Another dominant spring season on the oval for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls track team has led to state recognition for their coaching staff. Golden Hawk head coach Mark Hostetler has been named Class 2A At-Large Coach of the Year by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.
The Golden Hawk girls opened the season winning the IATC Indoor Class 2A State Team Championship at Iowa State University in Ames behind individual state championships in the long jump and 100 from freshman Jeorgia Evans. The Hawks were team runners-up at the RVC indoor championship meet with Evans winning gold in the 55m, 200m and long jump. The Golden Hawks had four events make the blue oval for the Drake Relays including Evans eighth in the 100 and 22nd in long jump, Dessa Poll 16th in discus and the Golden Hawk 4×100 team of Jeorgia and Jovi Evans, Tessa Bombei and Myli Hershberger making the big stage. The Mid-Prairie girls won their fourth River Valley Conference outdoor team championship in the last five years, beating the field at Tipton by 25 points. The Hawks had RVC event titles from Jeorgia Evans in the 200 and long jump, Poll in discus and the 4×200 with Jovi Evans, Hershberger, Hannah Rodgers and Ruby Miller. At the 2A State Qualifier meet at Monticello, the Hawks were again the team champions, for the fifth straight year, scoring 169 points and winning six events including Jeorgia Evans going quad gold in the 100, 200, long jump and joining Bombei, Hershberger and Jovi Evans to win the 4×100. Poll won discus and Harper Pacha won shot put. Mid-Prairie qualified a total of 17 events for state, and finished fifth as a team at Drake Stadium, with 33 points. Golden Hawk medalists included Jeorgia and Jovi Evans in the 100 and 200, Jeorgia Evans in long jump, the 4×100 with the Evans’, Bombei and Hershberger and the 4×800 with Kendal Landstrum, Tessa Brokaw, Brooklyn Stutzman and Rachel Hostetler.
Hostetler is a multi-time IATC Track and Cross Country Coach of the Year Award Winner.