Braves leave porch and run with big dogs

Zach Bennett, right, hands to Garrett Watts in the 1,600 distance medley at East Marshall. (Submitted).

LeGRAND – The Braves got to run against larger school competition and on a good night for track and field at the Mustang Relays on Monday, April 11.

The Braves scored five team points to tie for 12th place. Denver won the meet with 150 points.

Eli Bustamante scored four team points for Montezuma, with Zach Bennett recoding the other point.

Bustamante was seventh in the 400-meter dash at 56.61 seconds and seventh in the high jump with his season’s best of 5 feet, 6 inches.

Bennett placed eighth in the long jump at 16 feet, 10 and one-half inches.

UP NEXT – The Braves will host the Lew Lundy Relays in Montezuma on Tuesday, April 19.

BOYS MUSTANG RELAYS

at LeGrand

Team Points – 1, Denver, 150. 12, tie, Montezuma, 5.

Brave places, efforts

100 – 18, David Rose, 12.54. 25, Brett Plants, 13.36. 38, Drake Benedict, 18.06.

200 – 20, Carter Michalek, 26.16. 25, Zach Bennett, 26.51. 37, Lars Taylor, 31.83.

400 – 7, Eli Bustamante, 56.61. 19, Brett Plants, 1:01.37. 29, Kohen Holland, 1:13.75.

800 – 21, Jayden Ross, 2:36.34. 23, Carter McKee, 2:39.87. 26, Jusiah Wetering, 2:50.74.

110 hurdles – 13, Brett Plants, 19.00. 16, Zach Bennett, 21.11.

1,600 – 17, Carter McKee, 5:48.02. 20, Jayden Ross, 6:02.96. 24, Jusiah Wetering, 6:33.0.

3,200 – 9, Carter McKee, 12:56.04. 13, Kohen Holland, 14:01.37. 14, Jusiah Wetering, 14:01.71.

400 hurdles – 19, Brett Plants, 1:10.60. Garrett Watts, no time.

Discus – 15, Kennen Roadcap, 95-6. 32, Lars Taylor, 62-11. 34, Briar Simpson, 57-6.

High jump – 7, Eli Bustamante, 5-6. 9, tie, Garrett Watts, 5-4.

Shot put – 13, Nik Kotar, 37-10. 24, Kennen Roadcap, 32-8. 36, Briar Simpson, 24-6.5.

Long jump – 8, Zach Bennet, 16-10.5.

4×100 – 18, MHS, 59.25 (Briar Simpson, Lars Taylor, Kohen Holland, Kennen Roadcap).

4×200 – 13, MHS, 1:45.56 (Carter Michalek, Garrett Watts, David Rose, Nik Kotar).

4×400 – 10, MHS, 3:56.74 (David Rose, Carter Michalek, Nik Kotar, Eli Bustamante).

800 sprint medley – 10, MHS, 1:47.90. (Carter Michalek, Nik Kotar, David Rose, Eli Bustamante).

1,600 distance medley – 14, MHS, 4:42.81 (Carter McKee, Zach Bennett, Garrett Watts, Jayden Ross).