GRUNDY CENTER – Will running against athletes from larger schools in recent meets pay off for Montezuma at the SICL meet on May 3?
The Braves were anxious to answer that question after competing in the Grundy Center Coed Invite on Friday, April 29.
“Overall, we ran well and there were a lot of individual personal records,” said Montezuma Coach John Beck. “The conditions were not always great, but the guys persevered through it.”
The Braves placed sixth in a nine-team field with 37 points.
“Handoffs, are something that we are always fine-tuning. Blocks are another thing that we will hit on before our next meet,” the coach said.
“The shuttle hurdle crew continues to improve, setting a new season-best,” Beck said. Brett Plants, Garrett Watts, Bryson Stockman and Zach Bennett clocked 1:14.47 to place fourth.
“Our sprinters did a real good job and all our 100-meters guys set a new season best in the open 100,” Beck noted.
“The high jump crew (Eli Bustamante and Garrett Watts) placed well in very tough jumping conditons,” Beck said.
Watts placed second at 5 feet, 4 inches, and Bustamante was third at 5-2. The two were Montezuma’s leading scorers in this meet.
“Jayden Ross continues to push himself and dropped his 1,600 meters time again,” Beck said.
Ross placed eighth in the 1,600 at 5:37.85. He was seventh over 3,200 meters, in 12:19.45.
“The guys are excited to get out and compete in the conference meet,” Beck said.
UP NEXT – The SICL meet is at Belle Plaine on Tuesday, May 3.
SPARTAN COED INVITE
at Grundy Center
Boys team points – 1, Grundy Center 177. 2, Waverly-Shell Rock 153.5. 3, Crestwood, 122. 4, BCLUW, 89.5. 5, Oelwein, 70. 6, Montezuma 37. 7, GMG, 37.5. 8, Belle Plaine, 21.5. 9, North Tama 11.
Top Braves scorers: Garrett Watts, 9.5. Eli Bustamante, 7.0. Jayden Ross, 5.0.
Braves places, efforts
100 – 12, Jack Erselius, 12.32. 13, David Rose, 12.41. 14, Eli Bustamante, 12.45.
200 – 9, Eli Bustamante, 24.93. 14, Carter Michalek, 25.99. 16, Bryson Stockman, 26.29.
400 – 12, Garrett Watts, 1:00.82. 15, Brett Plants, 1:03.13. 18, Kohen Holland, 1:12.13.
800 – 10, Colton Benson, 2:29.43. 14, Peter Roberts, 2:42.84.
1,600 – 8, Jayden Ross, 5:37.85. 15, Jusiah Wetering, 6:22.60.
3,200 – 7, Jayden Ross, 12:19.45. 13, Jusiah Wetering, 15:08.17.
Discus – 18, Kennen Roadcap, 92-0. 27, Lars Taylor, 66-9. 30, Briar Simpson, 55-10. 32, Drake Benedict, 43-2.
High jump – 2, Garrett Watts, 5-4. 3, Eli Bustamante, 5-2.
Long jump – 10, Zach Bennett, 16-2.5.
Shot put – 17, Kennen Roadcap, 32-7.5. 27, Briar Simpson, 25-9.5. 31, Lars Taylor, 21-9.5. 32, Drake Benedict, 19-3.
4×100 – 11, MHS, 1:02.65 (Briar Simpson, Lars Taylor, Kohen Holland, Drake Benedict).
4×200 – 6, MHS, 1:42.25 (Bryson Stockman, David Rose, Zach Bennett, Carter Michalek).
4×400 – 5, MHS, 4:10.63 (Bryson Stockman, Colton Benson, David Rose, Jack Erselius).
4×800 – 6, MHS, 10:45.97 (Jack Erselius, Peter Roberts, Kohen Holland, Colton Benson).
Shuttle hurdles – 4, MHS, 1:14.47 (Brett Plants, Garrett Watts, Bryson Stockman, Zach Bennett).
Sprint medley – 9, MHS, 1:49.92 (Brett Plants, Zach Bennett, Carter Michalek, David Rose).