By Becky Walz,
Clearing the bar at 5 feet, 10 inches earned Peyton Webb the second spot in the field. (Photo by Becky Walz)
The Decorah track and field teams wrapped up their competition on indoor tracks Tuesday, March 25 with the Northeast Iowa Conference indoor meet at Luther College.
While no team scores were kept, both squads saw victory on the track and in field events.
The boys picked up 10 first place finishes with the first coming in the shot put. William Hahn heaved the weight 50 feet, 1.25 inches, besting his teammate Luke Franzen by nearly 4 feet. Franzen was the runner-up.
Davis Walter picked up the top spot in the 400-meter dash, circumnavigating the indoor oval twice in 55.12 seconds, just ahead of fellow Viking Ray Hayek. It was Garrett See and Grant Zilka going 1-2 in the 1600-meter run. See posted the winning time of 4:40.25, edging Zilka’s 4:40.84 time for the win. Davis Coppola and D’Mitry Lesser also finished first and second in the 3200-meter run. It was a time of 10:29.41 for Coppola, while Lesser finished the race in 10:30.21.
Decorah harriers also swept the two hurdle events. Ashton Saltou traversed the 36-inch hurdles in the 55-meter race in 8.63 for gold, while Josh Adam cleared the 39-inch hurdles in 8.03 seconds in the 55-meter race.
All four relays also came out on top. In the 4×200 relay, it was Landon Quandahl, Adam, Saltou and Webb teaming up for the win in 1:34.62. In 3:37.62, the 4×400 quartet of Quandahl, Mason Avila, Max Grimstad and Trevor Kuennen broke the tape. The winning 4×800 time of 8:45.27 was posted by Decorah’s Stemper, Bill Fullhart, Clarence Nimrod and Thomas Hammel.
It was eight gold players for the Decorah girls. Renae Wilson cleared the high jump bar at 5 feet, 2 inches to be crowned the indoor champion. The junior later added the 55-meter hurdle title to her night.
Audrey Essa was also a two-time individual champion, winning both the 55-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the short event, the sophomore sprinted down the track in 7.49 seconds for the win and broke the tape in 26.69 seconds during the 200-meter event. Taking home the 800-meter title was Raelyn Newhouse in 2:38.77.
Three of the Vikings’ four relays claimed gold. In the 4×200 relay it was Stella Pole, McKenzie Riley, Cassandra Stammeyer and Ava Holthaus teaming up for the winning time of 1:51.50. Riley, Essa, Pole and Wilson combined their talents for the 4×400, stopping the clock first at 4:20.08. In 10:31.99, it was Newhouse, Eva Hurley, Olivia Volkmann and Lillian Olson winning the 4×800.
Boys results
High jump – 2. Peyton Webb 5’10”; 6. Parker Low 5’4”; 10. Thomas Davis 5’2”
Long jump – 4. Dakota VanGundy 18’6.5”; 15. Kellen O’Gara 15’8”; 16. Lucas Wymer 15’0”
Shot put – 1. William Hahn 50’1.25”; 2. Luke Franzen 46’2.75”; 7. Cash Riehle 38’11.5”; 13. Mason Vote 37’7.5”; 15. Thatcher Brown 37’5.75”
55m – 7. Davis Walter 6.99; 8. Dakota VanGundy 7.03; 9. Trevor Kuennen 7.09; 17. Griffin Brauer 7.22; 23. Carson Bohner 7.51; 23. Kaden Tarwater 7.51; 26. Owen Larson 7.61; 27. Drake Phillips 7.62; 28. Lucas Wymer 7.94
