The Lisbon boys’ track team is poised to defend their title this week at the State Meet after a strong performance at a Class 1A state qualifying meet Thursday, May 9, in Brooklyn. The Lisbon girls’ won a title, too.
In addition, the Mount Vernon girls’ team should have enough firepower to chase a title after they ran at the Class 3A state qualifier Thursday, May 9, in Manchester.
The Lion boys’ won the team title at the state qualifier with 174 points, easily outpacing runner-up BCLUW, which had 71.5 points at the 14-team event.
“Only one small hiccup with Jonah (Reiling) not qualifying in the discus,” Lisbon Coach Lonnie Speidel said. “Every other event we thought would qualify did.”
Lisbon won four relay titles (4×800, 4×200, 4×100, sprint medley) and placed second in two others (shuttle hurdle and 4×400), and third in the distance medley.
The Lions ended up qualifying in all but the shuttle hurdle.
“We’ll have to score well in the sprints and sprint relays,” Speidel said.
Baylor Speidel won two individual titles (100, 200). Other winners included Daylin Schaefer (long jump), Gage Holub (110 hurdles), Michael Gadberry (800).
“Mt. Ayer, Bellevue, Woodbine and Madrid are all in contention as well,” Speidel said. “Our field events will need to step up and score well also if we want to win.”
The Lisbon girls track team won the team title at the Class 1A state qualifier. It was a little closer.
Lisbon scored 104.5 team points to beat BCLUW, which was just one point back.
“We kind of gave a speech before that every spot matters,” Lisbon Coach Brett Epperly said. “If someone gets in front of you, you go get them. If someone is behind you, stay ahead of them.”
The team title came down to the final race, the 4×400. Epperly said anchor Leila Mayhew got passed by a runner from Lynnville-Sully, then passed her back before the finish.
“That made the difference,” Epperly said.
The other girls on the 4×400 included Maeve Krogmann, Ava Ahrendsen and Emma Pleasant.
OF course, they only had to finish fifth thanks to the 4×100 relay winning gold the event prior.
That foursome included Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addie Clark and Addy Happel.
“Those four girls have been running together all year,” Epperly said. “The cohesiveness between them is strong. They have a personal goal of dropping their time every time we run.”
Those four also won the 4×200 and sprint medley.
Individual champions included Czarnecki (long jump) and Happel (200).
What it all adds up to is the Lion girls may have a chance to collect a trophy this week in Des Moines.
“We know what we can do, we just need to execute,” Epperly said. “All you need is a shot. In my opinion, we have as good of shot as anybody.”
Mount Vernon
The Mustang girls’ followed up their WaMaC crown with a dominant win at West Delaware. Mount Vernon scored 180 points, outrunning Dubuque Wahlert (126.5) and Western Dubuque (102) at the eight-team qualifier.
“We were just trying to get as many events as possible through to the State Meet,” Mount Vernon coach Kory Swart said. “We were able to get 15 events in, 13 on auto-qualifier, and two others at-large. I’m really excited and happy for the girls.”
Mount Vernon 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.
And as a bonus, Elsa Appleton finished second in the long jump, despite a year-long battle with a bad back.
“Elsa surprised me the most,” Swart said. “There were only eight entrants, so she decided to chance it, at least one time to score team points.
“Her first jump was not good, so she decided to take one more, and qualified for state.”
Swart was mentioned that Dix improved enough in the shot put throughout the year to perhaps score points at state. She is ranked sixth going to Des Moines.
“Coming into the year, I’m not sure we were expecting that,” Swart said. “Every point counts.”
Other gold medals included the 4×800, Evelyn Moeller in the 800, Eastin Whisner in the 400 hurdles, and Kiersten Swart in the 1,500.
The Mustangs qualified five relays, all with top 10 times. Caliana Whitaker qualified in the 200 and 400.
It sets up for an interesting three days at Drake Stadium.
“There are six or seven teams that can make a run at the state title, and we’re one of them,” Swart said. “It is going to be tight, and we’ll have to have a few things go our way.”
The Mount Vernon boys’ track team had a strong evening and will have seven entries at state track. The Mustangs finished third at the state qualifier with 94 points. Western Dubuque won it going away (172), followed by Center Point-Urbana (121).
The Mustangs didn’t win any events, but Grady Olberding is ranked in the Top 4 for state in both the 3,200 and 1,600, and the 4×800 is ranked fifth after running a season-best 8:12.78.
