Tigers win four gold medals at Underwood

The Red Oak boys track team won four events and placed sixth as a team at the Underwood Co-ed Relays Thursday.
Riverside edged Treynor 137 to 133 to win the boys team title. Red Oak finished with 64 points for sixth place.
“A much better night tonight,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “We raced at Underwood to see Riverside and  their 4x800 team and our boys beat them. That was a great win for our guys. Coach (Carter) Bruce and I are super proud of the guys on their performance tonight.”
Cale Hall had a big day for the Tigers. The senior won the 100-meters and the 200-meters.
Emmanuel Grass had a hand in two gold medals, winning the 1,600-meters and joining Osiel Pedersen, Hayden Hietbrink and Reese Montgomery in winning the 4x800-meters.
Hietbrink added a third-place medal in the 800-meters.
The Tigers’ distance medley relay team of Hall, Pedersen, Hietbrink and Montgomery was third.

Underwood Co-ed Relays
Girls Team Results
1. Harlan, 130.5. 2. Glenwood, 124. 3. Tri-Center, 121. 4. Riverside, 101. 5 Underwood, 97.5. 6. Shenandoah, 65. 7. Missouri Valley, 42.

Boys Team Results
1. Riverside, 137. 2. Treynor, 133. 3. Underwood, 102. 4. Glenwood, 79. 5. Shenandoah, 75. 6. Red Oak, 64. 7. Missouri Valley, 58. 8. Harlan, 46. 9. Tri-Center, 35.

Red Oak Boys Top Medal Winners
100m: first place, Cale Hall, 11.63.
200m: first place, Hall, 22.91.
800m: third place, Hayden Hietbrink, 2:05.70.
1600m: first place, Emmanuel Grass, 4:34.77.
Sprint medley relay: eighth place, Red Oak, 1:44.32.
4x200m relay: eighth place, Red Oak, 1:43.19.
4x400m relay: fourth place, Red Oak, 3:37.27.
4x800m relay: first place, Red Oak, 8:23.33.
Distance medley relay: third place, Red Oak, 3:52.28.

Red Oak boys sixth, girls 10th at Glenwood co-ed relays
The Red Oak boys finished sixth and the girls 10th at the Glenwood Co-ed Ram Relays last Monday.
The Glenwood girls won the team title with 143 points and Atlantic captured the boys team title with 119 points.
The Red Oak boys finished their day with gold medals from Reese Montgomery in the 800-meters and Emmanuel Grass in the 1,500 and finished with 56 team points.
Cale Hall added a second-place medal in the 200-meters and a third in the 100-meters.
“Tonight was a test for our boys with the cold and running on a Monday was a bit different,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “I felt like we were tired and need some rest.”
The Tigers distance medley relay team of Hall, Montgomery, Segio Villanueva and Sawyer Perdue was fourth in 3:52.28.
On the girls side, Red Oak’s Jocelyn O’Neal won three medals, including a gold medal in the long jump with a season-best
leap of 17 feet, 2 inches. The senior added an eighth-place finish in the 200 and a sixth in the 400.
Natalie Johnson added an eighth-place finish in the 400 in a season-best time of 1:07.
“Natalie has only run a 400-meter once in a relay, but absolutely crushed it in her open tonight,” said Red Oak girls coach Abigail Ellsworth. “The 400 seems to come so naturally to her and I can’t wait to see how she’ll excel.”

Glenwood Co-ed Ram Relays
Girls Team Results
1. Glenwood, 143. 2. Atlantic, 120.5. 3. Clarinda, 116. 4. Creston, 88. 5. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 81. 6. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 53.5. 7. Underwood, 45. 8. Shenandoah, 38. 9. Sioux City East, 20. 10. Red Oak, 15. 11. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson.

Red Oak Girl Top Medal Winners
200m: eighth place, Jocelyn O’Neal, 27.84.
400m: sixth place, O’Neal, 1:03.64.
Long jump: first place, O’Neal, 17’ 2”.
    
Boys Team Results
1. Atlantic, 119. 2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 95.5. 3. Glenwood, 94. 4. Treynor, 77. 5. Shenandoah, 68.5. 6. Red Oak, 56. 7. Clarinda, 54. 8. Underwood, 47. 9. Creston, 44. 10. Sioux City East, 36. 11. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 24. 12. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 18. 13. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 8.

Red Oak Boys Top Medal Winners
100m: third place, Cale Hall, 11.09.
200m: second place, Hall, 22.24.
800m: first place, Reese Montgomery, 2:03.47.
1600m: first place, Emmanuel Grass, 4:37.04.
4x800m relay: second place, Red Oak, 8:32.41.
Distance medley relay: fourth place, Red Oak, 3:52.28.