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CONRAD — The Colfax-Mingo boys track and field team was short-handed on Thursday. But that didn’t stop the Tigerhawks from scoring seven top-three finishes and finishing in the top five of the Comet Early Bird Invitational on Thursday.
Colfax-Mingo entered the meet after its home meet got canceled on Tuesday. That’s why some of their athletes had other obligations and were not available.
But the Tigerhawks finished second in two relays and posted season-best times in three of them.
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Xavier Woods and Chase Trotter also finished second in an individual event as the Tigerhawks scored 65 points in fifth.
Jesup won the team title with 124 points. Des Moines North (94) was second, BCLUW (76) took third and Wayne (67) edged Colfax-Mingo for fourth.
Colo-NESCO (47), Dunkerton (43), GMG (21), North Tama (16), AGWSR (16), Central Springs (14) and Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3) completed the 12-team field.
Woods was second in the 110-meter high hurdles. He finished in 16.32 seconds and Wyatt Thornton was sixth in a career-best 18.0.
Woods also took third in the 400 hurdles in 59.86 and Thornton placed fourth in 1:04.47.
Trotter’s runner-up finish came in the 200. He posted a career-best time of 23.65 and also was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 5 1/2 inches.
Sullivan Wilkins competed in the 1,600 and 3,200. His career-best time of 5:06.58 placed him third in the 1,600 and his debut time of 10:54.51 put him fourth in the 3,200.
The final top-six individual finish came from Owen Ament. He was sixth in the 800 with a career-best time of 2:19.24.
The Tigerhawks were second in the 4x200 and 4x800 relays and placed third in the 4x400.
In the 4x200, the team of Tony Buenrostro, Thornton, Fisher Grove and Trotter finished in a season-best 1:38.09. It was faster than any time C-M posted last season.
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The 4x800 team of Ament, Willie Fitzgerald, Mario Rodriguez and Josue Rodriguez placed second in 9:44.58.
Trotter, Thornton, Grove and Woods finished third in the 4x400 in a season-best 3:43.16, which also was faster than any time the Tigerhawks ran last season.
The sprint medley relay team placed sixth with Isaiah Baucom, Camden Cunningham, Josue Rodriguez and Izaiah Lewis. They finished in a season-best 1:46.31.