The Tour de Colfax, sponsored by Colfax Main Street, is a great way to see the town and have a little fun
By Jamee A. Pierson Jasper County Tribune
Not quite ready for the Tour de France but want to get a fun ride in? Sign up for the Tour de Colfax
featuring a bike ride and scavenger hunts through the streets of the mineral springs city starting at 10 a.m. June 21.
“It’s a leisurely 7.5-mile bike ride and scavenger hunt around
Those who have donated more than $1,000 to nature center project before July 1 will be featured on donor wall art piece
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
Even though Jasper County Conservation’s environmental education center has already begun to take shape, donations are still being accepted. But those who now offer — or have already offered — $1,000 or more to the project before the July 1 deadline will have their names featured on a donor wall art piece.
Contributing donations to county conservation during this timeframe may also increase the donor levels of individuals who have already given to the project. Donor levels start from as low as $1,000 and gradually grow to as high as $300,000. Other sponsorship opportunities are still available as well.
Jasper County Conservation Director Keri Van Zante said the donor wall will be located inside the nature center and will be visible to guests as soon as they enter the building. Final designs for the wall have not been decided just yet, but Van Zante expected it would have primarily wooden features with poured epoxy.
“We’ll put it out there and announce it when we have the final mockup to show,” Van Zante said, acknowledging many donor walls have featured names on bricks or perhaps even names
Secondary roads continues its pursuits to recategorize specific county roadways
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
Another small portion of a granular road in Jasper County may get reclassified from a Level A road to a Level B road, which will ultimately limit how often the street is maintained by engineer’s office crews and prohibit new rock from being added to the surface. But first the county has to get through its public hearings.
Colfax,” Colfax Main Street Director Stuart Patterson said. Work on the event is ongoing but Patterson did hint that stops
Supervisors scheduled the public hearings for the reclassification of North 75th Avenue West between West 116th Street North and West 108th Street North at 9:30 a.m. on May 13, 20 and 27 at the courthouse. If there is no dissent, is it likely subsequent hearings will get waived by the county supervisors. County Engineer Michael Frietsch said in the middle of this stretch of road is a bridge over Clear Creek rated for five tons that needs to be removed. The first step, he added, is reclassifying the road to a Level B, and then the next step would be to vacate a section around the bridge to officially remove it.
Trips outside of Newton will now be limited to Mondays only starting June 30
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
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could include the Old Hotel Colfax building, a big hill on Elm Street, the water tower, cemetery, golf course, athletic complex and the school’s new stadium. Photo opportunities will be available at the stops
along with scavenger hunt tasks. Registration for the event is $35 until May 31 when it increases to $40. To ensure a T-shirt for the event participants are encouraged to sign up by the May 31 deadline.
Sign-up is available on the Colfax Main Street website, www.colfaxmainstreet.com, and on
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on leaves. “We wanted our’s to be unique. We actually took some time to look around so we didn’t do the same things.”
So many donors have reached the $1,000 benchmark that conservation has had to make the donor wall bigger and add extra pieces.
“Which is awesome!” Van Zante said.
Anyone who has visited the Dana King Ceretti Environmental Education Center construction site will notice just how much progress has been made on the building. The first phase of the project features classrooms, laboratory space, offices for staff, a meeting room and an observation deck.
Van Zante said crews are working on the framing of the building at the moment, and they are preparing the polished concrete floors. The nature center itself is built into a hillside in the 5200 block of Liberty Avenue, just down the road from the sheriff’s office. Seeing the nature center come to life is almost surreal.
“We’ve waited for so long and it’s finally real,” Van Zante said.
Eventually, the building will be outfitted with almost 100 feet of solar panels that are positioned for the most solar gain in the winter. Van Zante said most of the nature center should effectively operate off of solar energy. She added it is exciting to see the building make progress after so many years fundraising.
the organization’s Facebook page.
“After the two-hour ride, there will be food trucks and a beer and beverage tent at Mineral Springs Park,” Patterson said. “It’s the same Saturday as citywide garage sales, so we’re hoping there’s a lot of people in town who will come down and eat at the trucks.”
