Tigers compete in last indoor track meet before this week’s RVC meet at Cornell

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  PELLA — The Tipton girl’s track team made their annual trek to Pella, Iowa last week to compete in the Central College indoor track and field meet. There, the Tigers wrapped up their indoor season before taking part in the River Valley Conference indoor meet this Thursday
at Cornell College.
  The Tigers were led by Jamie Kofron’s finish in the shot put. The class 2A runner-up at the 2016 state track and field meet, placed third in the event at Central. She had a best throw of 36-feet, 5-inches.
In the individual events, sophomore Hunter Humphrey just missed a top-10 finish in the 60-meter dash, finishing 11th in 8.59. Humphrey placed 12th in the prelims of the event in 8.57 to qualify for the finals.
  Other top-20 finishers were Amanda Smith’s 15th place finish in the 1,500-meter run (2:44.66), Sommer Daniel’s 18th place finish in the 400-meter dash (1:08.16) and Samantha DeMoss’s 19th place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (10.93).
  The Tigers best relay finish at the meet came from their 4X800-meter relay team of Tiffany Schott, Kenzie Mente, Erica Shumaker and Smith who finished 18th in a time of 12:01.26.
  The Tigers will begin their outdoor season on Tuesday, March 28 at home when they host a co-ed meet with several area teams at the meet. Tipton will travel to Cascade two days later for their first outdoor road meet of the season.

Central College High School Indoor Meet
Pella, IA
March 18
(Tipton Results Only)
Field Event Results:
Long Jump: 32. Karlee Kamberling 12-09, 36. Sara Webb 12-05.
Shot Put: 3. Jamie Kofron 36-05, 18. Bryanna Simmermaker 30-09

Individual Event Results:
60-meter dash: FINALS — 11. Hunter Humphrey 8.59; PRELIMS — 12. Hunter Humphrey 8.57, 171. Laressa Stout 10.32, 190. Alisha Thomsen 11.40.
200-meter dash: 101. Samantha DeMoss 32.13, 188. Alisha Thomsen 40.67.
400-meter dash: 18. Sommer Daniel 1:08.16, 33. Karlee Kamberling 1:10.62, 40. Blake Ehler 1:11.44, 53. Kamryn Chapman 1:13.15, 69. Katie Binns 1:15.51.
800-meter run: 15. Amanda Smith 2:44.66, 46. Erica Shumaker 3:01.61.
1,500-meter run: 18. Kenzie Mente 5:46.45..
60-meter hurdles: 19. Samantha DeMoss 10.93, 34. Blake Ehler 11.41, 44. Kamryn Chapman 11.77, 46. Brittney Ford 11.80, 70. Ashlyn Curry 12.47.
4X200-meter relay: 35. Tipton (Alisha Thomsen, Sara Webb, Ashlyn Curry, Laressa Stout) 2:21.10.
4X400-meter relay: 21. Tipton (Sommer
Daniel, Blake Ehler, Brittney Ford, Amanda Smith) 4:57.02.
4X800-meter relay: 18. Tipton (Tiffany
Schott, Kenzie Mente, Erica Shumaker, Amanda Smith) 12:01.26.