Qualifying track meets net local entries for the blue oval
State qualifying track meets were held around the state Thursday, with many local athletes advancing to the blue oval at Drake for state competition.
Red Oak
Red Oak girls qualified in the distance medley relay by placing second at Missouri Valley. The team of Syd Streicher, Dana Marsden, Juhi Boeye, and Ellie Rengstorf finished with a time of 4:26.54.
Two more entries were qualified after the times were compared across the state.
The sprint medley team of Streicher, Sierra Athen, Marsden, and Boeye’s time of 1:54.41 was fast enough to send them on to state.
Dana Marsden qualified with a time of 27.21 in the 200m.
East Mills Girls
Janette Schraft: 800m, 1500m, 3000m.
Zena Courtier: 400m hurdles.
Madison Williams, Emmy Duysen, Courtier, Schraft: distance medley relay.
Boys
Matt Glockel: discus, shot put.
Dylan Schroeder: 110m hurdles.
Essex
Jescenia Mosely: 100m hurdles.
Daiton Martin, Devan Gray, Mosely, Kelsi Leininger: distance medley relay.
Griswold Girls
Joanna Topham: 800m, 1500m, 3000m.
Jocelyn Amos: 400m hurdles.
Loryn Peterson, Anna Young, Amos, Charli Adams: 4x800.
Boys
AJ Hartman: 100m.
Jadon Jahnke: high jump, long jump.
Preston Good: long jump
Evan Kelly, Chance Mace, Josh Brownlee, David Thompson: 4x800.
Hartman, Clay Amos, Good, Thompson: distance medley relay.
Hartman, Jahnke, Spencer Muhlbauer, Good: shuttle hurdle relay.
Southwest Valley
Grant Maurer: 400m hurdles.
Aaron Armstrong, Chance Cobb, Maurer, Wyatt McAlpin: 4x100, 4x200.
Stanton
Drake Johnson: 400m hurdles.