“It’s something conservation leaders have talked about now for 30 years,” she said. “It’s finally here and it’s finally actually happened, and I think it’s going to be better than even we imagined. At the same time as phase one being built, phase two is going to start being built here in the next couple of months.”
Geisler-Penquite Foundation fully funded the second phase of the project with a $700,000 grant last year. The second phase constructs the Geisler-Penquite Land Stewardship Lab, which features a classroom, an indoor digital archery range, outdoor restrooms, recreational equipment storage and a greenhouse.
Conservation is planning to have construction walk-throughs with the public sometime in the near future.
Van Zante hopes residents feel a great sense of pride by the time the nature center is completed. The project leaned heavily on community backing. Grants and American Rescue Plan Act funds from the board of supervisors helped immensely, but everything else has been individual donations.
People will know the nature center was a community effort as soon as they walk through the doors and see the names memorialized on the donor wall.
“Just because you didn’t decide or have the means to donate to the donor wall but later on your wanted to donate, there are lots of opportunities to donate even beyond the donor wall,” Van Zante said. “There are rooms to name and educational components to classrooms we still need.”
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local support. Although HIRTA also receives some support from the state, it does not cover the full requirement.
Newton is the only city in Jasper County that contributes local funding, and it is also where the county’s HIRTA fleet is located.
As a result, trips outside of Newton that were previously available multiple days per week will now be limited to Mondays only, beginning June 30. Julia Castillo, executive director of HIRTA, knows the change will be difficult for riders who rely on the organization’s services. HIRTA had explored every available option.
“…But we must operate responsibly within the funding we have,” Castillo said. “Without adequate local funding to match federal dol-
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“It’ll be a multi-million-dollar bridge to replace that bridge,” Frietsch said.
Supervisor Brandon Talsma asked if there was any way to reclassify the street to a Level C and then install gates. Frietsch said that could certainly be possible if the road is reclassified to a Level B. He agreed with the idea, but he noted it would take signatures and consent from landowners to reclassify to a Level C.
Frietsch noted at the April 15 meeting that property owners would be notified prior to the public hearings. The county will send certified letters to the four affected property owners identified as: Janice Gregerson, Trustees Methodist Church, Phyllis Steenhoek Revocable Trust and Rodney Altes Revocable Trust. Acknowledgement slips will be
lars, our ability to maintain the level of service people are used to simply isn’t possible. We are committed to seeking solutions and restoring more service as soon as funding allows.”
Regardless of the reduced services, HIRTA said it remains committed to serving Jasper County and is actively seeking additional funding to restore full service in the future. More detailed information about the service changes will be shared prior to the June 30 effective date.
For questions or to learn more, contact HIRTA at 1-877-686-0029 or erides@ridehirta.com.
HIRTA provides door-to-door public transit services across Central Iowa, ensuring accessible transportation for anyone for any reason. Serving individuals of all ages and abilities, HIRTA connects communities with healthcare, employment, education, and essential services.
added to the letters and the dates in which the public hearings will be held. In the letters addressed to the property owners, the engineer makes it clear the maintenance on the reclassified road will be of a lower standard; a copy of the county ordinance was included to further explain.
Supervisor Doug Cupples asked if the county considered vacating the road, but Frietsch said there is no way to vacate it with how the parcels are laid out. The aforementioned road is the only way some of these parcels can be accessed. Frietsch said the county might have been able to vacate the road if not for that.
Frietsch said this road reclassification is part of a list the county will be working on over the next year. One such reclassification was already approved back in February. The board of supervisors reclassified Indian Street to Level B road, much to the chagrin of some of the nearby property owners.
By Troy Hyde Sports Editor
BAXTER — Matt Richardson and Max Handorf finished 1-2 in the 3,200-meter run during the Iowa Star Conference meet on May 8.
But the duo was instructed to ‘take it easy’ to make sure they had something left in the tank at the end of the night.
While not running their hardest for the entire eight laps was difficult, it set up the distance duo for a big night on the oval and helped the Bolts win their second straight boys track and field conference championship.
