Clem Kadiddlehopper, a character of the late comedian Red Skelton, might have put it this way:
“Blustery? Gee, I dunno’. But it sure was windy, I’ll put it that way!”
Judges, timers, the starter and athletes deserve credit for persevering at Montezuma’s annual junior high track and field meet, the Gayle Creswell Relays, on Tuesday, April 14.
Montezuma’s boys did well in their portion of the meet, placing fourth in a seven-school field of SICL schools.
The Braves did it by holding off strong challenges from Belle Plaine and North Mahaska for that fourth-place spot.
Luke Erselius scored 18 team points to lead the Braves, while Broox Stockman scored 14.
Erselius placed second in both the 800- and 1,600-meter runs, and ran a leg of a placing relay.
Stockman was second in the 200-meter dash, tied for fourth in the high jump, and ran on two placing relays.
Damien Knox placed third with a strong 5-0 effort in the high jump.
GAYLE CRESWELL RELAYS
Boys team scores – 1, BGM 166. 2, Lynnville-Sully 12. 3, Keota 111. 4, Montezuma 84. 5, Belle Plaine 83. 6, North Mahaska 74. 7, HLV 42.
Leading Montezuma scorers – Luke Erselius 18, Broox Stockman 14.
Montezuma places, efforts
100 – 12, Braxton Plants, 15.09. 17, Blake Smith, 16.26. 18, Isaac Wedgewood, 16.32.
200 – 2, Broox Stockman, 26.26. Caleb Ragsdale, no time. Dane Strong, no time.
400 – 6, Easton Hudnut, 1:13.34. Dane Strong, no time.
800 – 2, Luke Erselius, 2:40.78. 6, Rett Pargeon, 2:49.67.
100 hurdles – 8, Braxton Plants, 19.78.
1,600 – 2, Luke Erselius, 6:06.19. 7, Lynkin Bru, 6:39.26.
200 – 6, Luke Brennan, 33.12.
Discus – 8, Cade Stone, 81-5.5. Randy Schuur, no distance.
High jump – 3, Damien Knox, 5-0. 4, tie, Broox Stockman, 4-8.
Long jump – 11, Rett Pargeon, 13-4. 17, Evan Haughey, 11-2.
Shot put – 5, Isaac Wedgewood, 31-10.25. 18, Randy Schuur, 20-11.
4×100 – 5, MJH, 57.93 (Blake Smith, Issac Wedgewood, Randy Schuur, Cade Stone.
4×200 – 3, MJH, 2:00.43 (Damien Knox, Evan Haughey, Cade Stone, Braxton Plants).
4×400 – 5, MJH, 4:43.42 (Luke Brennan, Lynkin Bru, Rett Pargeon, Broox Stockman).
4×800 – 2, MJH, 11:14.34 (Rett Pargeon, Corbin Lowery, Lynkin Bru, Luke Erselius).
Sprint medley – 2, MJH, 2:05.08 (Damien Knox, Evan Haughey, Luke Brennan, Broox Stockman).
Distance medley – 7, MJH, 6:00.91 (Evan Haughey, Easton Hudnut, Corbin Lowery, Beau Young).