SULLY – It was damp. And it was raw. Certainly not summer resort weather.
“But the boys ran really well in very unfavorable conditions and I am very proud of how they competed,” Montezuma boys track Coach John Beck said.
The meet was the Lynnville-Sully Invitational, run on the same evening (Tuesday, April 5) when Montezuma’s scheduled girls meet over at nearby Monroe was weathered out.
The Braves put up 60 points to take seventh place in an eight-team meet.
“We had a focus on getting better with the little things – hand-offs, starts, hurdle form, etc. – and I thought the boys executed those really well,” Beck said.
“There is still some work to be done with those things – and always will be – but I liked their attention to detail when working on them.”
The Braves didn’t win any events, but placed well in a number of them. One of the better showings of strength came in the high jump, where Eli Bustamante and Garrett Watts cleared 5-4 and 5-2, respectively. They tied for third and fifth with those efforts.
Complete Montezuma place finishes and efforts are at the end of this story.
“We are really looking forward to getting out there in our next meet and looking for more improvement,” Beck said.
UP NEXT – That next meet is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, when both the boys and girls compete at North Mahaska.
LYNNVILLE-SULLY INVITE
Boys Team Scores – 1, Pleasantville, 133.5. 2, Lynnville-Sully, 126. 3, Colfax-Mingo, 115.5. 4, BGM 98, North Mahaska 96. 6, HLV 70. 7, Montezuma 60. 8, Sigourney 19
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 10, David Rose, 12.63. 11, Carter Michalek, 12.76. 21, Drake Benedict, 18.66.
200 – 12, Lars Taylor, 31.14.
400 – 7, Garrett Watts, 1:01.94. 8, Bryson Stockman, 1:02.83.
800 – 6, Colton Benson, 2:29.87. 11, Jack Erselius, 2:46.15.
110 hurdles – 7, Brett Plants, 19.15. 8, Zach Bennett, 20.12.
1,600 – 9, Jayden Ross, 6:11.0. 13, Carter McKee, 6:25.40. 15, Jusiah Wetering, 6:31.40.
3,200 – 5, Carter McKee, 13:10.44. 7, Jusiah Wetering, 14:41.03.
400 hurdles – 6, Brett Plants, 1:07.84. 10, Bryson Stockman, 1:11.31.
Discus – 6, Kennen Roadcap, 87-3. 21, Lars Taylor, 60-6. 22, Briar Simpson, 53-8.
High jump – 3, tie, Eli Bustamante, 5-4. 5, tie, Garrett Watts, 5-2.
Shot put – 12, Kennen Roadcap, 32-6.5. 21, Briar Simpson, 23-9. 24, Lars Taylor, 19-9.5.
4×100 – 5, MHS, :50.20 (Garrett Watts, Carter Michalek, Brett Plants, Eli Bustamante).
4×100 throwers – 3, MHS, 1:43.55 (Eli Bustamante, Jack Erselius, Carter Michalek, David Rose).
4×400 – 6, MHS, 4:35.50. (Jack Erselius, Zach Bennett, Colton Benson, Jayden Ross).
4×800 – 5, MHS, 10:46.31. (Colton Benson, Jayden Ross, Kohen Holland, Jack Erselius).
Shuttle hurdles – 4, MHS, 1:15.58 (Bryson Stockman, Zach Bennett, Garrett Watts, Brett Plants).
800 sprint medley – 6, MHS, 1:49.88 (Carter Michalek, Bryson Stockman, David Rose, Eli Bustamante).
1,600 distance medley – 6, MHS, 5:01.28 (Colton Benson, Davis Ross, Zach Bennett, Carter McKee).