“Grady ran really well,” Mount Vernon Coach Ryan Whitman said. “It was a great night for us overall, and I was really pleased with how all the guys ran.”
Jackson Kutcher hit a personal record in the high jump at 6-foot-2, finished second, and qualified for state. Stanley Krob was second in the long jump and also qualified.
Class 3A state qualifier
Boys team scores – 1. Western Dubuque 172; 2. Center Point-Urbana 121; 3. Mount Vernon 94; 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 89; 5. Dubuque Wahlert 80; 6. Vinton-Shellsburg 75; 7. Independence 56; 8. West Delaware 43.
Winner, Mount Vernon placewinners
Shot put – 1. Tory Wash (VS) 56-6; 7. Ian Shady (MV) 46-6.
Discus – 1. Joe Boge (WDub) 163-5; 4. Ian Shady (MV) 140-10.
High jump – 1. Brady Kurt (I) 6-2; 2. Jackson Kutcher (MV) 6-2; 6. Luke Paulus (MV) 5-6.
Long jump – 1. Carter Andrews (CPU) 20-7.75; 2. Stanley Krob (MV) 19-6.75; 4. Atticus Rood (MV) 19-0.75.
Sprint medley – 1. Center Point-Urbana 1:34.26; 6. Mount Vernon (Colin Bentley, Evan Brase, Gabe Fairchild, Toby Neal) 1:38.51.
3,200 – 1. Quentin Mauman (WDub) 9:38.31; 2. Grady Olberding (MV) 9:40.47.
4×800 – 1. Center Point-Urbana 8:07.90; 3. Mount Vernon (Dawson Scheil, Chasen Caskey, Cole Thurn, Seamus O’Connor) 8:12.78.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Western Dubuque 59.10; 4. Mount Vernon (Miles Francois, Michael Ryan, Maddox Thede, Jackson Hird) 1:04.26.
100 – 1. Kaleb Rowland (WDub) 11.10; 6. Nova Lane (MV) 11.78; 8. Jackson Hird (MV) 12.12.
Distance medley – 1. Western Dubuque 3:33.92; 4. Mount Vernon (Colin Bentley, Gabe Fairchild, Braxton Pitlik, Dawson Scheil) 3:39.03.
400 – 1. Tom Scherr (DW) 49.68; 5. William Goodlove (MV) 54.30.
4×200 – 1. Western Dubuque 1:29.84; 4. Mount Vernon (Colin Bentley, Evan Brase, Ethan Wood, Gabe Fairchild) 1:35.66.
110 hurdles – 1. Ashton Hogrefe (WDub) 14.69.
800 – 1. Quentin Nauman (WDub) 1:58.61; 4. Dawson Scheil (MV) 2:01.95; 7. Chasen Caskey (MV) 2:14.89.
200 – 1. AJ Maloney (CPU) 22.67; 8. Jakes Lee (MV) 24.61.
400 hurdles – 1. Ashton Hogrefe (WDub) 54.80; 8. Brogan Meyer (MV) 1:00.71.
1,600 – 1. Quentin Nauman (WDub) 4:24.12; 2. Grady Olberding (MV) 4:25.85.
4×100 – 1. Western Dubuque 43.01; 7. Mount Vernon (Camden Merino, Ethan Wood, Jase Jaspers, Nova Lane) 46.35.
4×400 – 1. Center Point-Urbana 3:25.21; 5. Mount Vernon (Toby Neal, Seamus O’Connor, Braxton Pitlik, Grady Olberding) 3:34.57.
Girls team scores – 1. Mount Vernon 180; 2. Dubuque Wahlert 126.5; 3. Western Dubuque 102; 4. West Delaware 92; 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 80; 6. Vinton-Shellsburg 56.5; 7. Center Point-Urbana 51; 8. Independence 31.
Winner, Mount Vernon placewinners
Shot put – 1. Libby Dix (MV) 38-4.5.
Discus – 1. Libby Dix (MV) 131-7.
High jump – 1. Sydney Maue (MV) 5-4; 5. Paige Schurbon (MV) 5-0.
Long jump – 1. Lucy Wischmeyer (MV) 15-7.25; 2. Elsa Appleton (MV) 14-10.25.
