The Mount Vernon girls’ track team turned a few heads at the Eastern Iowa Track & Field
Festival on Saturday, April 12, at Iowa City West.
At the massive, multi-team event, Cali Whitaker won the 100-meter dash in 12.56.
In addition, Eastin Whisner was second in the 400 hurdles and Evelyn Moeller was second in the 1,500 with a school-record time of 4:43.41.
Libby Dix finished first in the discus, beating her own school record with a throw of 144 feet, 9 inches, and was third in the shot put. Lucy Wischmeyer was fourth in the long jump.
“We had a few great days to compete and the girls took advantage of it,” Mount Vernon coach Kory Swart said. “It’s been fun to watch their progress so far this year.”
Swart emphasized the 4×100 team had their best performance of the year Saturday, as they finished in 51.04. That foursome includes Wischmeyer, Kara Swantz, Grace Hale and Whitaker.
Earlier in the week (Tuesday, April 8) the Mustang girls placed third behind Cedar Rapids Prairie and Williamsburg at the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational.
Evelyn Moeller broke the school record in the 800, finishing in 2:15.39. Sam Schoff was second. Dix was first in the discus and second in the shot put.
Mount Vernon also competed Friday, April 11, at the Jane Astor Relays in Tiffin. The Mustangs placed fifth at the 10-team event, won by Linn-Mar.
“Great weather led to some excellent results,” Swart said.
The Mustangs won the 4×800 and 4×400, with Moeller and Kiersten Swart running in both. Both qualified for the Drake
Relays.
Dix swept the throws again, setting the school record in the discus (143-10), and Caroline Rupe was second in the 800.
Boys
The Mount Vernon boys finished fourth at Williamsburg on Tuesday, April 8, and also
competed at the Clear Creek Invitational on Thursday, April
10.
“Williamsburg was a really tough field of team and our guys rose up and competed well. We had great times and some PRs,” Mount Vernon coach Ryan Whitman said. “CCA was great as well. I was expecting guys to be pretty tired from Tuesday, but they came out and competed really well.”
At Williamsburg, Stanley Krob finished second in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 11.5 inches. The 4×800 team also won silver.
In Tiffin, Dawson Scheil and Grady Olberding went 1-2 in the 3200, with Scheil winning by three seconds. Colin Bentley placed third in the open 100 in 11.41 seconds.