MARCH 19, 2024 EDITION SPORTS EDITOR: BECKY WALZ + BECKY.WALZ@DRIFTLESSJOURNAL.COM
Warrior girls race to top at UIC indoor
Girls’ team scores 1. South Winn 113; 2. Central Elkader 80; 3. Kee 78.5; 4. Clayton Ridge 49; 5. North Fayette Valley 42.5; 6. Turkey Valley 37; 7. West Central 26; 8. Postville 19; 9. MFL MarMac 11 Boys’ team scores 1. MFL MarMac 102; 2. North Fayette Valley 91.5; 3. South Winn 87; 4. Central Elkader 54; 5. Turkey Valley 39; 6. Kee 34; 7. Postville 16; 8. West Central 16; 9. Clayton Ridge 14.5
Teams from the Upper Iowa Conference met on the indoor track at Luther College Friday.
The South Winn girls claimed the title with 113 points with Central Elkader in second with 80 and 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
LEFT: Burke Busta was the lone gold medal winner for the Trojans in the 400-meter dash. RIGHT: Josie Tieskoetter took bronze in the 400-meter dash for the Warriors. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz)
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,
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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. 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.
Warrior Alyssa Holthaus won the high jump.
TV’s Russell Nieman leads the 4x800 relay field off turn four. Also pictured is SW’s Abe Conway (center).
Josie Tollefsrud (left) of South Winn and Raelen Manderfield of Turkey Valley sprint down the track in the 55-meter dash.
In 8.31 seconds, South Winn’s Lukas Weiss won the 55-meter hurdles.
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Turkey Valley and South Winn distance medley teammates make the final exchange.
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