Both Mount Vernon and Lisbon track teams competed in the Anamosa Co-Ed on Tuesday, April 29.
The Mount Vernon girls won the 12-team meet, scoring 151 points to top second-place Mid-Prairie by 10 points.
Nice conditions led to some personal bests for the Mustangs, including Sam Schoff in the 800, 2:23.36, good for first, Lucy Wischmeyer in the 200, 28.00, good for fourth, Edith Dawson in the 1,500, 5:06.20, good for fourth and Annabelle Smith in the 400 hurdles, 1:13.73, good for fifth.
With good results up and down the roster, the Mustangs also won some gold. Libby Dix won the shot put and discus. Cali Whitaker won the 200 and ran legs on the winning sprint medley and distance medley.
The Lisbon girls were ninth. Their best performance was a silver in the 4×100 with Brynn Epperly, Quinn Roos, Addie Clark, Brynnley Patterson in 52.33 seconds.
The Mount Vernon and Lisbon boys tied for fourth at Anamosa. Central DeWitt won the team title. Mount Vernon Coach Ryan Whitman was impressed by their 4×200 relay finishing in 1:33.40, good for third place. That includes Logan Stanerson, Jakes Lee, Erik Lamb and Colin Bentley.
Grady Olberding and Dawson Scheil finished 2-3 in the 3,200.
“I keep telling he guys, we keep taking the steps to where we need to be at,” Whitman said. Lisbon got gold from Tiernan Boots in the 100 (11.02), who also ran a leg on the winning 4×100 with Quinn Coleman, Dakota Clark and Chase McFarlane (43.43). 4×100 – 1. Lisbon (Coleman, Clark, Boots, McFarlane) 43.43;
The Mount Vernon boys track team also competed in the Pacha Relays on Thursday, May 1, in Tiffin.
The Mustangs placed second behind only the host school (CCA).
“We scored quite a few points and set quite a few PRs,” Mount Vernon coach Ryan Whitman said. “We’re really coming into shape of where we want to be at the end of the season. It felt like a big step.”
The 4×800 team of Seamus O’Connor, Chasen Caskey, Grady Olberding and Dawson Scheil won in 8:02.06, which is among the best times in Class 3A.
The 4×200 of Holden Hlavacek, Logan Stanerson, Jaks Lee, and Colin Bentley finished fifth in 1:32.44, but also took another step forward.
“We are finding the best combinations, and they are coming together,” Whitman said. “I just feel good about where we’re at.”