A week of ups and downs for the GHV boys track team

It was a week of highs and lows for the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys track team, as they finished at the top of the pack in one meet, and at the bottom of another.

Lake Mills Bulldog Invitational

A team effort helped the GHV boys to a second place finish at the Lake Mills Bulldog Invitational on Thursday, April 14.  The Cardinals racked up 114 points.  Lake Mills won the seven-team meet with 129 points.

“Our goal is to have everyone contribute to team points,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens.  “The boys have had to step up and compete in different roles and they are doing so with a fantastic attitude.”

That “can-do” attitude paid off with four individual first place finishes.  Ray Cataldo won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:07.89.  Logan Dalbeck ran the 1600 meter run in a time of 4:41.64.  Chase Smith won the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:52.73 and Sam Cataldo won the 400 meter hurdles in 57.35.

Picking up second place finishes was Sam Cataldo in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 16.29.  Ezra Marroquin ran the 200 meter dash in 24.65.

Marroquin and Johnathan O’Connor finished in third and fourth place respectively in the 400 meter dash.  Marroquin’s time was 53.61 and O’Connor finished in 54.26.

David Cook picked up a third place finish in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.30.

The 4x100 meter relay team of Marroquin, Connor Shaw, Cook and Sam Cataldo won the event with a time of 45.53.

Relays finishing with second place finishes was the 4x800 team and the shuttle hurdle team.  The 4x800 relay ran the race in 8:40.72.  Members included Smith, Derek Brown, Ray Cataldo and Dalbeck.  The shuttle hurdle team of O’Connor, Cook, Connor Shaw and Sam Cataldo crossed the line in 1:05.88.

The 4x400 meter relay team of Dalbeck, Reece Smith, Marroquin and O’Connor ran the race in 3:50.23.  Good for third place.

The distance medley team and the 4x200 meter team both picked up sixth place finishes.  The distance medley team of Cook, Holden Larson, Brown, and Nathan Larson ran the race in 4:20.48.  The 4x200 team clocked a time of 1:56.58.  Team members included Spencer Formanek, Colyn Schoneman, Nathan Larson and Lucas Rayhons.

Indian Relays

A short staffed GHV team struggled at the Indian Relays held in Forest City on Friday, April 15.  The Cards finished at the bottom of the 13-team meet with 31 points.  Saint Ansgar won the meet with 177.50 points.

Only three Cardinal runners put up points for the team, Sam Cataldo, Johnathan O’Connor and Chase Smith.

Cataldo tied for first place in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 58.29.  He also placed fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.38.

Smith also tied for first place in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:49.42.

O’Connor earned a fifth and sixth place finish.  He was fifth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.80 and sixth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 55.54.