SW Valley boys first, girls seventh at own co-ed relays

Southwest Valley hosted its own co-ed track meet Thursday in Corning.
The Timberwolves won the boys meet and the girls finished seventh to cap a busy three-meet in eight day stretch for the program.
Southwest Valley’s boys got five first place finishes on the way to their team victory with a score of 103.5 points to runner-up AHSTW’s 87 points. 
Senior Wyatt Mendenhall took gold in the 400-meter hurdles with a 56.16 and Brody Crozier added a pair of golds with a 11.22 in the 100-meters and a 22.96 in the 200.
Caleb Owen picked up gold in the  shot put with a top throw of 48 feet, 5 inches along with the sprint medley relay team of Gavin Wetzel, Walker Bissell, Crozier and Mendenhall in a time of 1:38.06.
The boys got second place finishes from Crozier in the long jump at 19 feet, 11.5 inches, Mendenhall in the 110-meter high hurdles at 15.59, and the shuttle hurdle relay with Wetzel, Bissell, Wyatt Shires, and Mendenhall in a season-best time of 1:04.45,
“It was a beautiful night for a track meet, and to celebrate our eight senior track members who have made so many contributions to our track program over their careers,” said Southwest Valley coach Jason Hults.  “We wish them each continued success as they get ready to graduate and move on to the next chapter in their lives.”
The East Mills boys were seventh and Griswold ninth in Corning.
Jiri Brodigan led the Wolverines with a pair of second place medals in the 100-meters and 200-meters. Khayden Poorker added a third place showing in the 300-meters, a fourth place in the high jump and a fifth in the 400-meter hurdles.
Wyatt Silk helped Griswold to a pair of third place medals. The senior was third in the 110-meter hurdles and joined Owen Johnson, Callen Keiser and Dain Laverty to a third place in the shuttle hurdle relay.
Treynor captured the girls team title with a score of 154 points. Fremont-Mills was second with 105.5 points. The Southwest Valley girls finished seventh with 48 points.
The Timberwolves helped celebrate its senior group with three new school records on the way to a tie for seventh place in the team standings.
Setting new records for the girls was the shuttle hurdle relay quartet of Alyssa Pearson, Hailey Randall, Mailee Templeton and Saige Jones in a time of 1:15.24 to take sixth place. 
Templeton also set the record in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.17 to earn sixth place and Ray Helvie tied the school record in the high jump at 5-feet, bringing home second place.
Other medalists for the Timberwolves included Jones with a second place and Taylor Stargell with a fifth place in the 800-meters.
Griswold was fifth at the Southwest Valley co-ed with Ella Gade winning the discus and Alexas Steinhoff grabbing gold in the 800-meters.
The Tigers’ 4x400-meter relay was second in 4:16.59.
East Mills finished sixth in the team standings with 50 points.
Ellie Hagen won the 100-meters for the Wolverines.

Southwest Valley Co-ed Invite
Girls Team Results
1. Treynor, 154. 2. Fremont-Mills, 105.5. 3. CAM, 82. 4. AHSTW, 70. 5. Griswold, 52. 6. East Mills, 50. 7. (tie) Nodaway Valley and Southwest Valley, 48. 9. Bedford, 42. 10. Essex, 30. 11. Sidney, 20.5. 12. Stanton, 13.

Southwest Valley Girls Top Medal Winners
100m hurdles: sixth place, Mailee Templeton, 17.17.
200m: eighth place, Ray Helvie, 29.53.
400m: fifth place, Anistyn Poston, 1:07.78.
800m: second place, Saige Jones, 2:39.49, fifth place, Taylor Stargell, 2:52.52
High jump: second place, Helvie, 5’.
Long jump: eighth place, Josslynne Benge, 13’ 1.5”.
Sprint medley relay: sixth place, Southwest Valley, 2:04.09

4x100m relay: sixth place, Southwest Valley, 56.24.
Shuttle hurdle relay: sixth place, Southwest Valley, 1:15.24.
4x400m relay: fifth place, Southwest Valley, 5:02.89.
Distance medley relay: sixth place, Southwest Valley, 5:09.23.

East Mills Girls Top Medal Winners
100m: first place, Ellie Hagen, 13.14.
200m: fifth place, Teagan Pontow, 28.64.
400m: seventh place, Ava Grindle, 1:13.21.
800m: fourth place, Sophia Housh, 2:52.05.
1500m: sixth place, Housh, 6:09.41.
High jump: fifth place, Natalie Clemmons, 5’ 6”.
4x100m relay: fifth place, East Mills, 54.79.
4x200m relay: third place, East Mills, 1:55.51.
Shuttle hurdle relay: eighth place, East Mills, 1:20.30.
4x800m relay: sixth place, East Mills, 12:48.74.
Distance medley relay: seventh place, East Mills, 5:19.22.

