Lightning shortens meet at Clarinda

What started out as a mild, sunny Tuesday at Clarinda High School quickly turned into a dark, stormy evening as the girls Cardinal Relays was delayed midway through due to lightning.

^{The meet was ultimately halted following the 4x200 meter relay.}

^{Essex, Red Oak, Stanton, East Mills, Southwest Valley and Griswold were able to post results before weather stopped the meet.}

^{Red Oak}

^{The Red Oak girls team had strong performances in the JV discus, JV 400 meter run, the varsity 400 meter run and the varsity shuttle hurdle relay.}

^{In the shuttle hurdle relay, the team of Morgan Akers, Paige Shirley, Emily Petersen, Sydney Streicher finished in fifth with a time of 1:21.64.}

^{In the JV discus Maddie Wendt came in fourth with a throw of 86 feet.}

^{Katie Carlson won the JV 400 meter run with a time of 1:13.}

^{Juhi Boeye had another strong performance in the 400 meter run with a time of 1:04 which was good for fourth.}

^Essex

^{The Trojanettes had strong performances in their usual events. Daiton Martin finished second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.49. They also got a second-place performance from Devan Gray in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 12:42.63.}

^{In the 400 meter dash, Abbie Lindburg finished ninth with a time of 1:13.70, and Peyton Brammer followed with a 14th place finish with a time of 1:18.78.}

^{In the relays Essex finished third in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:20.44. The 4x200 meter relay team finished fourth with a time of 1:59.11. The sprint medley relay team came in sixth with a time of 5:11.26.}

^{The field events saw two strong results from Keegan Nelson in the shot-put and discus. Nelson won the shot-put with a throw of 34 feet. She followed that with a third-place showing in the discus with a throw of 88 feet.}

^{In the long jump Jescenia Mosley finished eighth with a jump of 13’9’’ and Kelsi Leninger finished with a jump of 13’6’’ which was goof for ninth.}

^{Southwest Valley}

^{Southwest Valley saw strong performances in the relay events. The 4x200 meter relay finished second with a time of 1:58.67. The 4x800 meter relay team finished third with a time of 11:49.48. The sprint medley team came in 12th with a time of 5:37.87.}

^{In the 100 meter dash, Kaylea Wiechman came in third with a time of 13.82, and Kaitlyn Schad came in seventh with a time of 14.14.}

^{Elizabeth Fuller had a strong showing in the 400 meter dash, finishing third with a time of 1:08.70. Hailey Thomas followed with a eighth-place finish and a time of 1:13.42.}

^{In the 3,000 meter run Mazzy Hummel came in eighth with a time of 13:22.78, and Kendra Top came in ninth with a time of 14:05.45.}

^{In the high jump, Morgan Shuey came in third with a jump of 4’10’’, in the long jump, Diana Berggren came in 11th with a jump of 13’1’’ and Miah Hummel finished 12th with a jump of 13 feet.}

^Stanton

^{The Lady Vikings found their strength in the field events Tuesday, as Chelsea Weis finished second in the long jump with a jump of 14’9’’ and Ally Focht finished fourth with a jump of 14’6’’.}

^{In the discus, Devin Druivenga finished second with a throw of 94’1’’ Jody Vanderholm finished ninth with a throw of 71’ 3’’. In the shot put, Baylee Gibs finished 17th with a throw of 21’5’’ and Kelsey Walter finished 18th with a throw of 20’10.5’’.}

^{In the sprints Ashley Reese finished 13th with a time of 15.27 and Baylee Gibbs finished 18th with a time of 17.10 in the 100 meter dash.}

^{In the 3,000 meter run Nicole Graham finished 10th with a time of 14:43.31.}

^{In the relays the 4x200 meter team finished with a strong third place showing and a time of 1:58..89. The sprint medley relay came in eighth with a time of 5:27.82.}

^{East Mills}

^{The Wolverines were led by strong performances from Janette Schraft, as she won the 400 meter dash and the 3,000 meter run. She won the 400 meter with a time of 1:03.23 and the 3,000 meter with a time of 11:21.89.}

^{In the field events East Mills was led by Emmy Duysen who took sixth in the shot-put with a throw of 30’7’’ while Madison Williams followed with an 11th place finish with a throw of 24’4’’. Claire Huston came in 14th in the discuss with a throw of 63’1’’ and Cadance Blough came in 17th with a throw of 44’8’’.}

^{In the relays the 4x800 meter team came in fourth with a time of 12:01.10. The 4x200 meter team came in eighth with a time of 2:08.32 and the sprint medley team came in ninth with a time of 5:29.37.}

^Griswold

^{Griswold saw strong performances in multiple events Tuesday. The sprint medley team came in second with a time of 4:43.63 and in the shot-put Mykenzie Rainey finished in second with a throw of 33’9’’.}

^{In the 3,000 meter run Alisha Seyler came in sixth with a time of 13:15.49 while Joanna Topham finished 13th in the 400 meter run with a time of 1:17.71.}

^{In the long jump Jeana Freund finished seventh after a jump of 13’11’’, Sydney Steffan had a strong showing in the discus with a throw of 77’5’’ which was good enough for sixth. She was followed by Naudia Jackson who came in eighth with a throw of 72’7’’. Steffan also finished fifth in the shot-put with 31’1.5’’.}