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Kee in third with 78.5. Clayton Ridge was fourth with 49, followed by North Fayette Valley with 42.5. Completing the team standings were Turkey Valley (37), West Central (26), Postville (19) and MFL MarMac (11). In the boys’ team race it was MFL MarMac taking the title with 102 points, followed by North Fayette Valley with 91.5 points. South Winn finished the





night with 87 points in third, followed by Central Elkader with 54. Rounding out the team scores were Turkey Valley (39), Kee (34), Postville (16), West Central (16) and Clayton Ridge (14.5).
Warrior girls
Five events won gold for the South Winn girls to go with five runner-up finishes and a trio of bronze.
South Winn’s Alyssa Holthaus and Abby Wagner took the top two spots in the high jump, with Holthaus claiming gold. Both Warriors cleared the bar at 4 feet 10 inches. Wagner went on to take a second silver in the long jump with a leap of 14 feet 10.5 inches.
Karissa Wenthold took the top spot in 2:50.81 to win the 800-meter run, while teammate Tessa Phillips broke the tape in the 3200-meter run in 13:44.51.
South Winn’s 4x800 stopped the clock at 15:00.0 for gold. Members of the winning relay were Annie Hageman, Ava Franzen, Lauren Ondrashek and Wenthold.
Picking up a silver in the 200-meter dash was Cloey Zweibohmer in 28.64 seconds.
In the 1500-meter run it was Josie Tieskoetter finishing in second 5:32.80 with teammate Franzen crossing in 5:46.35, good for third. Katie Shimek,







Zweibohmer, Allison Hageman and Josie Tollefsrud teamed up in the 4x200 to finish second in 1:58.50. In the distance medley it was Shimek, Adele Conway, Izzy Kuboushek and Annie Hageman putting on a runner-up performance with a time of 4:57.73.
Tieskoetter added an individual bronze to her night in the 400-meter in 1:04.86. Also finishing third was the quartet of Kuboushek, Al. Hageman, Ondrashek and Conway in the 4x400 relay in 4:48.23.
SW boys
It was four winning performances for the Warrior boys that began in the field events with Kaden Barton-Franzen of South Winn winning gold with a height of 5 feet 10 inches. Clearing the bar at 5 feet 4 inches, fellow Warrior Irving Flores was the runner up.
In 8.31 seconds, Lukas Weiss won the 55-meter hurdles. South Winn’s 4x800 led the field to the finish line in 9:29.76. Joining talents in the winning relay were Abe Conway, Brad Dahl, Brady Ohrt and Eric Greve. The shuttle hurdle relay also won gold in 28.51 seconds with Weiss, Parker Timp, Barton-Franzen and Ohrt.
Conway circled the track in the 1600-meter run in 5:26.36 in the 1600-meter run for silver.













































Picking up third-place finishes were Timp in the shot put (43’0”), the 4x200 relay of Timp, Chandler Riehle, Weiss and Landen Schnuelle (1:43.89) and the distance medley relay of Ohrt, Schnuelle, Brennan Franzen and Dahl in 4:16.95.
TV girls
The Trojan girls took gold in one event, the distance medley relay. Teaming up for a time of 4:56.10 were Ryann Schmitt, Morgan Wenthold, Hazel Nieman and Bella Stika.















In 8.31 seconds, South
















Kinsey Reicks, Jenna Throndson, Nieman and Stika crossed the finish line second in the 4x400 posting a time of 4:45.82. In the shuttle hurdle it was Throndson, Nieman, Wenthold and Reicks claiming bronze in 38.64 seconds.
Fourth place finishes for the Trojans included the 4x200 relay of Schmitt, Throndson, Nieman and Wenthold in 2:01.80 and Raelen Manderfield in the shot put with a throw of 27 feet 4.5 inches.
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Senior core of leaders to lead Warriors in 2024 season
was also a member of the second-place shuttle hurdle relay which qualified on time with teammates Lukas Weiss, Parker Timp and Keagen Streeter. On the blue oval, the shuttle hurdle quartet posted a season-best time of 1:04.30, finishing 15th in the prelims, while Bullerman wrapped up his career in the 400-meter hurdles with a 22nd place finish in 59.35 seconds.
could really limit what we can do,” said Head Coach Scott Conway who is entering his 22nd season at the helm.
Joining Conway along the track will be assistants Ethan Adams, Darcy Einck and Ed Wadsworth.
Success in 2023
Nine letter winners led the way throughout the 2023 season that saw some highs and lows that culminated with a third place finish as a team at the Upper Iowa Conference meet in Guttenberg in early May.
A week following the conference, the Warriors qualified just two events for the state meet — both hurdle events. Kaden Bullerman was the runner-up at the state-qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles and managed to get into the state field on time. He
Graduating after the season were Kaden Bullerman, Keagen Streeter, Hunter Wagner, Kyle Hageman, Omar Flores, Nathan Davis and Carlos Macario.
A new year
“In the first few weeks of practice these guys have been working hard and are a fun group of people to be around,” said Coach Conway. “It will take a little while for us to figure out where some of these guys can help us the most. Just watching these guys in their other sports this year, I know we will get better throughout the year and they will be competitors.”
At the top of the veteran skipper’s list is the 10 returning letter winners including Weiss and Timp who competed at state last year. Seniors back with a letter include Abe Conway, Brady Ohrt, Chandler Riehle, and




