Panthers are fifth in RVC

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2017 - 9:38am

Tyler Hospodarsky of Monticello runs the anchor leg of the distance medley relay at the River Valley Conference Meet May 4 in Bellevue. (Photos by Pete Temple)

Will Rieniets begins his leg of the distance medley relay for Monticello.

T.J. Nealson of the Panthers clears one of the hurdles in the shuttle hurdle relay at the conference meet.
BOYS TRACK
By: 
Pete Temple
Express Sports Editor

     Monticello picked one of the best times to come up with one of its best efforts of the season: the River Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet Thursday, May 4 in Bellevue.

     “All year we’ve struggled with team effort,” Monticello coach Greg Williams said. “(Thursday) night was the first meet, as a team, where we gave great effort, which to me is more important than where we placed.”

     The Panthers were fifth in the 12-team field, scoring 65 points. Cascade was the team champion with 109, Mid-Prairie scored 96 to take second, and Northeast of Goose Lake was third with 81.

     Aaron Loes was a conference champion for the Panthers, winning the 3,200-meter run in 10:02.05. He also was seventh in the 1,600.

     The Panthers also had a pair of runner-up finishes: Tyler Hospodarsky in the 800 and Avery Martensen in the 110 hurdles. Max Keleher took fourth in both the 100 and 200 dash events. Also taking fourth was the 4x200 relay team.

     Coach Williams also said he was pleased with the efforts of the team’s younger competitors.

     “We’re getting some young people to compete up to their ability,” Williams said.

    

State qualifying Thursday

     The Panthers will hit the road on Thursday, May 11 for the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet, to be held at North Fayette Valley in West Union.

     The top two finishers in each event will automatically qualify for the May 18-20 state meet, as will the next eight best from across the state.

 

May 4

River Valley Conf. Meet

(at Bellevue)

TEAM SCORES

     1, Cascade 109; 2, Mid-Prairie 96; 3, Northeast 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.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     100: 4, Max Keleher, 11.57.

     200: 4, Max Keleher, 23.20.

     800: 2, Tyler Hospodarsky, 2:03.21.

     1,600: 7, Aaron Loes, 4:47.75.

     3,200: 1, Aaron Loes, 10:02.05.

     110 hurdles: 2, Avery Martensen, 15.40.

     400 hurdles: 6, Avery Martensen, 1:00.61.

     4x200: 4, Monticello (Gavin Cooper, Andrew Mescher, Andy Tjaden, Taylor Manternach), 1:34.24.

     4x400: 6, Monticello (Max Keleher, Andrew Mescher, Tyler Hospodarsky, Taylor Manternach), 3:37.60.

     4x800: 5, Monticello (Taylor Manternach, Cole Cruise, David Titman, Connor Franzenburg), 8:48.92.

     Sprint medley: 7, Monticello (Gavin Cooper, Avery Martensen, Andrew Mescher, Andy Tjaden), 1:41.70.

     Distance medley: 5, Monticello (Will Rieniets, Andy Tjaden, Gavin Cooper, Tyler Hospodarsky), 3:53.07.

     High jump: 6, Avery Martensen, 5-10.

     Long jump: 8, Alex Nealson, 18-4.5.

     Shot put: 7, Wade Picray, 42-2.5.

     

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