Montezuma’s junior high girls showed Tuesday evening, April 13, that they’re a athletic force right now, and may continue to be for some time to come.
The girls won 10 events – five of them relays – in sweeping to a big team victory in the Gayle Creswell Relays.
The meet is named after the late, long-time Montezuma educator and coach.
It was sunny and bright on Tuesday, but cool and windy. That didn’t stop the Bravettes.
“I’m proud of my girls tonight,” Coach Kevin Gartman wrote. “They did a heck of a job as a team.”
That included getting two place finishes in 22 individual events. That’s how points add up fast.
When it was over, the Bravettes had compiled 188 team points, some 51 more than second-place North Mahaska.
Chloe Snook won the 200-meter dash in 30.28, the 400 in 1:10.09, and the high jump at 4 feet, 4 inches. She picked up a fourth win as part of a relay team.
Ellen Cook ran away with the 800-meter run in 2:53.96, a full 10 seconds ahead of second place.
Tayler Wickham won the discus with a throw of 64 feet, 7 inches.
Macy Young took the long jump at 11 feet, 8 ¾ inches.
Here are Montezuma’s relay winners. I’m listing names here; names and times in the results below:
4×800 – Claire Erselius, Kylee Larmore, Lizzy DeJong and Lindsey Henry.
4×400 – Haileah Eichenberger, Lindsey Henry, Ellen Cook and Chloe Snook.
4×200 – Lindsey Henry, Leslie Lopez, Taya Sincox and Lily Ferry.
Sprint medley – Leslie Lopez, Claire Erselius, Macy Young and Haileah Eichenberger.
Distance medley – 1, Haileah Eichenberger, Lily Ferry, Macy Young and Ellen Cook.
Gayle Creswell JH Relays
Girls Team Points – 1, Montezuma 188. 2, North Mahaska 137. 3, Keota 80. 4, Lynnville-Sully 74. 5, Belle Plaine 62. 6, HLV 61. 7, BGM 58.
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 2, Kayl Young, 14.33. 6, Taya Sincox, 15.23. 13, Willow Young, 17.13. 15, Tayler Wickham, 18.03.
200 – 1, Chloe Snook, 30.28. 6, Amy Longfellow, 34.59. 10, Krista Cheney, 39.17.
400 – 1, Chloe Snook, 1:10.09. 6, Kayl Young, 1:12,28.
800 – 1, Ellen Cook, 2:53.96. 4, Amy Longfellow, 3:17.88. 6, Addyson Probasco, 3:31.62.
100 hurdles – 3, Haley Burnett, 21.45. 5, Sara Bos, 23.02.
1,500 – 4, Claire Erselius, 6:32.96. 5, Catelynn Coffin, 6:47.90.
200 hurdles – 6, Willow Young, 42.06. 7, Emily James, 46.39.
Discus – 1, Tayler Wickham, 64-7. 4, Taylor Wilcox, 4-6. No place, Krista Cheney, 50-6.
High jump – 2, Chloe Snook, 4-4. 4, Taya Sincox, 4-0. No height – Claire Erselius.
Long jump – 1, Macy Young, 11-8 ¾. 5, Lily Fery, 11-5. 10, Addyson Probasco, 10-7 ¾.
Shot put – 7, Tayler Wickham, 22-11. 9, Taylor Wilcox, 19-7 ½. 10, Codii Bru, 18-8 ½.
4×800 – 1, 12:26.43 (Claire Erselius, Kylee Larmore, Lizzy DeJong, Lindsey Henry).
4×400 – 1, 4:58.17 (Haileah Eichenberger, Lindsey Hendry, Ellen Cook, Chloe Snook.
4×200 – 1, 2:17.22 (Lindsey Henry, Leslie Lopez, Taya Sincox, Lily Ferry).
4×100 – 2, 1:01.43 (Kayl Young, Taya Sincox, Lily Ferry, Macy Young).
Sprint medley – 1, 2:24.81 (Leslie Lopez, Claire Erselius, Macy Young, Haileah Eichenberger).
Distance medley – 1, 5:12.75 (Haileah Eichenberger, Lily Ferry, Macy Young, Ellen Cook).
Shuttle hurdles – 5, 1:45.01 (Sara Bos, Leslie Lopez, Addyson Probasco, Hayley Bennett).
