Twelve wins help PCM boys claim two meet titles

WOODWARD — Seven wins and 13 top-three finishes powered the PCM boys track and field team to another meet title on Thursday.

The Mustangs finished either first or second in five relays and won three individual events at the Cavanaugh Relays. PCM scored 129 points at the top of the standings and downed host and runner-up Woodward-Granger by 35 points.

Woodward-Granger (94), Nodaway Valley (75), Des Moines Christian (74), Perry (64), Pleasantville (55), Saydel (52) and Woodward Academy (35) completed the eight-team field.

Gavin Van Gorp won both the 110-meter high hurdles and the long jump and Coby DeRaad registered the other individual win and anchored the sprint medley relay team to a win and a season-best time.

Van Gorp won the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 4 1/2 inches and then posted a season-best time of 15.27 seconds to win the 110 highs. That time ranks 10th in Class 2A.

Jake Winters was third in the 110 high hurdles with a career-best time of 15.94 and Wyatt Heater finished fourth in the long jump with a career-best leap of 18-2 1/2.

DeRaad posted a career-best time of 2 minutes, 9.88 seconds to win the 800 and Rylan Edgington was fifth in a career-best 2:19.71.

Carson Hansen and Gavin DeRaad were 2-5 in the 400, Alex Wendt and Hayden Shannon finished 3-6 in the shot put and Chase Wagaman was the runner-up in the high jump.

Wagaman’s leap was 5-8 and Wendt posted a career-best throw of 46-2 in the shot put. Hayden Shannon was sixth with a toss of 41-2 and Harlan Shannon finished third in the discus with a career-best heave of 135-5 1/2.

Hansen’s career-best time of 56.38 was second in the 400 and Gavin DeRaad finished fifth in 58.84 and Heater placed fifth in the 200 in career-best 24.49.

Owen Osterhaus completed the individual top-five finishes with a fifth-place finish in the 1,600. He was clocked in a career-best 5:17.55.

The Mustangs won the 4x100, 4x400, sprint medley and distance medley relays and finished second in the 4x200.

Lewis Daye, Tad Wilson, Adrien Robbins and Riley Graber won the 4x100 in 44.28 seconds and Hansen, Trigg Steenhoek, Joe Shaver and Gavin Steenhoek won the 4x400 in 3:47.5.

Daye, Easton Morris, Finn Wilson and Coby DeRaad won the sprint medley relay in a season-best time of 1:39.61. Pleasantville was the runner-up in 1:39.78.

The winning distance medley relay team featured Robbins, Tad Wilson, Graber and Kash Fischer and they won the race in 3:42.09.

The 4x200 relay team of Finn Wilson, Gavin Steenhoek, Trigg Steenhoek and Morris came in second in a season-best 1:36.35.

Five wins power Mustangs to win at Joel Grier Invitational

MONROE — Tad Wilson and Graber were part of three wins, Van Gorp won the long jump and the Mustangs posted 14 top-three finishes to win the Joel Grier Coed Invitational on Tuesday.

PCM scored 136 points at the top of the standings. Knoxville (116), Bondurant-Farrar (99), North Polk (87) and Baxter (70) completed the top five and Chariton (59), the PCM JV (11) and Twin Cedars (6) finalized the eight-team field.

Graber won the 400 in a career-best 50.14, which ranks third in Class 2A. Tad Wilson posted a win in the 200 in 24.6 and Van Gorp leaped to a victory in the long jump with a mark of 20-0 1/2.

The Mustangs also won the 4x100 and the sprint medley relays.

Lewis Daye, Tad Wilson, Easton Morris and Graber won the 4x100 in 44.32 and the sprint medley relay team of Daye, Tad Wilson, Graber and Joey Ferneding earned the gold medal in 1:39.54.

There were timing issues throughout the night, including the sprint medley relay. The second heat of the 110 high hurdles and 4x100 relay, the 200 dash and the 4x400 relay all were not auto timed and won’t be posted to Bound.

The Mustangs finished second in the shuttle hurdle relay but posted the third-best time in 2A. The foursome of Robbins, Winters, Houser and Van Gorp hit the finish line in 1:01.79.

The 4x800 relay team of Coby DeRaad, Hansen, Shaver and Fischer also were second with a season-best time of 8:31.29.

PCM registered five second-place finishes and was third five times.

Hayden Shannon placed second in the shot put with a career-best toss of 44-9 1/2. Wendt (43-8) and Harlan Shannon (42-2 1/2) placed fourth and sixth, respectively.

Wendt (128-1) was second in the discus, while Harlan Shannon (127-8) was close behind in third.

Fischer posted a career-best time of 4:41.27 and was second in the 1,600. Coby DeRaad (2:10.38) took third in the 800.

Wagaman (5-8) gave PCM another third in the high jump, and the Mustangs doubled up in the 100 and 400 hurdles.

Daye finished fourth in the 100 with a career-best 11.53 and Jones came in fifth in 11.6.

Steenhoek and Hansen were separated by .5 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Steenhoek was third in 1:00.19 and Hansen turned in a career-best time of 1:00.69 in fourth.

Distance medley relay team now leads 2A

IOWA CITY — PCM entered one relay into the Eastern Iowa Track and Field Festival, and the Mustangs now own the top time in 2A in the distance medley relay.

The foursome of Robbins, Tad Wilson, Graber and Fischer also rank 18th in the state after posting a season-best time of 3:35.27 at Iowa City West on Saturday.