Sprint medley – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 1:48.08; 2. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Kara Swantz, Caliana Whitaker, Eastin Whisner) 1:50.55.
3,000 – 1. Olivia Primrose (VS) 10:59.99; 3. Claire Jensen (MV) 11:00.36; 5. Edith Dawson (MV) 11:21.45.
4×800 – 1. Mount Vernon (Sam Schoff, Madison Hoffert, Evelyn Moeller, Kiersten Swart) 9:46.69.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. West Delaware 1:07.88; 2. Mount Vernon (Chloe Meester, Kiersten Swart, Olivia Haverback, Elsa Appleton) 1:08.28.
100 – 1. Ava Ramler (WDub) 12.61; 8. Caroline Rupe (MV) 14.30.
Distance medley – 1. West Delaware 4:18.01; 2. Mount Vernon (Josie Niehaus, Kara Swantz, Kiersten Swart, Eastin Whisner) 4:21.26.
400 – 1. Rylee Steffen (DW) 57.03; 2. Caliana Whitaker (MV) 1:00.06.
4×200 – 1. Western Dubuque 1:43.99; 5. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Lucy Wischmeyer, Alivia Truitt, Grace Hale) 1:51.61.
100 hurdles – 1. Avery Schmitz (WDel) 15.84; 3. Chloe Meester (MV) 16.23; 6. Elsa Appleton (MV) 17.41.
800 – 1. Evelyn Moeller (MV) 2:23.86; 3. Sam Schoff (MV) 2:24.56.
200 – 1. Rylee Steffen (DW) 25.10; 4. Caliana Whitaker (MV) 26.24.
400 hurdles – 1. Eastin Whisner (MV) 1:07.03; 6. Chloe Meester (MV) 1:17.09.
1,500 – 1. Kiersten Swart (MV) 5:07.63; 3. Claire Jensen (MV) 5:09.36.
4×100 – 1. Western Dubuque 48.82; 5. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Elsa Appleton, Josie Niehaus, Lucy Wischmeyer) 52.78.
4×400 – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 4:05.23; 2. Mount Vernon (Kara Swantz, Eastin Whisner, Alivia Truitt, Caliana Whitaker) 4:07.21.
Class 1A state qualifier
Boys team scores – 1. Lisbon 174; 2. BCLUW 71.5; 3. Iowa Valley 71; 4. North Cedar 69; 5. Baxter 67.5; 6. (tie) Lynnville-Sully 54 and English Valleys 54; 8. Midland 40; 9. (tie) Springville 34 and BGM 34; 11. Calamus-Wheatland 29; 12. GMG 17; 13. HLV 13; 14. Prince of Peace 10.
Winner, Lisbon placewinners
Shot put – 1. Ethan Thimmes (NC) 49-5.25; 2. Jonah Reiling (L) 49-3.25; 7. Kael Chappell (L) 40-11.25.
Discus – 1. Anthony Harrington (M) 149-9; 6. Henry Reiling (L) 123-11.
High jump – 1. Johny Amina (NC) 6-4; 2. Mason Lehmer (L) 6-0.
Long jump – 1. Daylin Schaefer (L) 20-7; 8. Grayson Wollum (L) 18-3.5.
Sprint medley – 1. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark, Tiernan Boots, Reid Fridley) 1:36.75.
3,200 – 1. Gage Heyne (EV) 9:54.75; 5. Sawyer Feldman (L) 10:43.92.
4×800 – 1. Lisbon (Teague Krob, Anthony Armstrong, Brody Speidel, Michael Gadberry) 8:30-.75.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Iowa Valley 1:05.43; 2. Lisbon (Kage Fox, Riley Stone, Justin Snyder, Gage Holub) 1:06.78.
100 – 1. Baylor Speidel (L) 10.61; 2. Tiernan Boots (L) 10.78.
Distance medley – 1. English Valleys 3:42.58; 3. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Chase McFarlane, Cole Butteris, Teague Krob) 3:46.31.
400 – 1. Cael Keller (BCLUW) 50.21; 5. Daylin Schaefer (L) 53.30.
4×200 – 1. Lisbon (Tiernan Boots, Dakota Clark, Reid Fridley, Baylor Speidel) 1:33.14.
110 hurdles – 1. Gage Holub (L) 15.29; 5. Riley Stone (L) 17.16.
