Mount Vernon girls’ track won the Anamosa Invitational on Tuesday, April 23.
The Mustangs outshined the field with 174 team points, and were followed by Mid-Prairie (141) and Anamosa (79). Lisbon was fourth with 63 points.
Mount Vernon won 12 events. The Mustangs swept the field events, with Libby Dix winning the shot put and discus, Sydney Maue winning the high jump and Lucy Wischmeyer winning the long jump.
Caliana Whitaker won the 100 and 400, Eastin Whisner won the 400 hurdles, Evelyn Moeller won the 800 and Kiersten Swart won the 1,500.
“Cali ran the fastest time of her career in the 400,” Mount Vernon Coach Kory Swart said. “Evelyn took eight seconds off her previous best time in the 800. Kiersten took 15 seconds off her PR in the 1,500.”
In addition, the Mustangs won five relays – 4×200, 4×400, 4×800, distance medley and shuttle hurdle.
“This should help them gain quite a bit of confidence as we move into championship season,” Swart said.
The Lisbon girls won the 4×200 and 4×100 relays with the same foursome (in different order) – Addy Happel, Ava Czarnecki, Brynn Epperly and Addie Clark.
The Mount Vernon and Lisbon boys’ track teams finished in a tie for third with 83 team points, behind Central DeWitt (132) and Monticello (85).
“It ended up being a great night to run,” Mount Vernon coach Ryan Whitman said. “We had quite a few PRs, which was nice to see.”
Grady Olberding won the only gold for the Mustangs, winning the 3,200 in 9 minutes, 42.70 seconds.
The Lions had three event winners. Daylin Schaefer won the long jump (21 feet, 3 inches), Tiernan Boots won the 100 (11.38 seconds), and the Lions won the 4×400 with a relay that included Dakota Clark, Reid Fridley, Baylor Speidel and Michael Gadberry.
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Boys team sores – 1. Central DeWitt 132; 2. Monticello 85; 3. (tie) Mount Vernon 83 and Lisbon 83; 5. Denver 77; 8. West Liberty 53; 9. Anamosa 43; 10. Bellevue 32; 11. North Linn 18; 12. (tie) Central Elkader 6 and Easton Valley 6.
Winner, MV and Lisbon placewinners
Long jump – 1. Daylin Schaefer (L) 21-3.
High jump – 1. Brady Kurt (Inde) 6-4; 3. Jackson Kutcher (MV) 6-0; 5. (tie) Mason Lehmer (L) 5-8 and Leon Rogers (L) 5-8.
Shot put – 1. Preston Ries (Monti) 52-9.
Discus – 1. Preston Ries (Monti) 171-0; 4. Jonah Reiling (L) 154-8; 6. Ian Shady (MV) 144-0.
Sprint medley – 1. Central DeWitt 1:34.55; 6. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark, Tiernan Boots, Cole Butteris) 1:38.95; 9. Mount Vernon (Camden Merino, Ethan Wood, Gabriel Mahoney, William Goodlove) 1:43.02.
3,200 – 1. Grady Olberding (MV) 9:42.70; 4. Dawson Scheil (MV) 10:04.23.
4×800 – 1. Denver 8:26.25; 2. Mount Vernon (Shelton Poteat, Seamus O’Connor, Graham Vavricek, Chasen Caskey) 8:28.70; 10. Lisbon (Caleb Snyder, Gavin Hove, Drayden Nunemaker, Tate Petersen) 9:34.21.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. West Liberty 1:01.52; 3. Mount Vernon (Miles Francois, Michael Ryan, Maddox Thede, Jackson Hird) 1:05.30; 7. Lisbon (Gage Holub, Kage Fox, Chase McFarlane, Riley Stone) 1:13.15.
100 – 1. Tiernan Boots (L) 11.38; 4. Quinn Coleman (L) 11.81; 6. Gabe Fairchild (MV) 11.90; 8. Nova Lane (MV) 12.17.
Distance medley – 1. Monticello 3:39.71; 6. Lisbon (Ryan Ross, Ethan Stone, Anthony Armstrong, Brody Speidel) 4:02.61; 7. Mount Vernon (Logan Stanerson, Ethan Plotz, Luke Paulus, Cayden Scheil) 4:03.26.
400 – 1. Caleb Olson (CD) 51.05; 3. Daylin Schaefer (L) 52.99; 5. Cole Butteris (L) 53.32; 6. Braxton Pitlik (MV) 53.70; 7. Watson Krob (MV) 57.32.
4×200 – 1. Bellevue 1:32.89; 7. Mount Vernon (Jaks Lee, Stanley Korb, Gabriel Mahoney, Kaleb Coon) 1:36.63.
110 hurdles – 1. Tristan Rheingans (CD) 14.84; 3. Miles Francois (MV) 16.08; 7. Maddox Thede (MV) 17.76; 8. Riley Stone (L) 18.36.
