Jungling, Kiewiet win at Wartburg

WAVERLY –  Aplington-Parkersburg's Sophia Jungling and Dike-New Hartford's Parker Kiewiet won events at an indoor track meet at Wartburg College on Tuesday, March 12.

Jungling won the girls' 200-meter dash in 27.23 seconds from the ninth of 12 heats on Tuesday. Ames' Teagan Lipsey was the runner-up at 27.33.

A-P teammate Maci Freund finished 34th with a 30.79 time in the event.

The Falcons' 4x800 relay team of Jungling, Freund, Ella Junker and Megan Johnson placed sixth in 10:50.66. Southeast Polk won the event in 9:42.49.

Kiewiet brought home gold for the D-NH boys with a best mark of 22-feet even in the long jump. Dunkerton's Brady Stone took runner-up at 21-8.5.

Kiewiet also teamed up with Grant Bixby, Conlee Lyons and Ryan Moore for the D-NH boys' best finish in a relay on Tuesday, taking second in the 4x400 in 3:38.44. Waukee won the event in 3:35.06.

Wartburg Invite

At Waverly, March 12

(Events with local athletes only)

Girls

55-meter dash prelims: 1. Melina Hegelheimer (Ames) 7.54; 40. Crystal Kennet (D-NH) 8.47; 61. Ashawntae Brown (D-NH) 9.12.

200: 1. Sophia Jungling (A-P) 27.23; 34. Maci Freund (A-P) 30.79; 39. Margaret Nielsen (D-NH) 31.05; 42. Alana Barrett (D-NH) 31.20.

400: 1. Natalie Clement (SE Polk) 1:01.73; 17. Alexis Jensen (D-NH) 1:09.16; 19. Taylor Hoehns (D-NH) 1:09.80.

800: 1. Jessica Caraway (Waukee) 2:19.47; 42. Olivia Woodley (D-NH) 3:09.87; 49. Emily Ballhagen (D-NH) 3:26.54.

1500: 1. Ashley Bloomquist (Fairfield) 5:09.85; 14. Taylor Kvale (D-NH) 5:34.38; 40. Emily Ballhagen (D-NH) 6:59.05.

3000: 1. Sydney Schaffer (Waukee) 10:54.48; 20. Kaity Houts (D-NH) 13:47.42; 26. Hailey Wenzel (D-NH) 16:30.27.

Shot put: 1. Jade Hard (Mount Vernon) 42-4; 25. Rylee Wessely (D-NH) 29-6; 28. Tayler Wessely (D-NH) 28-6.

4x200 relay: 1. Waukee 1:51.58; 26. D-NH (Kennet, Brown, Nielsen, Eden Barrett) 2:05.72.

4x400: 1. SE Polk 4:07.08; 18. D-NH (Alana Barrett, Hoehns, Kvale, Jensen) 4:48.36.

4x800: 1. SE Polk 9:42.49; 6. A-P (Jungling, Freund, Ella Junker, Megan Johnson) 10:50.66.

Boys

55-meter dash prelims: 1. Aaron Smith (Waukee) 6.63; 28. Cade Bennett (D-NH) 7.12; 57. Jacob Thompson (D-NH) 7.62.

200: 1. Trevor Sauerbrei (WV) 23.44; 13. Grant Bixby (D-NH) 24.56; 39. Jack Haren (A-P) 25.67; 41. Reece Harrenstein (D-NH) 25.77.

400: 1. Bernard Bell Jr. (Ames) 52.03; 35. Gabe Skornia (D-NH) 1:00.11; 45. Sawyer Loger (D-NH) 1:01.01.

800: 1. Garang Akok (Ames) 2:02.46; 23. Giacomo Gilardo (D-NH) 2:24.47; 31. Jake Starbuck (D-NH) 2:31.29.

1600: 1. Aniey Akok (Ames) 4:32.52; 43. Ian Steffen (D-NH) 5:47.22; 51. Sawyer Wibben (D-NH) 6:04.74.

3200: 1. Nate Mueller (ADM) 10:03.23; 12. Seth Wibben (D-NH) 11:23.81.

55-meter hurdles prelims: 1. Zach Gaines (Waukee) 7.90; 18. Isaiah Woodley (D-NH) 8.78; 19. Carter Sherwood (D-NH) 8.82.

High jump: 1. Japannah Kellogg (Ames) 6-6; 3. Junior Bodden (A-P) 6-2; 20. Sherwood (D-NH) 5-6; 24. Devon Kollasch (D-NH) 5-6.

Long jump: 1. Parker Kiewiet (D-NH) 22-0; 18. Jack Haren (A-P) 19-2.25; 50. Jake Starbuck (D-NH) 16-8.

Shot put: 1. Kaseam Domond (Ames) 55-1; 25. Nathan Graves (D-NH) 39-1; 54. Cole Graves (D-NH) 30-10.

4x200: 1. WDM Valley 1:33.04; 17. D-NH (Bennett, Brady Huff, Woodley, Harrenstein) 1:42.02.

4x400: 1. Waukee 3:35.06; 2. D-NH (Bixby, Kiewiet, Conlee Lyons, Ryan Moore) 3:38.44.

4x800: 1. WDM Valley 8:24.58; 10. D-NH (Lyons, Moore, Kollasch, Loger) 9:00.35.