By Keith Brake
Montezuma Magazine Editor
MARENGO – The Bravettes will tell you: They had fun doing track and field on Thursday evening, May 6.
Closer to full strength, Montezuma put Monday’s third-place experience at the SICL Meet behind them and rolled to their fourth invitational meet win of the season.
This one was at the Rick Wanamaker Coed Invitational. The Bravettes put up 153 points, blowing past Belle Plaine (101), a team that had come in ahead of them at the conference meet.
A total of 19 Bravettes scored team points in this one, including eight who put up 10 or more. “After a strong finish in the SICL meet, the girls were ready to have some fun and also still perform well,” Coach Megan Carlson said. “Heading over on a great weather night, the girls ran outstanding and had many top finishes, as well as season-best performances.”
Senior Dylan Holland did much of the “heavy lifting”, winning both throws events and scoring 23 team points.
Holland won the discus with a season’s best of 95 feet, 9 inches. She won by more than a foot as she is starting to flirt with the 100-feet mark.
Holland also won the shot put at 30 feet, 8 inches.
Several other girls took their turns in the individual event winner’s circle.
Madison Van Zee won the 100-meter dash in 14.27 seconds.
Haley Van Der Hart took the 1,500 in 6:13.28, winning a duel to the finish by about one second.
Alivia Cline won the 400-meter hurdles by three seconds in 1:18.02.
Montezuma’s other win was in the 4×400, where Ash Krousie, Van Zee, Laila Kercheval and Alivia Cline went around four times in 4:45.76.
“Overall, the night was fun, filled with smiles, and made for a great evening,” Carlson said.
Coral Lowry and Krousie took second and third, respectively, in the high jump with leaps of 4-6 and 4-4.
Carmen Klos gave the Bravettes a second-place finish in the long jump.
The Bravettes placed second in three relays, the 4×100, the 4×800 and the 1,600 distance medley.
UP NEXT – The Bravettes and Braves host the Darrell Brand Relays on Monday, May 10.
Rick Wanamaker Coed
Girls team points – 1, Montezuma 153. 2, Belle Plaine 101. 3, BGM 88. 4, Iowa Valley 81. 5, HLV 66. 6, Tri-County 57. 7, Keota 17.
Montezuma team point leaders – Dylan Holland 23, Madison Van Zee 14.5, Ash Krousie 14.5, Carmen Klos 14, Alivia Cline 13.5. Haley Van Der Hart 12, Coral Lowry 11.5, Katie Reynolds 10.5.
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 1, Madison Van Zee 14.27. 8, Katie Reynolds 15.28. 14, Rebeka Teumer 16.41.
200 – 3, Katie Reynolds 30.46. 9, Sam Bos, 34.19. No time – Allyson Larmore.
400 – 5, Mia Boulton, 1:12.68. 6, Laila Kercheval 1:13.80.
800 – 3, Elise Boulton 2:47.34. 9, Makenna Johannes, 3:16.33. 10, Ashlee Eilander 3:21.63.
100 hurdles – 5, Aja Kapayou 21.56. 7, Lydia Singleton 21.96. 10, Coral Lowry 23.84.
1,500 – 1, Haley Van Der Hart 6:13.28. 4, Carmen Klos, 6:29.95.
3,000 – 4, Ashlee Eilander 14:34.42.
400 hurdles – 1, Alivia Cline, 1:18.02. 4, Lydia Singleton 1:28.90.
Discus – 1, Dylan Holland 95-9. 9, Allyson Larmore 63-0.
High jump – 2, Coral Lowry 4-6. 3, Ash Krousie 4-4. No height – Carmen Klos.
Long jump – 2, Carmen Klos 13-2½. 5, Jordan Ranfeld 12-5. 9, Rebeka Teumer 11-0.
Shot put – 1, Dylan Holland, 30-8. 4, Ash Krousie 26-10. 11, Sam Bos 19-6.
4×100 – 2, 58.30 (Cam Brennan, Alivia Cline, Madison Van Zee, Ash Krousie).
JV 4×100 – 1:06.00 (Ash Krousie, Sam Bos, Makenna Johannes, Haley Van Der Hart).
4×200 – 4, 2:08.06 (Aivia Cline, Allyson Larmore, Dylan Holland, Camryn Brennan.
4×400 – 1, 4:45.76 (Ash Krousie, Madison Van Zee, Laila Kercheval, Alivia Cline).
4×800 – 2, 12:28.38 (Allyson Larmore, Carmen Klos, Rebeka Teumer, Makenna Johannes).
400 hurdle shuttle – 3, 1:24.13 (Lydia Singleton, Coral Lowry, Aja Kapayou, Ashlee Eilander).
800 sprint medley – 5, 2:15.76 (Aja Kapayou, Laila Kercheval, Jordan Ranfeld, Rebeka Teumer).
1,600 distance medley – 2, 5:09.36 (Dylan Holland, Camryn Brennan, Jordan Ranfeld, Haley Van Der Hart).
