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Charles City relays record season bests in four events at New Hampton Girls Invitational

Staff Report

NEW HAMPTON — There are so many things that can go wrong during a relay. Fortunately for the Charles City girls track team, things have been going right.

Especially during the New Hampton Girls Invitational on Monday

That’s where and when four Comet squads recorded season-bests in their respective events.

Less than a week after setting a meet record at the Osage Invitational, the Comet 4-by-100 shuttle hurdle relay team of — in order of baton exchange — Brianna Carey, Tayler Schmidt, Lynn Hoeft and Sadie Ruzicka bested that mark by more than a second and a half with a first-place time of 1 minute, 9.16 seconds.

Charles City’s 4-by-800 relay team of Gillian King, Whitney Martin, Bailey Mitchell and Mackenzy Bilharz obliterated the previous season-best by nearly 15 seconds with a first-place time of 10:23.09.

Charles City also set season-bests in the 4-by-100 and 4-by-400 relays.

Carey, Ruzicka, Katie Foster and Alex Litter recorded a second-place time of 52.15 seconds, which was bested by New Hampton’s foursome of Rachel Rinke, Darian Wegner, Bailey Knowlton and Sadie Tenge, who finished in 51.74 seconds.

Charles City’s 4-by-400 team of King, Sami Heyer, Selah Opp and Olyvia Zuspan combined efforts for a third-place time of 4:27.47, nearly a 12-second improvement from a previous season-best.

In the individual events, the Comets got some firsts from a pair of usual senior suspects — Foster in the 100-meter dash (12.73) and Sara Martin in the shot put (36 feet-even).

Martin also placed second in the discus with a throw of 115 feet, 4 inches. Mackenzie Goeller of Wapsie Valley won the event with a throw of 119 feet, 6 inches.

Charles City placed third with 110 team points behind hosts New Hampton (183) and Osage (123).

Rounding out the team scores were Independence (67); Nashua-Plainfield (57) which got a first out of junior Morgan Kapping, who won the 400 with a time of 1:04.19; and Wapsie Valley (36).

New Hampton Girls Invitational

TEAM PLACING

1. New Hampton 183, 2. Osage 123, 3. Charles City 110, 4. Independence 67, 5. Nashua-Plainfield 57, 6. Wapsie Valley 36.

EVENT POINT PLACERS

100 — 1. Katie Foster (CC) 12.73, 2. Sadie Tenge (NH) 13.23, 3. Katelyn Halbach (O) 14.12, 4. Makenna Nelson (NP) 14.12, 5. Allie Jo Zieser (IN) 14.14, 6. Madisyn Blasberg (WV) 14.30.

200 — 1. Brenna Jacobs (O) 27.81, 2. Rachel Rinken (NH) 28.10, 3. Isabel Leichtman (NH) 29.56, 4. Izzy Dunlap (O) 29.59, 5. Katelyn Halbach (O) 30.13, 6. Hannah Meighan (CC) 30.15.

400 — 1. Morgan Kapping (NP) 1:04.19, 2. Bailey Knowlton (NH) 1:05.44, 3. Kaylee Cerwinske (NP) 1:07.16, 4. Abby Meiborg (IN) 1:07.45, 5. Kenzie Fischels (IN) 1:07.71, 6. Claire Huisman (O) 1:07.96.

800 — 1. Madi Johnson (O) 2:39.55, 2. Kylie Laube (NP) 2:39.56, 3. Maddi Moorman (NH) 2:41.76, 4. Alysha Bilharz (CC) 2:42.14, 5. Kallie Olson (NH) 2:45.73, 6. Macie Adams (O) 2:48.48.

1500 — 1. Mia Knudsen (O) 5:17.65, 2. Mackenzy Bilharz (CC) 5:26.98, 3. Kayla Gilbert (NH) 5:31.10, 4. Faith Carpenter (NP) 5:50.01, 5. Ingrid Hernandez (CC) 5:55.82, 6. Makayla Mostek (O) 5:58.53.