800 – 1. Caleb Olson (CD) 1:59.26; 5. Teague Krob (L) 2:04.58.
200 – 1. Alexander Brown (CD) 22.58; 2. Reid Fridley (L) 23.96; 3. Colin Bentley (MV) 24.07; 5. (tie) Chase McFarlane (L) 24.39.
400 hurdles – 1. Tristan Rheingans (CD) 53.80.
1,600 – 1. Neal Pinter (Denver) 4:34.98; 5. Chasen Caskey (MV) 4:45.76.
4×100 – 1. Independence 45.09; 4. Mount Vernon (Jackson Hird, Ethan Wood, Jase Jaspers, Evan Brase) 45.59.
4×400 – 1. Lisbon (Dakota Clark, Reid Fridley, Baylor Speidel, Michael Gadberry) 3:26.03; 2. Mount Vernon (Gabe Fairchild, Braxton Pitlik, Dawson Scheil, Grady Olberding) 3:34.18.
Girls team scores – 1. Mount Vernon 174; 2. Mid-Prairie 141; 3. Anamosa 79; 4. Lisbon 63; 5. Muscatine 56; 6. (tie) North Linn 40 and Independence 40; 8. Maquoketa Valley 36; 9. Monticello 33; 10. Starmont 31; 11. Bellevue 18; 12. Midland 16; 13. Easton Valley 11.
Girls’ Winner, area placewinners
Long jump – 1. Lucy Wischmeyer (MV) 16-8; 8. Emma Pleasant (L) 14-2.
High jump – 1. Sydney Maue (MV) 5-3; 3. Mykala Luzum-Selmon (L) 4-11.
Shot put – 1. Libby Dix (MV) 36-8.
Discus – 1. Libby Dix (MV) 136-5; 8. Taylor Schnipkoweit (L) 100-1.
Sprint meldey – 1. Mid-Prairie; 2. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addy Happel, Addie Clark) 1:54.00; 6. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Alivia Truitt, Kara Swantz, Sam Schoff) 1:59.40.
3,000 – 1. Lauren Krogmann (Star) 10:46.01; 6. Cora Smith (MV) 12:22.23; 7. Emrie Johnson (MV) 12:35.71.
4×800 – 1. Mount Vernon (Edith Dawson, Claire Jensen, Abbie Moss, Madison Hoffert) 10:14.86; 7. Lisbon (Ava Ahrendsen, Emma Pleasant, Gretchen Moehlman, Lohgan Anderson) 11:30.79.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Mount Vernon (Chloe Meester, Elsa Appleton, Eastin Whisner, Olivia Haverback) 1:08.72; 3. Lisbon (Mykala Luzum-Selmon, Addie Clark, Kaitlynn Hasselbusch, Brynn Epperly) 1:12.61.
100 – 1. Caliana Whitaker (MV) 12.92.
Distance medley – 1. Mid-Prairie 4:17.43; 2. Mount Vernon (Josie Niehaus, Grace Hale, Eastin Whisner, Kiersten Swart) 4:18.96; 8. Lisbon (Natalie Pumphrey, Leila Mayhew, Ava Czarnecki, Maeve Krogmann) 4:43.80.
400 – 1. Caliana Whitaker (MV) 59.31; 6. Alivia Truitt (MV) 1:05.38.
4×200 – 1. Lisbon (Addy Happel, Ava Czarnecki, Brynn Epperly, Addie Clark) 1:48.42; 3. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Lucy Wischmeyer, Kate Dougherty, Kara Swantz) 1:53.96.
100 hurdles – 1. Brooklyn Banghart (Inde) 16.37; 4. Chloe Meester (MV) 17.28; 6. Olivia Haverback (MV) 17.60; 8. Mykala Luzum-Selmon (L) 17.90.
800 – 1. Evelyn Moeller (MV) 2:22.35; 3. Sam Schoff (MV) 2:27.18; 6. Ava Ahrendsen (L) 2:43.37.
200 – 1. Jovi Evans (MP) 26.41; 2. Addy Happel (L) 26.96; 3. Grace Hale (MV) 28.17.
400 hurdles – 1. Eastin Whisner (MV) 1:07.13; 6. Kamryn Kahl (L) 1:17.31; 7. Kaitlynn Hasselbusch (L) 1:17.50.
1,500 – 1. Kiersten Swart (MV) 4:57.16; 5. Claire Jensen (MV) 5:06.24.
4×100 – 1. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addie Clark, Addy Happel) 51.66; 4. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Alivia Truitt, Olivia Haverback, Lucy Wischmeyer) 52.85.
4×400 – 1. Mount Vernon (Kara Swantz, Evelyn Moeller, Abbie Moss, Caliana Whitaker) 4:14.95.

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--Courtesy photos Jennifer Tischer

Mount Vernon’s Michael Ryan clears a hurdle in the shuttle hurdle relay at Anamosa Tuesday, April 23.