“This is the first time we’ve been back-to-back conference champions in Bolts history,” Baxter senior Logan Rainsbarger said. “Our coach decided to put together the most competitive lineup he could and wanted us to own the meet. He put everyone in spots to help us shine the most.”
Rainsbarger also shined for the Bolts, winning the 110 high hurdles and helping Baxter finish second in a trio of relays.
The Bolts registered six wins and eight runner-up finishes on the night and scored 147 points at the top of the standings.
Collins-Maxwell was the closest competition at 93 points and the rest of the top five featured Janesville (75), BCLUW (72) and Dunkerton (67).
Baxter finished 1-2 in the 110 high hurdles, 1,600 and 3,200.
Richardson (10:56.33) and Handorf (11:03.27) finished 1-2 in the longest race on the track but were not permitted to go their hardest until the final lap.
“I’m an impatient runner. But it was something new to try and it helped save us for the other races,” Richardson said. “I liked being able to just kick it in at 500 meters.”
The other two individual
finished 1-2 in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs at the Iowa Star Conference meet on May 8. They also went 2-3 in the 800 and led the Bolts to the conference championship.
races produced a pair of school records and an Iowa Star Conference meet record.
Richardson won the 1,600 in a school-record and meet-record time of 4 minutes, 26.73 seconds.
Handorf was the runner-up in a career-best 4:27.56, which also would have set a meet record. They currently ranked third and fourth, respectively, in Class 1A in the event.
“I think we went out pretty conservative,” Handorf said. “But we negative split the whole thing and closed our last lap really fast.
Richardson led the entire way in the 1,600, which is something that surprised both he and Handorf during the race.
“I thought I was going to have to lead it to get a fast time, but (Richardson) took the lead and kept speeding up every lap,” Handorf said. “But that’s good. It pushed us both to be fast.”
Dunketon’s Henry Peterson has a time of 1:55.10 in the 800 this season. He did not run that fast on May 8, but won the race and forced Richardson to move at a school-record pace. Richardson finished second in the 800 in a career-best and school-record time of 2:02.59. Handorf was third in 2:07.44. Rainsbarger (15.73) and Lincoln Betterton (career-best 15.8) were 1-2 in the 110 highs and Betterton placed second in the 200 in a career-best 23.3 seconds.
Carter Smith produced a career-best toss of 151-1 to win the discus. It also set a conference meet record and ranks 10th in 1A. Smith finished fourth in the shot put with a toss of 43-8.
“I tried to get lower in the middle and have a better release point. It was nice to have it all working again,” Smith said about the discus mark. “It feels really good going into state qualifying. I hit 148 early on and it’s been down since then. This is a big confidence booster.”
The final individual win came from Eli Dee. He won the long jump with a leap of 20-1 and placed tied for fourth in the high jump with a leap of 5-6.
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COLO — Four Bolts carded career-best scores, and a fifth golfer’s score was needed to decide a road triangular at Twin Anchors Golf Course on May 5. The Baxter girls golf team was led by medalist Karlee Koehler, and the Bolts tied Clarksville with a 214. Baxter won the meet because it had a fifth golfer and Clarksville didn’t. Koehler’s career-best 46 won medalist honors, while Klaire Shanks (53), Rilynn Titus (56)
and Melodie Smith (59) all posted career-best scores as the four scoring golfers. Hannah Huffaker’s 60 was needed to decide the meet and Ashlee Herr posted a non-counting 64.
Clarksville’s Hannah Wangsness was the runner-up medalist with a 49.
Baxter finishes third at Roger Freed Invitational NEW SHARON — All six
Baxter golfers turned in their career-best scores for 18 holes during the Roger Freed Invitational on May 8.
The Bolts shot 454 at Prairie Knolls Country Club. That was five strokes better than HLV/TC (459) and well in front of English Valleys (488).
Pella won the meet with a 366. That was 48 strokes better than runner-up and host North Mahaska (414).
COLO — Charlie Maher earned medalist honors and the Baxter boys golf team won a road triangular against Colo-NESCO/Collins-Maxwell and Clarksville on May 5.
