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By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative
BELLEVUE - The Tipton boy’s track team faced off against some of the best track athletes in class 2A at the annual River Valley Conference meet last Thursday at Bellevue. There, the Tigers placed 9th as a team with a team total of 53 points. The 9th place finish tied the Tigers high in the four years of the RVC, equalling their 9th place finish at the 2015 meet. However, the 53 team points shattered the Tigers previous high of 34 points scored at the 2015 meet.
In field events, Tipton had three events have top-5 finishers. Quinten Mesick claimed the top Tipton finish in the field events with a 3rd place finish in the long jump. Mesick had a best jump of 19-feet, 10.5 inches. Dillon McCullough just missed a top-10 finish, placing 11th in the event. Andrew Stewart placed 5th in the high jump with a best jump of 5-10. Kolton Crock also had a top-5 finish in the shot put with a 5th place finish with a best jump of 47-feet, 6.75 inches.
In individual events, Dalton Clark places second in the 400-meter dash in a time 51.62. Clark also placed 8th in the 100-meter dash in 11.91. The next highest Tipton finish came from Wes Zell’s 3rd place finish in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.43. Ben Ellis gave the Tigers a top-10 finish in a distance event. Ellis placed 7th in the 3,200-meter run in 10:33.77.
Frank Bierman also placed in the top-10, with a 9th place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.29. Sam Bierman and Noah Jedlicka just missed top-10 finishes with 11th place finishes in the 800-meter run and 1,600-meter run respectively.
In relay events, Tipton placed in the top-10 in seven relay events. The Tigers top relay finish came from their runner-up finish in the 4X400-meter relay. The team of Dalton Clark, Isak Skeie, Dillon McCullough and Mesick were second in a time of 3:31.03. The Tigers shuttle hurdle relay team of Frank Bierman, Parker Jensen, Davis Butler and Wes Zell placed third in 1:03.15. Tipton placed 6th in the 4X200 and 4X800, placed 7th in the distance medley relay, 9th in the sprint medley and 10th in the 4X100.
North Cedar 8th At RVC Meet
The North Cedar Knights placed 8th at the River Valley Conference meet with 58 points. It was the second highest point total in the four years of a RVC meet for the Knights. North Cedar scored 76 points in 2015 when they placed 4th in the team race.
In field events, North Cedar had a pair of events where they placed two people in the top-10. In the long jump, Greg Hansen placed 7th with a best jump of 18-feet, 8.5-inches and Keon McCullouigh placed 9th with a best jump of 18-feet, 4-inches. In the discus, Byron Boleyn placed 7th with a best throw of 130-0 while Owen Meyer placed 8th with a best throw of 124-08.5. Aaron Woodward added a 6th place finish in the shot put with a best throw of 45-feet, 9.5-inches.
In individual events, North Cedar was led by Bryce Bemer’s runner-up finish in the 200-meter dash in 23.05. Treat Spahr had a pair of top-10 finishes in the hurdle events. He placed 5th in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.93 and 8th in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.73.
Other top-10 finishes in individual events came from Greg Hansen, 6th in the 100-meter dash; and Seamus Raney, 8th in the 400-meter dash.
North Cedar claimed victory in one event at the meet. The Knights won the 4X100-meter relay event with the team of Jacob Jensen, Bemer, Miles McCullough and Greg Hansen in a time of 44.43. They edged out the runner-up, West Liberty who was second in 44.81. The Knights 4X100-meter relay team qualified for the Drake Relays this year. North Cedar got a pair of runner-up finishes at the meet. One from their sprint medley relay team and another from their 4X200-meter relay team of the same quartet as they finished in 1:32.95 to West Liberty who won the event in 1:32.61. North Cedar got a runner-up finish from their sprint medley relay team of Jensen, McCullough, Bemer and Seamus Raney that finished in a time of 1:37.18.
Reifert Scores 26 of the 31 Beaver points
Wilton senior Evan Reifert scored 26 of his teams 31 points at the River Valley Conference meet. Reifert won two events and placed third in another. The 31 points is the highest point total the Beavers have scored at a RVC meet, surpassing their previous high of 21 points scored in the first year of the conference in 2014.