3000 — 1. Megan Mooberry (O) 11:12.16, 2. Sarah Turpen (CC) 11:29.32, 3. Olivia Burke (NH) 12:15.70.

100 HUR — 1. Natalie Hoey (NH) 16.84, 2. Taylor Spitz (O) 17.12, 3. Sadie Ruzicka (CC) 17.22, 4. Tayler Schmidt (CC) 17.40, 5. Lauren Frerichs (NH) 17.89, 6. Allison Doyle (IN) 18.02.

400 HUR — 1. Hannah Heit (NH) 1:14.09, 2. Natalie Hoey (NH) 1:14.32, 3. Breana Barker (O) 1:16.47, 4. Emily Ross (O) 1:19.35, 5. Sammy Rohlfsen (WV) 1:20.81, 6. Allison Doyle (IN) 1:21.70.

4-by-100 RELAY — 1. New Hampton 51.74, 2. Charles City (Brianna Carey, Katie Foster, Sadie Ruzicka, Alex Litterer) 52.15, 3. Wapsie Valley 53.77, 4. Osage 53.93, 5. Independence 56.29, 6. Nashua-Plainfield 56.37.

4-by-200 RELAY — 1. New Hampton 1:49.33, 2. Wapsie Valley 1:52.67, 3. Osage 1:54.89, 4. Independence 1:56.39, 5. Nashua-Plainfield 1:59.50, 6. Charles City 2:01.25.

4-by-400 RELAY — 1. Independence 4:06.55, 2. New Hampton 4:25.89, 3. Charles City 4:27.47, 4. Nashua-Plainfield 4:28.03, 5. Osage 4:33.80, 6. Wapsie Valley 4:35.32.

4-by-800 RELAY — 1. Charles City (Gillian King, Whitney Martin, Bailey Mitchell, Mackenzy Bilharz) 10:23.09, 2. New Hampton 10:24.42, 3. Nashua-Plainfield 10:31.53, 4. Osage 11:16.13.

800 SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY — 1. Independence 1:55.84, 2. New Hampton 1:56.04, 3. Wapsie Valley 2:00.13, 4. Nashua-Plainfield 2:02.55, 5. Osage 2:04.61.

1600 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY — 1. Independence 4:29.76, 2. Osage 4:32.28, 3. New Hampton 4:52.01, 4. Nashua-Plainfield 4:56.51, 5. Charles City 5:07.59.

400 SHUTTLE HUR RELAY — 1. Charles City (Brianna Carey, Tayler Schmidt, Lynn Hoeft, Sadie Ruzicka) 1:09.16, 2. New Hampton 1:11.30, 3. Independence 1:11.98, 4. Osage 1:13.77, 5. Nashua-Plainfield 1:20.72.

HJ — 1. Marcy Uglum (NH) 4-10, 2. Libby Schwamman (O) 4-10, 3. Madison Larson (IN) 4-08, 3. Savannah Anderson (NH) 4-08, 5. Sierra Walker (CC) 4-06, 6. Sydney Brandua (O) 4-04.

LJ — 1. Darian Wegener (NH) 17-00.5, 2. Rachel Rinken (NH) 16-03, 3. Kyalee Hosch (IN) 15-06.5, 4. Katelyn Halbach (O) 14-06, 5. Faith Carpenter (NP) 13-11.5, 6. Rylie Olson (O) 13-08.

SP — 1. Sara Martin (CC) 36-00, 2. Gabby Schwarting (O) 34-03, 3. Sydney Loeckle (CC) 33-08, 4. Savannah Anderson (NH) 32-08, 5. Sammi Kane (WV) 30-06, 6. Hunter Gerber (NH) 29-07.

DIS — 1. Mackenzie Goeller (WV) 119-06, 2. Sara Martin (CC) 115-04, 3. Sarina Hovden (NH) 111-02, 4. Sydney Loeckle (CC) 107-09, 5. Gabby Schwarting (O) 106-03, 6. Kayla Crooks (NH) 96-10.