Dike-New Hartford boys win NICL track title

HUDSON – Dike-New Hartford boys track and field won the first-ever NICL “Mega Meet” title at Hudson on Thursday, the first meet to have all 16 eligible NICL schools competing in one meet to determine one true champion.

D-NH scored 139 points to finish ahead of Grundy Center (126) and Jesup (104). Aplington-Parkersburg was seventh with 35 points.

The Wolverines were led by two champions - Jerek Hall in the long jump, landing in the pit with a mark of 20 feet, 7.25 inches; and the 4x400 team of Michael Herber, Parker Latwesen, Nate Graves and Rhett Wardell that raced to the finish line in 3:27.97 to close out the meet.

D-NH scored twice in five individual events, including a 1-2 finish in the long jump, and finished no worse than fifth in the relay events.

For A-P, the 4x800 relay team of Gavin Thomas, Jack Eddy, Devin Davis and Sam Livingood secured a runner-up placing in the event named after former A-P coach Ed Thomas, clocking in at 8:35.44. Carson Troyna grabbed bronze in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 7.25 inches.

In the girls’ race, Denver eked out a win over Dike-New Hartford in the team standings, 127 points to 114. Aplington-Parkersburg was fifth with 55.5 points.

D-NH had three event titles on the night – Jadyn Petersen won the long jump title with a leap of 15 feet, 9 inches; Taylor Kvale won the 400 hurdles in 1:05.78 and was the anchor on the winning 4x400 team as the baton went from Petersen to Macie Graves to Ella Costello and Kvale in a time of 4:11.18.

A-P’s Olyvia Bellows won the high jump after clearing the bar at 5 feet, 2 inches. She was also the runner-up in the 100 hurdles in 16.77 and anchored the runner-up shuttle hurdle relay team - Shayla Barrett, Kinsey Mohwinkle, Avery Freund and Bellows completed the race in 1:12.67.

POSTSEASON: A-P and D-NH will meet again in Thursday’s Class 2A state-qualifying meet at Grundy Center. In addition to the Spartans, the Falcons and Wolverines will also see NICL schools Columbus, Denver, Jesup, Oelwein, South Hardin and Union; as well as Belmond-Klemme, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, and Eagle Grove. The top two placewinners in each event, plus the next eight fastest non-automatic-qualifier times from all eight district sites will advance to the state meet running from May 19-21 in Des Moines.

NICL Mega Meet

At Hudson

Girls teams: 1. Denver 127; 2. D-NH 114; 3. Jesup 82; 4. Union 56; 5. A-P 55.5; 6. Wapsie Valley 52; 7. AGWSR 49; 8. Sumner-Fred. 40.33; 9. Hudson 40; 10. Grundy Center 36.5; 11. BCLUW 33.66; 12. East Marshall 27; T-13. South Hardin 14; T-13. Oelwein 14.

All-NICL results

(Top 8)

A-P

1,500: 7. Lia Hovenga 5:27.61.

100 hurdles: 2. Olyvia Bellows 16.77; 7. Kinsey Mohwinkle 18.10.

High jump: 1. Bellows 5-2; 6. Mohwinkle 4-8.

Long jump: 4. Emma Wolff 14-11.5.

4x200: 7. Elle Strickland, Halle Buseman, Emma Wolff, Lexi Aswegen 1:57.03.

4x400: 7. Mohwinkle, Ellen Waller, Ashley Schipper, Aswegen 4:27.83.

4x800: 4. Quinnlyn Schultz, Aswegen, Adison Williamson, Hovenga 10:25.08.

Shuttle hurdle: 2. Shayla Barrett, Mohwinkle, Avery Freund, Bellows 1:12.67.

Sprint medley: 4. Waller, Freund, Wolff, Schultz 1:58.94.

Distance medley: 5. Buseman, Wolff, Aswegen, Schultz 4:29.69.

D-NH

100: 2. Macie Graves 13.24; 4. Shelby Ohrt 13.59.