The Bolts shot 187 and bested C-N/C-M (192) by five strokes at Twin Anchors Golf Course. Clarksville shot 208 in third.
Maher shot 41 as the meet medalist and the Bolts grabbed spots 5-6-9-10 in the standings.
Stadan Vansice (48), Hudson Bethards (48) and Colten Damman (50) had the other counting scores. Cainan Travis (51) and Masyn Titus (55) posted non-counting scores.
C-N/C-M’s Quin McCollum shot 41 as the runner-up medalist and Clarksville’s Camden Behrends shot 44 in third.
Bolts finish fifth at Iowa Star Conference tournament
UNION — Vansice carded a career-best score for 18 holes, four Bolts made their 18-
hole varsity debuts and the Bolts placed fifth at the Iowa Star Conference tournament on May 7.
Baxter shot 368 in fifth at the par 70 South Hardin Recreation Center.
BCLUW had the two individual scorers and carded a 325 to win the conference championship. Don Bosco (343), Tripoli (354) and North Tama (364) completed the top five.
The rest of the field included Rockford (375), Waterloo Christian (382), Clarksville (389), Dunkerton (399), C-N/C-M (402), Riceville (406) and GMG (442).
BCLUW’s Nate Bishop won medalist honors with a 73 and his teammate, Zaden Eggers, was the runner-up with a 76.
Vansice turned in a career-best 89 and Maher’s 18-hole varsity debut also produced an 89 to lead the Bolts.
Damman (93) and Bethards (97) were the other two counting scorers and Titus (101) and Travis (105) had non-counting scores. Damman, Titus and Travis made their 18hole varsity debuts.
Koehler finished seventh overall with a career-best 101. Huffaker’s career-best 113, Herr’s career-best 119 and Titus’ career-best 121 completed the counting scores. Shanks (career-best 121) and Smith (career-best 126) had non-counting scores. It was the 18-hole varsity debuts for Herr and Smith.
Pella’s Moriah Reynolds was the medalist with an 87. She won a playoff hole against North Mahaska’s Aly Steil, who also shot an 87 as the runner-up.
OSKALOOSA — Cason Fitch shot an 89 and Jace Lewis turned in a career-best 92, and the Colfax-Mingo boys golf team placed sixth at the South Iowa Cedar League tournament on May 5. The Tigerhawks shot 388 in sixth and Lynnville-Sully was 11th with a 482.
HLV/TC won the conference championship with 335. The Warriors had the meet medalist as Peyton Roth shot 75 as the individual winner.
Sigourney (336) trailed HLV/TC by just one stroke and the rest of the top five was Keota (341), BGM (365) and North Mahaska (373).
Colfax-Mingo led the next group and the 11-team field also included Montezuma (426), Iowa Valley (440), English Valleys (443) and Belle Plaine (463).
Keota’s Brennan McGuire was the runner-up medalist with a 77.
English Valleys Gage Heyne placed third with a 78 and Keota’s Porter Cave shot a 79.
Fitch (89), Lewis (career-best 92), Luke Padgett (102) and Shane Hostetter (105) were the scoring golfers for Colfax-Mingo and Gavin Syndes (111) and Alex Teed (career-best 115) turned in non-counting scores.
Host Iowa Valley edges Tigerhawks MARENGO — Fitch was the meet medalist and Padgett finished third, but Colfax-Mingo finished second after tying with Iowa Valley on May 1. Both teams shot 198 at Marengo Golf Club, but the Tigers won the South Iowa Cedar League matchup due to a better fifth score. It was the first competition for the Tigerhawks since April 22 after pair of meets against Belle Plaine and English Valleys were canceled on April 29 and April 29.
Fitch took home the top spot in the standings after carding a 44. Padgett shot a 48 in third and the other two counting scores came from Hostetter (51) and Lewis (55).
Sydnes (59) and Maverick Harter (61) had non-counting scores. It was the varsity debut for Harter.
