PCM boys score season-high output at Panther Relays

KNOXVILLE — Riley Graber moved into the top 10 in the 200-meter dash, the shuttle hurdle relay team is now ranked in the top five of Class 2A and the PCM boys track and field team registered six wins and placed second at the Panther Relays on Thursday.

The Mustangs scored a season-high 143 points but couldn’t keep up with 3A Knoxville in the standings.

The host Panthers won the meet championship with 189 points and the rest of the top five featured Woodward-Granger (98), Belmond-Klemme (91) and Pella Christian (89). Southeast Warren (73) and the Knoxville JV (22) completed the seven-team field.

Three of the six wins came in relays. PCM won the shuttle hurdle, distance medley and sprint medley relays, Alex Wendt swept the throwing events and Graber won the 200 dash in a career-best time.

Lewis Daye, Finn Wilson, Tad Wilson and Graber won the sprint medley relay in a season-best time of 1 minute, 38.43 seconds.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of Jaden Houser, Jake Winters, Adrien Robbins and Gavin Van Gorp won the race in a season-best 1:00.87, which ranks fourth in 2A.

Finn Wilson, Wyatt Heater, Joey Ferneding and Rylan Edgington won the distance medley relay in 4:02.02.

The 4x100 relay team also was second. The foursome of Daye, Tad Wilson, Robbins and Heater finished the race in 44.78.

That time was not good enough to clinch a spot in the Drake Relays, but PCM’s season-best time of 44.09 did lock up its spot.

The qualifying quartet was Evan Jones, Tad Wilson, Robbins and Graber, but Daye will replace Jones at Drake due to injury.

Graber’s winning time in the 200 was clocked in a career-best 22.53, which ranks eighth in 2A. Tad Wilson finished fourth in 23.67.

The Mustangs also doubled up in the 400, 110 high hurdles, 800, shot put and discus.

Wendt won the shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 1 1/2 inches and took the discus gold with a heave of 131-2.

Harlan Shannon (125-6) was the runner-up in the discus and Hayden Shannon (41-5) placed third in the shot put.

Van Gorp (15.82) and Winters (16.06) finished 3-4 in the 110 high hurdles, Carson Hansen (55.38) and Gavin DeRaad (58.59) were 3-6 in the 400 and Landon Ridgeway placed fifth in the 100 with a career-best time of 12.62 seconds.

Coby DeRaad set a new career-best time in the 800. He was the runner-up in 2:04 and Joe Shaver placed fifth in 2:14.64.

The final top-five individual finishes came from Finn Wilson and Owen Osterhaus. Finn Wilson (18-8 3/4) placed fourth in the long jump and Osterhaus ended up fifth in the 1,600 in a career-best 5:15.99.

Graber leads PCM to second at Pella Christian

PELLA — Graber is the new school record holder in the 400, Tad Wilson set a new career-best time in the 200 and four victories propelled the Mustangs to a runner-up finish at the Pella Christian Invitational on Tuesday.

The Mustangs scored 130.5 points in second. Only 3A Pella (252) was better as the Dutch won the meet championship.

The rest of the eight-team field included Lynnville-Sully (81), Pella Christian (76), Pleasantville (55), Iowa City Regina (45.5), Centerville (44) and Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (35).

The Mustangs won the 4x400 relay with a season-best time and Graber, Kash Fischer and Wendt all posted career-best performances in winning the 400, 800 and shot put, respectively.

Graber won the 400 and set a new school record with a time of 49.33. The previous record was 49.74, which was set by Jordan Van Roekel in 2011.

Graber’s 49.33 also qualified him for the Drake Relays. The time ranks ninth in the state. Joey Ferneding was fourth in the 400 in 55.73

Fischer won the 800 in a career-best 2:03.46. Coby DeRaad (2:08.57) and Shaver (2:14.66) went 4-7.

PCM also doubled up in the 200, 110 high hurdles, long jump and shot put.

Wendt won the shot put with a career-best toss of 46-6 1/2 and Hayden Shannon (43-3) placed fifth.

Van Gorp (20-5 1/4), Finn Wilson (19-9 1/4) and Heater (career-best 19-2) finished 3-6-7 in the long jump, Van Gorp (15.46), Winters (16.22) and Houser (17.03) came in 3-5-7 in the 110 highs and Tad Wilson and Robbins ended up 4-6 in the 200 with career-best times of 22.96 and 23.53, respectively.

Osterhaus came in fourth in the 3,200 in 11:19.88, Daye (11.54) finished sixth in the 100 and Hansen was seventh in the 400 hurdles in 1:03.21.

The Mustangs’ season-best time of 3:30.89 in the 4x400 relay now ranks seventh in 2A. That quartet included Coby DeRaad, Fischer, Robbins and Graber.

The sprint medley relay team of Daye, Tad Wilson, Graber and Ferneding placed second in 1:41.26 and Robbins, Winters, Houser and Van Gorp took second in the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:01.49.

The 4x800 relay team also was third. The foursome of Coby DeRaad, Hansen, Shaver and Fischer finished the race in 9:03.26.

Mustangs win team title at East Marshall

LE GRAND — Van Gorp was part of three wins, the Mustangs placed at least third in six relays and PCM piled up 13 top-three finishes to win the Mustang Relays on Monday.

PCM scored 119.5 points at the top of the standings. Host East Marshall was second with 101 and the rest of the top five included English Valleys (94.5), South Tama County (94) and Hudson (76).

The 12-team field also featured Belmond-Klemme (65), Aplington-Parkersburg (63), HLV/TC (33), Montezuma (29), AGWSR (25.5), Vinton-Shellsburg (24.5) and Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8).

Van Gorp won the long jump with a leap of 20-2, posted a winning time of 15.48 in the 110 high hurdles and anchored the shuttle hurdle relay team to victory.

Robbins, Winters and Houser joined Van Gorp in the shuttle hurdle relay, and the quartet won the race in 1:02.43.

Graber (22.6) and Tad Wilson (23.24) also went 1-2 in the 200, Fischer (4:55.16) and Coby DeRaad (5:11.92) collected a 2-4 finish in the 1,600 and Winters (16.3 for third) and Houser (17.06 for fifth) joined Van Gorp in the top five in the 110 highs.

Osterhaus (11:41.97) was the runner-up in the 3,200, Mason Hjortshoj took sixth in the discus with a career-best throw of 104-2 and Kaden Clark (38-5 1/2) placed sixth in the shot put.

The 4x100 relay team of Robbins, Winters, Houser and Daye finished second in 45.74, the sprint medley relay team of Daye, Tad Wilson, Graber and Ferneding took second in 1:43.32 and the quartet of Hansen, Shaver, Kolby Clark and Edgington finished second in the 4x800 relay in 9:37.81.

The Mustangs were third in both the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. In the 4x200, the team of Ferneding, Heater, Danson Drake and Ridgeway posted a time of 1:41.4 and the 4x400 relay team of Hansen, Gavin Steenhoek, Trigg Steenhoek and Shaver crossed the finish line in 3:50.3.