SULLY – The Braves squeezed maximum efforts from their bodies, and put four athletes in three events into this week’s state finals after their competition at the Class 1A state qualifying meet on Thursday, May 18.
The four are Brady Boulton, Broox Stockman, Luke Brennan and David Rose.
The three events: the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 4×100 relay.
The State Meet will be Thursday through Saturday, May 22-24 at Drake University in Des Moines.
David Rose was second in the 100-meter dash in 11.29 seconds, with a major push from third-place teammate Broox Stockman (11.31).
They are the sixth- and seventh-fastest qualifiers, respectively, in the State Meet.
Rose was second in the 200 at Sully in 23.22. He came within .08 of a second of qualifying in that event also. That’s right . . . eight one-hundreths of a second.
Such is life at a state qualifying track meet. Athletes giving it their best sometimes do get eliminated by the closest of margins.
The Braves have some speed, and they burned it in winning the 4×100 in 44.56. That got them to State with the 16th-fastest seed time.
The four are Brady Boulton, Broox Stockman, Luke Brennan and David Rose.
Checking the list of events, Talen Holland ran a respectable 2:10.71 in placing sixth in the 800-meter run. For State, he would have needed a 2:05.64, which he may do next year.
The sprint medley team was fifth in 1:46.15. A time of 1:38.22 got to state.
The shuttle hurdle relay team improved all season. They got fifth in this meet at 1:09.77. Needed for State was 1:05.32, so that’s another goal that’s out there and could be attainable.
In the throws, Briar Simpson finally got his 40-foot shot put effort in this final meet. It was 40 feet, 3 and one-half inches, and it took seventh place in this meet.
Montezuma results follow:
Class 1A Boys State Qualifier
at Lynnville-Sully
Team points – 1, Baxter 126. 6, Montezuma 55. There were 14 teams.
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 2, David Rose, 11.29. 3, Broox Stockman, 11.31.
200 – 2, David Rose, 23.22.
4×100 – 1, MHS, 44.56 (Brady Boulton, Broox Stockman, Luke Brennan, David Rose.
400 – 7, Dayton Reif, 58.50. 12, Easton Hudnut, 1:00.49.
4×200 – 6, MHS, 1:42.47.
800 – 6, Talen Holland, 2:10.71. 15, Rett Pargeon, 2:25.16.
4×400 – 7, MHS, 3:56.06.
4×800 – 8, MHS, 1:46.15.
1,600 – 15, Cade Lowry, 5:32.51. 17, Linkyn Bru, 5:33.87.
800 medley – 5, MHS, 1:46.15.
1,600 medley – 10, MHS, 4:46.30.
110 hurdles – 7, Luke Brennan, 17.31.
400 hurdles – 13, Evan Haughey, 1:08.36.
Shuttle hurdles – 5, MHS, 1:09.77.
3,200 – 9, Cade Lowry, 12:31.12. 12, Cael Cheney, 12:57.57.
Long jump – 9, Evan Haughey, 17-1.5. 12, Easton Hudnut, 15-10.25.
High jump – 11, Kohen Holland, no height.
Shot put – Briar Simpson, 40-3.5. 15, Beau Young, 32-10.
Discus – 10, Beau Young, 102-2. 25, Dane Strong, no distance.