Reifert won the long jump with a jump of 20-feet, 7.5-inches. He added a win in the 400-meter dash in 50.91. Reifert also was third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.06. Teammate Buddy Darting had a pair of top-10 finishes at the meet. Darting placed 5th in the 3,200-meter run in 10:29.10 and 8th in the 1,600-meter run in 4:49.71.
The Beavers placed 9th in two relay events. The team of Cole Rabedeaux, Drake Hayes, Dalton Snider and Ethan Fagner were 9th in the 4X400-meter relay in a time of 4:11.89 and the Beavers 4X100-meter relay team of Garrett Bohnsack, Chase Miller, Brian Stillman and Reifert were 9th in 47.33.
Wildcats Compete At RVC Meet
The Durant Wildcats competed at the annual River Valley Conference meet last week. There, the Wildcats ran against some of the best athletes in class 2A.
Durant did not win an event at the meet. Durant’s best individual finish came from a pair of top-10 finishes in distance events by Nathan Prunchak. Prunchak was 9th in the 3,200-meter run in 10:49.87 and 10th in the 1,600-meter run in 4:54.78.
In field events, Cale Frett placed 10th in the discus with a top throw of 116-03. Dawson Frett just missed a top-10 finish, with an 11th place finish in the shot put with a top throw of 41-05.75. The Wildcats best relay finish came from their distance medley relay team. The team of Caleb Burmeister, Tony Friederichs, Zach Hein and Bruce Dillabough were 10th in a time of 4:16.75.
2017 River Valley Conference Champions:
Field Event Results:
High Jump: Braeden Hoyer (NEGL)
Discus: Jared Brinkman (IC Regina)
Shot Put: Jared Brinkman (IC Regina)
Long Jump: Evan Reifert (Wilton)
Individual Event Results:
3,200-meter run: Aaron Loes (Monticello)
4X800-meter relay: Mid-Prairie (Cary Schaefer, Andrew Schwartz, Marshal Teets, Quinn Schmidt)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Cascade (Cain Hoffman, Mitchell Gibbs, Logan Otting, Will McAllister)
100-meter dash: Tanner Iske (West Liberty)
Distance Medley Relay: NE Goose Lake (Kyle Dell, Dawson Stoll, Ben Lange, Braeden Hoyer)
400-meter dash: Evan Reifert (Wilton)
4X200-meter relay: West Liberty (Michael Hartman, Seth Feldman, Noah Feldman, Tanner Iske)
110-meter high hurdles: Will McAllister (Cascade)
800-meter run: Wyatt Schmidt (NEGL)
200-meter dash: David Gonzales (Camanche)
400-meter hurdles: Peyton Miller (Mid-Prairie)
Sprint Medley relay: Iowa City Regina (Michael Conlon, Brady Bigley, Jack Jensen, Jayden Kies)
1,600-meter run: Wyatt Schmidt (NEGL)
4X100-meter relay: North Cedar (Jacob Jensen, Bryce Bemer, Miles McCullough, Greg Hansen)
4X400-meter relay: Cascade (Will McAllister, Conor Oting, Carter Holmes, John Larkin)
River Valley Conference Boy’s Track
2017 - Cascade (109)
2016 - Monticello (131)
2015 - Bellevue (105.5)
2014 - Monticello (153)
River Valley Conference Team Standings:
2016 - 1. Monticello 131, 2. West Branch 87; 3. Iowa City Regina 76; 4. Mid-Prairie 66; 5. Cascade 63; 6. West Liberty 58; 7. NE Goose Lake 57; 8. Camanche 48; 9. Bellevue 42; 10. North Cedar 33; 11. Tipton 21; 12. Wilton 14; 13. Durant 6.
2015 - 1. Bellevue 105.5; 2. Monticello 105; 3. Iowa City Regina 92.5; 4. North Cedar 76; 5. Cascade 63.5; 6. Camanche 61.5; 7. West Branch 53; 8. NE Goose Lake 40; 9. Tipton 34; 10. Mid-Prairie 30; 11. Wilton 16; 12. Durant 13; 13. West Liberty 12.
