High jumpers lead Colfax-Mingo at Dickinson Relays

CEDAR FALLS — Xavier Woods highlighted the Colfax-Mingo track and field team’s indoor opener on Monday.

The Tigerhawks started their competition season at the Dickinson Relays on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa and Woods placed 12th in the high jump.

Colfax-Mingo also placed 32nd in the 4x400 relay and took 39th in the 4x200 relay.

Woods’ best mark in the high jump was 5 feet, 10 inches. He also placed 63rd in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.3 seconds.

The Tigerhawks’ other top individual performances came from Sullivan Wilkins and Chase Trotter. Wilkins took 51st in the 800 in 2 minutes, 13.76 seconds and Trotter placed 86th in the 400 in 56.69 seconds.

The 4x400 relay team of Trotter, Wyatt Thornton, Fisher Grove and Woods placed 32nd in 3:52.10.

Tony Buenrostro, Trotter, Thornton and Woods teamed up in the 4x200 relay and placed 39th in 1:40.54.

The 4x800 relay foursome of Owen Ament, Wilkins, Gage Byal and Grove took 55th in 9:38.52.

Grace Hunsberger leads C-M girls at UNI-Dome

CEDAR FALLS — Like with the boys’ team on Monday, the Colfax-Mingo girls squad was led by a high jumper in the season opener at the Dickinson Relays on Tuesday.

Grace Hunsberger led a trio of Tigerhawks in the event and Colfax-Mingo scored four top-50 finishes at the UNI-Dome.

Hunsberger and Katelyn Steenhoek both produced a mark of 4-8 in the high jump, but Hunsberger took 26th and Steenhoek placed 40th to lead the Tigerhawks.

Claire Hunsberger was the third Tigerhawk in the event, and she placed 77th with a leap of 4-2.

Lexie Aller (31-7 1/4) took 48th in the shot put, while Emma Cook (30-4 3/4) was 60th.

Colfax-Mingo’s 4x800 relay team of Ashlynn Hosbond, Mallory Sipma, Isabelle Foglesong and Laila Kwaskiewicz placed 48th in 11 minutes, 59.99 seconds.

The Tigerhawks’ 4x200 relay team of Karmylia Snyder, Claire Hunsberger, Steenhoek and Jessica Gibson finished 74th in 2:10.84.