Wilton senior Evan Reifert qualified for the state meet in three events. He joined fellow senior Kaylee Ford in Des Moines. Ford qualified in two distance events. Reifert qualified in the long jump, the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash events. All three of those events were on Thursday’s afternoon session.
Reifert placed third in the long jump last Thursday. Reifert’s best preliminary jump distance came on his first jump at a distance of 20-feet, 8.25-inches. He is fortunate to get that jump in as he would foul on each of his next two jumps, avoiding elimination. In the finals, he recorded his best jump of 21-feet, 1-inch that would give him third place. he fouled on his second jump and had a last finals jump of 20-08. Half of the eight finalists in the event, jumped their best jump in the finals with two of those, including the long jump champ - Miles Rupiper (Carroll Kemper) - came in their last jump in the finals.
Reifert ran in the 200-meter dash prelims. There, he placed 9th and narrowly missed qualifying for Saturday’s finals. Reifert had a 9th place finish in a time of 22.85 which was .17 behind Noah Anderson of PCM who placed 8th, the last finals spot. Two other RVC runners also competed there with David Gonzalez of Comanche finishing 5th and North Cedar’s Bryce Bemer also in the prelims. Gage Clay from AHSTW and Madrid’s Michael Santi went 1-2 in the prelims and the finals as Clay won the state title in 21.98 and Santi was second in 22.02.
Reifert competed in the 400-meter prelims. There, he placed 13th in 51.65. Kyle Sinnott from Albia won the event in a time of 49.32 Brett Daley from Treynor was second in 49.91 and Nathan Ward from South Winn was third in 50.12.
Ford ran in the 3,000-meter run last Thursday. Ford was the runner-up in the 3,000 at the Tipton state qualifying meet. At state, Ford placed 15th in a time of 11:17.56. The River Valley Conference was represented well in the event with seven of the 24 runners in the event from the conference. Mid-Prairie sisters Anna Hosteler won the event and set a new state record in a time of 9:47.52. Sister Marie Hosteler was second in a time of 9:52.50. They were the only two runners to have a sub-10:00 time. Jordan Winke from Albia was third in a time of 10:13.52. Of the 24 runners only seven were seniors.
Ford ran in the 1,500-meter run on Saturday afternoon. There, she finished 20th in a time of 5:10.05. The Hosteler sisters went 1-2 in the event with Anna winning in 4:33.41 and setting another state record for class 2A in the event. Marie Hosteler was second in 4:36.81. The third place runner was over four seconds behind the leaders with Sophia Jungling from Aplington-Parkersburg placing third in 4:40.61. Like the 3,000-meter run, the RVC had a lot of runners in the event. One-third of the field of 24 were from the River Valley Conference. Other RVC runners were Paige Holub (Monticello), Madeline Rhomberg (Cascade), Cam Reeg (Bellevue), Corinne Gradient (Monticello), Ford, and Kenzie Mente (Tipton).
Both Reifert and Ford will continue their athletic careers at the next level. Ford will run at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa and Reifert will play baseball at NIACC Community College.
Buddy Darting also ran in a pair of distance events. Darting placed 22nd in the 3,000-meter run and 23rd in the 1,600-meter run.
Wilton sophomore Kortney Drake also ran in a pair of events, placing 23rd in the 200-meter dash and 15th in the 400-meter dash.
Wolf, Myers compete in long jump at State
Two Durant girl’s track athletes competed at the state meet last week. Both were long jumpers. There, senior Autumn Wolf and teammate Amorae Myers were in the field of 24 in the event. Durant was one of three teams that had two long jump entries. The others were Grundy Center out of the North Iowa Cedar League and Iowa Valley out of the South Iowa Cedar League.
Wolf placed 15th overall with a best jump of 15-feet, 1.25-inches. That distance came on her last preliminary attempt of three. Wolf jumped 14-05 in her first attempt and fouled on her second attempt.
Myers placed 18th overall and had a best jump of 14-feet, 10.5-inches. Myers had three preliminary jumps, but did not advance to the 8-person finals field. Myers first jump was 14-8.25. Her best jump was her second attempt and her third attempt was 13-7.5.
Rylee Menster of Springville won the event with a best jump of 16-feet, 11-inches. That jump came on her third prelim jump which earned her a trip to the finals of the event. In all Menster, a junior, had six attempts. Charisse Ward from Iowa Valley, a junior, was the runner-up with a best jump of 16-03 and Grundy Center freshman Kyah Luhring was third with a best jump of 16-2.75.
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