800 – 1. Michael Gadberry (L) 1:58.70; 6. Teague Krob (L) 2:10.50.
200 – 1. Baylor Speidel (L) 21.30; 3. Dakota Clark (L) 22.30.
400 hurdles – 1. Hakael Powell (PoP) 55.97; 2. Gage Holub (L) 56.20.
1,600 – 1. 1. Matt Richardson (B) 4:35.62; 6. Sawyer Feldman (L) 4:57.79.
4×100 – 1. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark, Tiernan Boots, Baylor Speidel) 43.65.
4×400 – 1. Iowa Valley 3:30.13; 2. Lisbon (Cole Butteris, Reid Fridley, Chase McFarlane, Michael Gadberry) 3:32.02.
Girls team scores – 1. Lisbon 104.5; 2. BCLUW 103.5; 3. Lynnville-Sully 85; 4. English Valleys 78; 5. HLV 70; 6. Baxter 65; 7. Springville 45; 8. Iowa Valley 44; 9. Midland 38; 10. Calamus-Wheatland 37; 11. North Cedar 24; 12. GMG 17; 13. BGM 11.
Winner, Lisbon placewinners
Shot put – 1. Lydia Kriegel (IV) 37-8.5.
Discus – 1. Kennedy Axmear (EV) 124-0.
High jump – 1. Ema Roberts (HLV) 5-4; 4. Mykala Luzum-Selmon (L) 5-1; 5. (tie) Emersyn Reiter (L) 4-8.
Long jump – 1. Ava Czarnecki (L) 15-11.75.
Sprint medley – 1. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addy Happel, Addie Clark) 1:53.45.
3,000 – 1. Addison Achenbach (EV) 11:49.02.
4×800 – 1. BCLUW 10:03.19; 4. Lisbon (Maeve Krogmann, Ava Ahrendsen, Emma Pleasant, Gretchen Moehlman) 11:08.29.
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Springville 1:09.60; 2. Lisbon (Mykala Luzum-Selmon, Addie Clark, Brynn Epperly, Kaitlynn Hasselbusch) 1:10.04.
100 – 1. Ava Gehrking (EV) 12.90; 8. Natalie Pumphrey (L) 14.52.
Distance medley – 1. BCLUW 4:26.60; 7. Lisbon (Natalie Pumphrey, Kamryn Kahl, Leila Mayhew, Alexa Roos) 5:12.72.
400 – 1. Courtney Knoche (CW) 1:00.52.
4×200 – 1. Lisbon (Addy Happel, Ava Czarnecki, Brynn Epperly, Addie Clark) 1:48.77.
100 hurdles – 1. Camryn Russell (B) 16.10; 3. Kaitlynn Hasselbusch (L) 17.03; 5. Mykala Luzum-Selmon (L) 17.29.
800 – 1. Courtney Knoche (CW) 2:28.30; 4. Maeve Krogmann (L) 2:39.40; 8. Ava Ahrendsen (L) 2:46.50.
200 – 1. Addy Happel (L) 25.90; 8. Leila Mayhew (L) 28.90.
400 hurdles – 1. Aaliyah Cooper (HLV) 1:10.06; 3. Kamryn Kahl (L) 1:15.47; 5. Kaitlynn Hasselbusch (L) 1:16.71.
1,500 – 1. Kalia Stover (BCLUW) 5:25.02.
4×100 – 1. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addie Clark, Addy Happel) 51.36.
4×400 – 1. BCLUW 4:19.26; 5. Lisbon (Maeve Krogmann, Ava Ahrendsen, Emma Pleasant, Leila Mayhew) 4:45.80.
The State Track Meet is Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 16-18, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. (Qualifiers listed by state rank; relays listed with all possible entrants.)
Class 3A
Mount Vernon boys: 800 – 16. Dawson Scheil. 1,600 – 3. Grady Olberding. 3,200 – 4. Grady Olberding. 4×800 – 5. Mount Vernon (Dawson Scheil, Chasen Caskey, Cole Thurn, Seamus O’Connor, Grady Olberding, Graham Vavricek, Shelton Poteat). Distance medley – 10. Mount Vernon (Colin Bentley, Gage Fairchild, Braxton Pitlik, Dawson Scheil, Grady Olberding, Toby Neal, Evan Brase, Miles Francois). High jump – 20. Jackson Kutcher. Long jump – 24. Stanley Krob.
