LEGRAND – The East Marshall Invitational track and field meets in April offer a little bit of everything.
First and foremost: Some of the top small school athletes this side of the state meet compete in this one.
They all need discipline to get through it without missing a starter’s call in this 26-event extravaganza.
Like on Thursday, April 13: You can get wind-burned early in the meet, sun-burned before sunset, and frozen after it gets dark.
But when the gun is fired, you can really test yourself.
“Competing against larger schools will bring some great competition and also allows for the girls to run in several different events,” said Bravettes Coach Megan Carlson.
The Bravettes were 12th out of 13 teams, with 16 points.
Highlights included a fourth place run by Ellen Cook over 3,000 meters, and sixth by Chloe Snook in the 400 dash. It’s all chronicled in the results summary below.
“It was another warm weather day with some extremely windy conditions,” Carlson said. “East Marshall runs a great meet that allowed our team to see some top performances in the state.”
“Our times were a little off early in the evening with the wind pushing so hard. Sometimes challenging conditions allow for the girls to grow,” the coach said.
“It was a long week, with state testing, two meets, coming back from (spring) break and several girls preparing for State FFA,” Carlson said.
“The stress is going to start lessening, and I know the kids will continue to grow and improve,” Carlson said. “It was wonderful being able to have everyone compete in several events.”
EAST MARSHALL INVITATIONAL
at LeGrand
Girls Team Points – 1, Union-LaPorte City 115. 2, Bondurant-Farrar 04. 3, Oskaloosa 93.5. 4, Newton 83. 5, Roland-Story 78. 6,Greene County 63. 7, Grinnell 59. 8, Nevada 44. 9, BCLUW 40. 10, East Marshall 28. 11, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17.5. 12, Montezuma 16. 13, South Tama 9.
Montezuma places, efforts
High jump – Lily Ferry 4-4.
Long jump – Taya Sincox 12-9.5. Ashlee Eilander 11-4.75. Hayley Burnett, 11-3.75.
Shot put – Taylor Wilcox 26-5.5. Sam Bos 24-1.
Discus – Sam Bos 66-0. Tayler Wickham 22-11.
Sprint medley – 6, MHS 2:06. (Madison Van Zee, Taya Sincox, Chloe Snook, Izzy Roorda).
JV sprint medley – 2:16.85 (Kayl Young, Kami Mathes, Cam Brennan, Laila Kercheval).
3,000 – 4, Ellen Cook, 12:55.01.
4×800 – 7, 12;10.19 (Mia Boultn, Claire Erselius, Lindsey Henry, Kami Mathes).
Shuttle hurdles – 1:28.33 (Lydia Singleton, Ashlee Eilander, Sara Bos, Hayley Burnett).
100 – Macy Young 16.02, Madison Van Zee 16.04, Lily Ferry 16.45.
Distance medley – 5:41.0 (Laila Kercheval, Claire Erselius, Cam Brennan, Alivia Cline).
JV distance medley – 5:52.56 (Addy Probasco, Kylee Larmore, Makenna Johannes, Willow Young).
400 – 6, Chloe Snook 65.23. Lindsey Henry 73.39. Haileah Eichenberger 81.0.
4×200 – 9, MHS, 2:03.96. (Izzy Roorda, Kami Mathes, Macy Young, Madison Van Zee).
JV 4×200 – 2:06.89 (Kayl Young, Lydia Singleton, Ellen Cook, Mia Boulton).
100 hurdles – Hayley Burnett 22:75, Alivia Cline 22.85, Taylor Wilcox 24.82.
800 – Kylee Larmore 3:19.10. Ashlee Eilander, 3:20.07. Willow Young 3:29.37.
200 – Lily Ferry 31.12. Taya Sincox 32.27. Haileah Eichenberger 33.94.
400 hurdles – Sara Bos 1:40.93.
1,500 – 9, Claire Erselius 6:20.40. Lindsey Henry 6:37.61.
4×100 – 9, MHS 56.13 (Kayl Young, Izzy Roorda, Taya Sincox, Chloe Snook).
JV 4×100 – 58.73 (Madison Van Zee, Lydia Singleton, Cam Brennan, Lily Ferry).
JV 4×100(2) – 61.54. (Alivia Cline, Haileah Eichenberger, Makenna Johannes, Ashlee Eilander).
Thrower’s 4×100 – 68.51 (Sam Bos, Taylor Wilcox, Maddie Muilenberg, Tayler Wickham).
4×400 – 6, 4:35.88 (Ellen Cook, Izzy Roorda, Kami Mathes, Chloe Snook).
JV 4×400 – 4:59.79 (Macy Young, Mia Boulton, Alvia Cline, Laila Kercheval).