2014 - 1. Monticello 153, 2. Cascade 108.50, 3. Camanche 76, 4. Bellevue 70, 5. Iowa City Regina 63, 6. North Cedar 56, 7. NE Goose Lake 49, 8. Mid-Prairie 42, 9. Tipton 26, 10. Wilton 21, 11. West Branch 17, 12. West Liberty 12.5, 13. Durant 8.
2017 River Valley Conference Meet
Thursday, May 4
At Bellevue
Team Scores: 1. Cascade 109, 2. Mid-Prairie 96, 3. NE Goose Lake 81, 4. Iowa City Regina 70, 5. Monticello 65, 6. West Liberty 63, 7. Bellevue 60, 8. North Cedar 58, 9. Tipton 53, 10. Camanche 35, 11. Wilton 31, 12. West Branch 20.
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 1. Braeden Hoyer (NEGL) 6-6, 5. Andrew Stewart (T) 5-10.
Long Jump: 1. Evan Reifert (WIL) 20-7.5, 3. Quinten Mesick (T) 19-10.5, 7. Greg Hansen (NC) 18-08.5, 9. Keon McCullough (NC) 18-04, 11. Dillon McCullough (T)18-4, 16. Drake Hayes (WIL) 15-06.5.
Shot Put: 1. Jared Brinkman (ICR) 59-03, 5. Kolton Crock (T) 47-06.75, 6. Aaron Woodward (NC) 45-09.5, 11. Dawson Frett (D) 41-05.75, 12. Jared Townsend (WIL) 39-05.25, 17. Brady Lehrman (NC) 38-04.5, 18. Cale Frett (D) 37-08.5.
Discus: 1. Jared Brinkman (ICR) 162-10.5, 7. Byron Boleyn (NC) 130-0, 8. Owen Meyer (NC) 124-08.5, 10. Cale Frett (D) 116-03, 17. Dawson Frett (D) 103-0.5, 18. Kolton Crock (T) 102-0, 19. Logan Schroeder (T) 101-4.5, 24. Austin Pleggenkuhl (WIL) 84-03, 25. Jacob Creamer (WIL) 77-06.5.
Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 1. Tanner Iske (WL) 11.15, 6. Greg Hansen (NC) 11.63, 8. Dalton Clark (T) 11.91, 12. Brendon Claussen (T) 12.36, 18. Chance Cinkovich (NC) 12.90, 21. Zachary Badtram (D) 13.33, 22. Gage Finke (D) 13.66, 23. Charles Martin (WIL) 13.82, 24. Ronen Santiago (WIL) 13.99.
200-meter dash: 1. David Gonzales (CAM) 22.78, 2. Bryce Bemer (NC) 23.05, 3. Evan Reifert (WIL) 23.06, 12. Conor Cromer (T) 25.37, 14. Zac Kauffman (NC) 25.60, 20. Hunter Tenley (T) 27.03, 24.Cole Stineman (D) 28.62, 25. Nathan Hultquist (D) 29.04.
400-meter dash: 1. Evan Reifert (WIL) 50.91, 2. Dalton Clark (T) 51.62, 8. Seamus Raney (NC) 55.77, 14. Gabe Peach (T) 1:00.92, 17. Anthony Mundt (D) 1:03.71, 19. Nathan Hultquist (D) 1:08.64, 20. Dragon Cinkovich (NC) 1:09.54.
800-meter run: 1. Wyatt Schmidt (NEGL) 2:02.78, 11. Sam Bierman (T) 2:08.82, 14. Bryce Deerberg (T) 2:13.27, 15. Zach Hein (D) 2:21.64, 16. Anthony Mundt (D) 2:22.04, 21. Colby Brown (WIL) 2:34.22, 22. Nathaniel Fagner (WIL) 2:35.34.
1,600-meter run: 1. Wyatt Schmidt (NEGL) 4:40.91, 8. Buddy Darting (WIL) 4:49.71, 10. Nathan Prunchak (D) 4:54.78, 11. Noah Jedlicka (T) 4:58.0, 15. Ben Ellis (T) 5:06.73, 18. Zach Hein (D) 5:14.37, 20. Isaac Hunter (WIL) 5:24.68, 22. Devon Willis (NC) 5:38.55, 23. Tyler Maschmann (NC) 5:49.08.