200m – 4. Grant Remington 24.46; 8. Max Grimstad 25.28; 16. Kellen O’Gara 27.24
400m – 1. Walter 55.12; 2. Ray Hayek 56.51; 4. Parker Low 57.82
800m – 2. Thomas Hammel 2:03.05; 4. Bill Fullhart 2:03.84; 5. Grant Zilka 2:04.13; 6. Landyn Hook 2:20.05
1600m – 1. Garrett See 4:40.25; 2. Grant Zilka 4:40.84; 4. Landyn Hook 5:04.86
3200m – 1. Davis Coppola 10:29.41; 2. D’Mitry Lesser 10:30.21; 4. Esteban Fernandez 11:52.88
55m hurdles (36”) – 1. Ashton Saltou 8.63; 9. Brayden Miculinich 9.55; 12. Kyan Oftedahl 10.08; 13. Thomas Davis 10.23
55m hurdles (39”) – 1. Josh Adam 8.03; 3. Carter Riley 9.64
4×200 – 1. Landon Quandahl, Adam, Saltou, Webb, 1:34.62; 5. Gavin Knutson, Mason Avila, Archer Sims, Jace Buddenberg, 1:39.91; 8. Phillips, Tarwater, Miculinich, Larson, 1:43.80
4×400 – 1. Quandahl, Avila, Grimstad, Trevor Kuennen, 3:37.62; 4. Kyle Pattison, Ray Hayek, Riley, Zander McConnell, 3:52.40
4×800 – 1. Mitchell Stemper, Bill Fullhart, Clarence Nimrod, Thomas Hammel, 8:45.27; 4. Camden Kerner, Dylan Brincks, Gavin Wilkins, Weston Cote, 11:00.12
Distance medley – 1. Remington, Kyle Pattison, Stemper, See, 3:47.42; 3. Buddenberg, Knutson, Sims, Nimrod, 4:11.93
Girls results
High jump – 1. Renae Wilson 5’2”; 5. Brylee Hanson 4’4”
Long jump – 8. Camryn Elster 14’3.5”; 9. Ava Holthaus 14’1”; 10. Jerikah Dodd 13’11.5”
Shot put – 5. Lauren Luzum 34’8.25”; 6. Grace Tangen 34’5.75”; 8. Margaret Hahn 31’5.5”; 12. Kate Pattison 29’10.25”; 15. Liz Bucksa 28’4.5”
55m – 1. Audrey Essa 7.49; 4. Cassandra Stammeyer 7.74; 12. Natalie Goodner 8.27; 19. Jayden Lundtvedt 8.53; 24. Emily Myers 8.70; 26. Eden Scheidel 8.76; 26. Jenna Leuenberger 8.76; 29. Ava Steine 8.83; 32. Poppy Bellrichard 8.93
200m – 1. Essa 26.69; 12. Kennady Riehle 31.70; 14. Leuenberger 31.91; 15. Brylee Hanson 32.05; 17. Willow Blair 32.53
400m – 3. Jerikah Dodd 1:09.15; 5. Addison Quandahl 1:12.49; 6. Brinlee Courtney 1:13.46; 10. Bellrichard 1:19.77
800m – 1. Raelyn Newhouse 2:38.77; 4. Natalie Stevens 2:53.04; 6. Lillian Dahlen 3:09.63
1500m – 2. Lily Sandhorst 5:28.05; 3. Riley Christopher 5:38.29; 6. Olivia Rissman 5:51.63
3000m – 2. Brinlee Courtney 12:39.33; 3. Natalie Stevens 12:46.86; 5. Grace Blikre 13:16.24
55m hurdles – 1. Renae Wilson 8.80; 4. Kelby Kerndt 9.93; 7. Kennady Riehle 10.10; 8. Addisyn Ivy 10.29; 16. Camryn Elster 10.58; 17. Harlie Larson 10.67; 19. Eden Scheidel 10.83; 26. Lyla Lovstuen 11.56; 27. Emily Myers 11.69
4×200 – 1. Stella Pole, McKenzie Riley, Stammeyer, Ava Holthaus, 1:51.50; 4. Caylee Malanaphy, Ella Stille, Kerndt, Eden Northup, 1:56.32; 8. Elster, Lovstuen, Laylah Schissel, Larson, 2:02.43
4×400 – 1. Riley, Essa, Pole, Wilson, 4:20.08; 4. Northup, Hurley, Lillian Olson, Olivia Volkmann, 4:37.62
4×800 – 1. Raelyn Newhouse, Eva Hurley, Olivia Volkmann, Lillian Olson, 10:31.99; 4. Simone Downing, Camryn Quandahl, Lauren Holthaus, Taya Snitker, 11:49.83
Distance medley – 4. Stille, Ivy, Goodner, Lauren Holthaus, 5:01.19; 5. Lundtvedt, Malanaphy, Rachel Spilde-Maki, Downing, 5:05.55; 6. Blair, Hanson, Deborah Hougen, Christopher, 5:006.26
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