Newton girls dominate field at Tigerhawk Indoor Relays

GRINNELL — The Newton girls’ track and field team had enough depth to qualify two different shuttle hurdle relay teams for the state meet last year.

This season doesn’t appear to be much different as the Cardinals finished 1-2 in the event at the Tigerhawk Indoor High School Relays at Grinnell College on Tuesday.

Newton won 10 events total and placed second nine times. The Cardinals also were 1-2 in four events and claimed wins in four relays.

The shuttle hurdle relay teams were separated by just .63 seconds at the top of the standings. Defending Class 3A state champion Addy Terpstra also won the 60-meter hurdles.

Terpstra anchored Newton’s ‘A’ shuttle hurdle relay team to a win. The foursome also included Macy Lampe, Gracie Clayton and Chloe Rorabaugh and they finished in 41.02 seconds.

The ‘B’ team of Tori White, Mack Sims, Annie Main and Alyssa Beerends finished second in 41.65.

Baxter also attended what is expected to be Colfax-Mingo’s lone home meet of the season. The Tigerhawks held Senior Night halfway through the meet. Colfax-Mingo recognized seniors Carley Underwood, Caylee Cunningham, McKenna Pleima, Felicity Woods, Holland Robinette, Joslyn Dawson, Addi Mayes and Ashley Purk.

Underwood had the best night for the Tigerhawks. She was the runner-up to Terpstra in the 60 hurdles, anchored C-M to third in the shuttle hurdle relay and was part of the second-place distance medley relay team.

Baxter earned two wins on the night. Both of those came from Mandee Selover as she won the long jump and 200 dash.

Terpstra’s winning time in the 60 hurdles was 9.36 seconds, while Underwood finished second in 9.81. Baxter’s Camryn Russell came in third in 10.26.

Colfax-Mingo’s third-place time in the shuttle hurdle relay was 42.12. That foursome included Pleima, Trinity Smith, Cunningham and Underwood.

Newton opened the track portion of the night with a win in the 4x800 relay. The foursome of Kate Muckler, Bella Winther, Peyton Ray and Briana Shannon won the race in 10 minutes, 53.61 seconds.

Baxter’s Regan Russell, Emie Tuhn, Zoey Gliem and Camryn Russell finished fourth in 12:02.

The Cardinals were 1-2 in the high jump and went 2-4-5 in the long jump.

White won the high jump with a personal-best leap of 5 feet, 0 inches. Alex Riney (4-8) finished second and Baxter’s Camryn Russell (4-8) placed third.

Selover’s winning leap in the long jump was marked at 14-10 1/4. Main was the runner-up at 14-4, Sims finished fourth with a jump of 14-2 1/2 and Abby Bruce placed fifth with a leap of 14-1 1/4.

Tierney Adams completed the field events with a runner-up finish in the shot put. Her silver-medal throw was marked at 28-10 1/2. Jayden Lukefahr placed fifth with a toss of 26-5 and Colfax-Mingo’s Robinette took third with a heave of 27-7 1/2.

Newton also finished 1-2 in the 800 and 1,500.

In the 800, Harper Barton won the race in 2:41.57 and Ray finished second in 2:57.88. Camryn Russell was third in 3:02.02 and Colfax-Mingo’s Adalai Schroeder placed fourth in 3:02.62.

Shannon won the 1,500 in 5:40.7 and Muckler was the runner-up in 5:41.31. Baxter’s Regan Russell (6:06.25) and Gliem (6:14.96) were third and fifth, respectively.

Selover won the 200 in 29.42 seconds. Newton’s Lola Rivera was the runner-up in 29.86 and Brooklyn Shannon finished fourth in 30.36.

In the 400, Newton’s Taylor Schilling placed second in 1:09.92 and Clayton was third in 1:10.16. Colfax-Mingo’s Cadence Linn finished fourth in 1:11.37.

Newton, Colfax-Mingo and Baxter finished 1-2-3 in the distance medley relay and the Cardinals and Tigerhawks were 1-2 in the 4x200 and 1-3 in the 4x400.

In the distance medley, Newton’s foursome of Winther, Sims, Riney and Barton won the race in 4:53.42. C-M’s Underwood, Pleima, Woods and Smith were second in 5:13.53 and Baxter’s Bree Buswell, Abby McReynolds, Regan Russell and Morgan Ratliff placed third in 5:17.7.

In the 4x200, Newton’s foursome of Rivera, Lauren Clarke, Bruce and White won the race in 1:58.47. C-M’s team of Jenah Jones, Pleima, Cunningham and Emmalyn Buchman was close behind in 1:59.1.

Newton’s ‘B’ team of Claire Breuer, Liz Tweh, Daribee Owens and Jeralys Casanova finished fifth in 2:07.79.

The Cardinals’ 4x400 relay team of Brooklyn Shannon, Winther, Barton and Riney won the event in 4:33.91.

Colfax-Mingo’s team of Underwood, Pleima, Cunningham and Woods placed third in 4:52.8 and Baxter’s foursome of Camryn Russell, Ratliff, Buswell and Selover took fourth in 4:53.82.

The meet did not include a 60 dash race but it did feature a 4x50 shuttle race. Newton placed second in that event with Rivera, Clarke, Bruce and White and they were clocked in 34.43.

Colfax-Mingo’s Karmylia Snyder, Jones, Rachael Uecker and Buchman were third in 35.71 and Newton’s ‘B’ team of Tweh, Jazlynn Siddell, Breuer and Paige Benson finished fourth in 36.54.