BELLE PLAINE – Montezuma’s boys track team found points tough to come by at the SICL meet on Tuesday, May 3.
But the team’s times and distances still made some improvement.
The Braves put up 24.5 points, good for ninth place in the team standings. But Coach John Beck saw some bright spots for the Braves.
“We ran well in a very competitive conference meet,” Beck said.
Indeed, it was competitive. Lynnville-Sully, English Valleys, North Mahaska and Belle Plaine were the top four teams, and each produced more than 100 points.
“The guys came out on a very cold night and we had multiple athletes producing personal records in events,” Beck said.
Top individual finish was a tie for fifth place n the high jump by Eli Bustamante, who was the Braves’ top individual scorer with eight team points. The Braves’ top relay was fifth by the 4×100. Bustamante was part of that, along with Carter Michalek, David Rose and Jack Erselius.
“Our sprints continued to improve in both relays and individual events,” Beck said. “We are getting some good leadership from Eli Bustamante and Zach Bennett.”
“Our distance crew continues to run races really well,” Beck said. “Colton Benson and Jayden Ross continue to push the group and their times.”
“The shuttle hurdle group continued to push a personal record time despite a couple of hit hurdles and a tumble late in one of their runs,” the coach said. “I am very excited to see what they can do with a clean run.”
“Our field events continue to get us points in meets,” Beck said. “We had a couple of personal records, which is very good to see this time of the year.’
UP NEXT – The Braves are at Iowa Valley on Thurssday, May 5.
BOYS SICL TRACK
at Belle Plaine
Team scores – 1, Lynnville-Sully, 128. 2, English Valleys, 119. 3, North Mahaska, 107. 4, Belle Plaine, 104.5. 5, Iowa Valley, 91. 6, BGM, 59. 7, HLV, 53. 8, Colfax-Mingo, 47. 9, MHS, 24.5. 10, Sigourney, 5. 11, Tri-County, 2.
Braves points leaders – Eli Bustamante 8.0, Kennen Roadcap, 3.0, Jayden Ross, 3.0.
Braves places, efforts
100 – 13, David Rose, 12.83.
200 – 12, Jack Erselius, 25.25. 18, Marty Knox, 28.57.
400 – 6, Eli Bustamante, 57.39.
800 – 9, Colton Benson, 2:25.83. 15, Peter Roberts, 2:47.91.
110 hurdles – 9, Plants, 18.94.
1,600 – 10, Jayden Ross, 5:41.54. 11, Carter McKee, 5:52.39..
3,200 – 6, Jayden Ross, 12:10.59. 11, Jusiah Wetering, 14:12.11.
400 hurdles – 12, Garrett Watts, 1:09.53.
Discus – 6, Kennen Roadcap, 102-7. 21, Lars Taylor, 64-0.
High jump – tie 5, Eli Bustamante, 5-4. tie 6, Garrett Watts, 5-2.
Long jump – 12, Zach Bennett, 17-7.25.
Shot put – 11, Kennen Roadcap, 33-8.5. 22, Briar Simpson, 26-2.5.
4×100 – 5, MHS, 48.93 (Carter Michalek, Eli Bustamante, David Rose, Jack Erselius).
4×100 throwers – 9, MHS, 1:07.10 (Nik Kotar, Zach Bennett, Marty Knox, Bryson Stockman).
4×200 – MHS disqualified.
4×400 – 9, MHS, 4:09.71 (Bryson Stockman, Colton Benson, Garrett Watts, Brett Plants).
4×800 – 7, MHS, 10:59.99 (Carter McKee, Peter Roberts, Kohen Holland, Colton Benson).
Shuttle hurdles – 6, MHS, 1:14.75 (Brett Plants, Garrett Watts, Bryson Stockman, Marty Knox).
Sprint medley – 7, MHS, 1:44.76 (David Rose, Jack Erselius, Eli Bustamante, Carter Michalek).
Distance medley – 9, MHS, 4:56..80 (Zach Bennett, Carter McKee, Peter Roberts, Jusiah Wetering).