BELLE PLAINE – It was a cold and breezy afternoon and evening – good weather to stay active if you want to keep warm.
That’s what Montezuma’s nine-member boys track and field team did in their season-opening meet on Thursday, April 1.
The Braves entered 11 events in the nine-team Plainsmen Relays, and placed (first through sixth) in nine of them.
The Braves entered one relay, the 1,600 distance medley, and won it in 4:15.20. Runners were Eli Bustamante, Marty Knox, Garrett Watts and Brydon Henning.
Montezuma had two wins, the other coming from senior distance ace Henning in the 800, in a time of 2:19.81.
Henning scored 20.5 of Montezuma’s team points, while high jumper-sprinter Eli Bustamante had 12.5.
The Braves had two second-place finishes. One was by Henning in the 3,200, in 12:04.15, the other by Bustamante in the high jump. He cleared 5 feet, two inches.
UP NEXT – Montezuma competes at Lynnville-Sully on Tuesday, April 6, starting at 4 p.m.
Plainsmen Invite – Class B
Team points – 1, Belle Plaine 128. 2, English Valleys 125. 3, HLV 104. 4, BGM 53. 5, tie, Montezuma 43 and Don Bosco 43. 7, Keota 30. 8, Meskwaki 19. 9, Tri-County 11.
Montezuma places/efforts
100 – 5, Eli Bustamante, 13.32. 6, Marty Knox, 13.52. 15, Drake Benedict, 19.23.
200 – 10, Eli Bustamante, 27.08. 11, Marty Knox, 28.11.
400 – 10, Garrett Watts, 1:08.24.
800 – 1, Brydon Henning, 2:19.81. 10, Jayden Ross, 3:06.67.
1,600 – 7, Carter McKee, 5:55.30. 8, Brydon Henning, 5:55.53. 14, Braxton Simpson, 7:22.26.
3,200 – 2, Brydon Henning, 12:04.15. 5) Carter McKee, 12:12.50. 8, Jayden Ross, 13:49.26.
Discus – 6, Kennen Roadcap, 81-1.
High jump – 2, Eli Bustamante, 5-2.
Long jump – 6, Garrett Watts, 17-1. 8, Marty Knox, 16-3.
Shot put – 7, Kennen Roadcap, 32-11 ¾. 22, Drake Benedict, 17-10 ½.
1,600 distance medley – 1) Montezuma 4:15.20 (Eli Bustamante, Marty Knox, Garrett Watts, Brydon Henning).
