EG Win 4 Events at Rolling Hills Meet

HAWKS, HAWEKTTES EACH FINISH IN 6TH PLACE

East Greene crowned four champions at the Rolling Hills Conference track meet Monday, May 9, at Panora.

Freshman Chelsi Wilkens won the 100 meter hurdles in 17.94 seconds, and she anchored EG’s championship shuttle hurdle relay. Senior Wes Onken won the discus with a throw of 129’10” and sophomore Reed Ostrander won the long jump with a 19’9 ¾” effort.

The Hawkettes and Hawks each finished in sixth place among the nine conference teams—the girls tying with Orient-Macksburg with 44 points and the boys finishing with 41 points. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton took both the girls and boys titles.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of senior Tia Lowe and freshmen Emily Jacobsen, Brooke Popp and Wilkens took first with a time of 1:21.00. Wilkens had a good night as she also took second in the high jump, 4’8”, and second in the 100 meters, 13.82 seconds. Casey James of Orient-Macksburg won the event in 13.39 seconds and Jaclyn Baldwin of Paton-Churdan placed fifth in 14.09 seconds.

Other EG girls events that placed in the conference meet:
Fourth: Popp, high jump, 4’6”
Fifth: Jacbosen, 400 meter hurdles, 1:30.81; 4 x 100 meter relay (Lowe, Jacobsen, Shelby Cooklin, Popp), 1:02.69.

Other EG boys events that placed:
Fourth: Schyler Bardole, shot put, 37’9”; 4 x 800 meter relay (Harrison Johnston, T.J. Lint, Tory Beger, Broc Timm), 10:17.48; 4 x 100 meter relay (Wyatt Beaman, Bardole, Alex Gordon, Bret Kersey), 52.65.
Fifth: Johnston, high jump, 5-2; Bardole, 100 meter dash, 11.9; 4 x 200 meter relay (Ostrander, Lint, Aaron Lyons, Bardole), 1:40.59; 1600 meter medley relay, 4:20.45
Sixth: Beger, discus, 100’9”; Lint, long jump, 16, 4 ¾”

Paton-Churdan girls finished last with 17 points. In addition to finishing sixth in the 100 meters, Baldwin was third in the 200 meters, sixth in the 400 meters and she teamed up with Makayla Minnehan, Emma Tilley and anchor Stephanie Thompson to take fourth in the 4 x 400 meter relay. Thompson placed in all three distance events for PC. She was fifth in the 3,000 meters, sixth in the 1500 meters and sixth in the 800 meters.

Rolling Hills Conference Girls @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 160, Adair-Casey 90, Glidden-Ralston 72, CAM (Anita) 70, Walnut 49, East Greene and Orient-Macksburg 44, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 35, Paton-Churdan 17.

Taylor King of Paton-Churdan won the conference crown in the 1,600 meter run, 5:03.25. Also placing for the PC boys were King in the 800 meter run in sixth place and the 4 x 400 meter relay (Daniel Minnehan, King, Blake Murphy and Brandon Tilley) in fourth place.

Rolling Hills Conference Boys @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 148, Adair-Casey 116, Glidden-Ralston 78, Orient-Macksburg 64, CAM (Anita) 62, East Greene 41, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 32, Paton-Churdan 16, Walnut 1.

The EG boys were in action again on Friday, May 6, at the Bill Estrem Relays hosted by Ballard (Huxley). The Hawks finished seventh of eight teams in Class B, which featured two-time Class A state champion Madrid, which took the Class B team title with 161 points. Jefferson-Scranton won the Class A title, winning six events.

Estrem Relay Class A @ Ballard: Jefferson-Scranton 143, Boone 110, North Polk (Alleman) 87, Ballard 81, Gilbert 72, Nevada 56, Saydel 9.

Estrem Relays Class B @ Ballard: Madrid 161, St. Edmond (Fort Dodge) 154, Roland-Story 90, West Marshall 70, South Hamilton 41, Woodward-Granger 30, East Greene 10, Southeast Webster-Grand 1.

East Greene competed in the Gonzales-Parrish Invitational in Guthrie Center on April 28. The boys were last of nine teams with 20 points while the girls were last of eight teams with 3 points.

Ostrander was the highlight of the meet for East Greene as he won the long jump with a meet record leap of 19’10”. Bardole was fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200, Johnston was fourth in the high jump, and Onken was sixth in the discus.

Wilkens finished fifth in the high jump and the 4 x 100 meter relay placed sixth for the girls scoring.

EYE ON GJ SAYS: The Hawkettes are faring well with just five team members while the Hawks are still “hitting their stride” (and leaps and throws) as they were shut out of competition for most of their earlier meets due to wet and cold weather. Ostrander and Wilkens are both having excellent seasons. Look for some of the Hawks to move up in their individual events—especially Bardole in the sprints and shot put—and for the 4 x 200 meter relay to be a force as the season ends.

EG has a busy week with the boys headed back to Guthrie Center tonight for an invitational meet and the girls participating at the South Central Calhoun Invitational in Lake City. Both teams will be looking for peak performances tonight in preparation for the district meet at Manson on Thursday.