EG Girls Make Mark at WCC Track Meet

HAWKS SCORE 21 POINTS FOR 9TH PLACE

Both East Greene track teams showed improvement at the 2010 conference track meet in Guthrie Center yesterday.

The Hawkettes got on the board with 4 points to take ninth of 10 teams. EG got the upper hand over Coon Rapids-Bayard, which failed to score points at the meet and ended up in last place. West Central Valley finished just ahead of EG with 10 points.

The Hawks were greatly improved over last year, scoring 21 points to take ninth, also finishing ahead of CRB (8) and just behind WCV (28). Last year EG scored just 8 points for ninth place.

Freshman Reed Ostrander and senior Jessie Priest had the best showings for the Hawks in the individual events, each with a fourth-place finish. Ostrander went 18-08 in the long jump and Priest posted a 54.73 in the 400 meter dash. Wes Onken was fifth in the discus (134-7.5), Schyler Bardole was fifth in the 100 meter dash (12.24) and sixth in the shot put (43-03.5), and Priest was sixth in the 200 meter dash (24.67).

The Hawks had good showing all the way around in the sprint events as the 4 x 100 meter relay (48.06) was fourth and the 4 x 200 relay (1:40.2) was fifth. The competition was stiff in all the sprint events, which included top runners from Madrid, last year’s 1A state champions. Madrid won the 4 x 100 relay in a new conference and stadium record (43.97) and is on the same pace that earned them the runner-up spot in last year’s 4 x 100 relay at state (43.73). Madrid’s Louie Wickett won both the 100 and 200 yard dashes, but Madrid was disqualified in the 4 x 200 relay.

As expected, Madrid won the team championship with 140 points, upending Panorama, the reigning champion since 2007 and owner of 14 West Central Conference titles.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS: Madrid 140, Panorama 112, Earlham 62, Van Meter 53, Des Moines Christian 50, Guthrie Center 49, Woodward-Granger 47, West Central Valley 28, EAST GREENE 21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 8.

Bobbie Halterman picked up EG’s points in the girls meet with a fourth place finish in the 3,200 meter run (13:15.38). The Hawkettes also had entries in the 100 meter dash and 100 meter hurdles.

Panorama continued its streak of West Central track championships, winning its 16th conference crown and 13th in a row with 141 points. Woodward-Granger put up the biggest challenge to the Lady Panthers in quite a few years with 124 points. Panorama swept all four sprint relays in the girls’ side of the meet: 4 x 100, 4 x 200, 4 x 400 and 800 medley.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS: Panorama 141, Woodward-Granger 124, Earlham 102, Guthrie Center 71, Van Meter 60, Des Moines Christian 54, Madrid 37, West Central Valley 10, EAST GREENE 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0.

GOLF TEAMS IN CONFERENCE MEETS

East Greene’s boys and girls golf teams both placed eighth and ninth in their respective conference golf meets on Monday.

The boys team score of 392 put them ahead of Madrid and West Central Valley. Josh Neese and Jessie Priest tied for top honors for the Hawks at 92 in 18 holes at the Woodward Country Club. Rounding out the team scores were Harrison Johnston 101, Zach Hiller 107, Alex Gordon 108, and Zach Beyerink 120. The top four scores counted for EG’s total score.

Panorama upended Coon Rapids-Bayard for the league title, the first time in three years CRB did not take the crown. Earlham took second with CRB third.

FINAL TEAM SCORES @ WOODWARD: Panorama 335, Earlham 346, Coon Rapids-Bayard 350, Des Moines Christian 356, Guthrie Center 365, Woodward-Granger 365, Van Meter 379, EAST GREENE 392, Madrid 415, West Central Valley 427.

The girls teed it up at Coon Rapids for the conference golf tourney with the host Crusaders coming out on top. EG placed ninth among nine full teams as West Central Valley did not field a complete team of four golfers to be counted in the team scoring.

FINAL TEAM SCORES @ COON RAPIDS: Coon Rapids-Bayard 440, Madrid 442, Panorama 462, Van Meter 466, Des Moines Christian 472, Woodward Granger 472, Guthrie Center 475, Earlham 512, EAST GREENE 779.