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SPORTS SHORTS: Kupka’s event victories lead STC girls to fourth place

April 18, 2012
By TIMES-REPUBLICAN STAFF (sports@timesrepublican.com) , Times-Republican

MONTEZUMA - The South Tama girls' track and field team placed fourth in the Class A division of the Lewis L. Lundy Relays on Tuesday.

GMG took third and Colo-NESCO fourth in the Class B division.

Kelsey Kupka won the 800 meters for the Trojans in a time of 2 minutes, 35.67 seconds and the 1,500 in 5:23.32.

STC's Jade Rohach took second in the 200 in a time of 29.46 while Samantha Holtz was the runner-up in the discus with a throw of 104 feet.

Emily Havelka was the lone champ for the Wolverines on the day, winning the 400 hurdles in 1:10.43 and the 100 hurdles in 17.68.

GMG's Melody Beane was second in the long jump with a leap of 14-2 while Heather Brittenham, Mikaella Koster, Madelyn Newcomb and Havelka teamed up for second in the shuttle hurdle realy (1:19.53).

Megan Slingluff, Caitlin Appelgate, Sara Hinson and Koster (2:00.2) were second in the 4x200, and Appelgate was second in the high jump (5 feet).

Koster was second in the 400 hurdles (1:16.17).

Caitlyn Riese paced Colo-NESCO with a win in the high jump by clearing 5-1.

Hannah Buseman was second in the 100 hurdles in a time of 19.47 and Caitlan Clark finished second in the 400 in a time of 1:05.23 for the Royals.

Mustangs 6th at Bear Trax

BROOKLYN - The East Marshall boys' track and field team tied for sixth in the team race at the Bear Trax Classic hosted by BGM on Tuesday.

The Mustangs had one individual and one relay event championship on the night. Dakotah Wolken was first in the 400-meter dash in 51.79 seconds. The group of Mitch Berry, Walker Steward, Ben Terrones and Wolken won the 1,600-meter medley in 3:52.99.

Wolken's leap of 20 feet, 8 inches was good for second place in the long jump. Berry added a third-place finish in the 200 (24.41), Lance Steward was third in the 800 (2:11.88), while Terrones was third in the 1,600 (5:01.92).

PCM had 109 points for top honors in the eight-team event. Pella was second (68), while East Marshall and BGM both had 61 points for sixth as only seven points separated seven schools.

Vawter leads Comets in Hudson Relays

HUDSON - BCLUW freshman Mallory Vawter won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Hudson Relays girls' track and field meet on Monday.

Vawter edged Cheyenne Barnes of Vinton-Shellsburg by one-hundredth of a second in the 100 with her clocking of 13.21. The same two were the leaders in the 200 with Vawter winning in 27.35.

Grundy Center was the top area team in the team standings as the Spartans were third in the 20-school event. The Spartans won both the 400 with Riley Ackerman (1:03.71) and 1,500 with Hannah Stumberg (5:04.72).

Stumberg's time is listed as No. 2 in Class 1A this spring, according to quikstatsiowa.com.

The 4x800 relay title went to Grundy Center in 10:13.14 (also second-best in 1A) with the group of Abbie Delagardelle, Annie Delagardelle, Sarah Frisch and Stumberg.

Kailey Kladivo of North Tama won the high jump at 5 feet, 6 inches. Kladivo has a season-best of 5-8 earlier this month, which set the school record and ranks No. 2 in Iowa this year.

AGWSR's Laura Eiten finished first in the shot put at 35-11 1/4.

Free athletic physicals at Roundhouse

Marshalltown High School student-athletes who will be going into grades 8-12 next fall can have a free physical provided by McFarland Clinic on April 25 at the Roundhouse.

Interested student-athletes must pick up physical forms in the main office or the athletic office prior to that date.

UNI softball receiving votes for Top 25

The University of Northern Iowa is receiving votes in the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 poll for the first time in program history.

The Panthers have a 30-10 overall and 14-0 Missouri Valley Conference record going into today's doubleheader at Bradley.

Northern Iowa received five points in the poll, which consists of 30 coaches from across the country (one representing each conference).

The only loss for UNI over the last month of play is to current-No. 10 Missouri.

Drake football's Youth Day is Friday

DES MOINES - The Drake football team will host its annual Youth Day for kids in grades 2-5 on Friday.

The event will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. as kids will ahve the chance to come to the field and learn about football.

Contact Drake assistant coach Rick Fox at (515) 271-3832 or rick.fox@drake.edu.

 
 

 

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