Griswold Girls Top Medal Winners
100m hurdles: fifth place, Carsyn Adams, 16.42.
400m hurdles: fifth place, Adams, 1:09.01.
800m: first place, Alexa Steinhoff
Discus: first place, Ella Gade, 122’ 5”.
Sprint medley relay: fifth place, Griswold, 2:03.89.
Shuttle hurdle relay: third place, Griswold, 1:10.88.
4x400m relay: second place, Griswold, 4:16.59.
4x800m relay: fifth place, Griswold, 12:12.09.
Distance medley relay: eighth place, Griswold, 5:28.69.

Essex Girls Top Medal Winners
100m: seventh place, Kylie Valdez, 14.83.
200m: third place, Piper Maher, 28.16.
400m: second place, Maher, 1:04.35.
1500m: third place, Ella Sandahl, 5:33.10.
3000m: second place, Sandahl, 11:54.87.

Stanton Girls Top Medal Winners
4x100m relay: eighth place, Stanton, 56.71.
4x200m relay: eighth place, Stanton, 2:09.88.
Shuttle hurdle relay: fourth place, Stanton, 1:14.26.
Distance medley relay: third place, Stanton, 4:32.35.

Boys Team Results
1. Southwest Valley, 103.5. 2. AHSTW, 87. 3. Bedford, 85. 4. Fremont-Mills, 71.5. 5. (tie) CAM and Nodaway Valley. 7. East Mills, 51. 8. Treynor, 48. 9. Griswold, 45. 10. East Union, 41. 11. Sidney, 25. 12. Stanton, 19. 13. Essex, 17.

Southwest Valley Boys Top Medal Winners
100m: first place, Brody Crozier, 11.22.
110m hurdles: second place, Wyatt Mendenhall, 15.59.
200m: first place, Crozier, 22.96.
400m: seventh place, Uriah Westerhausen, 58.62.
400m hurdles: first place, Mendenhall, 56.16.
3200m: eighth place, Lucas James, 14:41.06.
High jump: fifth place, Nathyn Tripp, 5’ 4”.
Long jump: second place, Crozier, 19’ 11.5”.
Shot put: first place, Caleb Owen, 48’ 5”.
Sprint medley relay: first place, Southwest Valley, 1:38.02.
4x100m relay: fourth place, Southwest Valley, 47.17.
4x200m relay: eighth place, Southwest Valley, 1:42.74.
Shuttle hurdle relay: second place, Southwest Valley, 1:04.45.
4x400m relay: fifth place, Southwest Valley, 4:30.53.
4x800m relay: fourth place, Southwest Valley, 9:47.88.
Distance medley relay: fifth place, Southwest Valley, 4:24.11.

East Mills Boys Top Medal Winners
100m: second place, Jiri Brodigan, 11.23.
200m: second place, Brodigan, 23.11.
400m: third place, Khayden Poorker, 56.58.
400m hurdles: fifth place, Poorker, 1:02.60.
3200m: seventh place, Gabe Blanton, 12:07.
High jump: fourth place, Poorker, 5’ 8”.
Sprint medley relay: sixth place, East Mills, 1:48.51.
4x100m relay: eighth place, East Mills, 53.49.
4x200m relay: fourth place, East Mills, 1:38.79.
4x800m relay: fifth place, East Mills, 11:50.93.
Distance medley relay: eighth place, East Mills, 4:48.38.

Griswold Boys Top Medal Winners
110m hurdles: third place, Wyatt Silk, 15.65.
400m hurdles: fourth place, Callen Keiser, 1:00.85.
1600m: seventh place, Quentyn Ruchti-Wilson, 5:27.11.
3200m: fourth place, Ruchti-Wilson, 11:56.63.
Discus: second place, R.J. Dishong, 137’ 1”.
4x100m relay: sixth place, Griswold, 48.38.
Shuttle hurdle relay: third place, Griswold, 1:05.99.

Essex Boys Top Medal Winners
200m: sixth place, Ashon Kline, 24.46.
High jump: second place, Isaiah Sholes, 5’ 10”.
Long jump: third place, Kline, 17’ 8.75”.
Stanton Boys Top Medal Winners
110m hurdles: fourth place, Rylan Grebin, 17.62.
400m hurdles: sixth place, Jaylen Snow, 1:03.31.
Long jump: seventh place, Grebin, 17’ 1”.
Sprint medley relay: seventh place, Stanton, 1:48.72.
Shuttle hurdle relay: fifth place, 1:09.53.