BAXTER — Camryn Russell won the 100-meter hurdles in an Iowa Star Conference meet record time, Avery Wonders tied a career-best mark in winning the high jump and the Baxter girls track and field team set a pair of school records during the conference meet on May 8.
The Bolts hosted the Iowa Star Conference track and field meet for the second time, and the Baxter girls placed third with 98.5 points.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the girls’ efforts,” Baxter head girls track and field coach Josh Russell said. “Although we came up just short of one of our team goals, they battled all night in every event.”
The two wins by Camryn Russell and Wonders were the two golds the Bolts grabbed on the night. But Baxter was second in the shuttle hurdle relay and placed third four times.
The meet came down to the final few events as BCLUW was crowned conference champion with 111 points. Janesville (100) edged Baxter by 1.5 points.
Riceville (80) and Tripoli (67) completed the top five of the 16-team field.
“The conference has gotten deeper and better over the past
few years, and that shows in the results” Coach Russell said.
“Now we turn the page toward state qualifying and trying to get as many girls to Drake Stadium as possible.”
The Bolts went 1-3 in the 100 hurdles as Camryn Russell’s win was clocked in 16.1 seconds. That set a conference meet record and Grace Anderegg was third in a career-best 17.67.
Wonders won the high jump with a career-best leap of 5 feet,
The Bolts finished outside the top four in the 4x400 relay but set a school record with a time of 4:33.14. The quartet of Wonders, Krampe, Tichy and Brummel finished fourth in the race. The other two third-place finishes came from Camryn Russell (1:10.79) in the 400 hurdles and Wonders (1:04.96) in the 400.
Camryn Russell also was fourth in the long jump with a leap of 15-10 1/2 and Makayla True (11:43.48) placed fourth in the 3,000.
Wonders (28.23) grabbed fifth in the 200, Sydney Hibbs (13.57) placed fifth in the 100 and True took sixth in the 1,500 with a career-best time of 5:33.16.
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Andregg and Camryn Russell finished the shuttle hurdle relay that placed second. The other two members were Kamdyn Krampe and Rossi Swihart and they finished the race in second in a school-record time of 1 minute, 11.17 seconds.
The 4x800 relay team was third in 11:13.91. That foursome included Zoey Gliem, Piper Redman, Kendall Brummel and Gwen Tichy.
COLFAX — The Lynnville-Sully boys track and field team won just one event at the annual South Iowa Cedar League outdoor meet on May 6.
But seven top-three finishes and 12 top-six individual tallies pushed the Hawks to second in the final standings at Colfax-Mingo High School.
The Hawks won the 4x800-meter relay and moved into the top 10 in Class 1A in the shuttle hurdle relay, while the host Tigerhawks finished eighth in the 11-team field with 43.5 points.
Iowa Valley grabbed six victories and cruised to the conference title with 142 points.
Lynnvile-Sully scored 112 points in second and the rest of the top five featured Belle Plaine (106), English Valleys (94.5) and Sigourney (81).
BGM (53) led the next group which also included Montezuma (48), Colfax-Mingo (43.5), HLV/TC (36), Keota (16) and North Mahaska (9).
The Tigerhawks were third in a pair of relays.
The 4x400 relay team of Chase Trotter, Wyatt Thornton, Izaiah Lewis and Xavier Woods grabbed the bronze medal in a time of 3 minutes, 36.09 seconds. That was a season-best by more than 4 seconds.
The distance medley relay team of Tony Buenrostro, Woods, Trotter and Sullivan Wilkins also placed third in a season-best 3:56.16.
Woods earned fourth in a pair of individual events as he posted a time of 16.25 in the 110 highs and had a leap of 5-10 in the high jump.
Wyatt Thornton finished sixth in the 400 hurdles with a career-best time of 59.83. Wilkins placed sixth in the 3,200 in 11:12.31 and Teagan Dybevik was sixth in the discus with a toss of 111-9.
Two wins push Tigerhawks to fourth at Cardinal Relays NEWTON — Wilkins won the 800 and anchored the Tigerhawks to a huge season-best time in the distance medley during the Cardinal Relays inside H.A.
