When you run on your own track, the home folks can come out and watch you.
That was especially true for Montezuma at the Lew Lundy Relays on Tuesday, April 19.
The Bravettes ran five teams of four girls in various versions of the 4×100 relay.
Eight Bravettes threw the discus.
Eight Bravettes put the shot.
“Running at home is one of the highlights of the season,” said Montezuma Coach Megan Carlson. “Your fans get to wath and cheer you on. Also, we were able to get more girls into events.”
The Bravettes fared pretty well, too, placing fourth in an eight team field. It was close at the top, with Lynnville-Sully winning with 110.5 points over North Tama (108.3) and Baxter (102.5). Montezuma scored 89.66 points.
“Our girls ran well despite cool conditions,” Carlson said. “The girls in FFA had not competed since April 1, so this was a tune-up that was well overdue.”
Katie Reynolds scored 21.5 of Montezuma’s team points. She won the 400-meter dash in 1:06.67, and was second I the 100 in 13.85.
The Bravettes also won the 4×400 in 4:52.09. Runners were Ellen Cook, Shanae Wetering, Izzy Roorda and Alivia Cline.
“We learned a lot from the evening and know several areas that we need to work on,” Carlson said.
“One positive was the girls’ fight and determination. They competed hard and did what was necessary,” she said.
“Hopefully, we can get a few more quality meets under our belts and continue to improve,” Carlson said. “This group is a blessing to work with and we hope they just keep pushing each other. Improvement will come!”
UP NEXT – The Bravettes compete in Baxter on Thursday, April 21.
LEW LUNDY RELAYS
Girls team points – 1, Lynnville-Sully, 110.5. 2, North Tama 108.3. 3, Baxter 102.5. 4, Montezuma 89.66. 5, North Mahaska 66. 6, Tri-County 48. 7, Meskwaki 34. 8, GMG 26.
Bravette individual team point leaders – Katie Reynolds 21.5, Ellen Cook 12.83. Izzy Roorda 9.0, Kalynn Wanders 8.5.
Bravette places, efforts
100 – 2, Katie Reynolds, 13.85. 6, Camryn Brennan, 14.91. 12, Addyson Probasco, 16.33. 14, Emily James 17.04. Sam Bos, no time.
200 – 5, Katie Reynolds, 30.22. 12, Addyson Probasco, 34.60. 15, Emily James, 36.52.
400 – 1, Katie Reynolds, 1:06.67. 12, Makenna Johannes, 1:23.07. Willow Young, no time.
800 – 4, Ellen Cook, 2:53.03. 12, Ashlee Eilander, 3:18.07.
100 hurdles – 9, Leslie Lopez, 20.46. 10, Lydia Singleton, 20.84. 12, Jadyn Sharer, 21.81.
1,500 – 9, Rebeka Teumer, 6:51.93. Haley Van Der Hart, no time.
3,000 – 4, Ellen Cook, 13:00.95. 6, Ashlee Eilander, 14:56.29.
400 hurdles – 4, Alivia Cline, 1:25.31. Ashlee Eilander, no time.
Discus – 3, Kalynn Wanders, 75-4. 5, Shanae Wetering, 72-5.5. 8, Shiressa Wetering, 66-4. 10, Tayler Wickham, 62-2. 11, Sam Bos, 60-4. 12, Taylor Wilcox, 58-3.5. 14, Gracelynn Strayer, 48-5. 15, Jade Benedict, 23-5.
High jump – 4, tie, Ellen Cook, 4-6. 4, tie, Coral Lowry, 4-6. 7, tie, Taya Sincox, 4-4.
Long jump – 4, Izzy Roorda, 13-0.75. 8, Haley Burnett, 12-2.25. 10, Jadyn Sharer, 11-5. 12, Willow Young, 10-5.5.
Shot put – 6, Shiressa Wetering, 29-0.75. 7, Shanae Wetering, 28-11. 14, Taylor Wilcox, 23-5.5. 15, Tayler Wickham, 21-0. 16, Sam Bos, 20-7.5. 17, Gracelynn Strayer, 18-3.5. 18, Rebeka Teumer, 17-4. 19, Jade Benedict, 12-4.
4×100 – 3, MHS, 56.92 (Madison Van Zee, Katie Reynolds, Kalynn Wanders, Izzy Roorda. 6, MHS, 1:04.03 (Addy Probasco, Emily James, Taylor Wilcox, Linnea Gusic). 8, MHS, 1:08.07 (1:08.07 (Kylee Larmore, Taytin Chamberlin, Makenna Johannes, Willow Young). No place, MHS, 1:02.67 (Camryn Brennan, Haley Van Der Hart, Jadyn Sharer, Leslie Lopez).
4×200 – 2, MHS, 2:06.17 (Taya Sincox, Taytin Chamberlin, Allyson Larmore, Laila Kercheval). No place – MHS, 2:14.71 (Camryn Brennan, Kylee Larmore, Mia Boulton, Ashlee Eilander).
4×400 – 1, MHS, 4:52.09 (Ellen Cook, Shanae Weterng, Izzy Roorda, Alivia Cline). 8, MHS, 5:34.31 (Kaylynn Wanders, Taya Sincox, Mia Boulton, Laila Kercheval).
4×800 – 5, MHS, 12:18.65 (Mia Boulton, Haley Van Der Hart, Kylee Larmore, Rebeka Teumer).
Shuttle hurdle – 3, MHS, 1:24.92 (Leslie Lopez, Lydia Singleton, Jadyn Sharer, Taytin Chamberlin).
Sprint medley – 6, MHS, 2:12.83 (Taya Sincox, Laila Kercheval, Alivia Cline, Camryn Brennan). No place, MHS, 2:24.20 (Lydia Singleton, Allyson Larmore, Kylee Larmore, Rebeka Teumer).
Distance medley – 4, MHS, 5:15.31 (Shanae Wetering, Kalynn Wanders, Izzy Roorda, Alivia Cline)
Thrower’s 4×100 – no place, MHS, 1:11.0 (Sam Bos, Shiressa Wetering, Gracelynn Strayer, Tayler Wickham).