Timberwolves win first POI Conference track meet
Southwest Valley hosted the Pride of Iowa Conference Track and Field Championships Monday in Corning. 
What started out as a beautiful day turned cold and windy as the night went on, but the Timberwolves boys squad persevered to earn three individual conference champions and two new school records on the way to their first team championship in school history.
Southwest Valley tallied 119 points to runner-up Mount Ayr’s 115 points.  The girls finished seventh with 45 points and one conference champion relay team to go with two new school records.
“Overall, it was a great night for Southwest Valley track and field on our home track,” said head coach Jason Hults. “We now shift our focus to state qualifying in a week and a half and look at what we can get to qualify for the state track meet.”
The Timberwolves boys started the night off with a pair of conference champions in the field events.  Walker Bissell extended the school’s dominance in the boys high jump, becoming the sixth straight conference champion with a top lead of 6-feet.  Brody Crozier repeated as conference champion in the long jump at 19 feet, 1 inch. 
The boys added a pair of second place finishes in the field events from Gavin Wetzel in the high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches and Caleb Owen in shot put with a top toss of 46 feet, 3.5 inches.  Bissell added a fourth place finish in the long jump to give the Timberwolves a great start to the meet after the field events.
Crozier earned his second conference gold medal in the 100-meters with a time of 11.22, with Wyatt Shires doubled up in the event with a seventh-place finish with a personal record time of 11.70.  Crozier also set a new school record in the 200-meters with a second-place finish in a time of 22.96. 
Wyatt Mendenhall also set a new school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a second-place time of 55.29.  Mendenhall was also second in the 110-meter hurdles with a new personal record time of 15.36.  Wetzel added a fourth-place finish in the 110 hurdles with a personal record time of his own in 16.02.  Crozier added a fourth-place finish in the 400.
In the relays, the Timberwolves secured third place finishes from its shuttle hurdle relay team of Wetzel, Shires, Bissell, and Jayden Dennis and the 4x100-meter relay quartet of Wetzel, Jackson Fisher, Bissell, and Mendenhall. 
The sprint medley relay of Shires, Uriah Westerhausen, Fisher, and Mendenhall was fourth.
“The boys did an amazing job tonight,” Hults said. “We told them coming into the meet that every race and every place mattered. Ultimately, it was the races where we pulled a sixth to eighth place that, maybe according to seeding they should not have gotten, was the difference and helped win the meet.  I am so proud of all these boys and the work they have put in over the course of the season to make history tonight.”
Mount Ayr won the girls conference championship with 166 points. Wayne-Corydon was second with a score of 150.
Southwest Valley was led by its shuttle hurdle team of Saige Jones, Alyssa Pearson, Josslynn Benge and Mailee Templeton that won gold in 1:17.08. 
“The girls did a great job tonight with the two new school records and conference champs in the shuttle,” Hults said. “The girls team is young overall and has made a ton of progress as the season has progressed.  Finishing in seventh overall this year with 45 points is a great improvement from last season when they finished eighth with 25 points. So, there are a lot of positives to take away and build on from tonight.”
The girls notched two new school records at the meet with the distance medley relay team of Hailey Randall, Ray Helvie, Anistyn Poston and Jones placing fourth in a time of 4:45.95 and the sprint medley relay team of Randall, Templeton, Helvie, and Poston finishing fifth in 2:01.46.
Other medalists for the Timberwolves girls included Helvie in the high jump at 4 feet, 8 inch to place fourth, the 4x800-meter relay team of Taylor Stargell, Erica Mendenhall, Elin Hogan, and Ellie Amdor in third place, Stargell sixth in the 400, Templeton sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a new PR of 17.49, and Pearson in the 400-meter hurdles with a new PR of 1:14.41 for sixth place.

Pride of Iowa Conference Meet
Girls Team Results
1. Mount Ayr, 166. 2. Wayne-Corydon, 150. 3. Martensdale-St. Marys, 103.5. 4. Central Decatur, 89.5. 5. Nodaway Valley, 51. 6. East Union, 48. 7. Southwest Valley, 45. 8. Lenox, 39. 9. Southeast Warren, 31.

Boys Team Results
1. Southwest Valley, 119. 2. Mount Ayr, 115. 3. Lenox, 114.5. 4. Nodaway Valley, 96. 5. Martensdale-St. Marys, 74. 6. Southeast Warren, 71. 7. East Union, 69. 8. Central Decatur, 56. 9. Wayne-Corydon, 26.5.