Two first-place finishes lead PCM girls to third at Iowa Valley

MARENGO — The PCM girls track and field team won a pair of events, Katelynn Fagg and Lexi Fagg finished 1-2 in the long jump and the Mustangs placed third at the Ruth Ahrens Invitational on Monday.

PCM’s nine top-three finishes helped secure 91 points in the final standings. That was two points back of HLV/TC (93) and Williamsburg won the meet with 176 points.

The rest of the eight-team field featured English Valleys (69), host Iowa Valley (43), North Mahaska (40), Montezuma (24), the Williamsburg JV (18), Sigourney (14) and Belle Plaine (13).

The Mustangs won the shuttle hurdle relay and Katelynn Fagg grabbed the other victory. PCM also was second three times and placed third four times.

Katelynn Fagg won the long jump with a career-best leap of 16 feet, 6 inches and Lexi Fagg was second with a mark of 15-6.

PCM also doubled up in the 1,500-meter run and 400 dash. Lexi Fagg (1:06.92) and Paiten Rumbaugh (1:08.72) went 3-5 in the 400 and Ali Hilsabeck (5:40.09) and Darbey DeRaad (5:56.68) finished 4-5 in the 1,500.

One of the second-place finishes came from Tori Lindsay in the 100 hurdles. She was clocked in 18.25 seconds. Bailey Wheeler (2:41.29) also was fourth in the 800, Scarlett Mosher placed fourth in the shot put with a career-best toss of 33-2 and Ila Keuning (91-10 1/2) took sixth in the discus.

The winning shuttle hurdle relay team included Kylie Tuller, Ryan DeVore, Lillian Humpal and Lindsay, and they posted a time of 1 minute, 15.73 seconds.

The distance medley relay team finished second with Peyton Lathrum, Jorja Teeter, Abi Teeter and Lila Milani. They finished the race in 4:35.31.

The 4x400 relay team of Abi Teeter, Katelynn Fagg, Libby Winters and Milani took third in 4:33.15 and the 4x800 relay team of Wheeler, DeRaad, Hilsabeck and Raegan Vannoy finished third in 11:27.98.

Stella Stravers, Kyra Naeve, Lexi Fagg and Katelynn Fagg placed third in the sprint medley with a time of 2:05.10.

Mustangs finish fifth at Panther Relays

KNOXVILLE — PCM piled up a plethora of third-place finishes during the Panther Relays on Thursday.

The Mustangs were held out of the win column, Katelynn Fagg grabbed the only silver medal for the night and PCM scored 77 points in fifth place.

Pella won the meet championship with 229 points. Knoxville (96), Ottumwa (86) and Pella Christian (82) completed the top five and the rest of the eight-team field featured Des Moines Christian (64), Van Meter (41) and Belmond-Klemme (23).

Katelynn Fagg finished second in the long jump with a leap of 15-6, while Keuning (92-4) took third in the discus and Abi Teeter and Jorja Teeter placed third in an individual event.

Abi Teeter’s third came in the 800 as she posted a career-best time of 2:30.17. Jorja Teeter’s career-best time of 1:11.97 netted her third in the 400 hurdles.

The other two individual top-five finishes came from Hilsabeck and Mosher. Hilsabeck finished fourth in the 1,500 in a career-best 5:31.74 and Mosher (29-6) and Keuning (28-0 1/2) were 4-6 in the shot put.

The Mustangs were third in three relays and posted season-best times in the shuttle hurdle and 4x400 relays.

Lindsay, DeVore, Humpal and Jorja Teeter finished the shuttle hurdle relay in a season-best 1:11.48, which ranks 14th in Class 2A.

The 4x400 relay team of Katelynn Fagg, Rumbaugh, DeRaad and Lexi Fagg secured a season-best time of 4:24.36.

The distance medley relay team also was third. That quartet of Katelynn Fagg, Lexi Fagg, DeRaad and Wheeler finished the race in 4:43.75.

Mustangs face tough field at Pella Christian

PELLA — PCM faced another tough field at the Pella Christian Invitational on Tuesday, and the Mustangs scored 75 points in fourth.

PCM grabbed a pair of second-place finishes and four bronze medals helped it secure a spot in the top five.

Pella won the meet championship with 202.5 and host Pella Christian (101) edged Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (100) in second place.

The rest of the eight-team field included Grinnell (59), Lynnville-Sully (58.5), Iowa City Regina (52) and Pleasantville (47).

Lexi Fagg had the lone individual second-place finish. She grabbed the silver medal in the long jump with a career-best leap of 15-10.

The 4x800 relay also was second. The foursome of Abi Teeter, Wheeler, DeRaad and Rumbaugh posted a time of 10:46.35.

The 4x200 relay team of DeVore, Winters, Lathrum and Naeve placed second in 1:58.13 and Lindsay, DeVore, Humpal and Jorja Teeter joined forces to take third in the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:14.84.

The other bronze-medal finishes came from Keuning (94-4) in the discus and Abi Teeter (5:17.26) in the 1,500.

Hilsabeck also was fourth in the 3,000 with a career-best time of 12:16.31 and Jorja Teeter took fourth in the 400 hurdles in 1:13.78.

Wheeler’s career-best 2:39.69 in the 800 put her fifth, Winters (4-4) tied for sixth in the high jump and Lexi Fagg (1:06.34) and Katelynn Fagg (career-best 1:06.60) were 6-7 in the 400. Mosher (29-11) also secured seventh in the shot put.