TIPTON — Five area girls track and field events among three Conservative area teams will compete at the 2016 Drake Relays this week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The annual showcase of the best track and field participants begins Wednesday with the Decathlon, Heptathlon and the pole vault and concludes Saturday afternoon.
Tipton has three girls, two of which are in field events. Seniors Caitlin Himes and Alyssa Crock are joined by freshman Jamie Kofron at the Relays. Himes will return to the Relays in the discus event while Kofron (shot put) and Crock (100-meter dash) make their Drake Relays debuts. Himes will throw Friday morning at 9 while Kofron will throw at 3:30 on Thursday afternoon. Crock will run in the prelims of the 100-meter dash at 8:31 Friday morning.
Durant has a pair of seniors going to the blue oval. Thrower Brinn Grunder will compete in the shot put and distance runner Alyssa Williams will compete in both the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter races. The 1,500-meter run is at 12:45 Saturday and the 3,000-meter run is at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Grunder will throw Thursday afternoon at 3:30.
North Cedar will also have a relay event out at the relays. The Knights 4X400-meter relay team qualified. They will run in the prelims on Friday night at 8:31 p.m.
Northeast Goose Lake senior Aleenah Marcucci three individual races and Mid-Prairie sophomore Anna Hostetler two races as they lead a field of many River Valley Conference runners and throwers for both boys’ and girls’.
Conservative Coverage Area Qualifiers:
Girl’s
Discus - Caitlin Himes Sr. (Tipton)
Shot Put - Brinn Grunder Sr. (Durant), Jamie Kofron Fr. (Tipton)
100-meter dash - Alyssa Crock Sr. (Tipton)
1,500-meter run - Alyssa Williams Sr. (Durant)
3,000-meter run - Alyssa Williams Sr. (Durant)
4X400-meter relay - North Cedar
River Valley Conference Girls Drake Relays Qualifiers:
Shot Put - Coutney Schnoor Jr. (Camanche).
Long Jump - Aleenah Marcucci Sr. (NE Goose Lake)
1,500-meter run - Anna Hostetler Soph. (Mid-Prairie)
3,000-meter run - Anna Hostetler Soph. (Mid-Prairie)
100-meter hurdles - Aleenah Marcucci Sr. (NE Goose Lake)
400-meter hurdles - Aleenah Marcucci Sr. (NE Goose Lake)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay - Cascade
4X100-meter relay - NE Goose Lake, Mid-Prairie, Cascade, Monticello
4X200-meter relay - Cascade
4X400-meter relay - Monticello
4X800-meter relay - Monticello
River Valley Conference Boys Drake Relays Qualifiers:
Shot Put - Jared Brinkman Jr. (IC Regina), Zach Timm Sr. (Monticello), Levi Duwa Jr. (Mid-Prairie)
Discus - Levi Duwa Jr. (Mid-Prairie)
Long Jump - Cooper Koenig Sr. (West Branch)
High Jump - Alex DonDiego Jr. (NE Goose Lake), Dylan Dodson Sr. (Camanche), Garrett Rieniets Sr. (Monticello), Braden Hoyer Fr. (NE Goose Lake), Noah Feldman Jr. (West Liberty), Noah Steiner Sr. (Monticello)
100-meter dash - Tanner Iske Soph. (West Liberty)
800-meter run - Matt Manternach Sr. (Monticello), Derek Manternach Sr. (Monticello)
110-meter high hurdles - Hunter Wargo (West Branch)
400-meter hurdles - Nick Kennicker Sr. (NE Goose Lake), Wilson Seeser Sr. (Camanche)
Sprint Medley Relay - NE Goose Lake, Monticello
Shuttle Hurdle Relay - West Branch
4X100-meter relay - Monticello, West Branch, Camanche, West Liberty, Iowa City Regina,
4X400-meter relay - Monticello
4X800-meter relay - Monticello, NE Goose Lake
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