3,200-meter run: 1. Aaron Loes (MONTI) 10:02, 5. Buddy Darting (WIL) 10:29.10, 7. Ben Ellis (T) 10:33.77, 9. Nathan Prunchak (D) 10:49.87, 13. Andrew Olseen (T) 11:19.79, 18. Tyler Maschmann (NC) 12:14.95, 20. Devon Willis (NC) 12:18.31.
110-meter high hurdles: 1. Will McAllister (CAS) 15.03, 3. Wes Zell (T) 15.43, 8. Treat Spahr (NC) 16.73, 13. Paden Zell (T) 17.85, 14. Ethan Sahr (NC) 18.98.
400-meter hurdles: 1. Peyton Miller (MP) 56.63, 5. Treat Spahr (NC) 59.93, 9. Frank Bierman (T) 1:01.29, 14. Paden Zell (T) 1:03.72, 16. Ethan Sahr (NC) 1:05.05, 19. Tony Friederichs (D) 1:08.46.
Relay Event Results:
4X100-meter relay: 1. North Cedar (Jacob Jensen, Bryce Bemer, Miles McCullough, Greg Hansen) 44.43, 2. West Liberty 44.81, 9. Wilton (Garrett Bohnsack, Chase Miller, Brian Stillman, Evan Reifert) 47.33, 10. Tipton (Brendon Claussen, Austin Lenz, Jaxson Murphy, Parker Jensen) 48.38, 11. Durant (Gage Finke, Zach Badtram, Caleb Burmeister, Cameron Hoon) 52.61.
4X200-meter relay: 1. West Liberty 1:32.61, 2. North Cedar (Jacob Jensen, Bryce Bemer, Miles McCullough, Greg Hansen) 1:32.95, 6. Tipton (Brendon Claussen, Isak Skeie, Dillon McCullough, Quinten Mesick) 1:35.92, 12. Durant (Bruce Dillabough, Drew Henderson, Zach Badtram, Cameron Hoon) 1:46.93.
4X400-meter relay: 1. Cascade 3:30.05, 2. Tipton (Dalton Clark, Isak Skeie, Dillon McCollough, Quinten Mesick) 3:31.03, 8. North Cedar (Jacob Jensen, Tanner Hayzlett, Keon McCullough, Ethan Sahr) 3:53.78, 9. Wilton (Cole Rabedeaux, Drake Hayes, Dalton Snider, Ethan Fagner) 4:11.89.
4X800-meter relay: 1. Mid-Prairie 8:21.98, 6. Tipton (Bryce Deerberg, Sam Bierman, Gabe Peach, Noah Jedlicka) 8:51.94, 8. North Cedar (Seamus Raney, Treat Spahr, Carter Johnson, Keon McCullough) 9:02.95, 11. Wilton (Dalton Snider, Isaac Hunter, Daryn Clark, Ethan Fagner) 10:21.47.
Sprint Medley: 1. Iowa City Regina 1:36.42, 2. North Cedar (Jacob Jensen, Miles McCullough, Bryce Bemer, Seamus Raney) 1:37.18, 9. Tipton (Conor Cromer, Davis Butler, Austin Lenz, Jaxson Murphy) 1:45.48, 11. Wilton (Garrett Bohnsack, Peyton Hagens, Brian Stillman, Chase Miller) 1:48.53, 12. Durant (Gage Finke, Cameron Hoon, Caleb Burmeister, Tony Friederichs) 1:52.39.
Distance Medley Relay: 1. NE Goose Lake 3:39.31, 7. Tipton (Conor Cromer, Jaxson Murphy, Hunter Tenley, Trent Pelzer) 4:01.07, 8. North Cedar (Tanner Hayzlett, Zac Kauffman, Keon McCullough, Carter Johnson) 4:02.51, 10. Durant (Caleb Burmeister, Tony Friederichs, Zach Hein, Bruce Dillabough) 4:16.75.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 1. Cascade 1:00.58, 3. Tipton (Frank Bierman, Parker Jensen, Davis Butler, Wes Zell) 1:03.15, 5. North Cedar (Treat Spahr, Miles McCullough, Zac Kauffman, Ethan Sahr) 1:04.47, 11. Wilton (Chase Miller, Scott Martin, Jacob Reifert, Brian Stillman) 1:15.14.
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