Track team wins NCC Meet; first time since 1984

by Michelle Watson

Garner Meet

Winning meets never gets old and the Clear Lake boys track team is learning that first hand as they captured their fifth team championship Monday night, May 3, at the Don Hoppel Co-Ed Relays in Garner.  The Lions scored 148 points to win the meet.  Forest City was second with 103 points and Belmond Klemme was third with 81.5 points.

The team had six first place finishes.  Jagger Schmitt had an impressive night by winning the long jump with a leap of 19’1”.  He ran a personal best time of 23.69 in the 200 meter dash, good for second place.  He was also member of the winning 4x100 team.  The impressive relay team also consisted of Tyres Green-Harrington, Tanner Reimann and Austin Warnke.  The team ran the race in 44.79.

Another impressive feat was a first and second place finish in the 100 meter dash.  Green-Harrington won the race in 12.11, followed closely by Jay Kapler with a time of 12.18.

The hurdle team also had a good night, with Tyson Cooley winning the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 16.05.  Jack Crane placed second in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 59.59.  The shuttle hurdle team won that event with a time of 1:04.43.  Members of that relay were Zeke Nelson, PJ Feuerbach, Crane and Cooley.

Justin Wright led the long distance runners by winning the 3200 meter run.  He finished the endurance race in 10:48.12

Carson Krefft placed second in both the discus and the shot put.  He threw the discus 114’02” and he hurled the shot put 41’6”.

“Our team would not be as successful if we didn’t have such incredible assistant coaches,” said Head Coach Troy Tysdahl.  “Tim Dodge keeps improving our sprinters with his knowledge and background.  Our distance runners are contributing so much under Tyler Havens. Our throwers have scored more points and been instructed on technique by Doug Daughan.  Vernon Johnson is the reason our hurdlers have had so much success this season.  Our jumpers have more depth than ever under Tony Brownlee and AJ Feuerbach is a jack of all trades and loves these kids and sport like nobody else.”

Other events scoring points included:

*400: Andrew Mixdorf, 3rd, 57.68; Jordan Bergmann, 6th, 59.34

*110 Hurdles: Josif Miranda, 6th, 17.91

*400 Hurdles: Feuerbach, 5th, 1:03.04

*High Jump: Cooley, 3rd, 5’8”; Miranda, 4th, 5’8” 

*Long Jump: Kapler, 5th, 17’6.75”

*Shot Put: Max Deike, 6th, 35’5.50”

*4x200: Kapler, Feuerbach, Carson Odor, Justin Wright, 6th, 1:39.76

*4x400: Nelson, Aidan Manemann, Crane, Jaden Wright, 2nd, 3:39.13

*4x800: Reimann, Dylan Litzel, Jack Englin, Cael Stephany, 3rd, 9:33.58

*Sprint Medley: Jakob Myers, Odor, Green-Harrington, Aidan Hartl, 5th, 1:46.07

*Distance Medley: Warnke, Jaden O’Brien-Green, Manemann, Joe Faber, 4th, 3:54.41

NCC Meet

A feat was accomplished Thursday night that hasn’t been accomplished since 1984.  The Clear Lake boys track team won the North Central Conference Track Meet.  The Lions dominated in many events and won the meet with 191 points.  Webster City was second with 126.5 points and Humboldt captured third, just one-half point behind Webster City with 126.5 points.

“What a great night to be a Lion,” said Coach Troy Tysdahl.  “We had a lot of PRs, season bests and an overall incredible effort by our young men.”

Helping the Lions gather points were one-two finishes in two separate events.  Tanner Reimann and Jagger Schmitt were first and second in two events. In the 400 meter dash, Reimann ran the lap in 52.18 and right behind him was Schmitt in 52.48. Reimann again captured first, this time in the long jump with a leap of 20’6.75”.  Schmitt’s jump was 20’5.25”.

Other individual events picking up first place points were Zeke Nelson in the 400

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meter hurdles with a time of 56.24.  Tyson Cooley was first in the high jump, clearing 6’.

Clear Lake had an astounding four relays that brought home titles.  The 4x100 meter relay of Tyres Green-Harrington, Reimann, Schmitt and Austin  Warnke ran the race in 44.37.  Jaden Wright, Andrew Mixdorf, Joe Faber and Justin Wright claimed the win in the 4x800 meter relay in 8:36.08.  Also breaking the ribbon was the shuttle hurdle team of Nelson, PJ Feuerbach, Jack Crane and Cooley in 1:03.58.  The distance medley team of Jordan Bergman, Carson Odor, Aidan Manemann and Justin Wright ran the race in 3:51.88.

Second place individual finishes went to Reimann in 200 meter dash with a time of 22.90.  Cooley took second in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.51.  Justin Wright was runner-up in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:45.27.

The 4x200 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relay both claimed second place finishes.  The 4x200 of Jay Kapler, Jakob Myers, Nelson and Warnke finished in 1:35.35.  The 4x400 team of Jaden Wright, Manemann, Crane and Nelson ran that race in 3:35.05.

Other events that earned points for the team included:

*100: Warnke, 3rd, 11.66

*200: Schmitt, 5th, 23.82 

*800: Justin Wright, 3rd, 2:04.73; Mixdorf, 4th, 2:13.91

*110 Hurdles: Crane, 7th, 16.98

*1600: Vladimir Starrett, 5th, 4:58.13

*3200: Starrett, 4th, 11:02.72; Leo Tolentino, 5th, 11:07.11

*400 Hurdles: Crane, 4th, 1:00.06

*Discus: Carson Krefft, 6th, 121’08”

*High Jump: Josif Miranda, 6th, 5’8”

*Shot Put: Krefft, 6th, 40’5.50”

*Sprint Medley: Green-Harrington, Kapler, Myers, Warnke, 4th, 1:39.10

JV Results:

*100: LJ Bryant, 2nd, 12.46; Aidan Hartl, 3rd, 12.56

*400: Aaron Lursen, 1st, 56.53; Jack Englin, 2nd, 56.56; Cael Stephany, 5th, 1:01.82

*800: Dylan Litzel, 1st, 2:24.13; Englin, 2nd, 2:26.71

*110 Hurdles: Feuerbach, 1st, 17.86; Miranda, 2nd, 17.96

*1600: Caleb Jones, 5th, 6:18.00

*400 Hurdles: Feuerbach, 1st, 1:01.99; Miranda, 2nd, 1:05.96

*High Jump: Litzel, 1st, 5’6”

*Long Jump: Nick Brcka, 1st, 17’6”; Marcus Skidmore, 3rd, 15’6”

*4x100: Bryant, Hartl, Odor, Bergman, 1st, 47.70

*4x200: Hartl, Skidmore, Derek Erpelding, Bryant, 1st, 1:41.97

*4x400: Faber, Skidmore, Englin, Stephany, 3rd, 3:55.56

*Shuttle Hurdle: Miranda, Erpelding, Litzel, Jaden O’Brien-Green, 1st, 1:15.49

*Sprint Medley: Brcka, Bryant, Hartl, Skidmore, 2nd, 1:45.70

*Distance Medley: O’Brien-Green, Cal Phouthavongsay, Litzel, Cody Hua, 2nd, 4:32.73

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