April 15, 2025

Hunsberger, Hosbond lead C-M girls at North Mahaska

Smith’s trio of top-five finishes guide Tigerhawks to seventh at Lynnville-Sully

By Troy Hyde
Grace Hunsberger

Colfax-Mingo junior Grace Hunsberger won the high jump at North Mahaska last week. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

NEW SHARON — Grace Hunsberger won the high jump, Ashlynn Hosbond finished second in the 1,500-meter run and the Colfax-Mingo girls track and field team used three top-three finishes to place sixth as a team at the Steve Ehret Coed Relays on Thursday.

The Tigerhawks scored 66 points in sixth and edged South Iowa Cedar League rivals Montezuma (63) and Belle Plaine and also bested BGM (19).

Pella Christian won the meet title with 143 points, while the rest of the top five included host North Mahaska (111), HLV/TC (99), Iowa Valley (72) and Sigourney (69).

Ashlynn Hosbond

Colfax-Mingo freshman Ashylnn Hosbond, left, ran to a win in the 1,500-meter run at North Mahaska last week. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

Hunsberger won the high jump with a season-best mark of 4 feet, 10 inches and Claire Hunsberger was fourth with a career-best leap of 4-6.

Hosbond’s runner-up finish in the 1,500 was clocked in a career-best 5 minutes, 31.06 seconds. She also was fourth in the 3,000 in 12:02.11.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of Trinity Smith, Jesse Purdie, Lily Anderson and Evalyn Anderson grabbed a third-place finish in 1:23.87.

The Tigerhawks doubled up in the shot put as Lexie Aller (29-4) and Emma Cook (29-3) were fifth and sixth, respectively.

Britney Keeney placed sixth in the discus with a career-best throw of 86-5, Purdie took sixth in the 100 hurdles in a career-best 18.62 and Laila Kwaskiewicz (3:12.32) finished sixth in the 800.

Smith leads Tigerhawks to seventh at Lynnville-Sully

SULLY — Smith grabbed a pair of individual top-five finishes and led off the shuttle hurdle relay team which placed third at the L-S Hawk Coed Invitational on Tuesday.

The Tigerhawks placed seventh in the team standings with 54 points. They bested SICL rival BGM (33) by 21.

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont won the meet title with 166 points, while host Lynnville-Sully was the runner-up with 124. HLV/TC (108), North Mahaska (103), Pleasantville (79), and Sigourney (60) completed the eight-team field.

Trinity Smith

Colfax-Mingo senior Trinity Smith was part of three top-four finishes at Lynnville-Sully last week. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

Smith placed third in the long jump with a season-best leap of 14-2 1/2, finished fifth in the 400 hurdles with a season-best time of 1:18.44 and the shuttle hurdle relay team of Smith, Purdie, Lily Anderson and Evalyn Anderson took third in a season-best 1:18.46.

Grace Hunsberger finished fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4-10 and Cook (30-11) and Aller (30-0) were 4-6 in the shot put and Arndt (82-0) was sixth in the discus. Arndt delivered a career-best throw.

Hosbond delivered a pair of sixth-place tallies. She was sixth in the 1,500 with a time of 5:54.92 and posted a career-best time of 11:52.17 in the 3,000 in sixth.