Brody Tieskoetter, along with juniors Kaden Barton-Franzen and Brennan Franzen and sophomores Brad Dahl and Landen Schnuelle. Other top returnees according to Coach Conway are Casey Bohr, Tristan Bodensteiner, Irving Flores, Kyle Kuboushek and Eric Greve.
Rounding out the roster will be juniors Shayde Wermers and Szymon Kalinwoski, Yahir Macario; sophomore Ray Lienau; and freshmen Cody Bodensteiner, Tyler Fels, Gavin Feickert and Landon Livin-
South Winn boys’ track schedule
March 26 at Sumner-Fred, 4:30 p.m.
April 1 at Decorah, 4:30 p.m.
April 4 at Postville, 4:30 p.m.
April 8 at Decorah, 5 p.m.
April 15 at Decorah, 5 p.m.
April 19 at North Fayette Valley, 4:30 p.m.
April 23 at Osage, 4:30 p.m.
good. “A few things that have stood out about this group is that they are willing to put themselves out there and try new things. They aren’t afraid to take risks, be uncomfortable and maybe
not have things turn out the way they wanted,” noted Coach Conway. Those are the kinds of competitors a program needs to make improvements and develop throughout the season as well as throughout their ca-
reers.”
As for his picks in the Upper Iowa Conference, Coach Conway believes his Warriors will land in the top five with North Fayette Valley and MFL MarMac leading the way.










April 25 at Crestwood, 4:30 p.m.
April 29 hosts invite, 4:30 p.m.
May 2 hosts UIC invite, 4:30 p.m.
May 9 at state qualifying (TBA), 4 p.m.




May 16-18 at state (Des Moines), 9 a.m.
Warriors compete in UIC Powerlifting competition




Recently 12 Warriors competed in the 3rd Annual UIC Powerlifting Competition at Clayton Ridge and returned to Calmar with a pair of overall champions.
end of the day, to put it in perspective our squad lifted a combined total of approximately 5 tons of weight. We have a very solid core of seniors that led the charge for us.”
9/10 grade Champions and Runner-ups
• 132 lb. weight class
Landon HemesathDeadlift: 275 (2nd place)
Brady Ohrt - Squat: 335 (2nd place); Deadlift: 460 (1st place)
Brennan Franzen - Bench: 235 (2nd place)
• 198 lb. weight class
Thomas Heying - Squat: 275 (1st place); Bench: 165 (2nd place); Deadlift: 305 (1st place)
Chandler Riehle - Squat: 455 (1st place); Deadlift: 545 (1st place) Overall 11/12 Champion





“The guys competed hard and achieved multiple personal best performances in the bench press, squat and deadlift,” said Coach Jason Ohrt. “This year there were close to 60 participants overall and we had split divisions (9/10 and 11/12 grades) for competition. At the
South Winneshiek lifters were overall champions in both divisions. Braiden Todd was the 9/10 grade overall champion and Chandler Riehle was the 11/12 grade overall champion. Chandler Riehle, Brady Ohrt, Evan Monroe and Parker Timp all had at least one top 2 finish.
• 165 lb. weight class
Elliot MonroeBench: 165 (1st place)
• 198 lb. weight class
Braiden Todd - Squat: 355 (1st place); Bench: 215 (1st place); Deadlift: 455 (1st place)
Overall 9/10 Champion
11/12 grade Champions and Runner-ups
• 181 lb. weight class
Evan Monroe - Bench: 265 (2nd place)
• 220 lb. weight class
Tristen Bodensteiner - Squat: 425 (1st place); Deadlift: 425 (1st place)
Parker Timp - Squat: 370 (2nd place); Bench: 245 (2nd place)
• 275 lb. weight class
Shayde Wermers - Squat: 340 (2nd place); Bench: 185 (2nd place);
Deadlift: 435 (1st place)

Twelve Warrior athletes recently competed in the UIC Powerlifting Competition and had two take the overall titles in their respective grade divisions.(Photo courtesy of Tami Bodensteiner)