Lynn Stadium on May 9. Colfax-Mingo won those events, finished second in two more and placed fourth in the annual track and field meet hosted by Newton.
The Cardinals won the meet with 217 points. Lynnville-Sully (127) and Pleasantville (105) also were in front of Colfax-Mingo, which scored 89 points in fourth. Southeast Warren (61), North Mahaska (27) and Twin Cedars (21) completed the field.
Wilkins won the 800 in a career-best 2:08.31. He also was second in the 1,600 in 4:58.55.
The other win came in the distance medley relay and the second runner-up finish was in the 4x400 relay.
Buenrostro, Thornton, Trotter and Wilkins won the distance medley relay in 3:48.54. That was a season-best time by more than 7 seconds.
The 4x400 relay team of Trotter, Thornton, Lewis and Buenrostro finished second in 3:40.81.
The Tigerhawks’ only bronze medal finish came in the 4x800 relay. The quartet of Alexander Rodriguez-Briseno, Joey Grimm, Willie Fitzgerald and Mario Rodriguez finished third in 9:47.26.
Colfax-Mingo doubled up in the 110 high hurdles and 400. Thornton (18.33) and Kyle Wood (19.34) were 4-5 in the 110 highs and Fisher Grove (career-best 56.8) and Lewis (57.55) went 5-6 in the 400.
Trotter also placed fourth in the 200 in 23.78 and Wood was fourth in the 400 hurdles in 1:05.06.
and Rainsbarger posted a time of 1:10.42 in the shuttle hurdle.
The lone relay win came in the 4x800. The foursome of James Esqueda, Hayden Burdess, Maddux Tuhn and Handorf grabbed the gold in 8:51.58. The shuttle hurdle, distance medley and 4x100 relays all placed second. Esqueda, Burdess, Betterton
The 4x100 relay team of Betterton, Rainsbarger, Coy Mergen and Dee placed second in 46.83 and the distance medley relay team of Mergen, Rainsbarger, Dee and Richardson finished the race in 3:44.79.
Five wins not enough for Bolts at Meskwaki Settlement MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — Richardson and Handorf went 1-2 in a pair of events, Dee set a new career-best mark
Bolts finish fourth at Dream Builders Invitational MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — Baxter won just one event at the Dream Builders Invitational on May 5, but the Bolts’ six runner-up finishes helped them to a fourth-place team finish.
BCLUW won the meet hosted by Meskwaki Settlement School with 162 points. South Tama County (124.5) and Collins-Maxwell (118.5) also finished ahead of Baxter (108.5) and the rest of the eight-team
field featured North Tama (75), Meskwaki Settlement School (49), GMG (35) and Colo-NESCO (32.5).
The lone win came from Camryn Russell. She won the long jump with a career-best leap of 16-3 1/2.
The Bolts were third in two relays. The 4x800 relay team of Wonders, Brummel, Gliem and Tichy finished in 11:01.85 and Redman, Hibbs, Anderegg and Wonders completed the 4x200 in 2:01.04.
Kaylyn Krampe, Brummel, Swihart and Anderegg took second in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:16.92. The other five individual silver-medal performances came in individual events.
Camryn Russell was second in the 400 in a career-best 1:04.97 and placed second in the 100 hurdles in 16.44.
Brummel posted a career-best 1:14.39 and placed second in the 400 hurdles, Wonders (4-8) finished second in the high jump and True (11:40.58) was second in the 3,000.
The Bolts doubled up in the 100 hurdles as Kamdyn Krampe was fourth in a career-best 18.19. Gliem (5:46.66) also was fourth in the 1,500, Callie Cross (28-3) placed fifth in the shot put and Kaitlyn Engle (77-1) took sixth in the discus.
COLFAX — The South Iowa Cedar League features some of the top track and field athletes in Class 1A, but Lynnville-Sully and Colfax-Mingo finished in the top of the league during the annual outdoor meet on May 6.
The Hawks were limited to just one win, but six top-three finishes propelled them to a third-place team finish.
