BROOKLYN – Montezuma’s boys track and field team turned in decent times and distances at the SICL conference meet on Tuesday, May 2, but the Braves wound up in seventh place in the 12-school meet.
“We were not as sharp as I would like, but things can be corrected,” Coach John Beck said. “Focus and handoffs will need to improve as we move toward the district meet.”
“We will need to have some good practices as we move forward,” the coach said.
But there were areas where Montezuma athletes stood out – like hurdling and long jumping.
There was one second-place finish, by Damien Knox in the long jump, who turned in a season’s best effort of 18 feet, 8.25 inches. “That was a very nice jump for a personal record,” Beck said.
The Braves got third-place finishes from the 4×110 high hurdle shuttle team of Broox Stockman, Luke Brennan, Knox and Garrett Watts, and from Watts in the 110-meter highs.
“I was very pleased to see how our hurdle shuttle ran,” Beck said. “We cut our time signicantly and put ourselves in a good sport for the district meet.”
“Garrett also ran very well in the highs, having a personal record,” said the coach.
“Kenny Criswell gave us a very nice run in the 100 with a season-best time. Jack Erselius also ran a personal record there,” Beck said.
Beck said “Carter McKee ran a season-best time in the 3,200, battling the wind for eight laps.”
“Luke Erselius also had a personal record in the 800,” the coach said.
SICL Conference Meet
at Brooklyn
Boys Team Scores – 1, Lynnville-Sully 156. 2, Belle Plaine 127. 3, North Mahaska 85. 3, tie, Iowa Valley 85. 5, BGM 83. 6, English Valleys 48. 7, Montezuma 46. 8, Sigourney 40. 9, HLV 37. 10, Colfax-Mingo 23. 11, Tri-Counth 7. 12, Keota 1.
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 5, Kenney Criswell, 11.64 (Season best). 10, Jack Erselius 12.04. (B).
200 – 12, Jack Erselius 25.02. 13, Carter Michalek 25.28.
400 – 6, David Rose, 56.96. 9, Carter Michalek 57.96.
800 – 7, Luke Erselius 2:24.07 (B). 14, Jayden Ross. 2:37.59.
1,600 – 9, Colton Benson 5:33.30. 11, Carter McKee 5:39.38.
3,200 – 9, Carter McKee 12:13.6 (B). 11, Jayden Rosss 12:29.5.
110 high hurdles – 3, Garrett Watts 16.21 (B). 7h, Damien Knox 17.45.
400 hurdles – 12, Bryson Stockman 1:08.93. 13, Luke Brennan, 1:09.83.
4×100 – Montezuma disqualified.
4×100 throwers – 4, MHS 54.34 (Briar Simpson, Luke Erselius, Lucas Flaig, Alex Black).
4×200 – 5, MHS, 1:43.04 (Jack Erselius, Bryson Stockman, Broox Stockman, Kenny Criswell).
4×400 – 7, MHS 3:59.34 (Garrett Watts, Jack Erselius, Carter Michalek, David Rose).
4×800 – 6, MHS, 10:16.5 (Luke Erselius, Colton Benson, Kohen Holland, Justin Wetering).
Sprint medley – 5, MHS 1:45.15 (Bryson Stockman, Broox Stockman, Kenny Criswell, David Rose).
Distance medley – 8, MHS 4:47.26 (Alex Black, Luke Brennan, Kohen Holland, Jusiah Wetering).
4×110 hurdles – 3, MHS 1:07.0 (Best) (Broox Stockman, Luke Brennan, Damien Knox, Garrett Watts).
High jump – no entry.
Long jump – 2, Damien Knox 18-8.25 (Best).
Shot put – 20, Briar Simpson 29-4.25. 22, Isaac Wedgewood 28-0.5.
Discus – 15, Lucas Flaig 87-6. 18, Lars Taylor 80-10