Mount Vernon girls: 200 – 15. Caliana Whitaker. 400 – 8. Caliana Whitaker. 800 – 11. Evelyn Moeller; 15. Sam Schoff. 1,500 – 17. Kiersten Swart. 3,000 – 11. Claire Jensen; 22. Edith Dawson. 400 hurdles – 2. Eastin Whisner. Shuttle hurdle – 9. Mount Vernon (Chloe Meester, Kiersten Swart, Olivia Haverback, Elsa Appleton, Eastin Whisner, Sydney Maue, Ava Willems, Paige Schurbon). 4×400 – 8. Mount Vernon (Kara Swantz, Eastin Whisner, Alivia Truitt, Caliana Whitaker, Kiersten Swart, Evelyn Moeller, Sam Schoff, Abbie Moss). 4×800 – 2. Mount Vernon (Sam Schoff, Madison Hoffert, Evelyn Moeller, Kiersten Swart, Eastin Whisner, Abbie Moss, Claire Jensen, Edith Dawson). Sprint medley – 5. Mount Vernon (Lillian Wischmeyer, Kara Swantz, Caliana Whitaker, Eastin Whisner, Elsa Appleton, Lucy Wischmeyer, Alivia Truitt, Josie Niehaus). Distance medley – 8. Mount Vernon (Josie Niehaus, Kara Swantz, Kiersten Swart, Eastin Whisner, Caliana Whitaker, Lillian Wischmeyer, Alivia Truitt, Evelyn Moeller). High jump – 3. Sydney Maue; 19. Pagie Schurbon. Long jump – 20. Lucy Wischmeyer; 24. Elsa Appleton. Discus – 3. Libby Dix. Shot put – 6. Libby Dix.
Class 1A
Lisbon boys: 100 – 1. Baylor Speidel; 3. Tiernan Boots. 200 – 1. Baylor Speidel; 4. Dakota Clark. 400 – 23. Daylin Schaefer. 800 – 3. Michael Gadberry 1:58.94. 110 hurdles – 5. Gage Holub. 400 hurdles – 10. Gage Holub. 4×100 – 1. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark, Tiernan Boots, Baylor Speidel, Chase McFarlane, Ryan Ross). 4×200 – 7. Lisbon (Tiernan Boots, Dakota Clark, Reid Fridley, Baylor Speidel, Chase McFarlane, Ryan Ross, Quinn Coleman). 4×400 – 12. Lisbon (Cole Butteris, Reid Fridley, Chase McFarlane, Michael Gadberry, Daylin Schaefer, Gage Holub, Anthony Armstrong, Brody Speidel). 4×800 – 9. Lisbon (Teague Krob, Anthony Armstrong, Brody Speidel, Michael Gadberry, Gage Holub, Cole Butteris). Distance medley – 22. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Chase McFarlane, Cole Butteris, Teague Krob, Michael Gadberry, Daylin Schaefer, Tiernan Boots, Dakota Clark). Sprint medley – 9. Lisbon (Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark, Tiernan Boots, Reid Fridley, Michael Gadberry, Daylin Schaefer, Chase McFarlane, Baylor Speidel). High jump – 15. Mason Lehmer. Long jump – 11. Daylin Schaefer. Shot put – 8. Jonah Reiling.
Lisbon girls: 200 – 3. Addy Happel. 100 hurdles – 19. Kaitlynn Hasselbusch. Shuttle hurdle – 9. Lisbon (Mykala Luzam-Selmon, Addie Clark, Brynn Epperly, Kaitlynn Hasselbusch, Kamryn Kahl, Leila Mayhew). 4×100 – 4. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addie Clark, Addy Happel, Leila Mayhew, Mykala Luzam-Selmon). 4×200 – 3. Lisbon (Addy Happel, Ava Czarnecki, Brynn Epperly, Addie Clark, Leila Mayhew, Mykala Luzum-Selmon, Maeve Krogmann). Sprint medley – 3. Lisbon (Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addy Happel, Addie Clark, Maeve Krogmann, Leila Mayhew, Mykala Luzum-Selmon). High jump – 14. Mykala Luzum-Selmon. Long jump – 17. Ava Czarnecki.

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--Courtesy photos Jennifer Tischer

Lisbon’s Tiernan Boots hands off to Reid Fridley in the sprint medley relay.