Lynnville-Sully (103) was one point back of runner-up English Valleys (104) and HLV/TC won the conference championship with 116.5 points.
Colfax-Mingo hosted the SICL outdoor meet for the first time and placed fifth in the final standings with 62.5 points.
North Mahaska won four events and placed fourth with 101. Belle Plaine, Montezuma and Sigourney all scored 56 points, and the rest of the 11-team field featured Iowa Valley (45), BGM (32) and Keota (7).
Colfax-Mingo was led by Ashlynn Hosbond, who was second in the 3,000 and sixth in the 1,500.
Her 3,000 time was clocked in a career-best 11 minutes, 18.07 seconds and she finished the 1,500 in 5:29.55.
The Tigerhawks were third in the shuttle hurdle relay with Trinity Smith, Lily Anderson, Evalyn Anderson and Jessa Purdie. They finished the race in 1:16.14.
Colfax-Mingo doubled up in a pair of field events.
Grace Hunsberger (4-10) and Claire Hunsberger (4-8) were 3-5 in the high jump and Lexie Aller (32-2) and Emma Cook (31-6 1/2) finished 5-6 in the shot put.
Cook’s throw of 31-6 1/2 tied her career best.
Smith grabbed a pair of top-five finishes. She was fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:14.29, and she was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 1411 1/4.
Purdie (18.5) also was sixth in the 100 hurdles and Britney Keeney took sixth in the discus with a career-best throw of 88-1.
in the long jump and Rainsbarger claimed a win in the 110 high hurdles, but it wasn’t enough at the Dream Builders Invitational on May 5.
Baxter registered five wins but was second and third in only four others as it scored 123.5 points in third place.
South Tama County won the meet championship with 134 points and West Marshall (131.5) was closely behind in second.
Collins-Maxwell (94.75), BCLUW (79), North Tama
Field events lead Tigerhawks at Cardinal Relays NEWTON — Colfax-Mingo doubled up in three field events at the Cardinal Relays on May 9. That’s where most of their individual points came from as the Tigerhawks finished fourth with 92.5 points.
Class 3A Newton dominated its way to the meet championship, scoring 211 points at the top of the standings.
Lynnville-Sully (111), North Mahaska (99.5), Pleasantville (81), Southeast Warren (52) and Dallas Center-Grimes (24) completed the field.
DCG entered eight runners in the 1,500-meter run and another Mustang participated in the 100 hurdles. Smith, Hosbond and Grace Hunsberger led Colfax-Mingo with a trio of bronze medals.
Smith (1:14.50) was the third in the 400 hurdles, Hosbond (career-best 5:24.14) placed third in the 1,500 and Grace Hunsberger (4-10) took third in the high jump. Claire Hunsberger also was tied for fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4-8.
Keeney (77-8) and Cook (75-5) were 4-6 in the discus, Cook (31-4 1/4) and Aller (30-6) went 4-6 in the shot put and Laila Kwaskiewicz secured a pair of sixth-place finishes.
Kwaskiewicz placed sixth in the 800 in a season-best 2:57.54 and took sixth in the 3,000 in a season-best 13:12.71.
(55.75), GMG (45), Colo-NESCO (40) and Meskwaki Settlement School (19.5) completed the nine-team field.
Handorf, Rainsbarger and Richardson teamed up with Tuhn to win the 4x800 relay. The quartet posted a season best and winning time of 8:39.49.
Tuhn, Travis, Betterton and Esqueda placed third in the 4x400 relay in 3:48.33. Richardson (2:03.1) and Handorf (2:04.52) went 1-2 in the 800 after going 1-2 in the 3,200.
Richardson won the 3,200 in 10:06.22 and Handorf was second in 10:09.39.
Rainsbarger’s win in the 110 high hurdles came with a time of 16.33 and Dee won the long jump with a career-best and school-record leap of 20-6. Smith (41-11) placed third in the shot put, Dee (5-4) and Esqueda (5-4) went 4-5 in the high jump and Burdess was fifth in the 400 hurdles in a career-best time of 1:05.3. Dee also was sixth in the 400 in a career-best 55.16.