200: 3. Graves 27.39; 4. Payton Petersen 27.96.

400: 3. Taylor Kvale 1:02.55; 6. Jadyn Petersen 1:03.37.

3,000: 3. Izzy Houts 11:35.62.

400 hurdles: 1. Kvale 1:05.78; 6. Taylor Hoehns 1:14.44.

Discus: 2. Tayler Wessely 112-9.

Shot put: 7. Wessely 32-9.75.

High jump: 5. P. Petersen 5-0.

Long jump: 1. J. Petersen 15-9; 2. Graves 15-5.5.

4x100: 4. Claire McCumber, Ohrt, Ella Costello, Emma Hayes 54.08.

4x200: 2. Ohrt, McCumber, P. Petersen, Costello 1:51.12.

4x400: 1. J. Petersen, Graves, Costello, Kvale 4:11.18.

Shuttle hurdle: 8. Kiersten Christiansen, Norah O’Neill, Indee Grassley, Ashawntae Brown 1:22.60.

Sprint medley: 3. Ohrt, Costello, P. Petersen, Kvale 1:55.27.

   Boys teams: 1. D-NH 139; 2. Grundy Center 126; 3. Jesup 104; 4. Denver 103; 5. Union 50.5; 6. Oelwein 44; 7. A-P 35; 8. South Hardin 34; 9. Wapsie Valley 30; 10. East Marshall 16.5; 11. BCLUW 16; 12. Columbus 14; 13. Sumner-Fred. 11.5; 14. AGWSR 7; 15. Hudson 6; 16. G-R 4.5.

All-NICL results

(Top 8)

A-P

400: 4. Adam Schipper 52.58.

110 hurdles: 7. Kaden Huttinger 16.74.

Discus: 7. Joe Johnson 121-0.

Shot put: 3. Carson Troyna 47-7.25.

4x200: 8. Aidan Junker, Jack Eddy, Kael Schoneman, Andrew Ogle 1:38.83.

4x400: 4. Gavin Thomas, Johnson, Huttinger, Schipper 3:34.67.

4x800: 2. Thomas, Eddy, Devin Davis, Sam Livingood 8:35.54.

Shuttle hurdle: 6. Huttinger, Junker, Nash Arkulari, Kael Stotler 1:09.50.

Sprint medley: 6. Junker, Eddy, Ogle, Schipper 1:39.28.

D-NH

100: 2. Jerek Hall 11.45; 5. Jace Hall 11.72.

200: 5. Je. Hall 23.00.

400: 3. Parker Latwesen 52.49; 5. Michael Herber 52.91.

800: 3. Latwesen 2:06.56; 4. Sawyer Wibben 2:06.95.

1,600: 4. Jacob Gibbs 4:46.53; 7. Wibben 5:00.25.

3,200: 7. Gibbs 10:37.70.

110 hurdles: 5. Rhett Wardell 16.11.

400 hurdles: 2. Wardell 56.21.

Discus: 5. Cole Graves 133-1.

Shot put: 2. Cale Jensen 50-1.25; 6. Nick Reinicke 43-4.75.

Long jump: 1. Je. Hall 20-7.25; 2. Devon Kollasch 20-2.

4x100: 2. Kollasch, Je. Hall, Gus Varney, Ja. Hall 44.57.

4x200: 3. Cameron Decker, Varney, Braxten Johnson, Ja. Hall 1:35.31.

4x400: 1. Herber, Latwesen, Nate Graves, Wardell 3:27.97.

4x800: 3. Wibben, Devon Lotts, Ethan Kirby, Tyler Nystel 8:36.06.

Shuttle hurdle: 3. Wardell, Blane Schmitt, Trevor Folkerts, Jayce Jensen 1:06.47.

Sprint medley: 5. Kollasch, Ja. Hall, N. Graves, Herber 1:38.99.

Distance medley: 2. Kollasch, Varney, N. Graves, Gibbs 3:48.77.