 meter hurdles in 18.82 which was good for second. He also finished in seventh in the 200 meter dash with a time of  26.39. Nick Perkins finished sixth in the 100 meter dash in 12.99 and his teammate Miguel Sanchez wasn’t far behind him, finishing ninth with a time of 13.23.}

^{In the high jump Alec Moorman jumped 5’2’’ which was good for fourth. Josh Hopkins and Dylan Schroeder had good days in the long jump as they finished fifth and seventh respectively.}