Mount Vernon track competed at the WaMaC Indoor Meet on Tuesday, March 25, at Grinnell College.
No team scores were kept. The Mustangs didn’t win any events.
“There is definitely strong, competitive balance among the girls’ teams in the WaMaC,” Mount Vernon girls coach Kory Swart said. “It was highly competitive, and a lot of teams caught my eye.”
Swart expects a much more wide-open race for the WaMaC outdoor title this year, after it was basically Solon and Mount Vernon battling it out last spring.
While the Mustangs didn’t get any gold, there were some medals. Libby Dix was second in the shot put and Lucy Wischmeyer was third in the long jump.
Mount Vernon showed its depth in the distance race by placing second (Evelyn Moeller), third (Kiersten Swart) and sixth (Edith Dawson) in the 1,500 meters.
On the boys’ side, the Mustangs were second in the distance medley with Logan Stanerson, Gabriel Mahoney, Holden Hlavacek and Dawson Scheil. They also had three placewinners in the 1,600 – Scheil was third, followed by Graham Vavricek (sixth) and Chasen Caskey (seventh).
But boys coach Ryan Whitman was more concerned with the shorter distances.
“I was intrigued with what I saw,” Whitman said. “I’m excited to see what they do on an outdoor track.”
WaMaC Indoor
GIRLS
Winner, MV placewinners
High jump – 1. Lauren Leclere (WD) 5-2; 4. Eastin Whisner (MV) 4-8; 7. Adrienne Ruhland (MV) 4-6.
Long jump – 1. Aiden Gosselink (G) 17-11.25; 3. Lucy Wischmeyer (MV) 16-7.
Shot put – 1. Ana Glawe (BC) 38-0; 2. Libby Dix (MV) 37-8.
60 hurdles – 1. Avery Schmitz (WD) 9.53.
60 – 1. Aiden Gosselink (G) 7.94.
1,500 – 1. Kyra Cordes (M) 4:50.09; 2. Evelyn Moeller (MV) 4:53.48; 3. Kiersten Swart (MV) 4:57.33; 6. Edith Dawson (MV) 5:25.66.
4×200 – 1. Marion 1:47.86; 6. Mount Vernon (Swantz, Wischmeyer, Hale, Whitaker) 1:51.62.
4×800 – 1. West Delaware 10:11.45; 3. Mount Vernon (Telecky, Hoffert, Moss, Schoff) 10:32.55; 6. Mount Vernon (Rupe, Bothell, Kinion, Brase) 11:18.54.
200 – 1. Aiden Gosselink (G) 26.54.
Distance medley – 1. West Delaware 4:35.90; 8. Mount Vernon (Jaspers, Glaza, Kinion, Dawson) 5:05.72.
400 – 1. Ava Hocker (W) 1:00.35.
800 – 1. Brynn Kartman (WD) 2:29.30.
4×400 – 1. Marion 4:09.55; 8. Mount Vernon (Rupe, Hoffert, Moss, Brase) 4:37.84.
BOYS
Winner, MV placewinners
High jump – 1. Eli Patterson (BC) 6-5.
Long jump – 1. Caleb Bock (S) 21-2.5.
Shot put – 1. Landon Prince (CCA) 56-1.
60 hurdles – 1. Tay Seals (CCA) 8.13; 5. Maddox Thede (MV) 9.17.
60 – 1. Kellan Harter (G) 7.02.
1,600 – 1. Alex Torres (VS) 4:29.58; 3. Dawson Scheil (MV) 4:34.75; 6. Graham Vavricek (MV) 4:53.65; 7. Chasen Caskey (MV) 4:54.19.
4×800 – 1. CC-A 8:45.06; 5. Mount Vernon (Dye, Rushford, Hepker, Webster) 9:33.08; 7. Mount Vernon (Cossolotto, Flockhart, Tharp, Bany) 10:05.52.
200 – 1. Rayce Heitman (W) 22.91.
4×200 – 1. CCA 1:32.95; 6. Mount Vernon (Stanerson, Lee, Mahoney, Lamb) 1:37.14.
Distance medley – 1. Grinnell 3:41.38; 2. Mount Vernon (Stanerson, Mahoney, Hlavacek, Scheil) 3:49.68.
400 – 1. Grant Hocker (W) 52.31.
800 – 1. Cadel Conner (G) 2:04.,05; 5. Chasen Caskey (MV) 2:13.62.
4×400 – 1. CPU 3:31.78; 6. Mount Vernon (Hlavacek, Stanerson, Lee, Scheil) 3:41.88.