The Lone Tree Lions came away with the girls’ track and field team championship in the Class B division Thursday at the Ekstrand Relays in Wayland, finishing with a score of 108 points that was 18 more than the second-place Hillcrest Academy Ravens.
Lone Tree raced to victory behind their relay teams. The quartet of sophomore Addison McCullough, junior Ava Christofferson and seniors Vivian Zaruba and Rylee Shield won the Class B championship in the 4-by-100-meters with a time that was one-one hundredth shy of 52 seconds flat.
That same group won the 4-by-200 in one minute 49 seconds and the sprint medley in almost 1:53. Meanwhile, the team of junior Dalanie Graap, sophomore Abby Zaruba and freshman Addyson Eiben and Evenlyn Mueller were the champions of the 4-by-800, clocking in at 12:04.
Shield also won the 400-meter dash for the Lions in a few ticks over a minute flat, while Christofferson leaped 16 feet eight inches to win the long jump and senior Hayden Yoder had the top shot put toss of over 33 feet five inches. Vivian Zaruba was third in the 200 for Lone Tree, which also finished runner-up in the distance medley and third in the 4-by-400.
Hillcrest Academy finished second in team scoring thanks in part to junior Rya Scott, who was the 200-meter champ in 27.22 seconds and took third in both the 400 and the long jump.
Sophomore Marie Yoder won the 3,200 meters for the Ravens by clocking in at nearly 11-and-a-half minutes. Yoder was also second in the 1,500, while junior Stavia Miller took third in the 100 and the 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 relays also won silver for Hillcrest.
Bren Graber was the Class B champion of the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:10 for the hosting WACO Warriors. The freshman also ran a leg on WACO’s winning shuttle hurdles relay, joining senior Ally Rinner and sophomores Madelyn Farmer and Drew Graber for a time of 1:14.
The distance medley team of sophomore Natalie Wagler and freshmen Josie Dykstra, Taelyn Egli and Trinity Dean were the champions in 4:49, while Dykstra took second in the 400-meter hurdles, as did Bren Graber in the high jump, sophomore Carlee Lunsford in the 800 and the Warriors’ 4-by-400 relay.
Ellie Yates led the Sigourney Savages with a victory in the 1,500, posting a time of 5:26, and the junior was also second in the 3,000. Junior Addison Yates was third in both those races, while senior Josephine Moore took second in the shot put and third in the discus for the Savages.
Senior Josie Nelson picked up another victory for the Winfield-Mount Union Wolves in the 100-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 16.38 seconds. Freshman Kynlee Buffington was the 100-meter winner in 13.32 seconds and also finished second in the long jump, while WMU’s sprint medley team brought home an additional silver medal.
The Highland Huskies got a second-place finish from Kamryn Fink in the open 100 and fellow freshman Maiya Singbeil in the 100 hurdles. Junior Brena Hazelett was runner-up in that race, as was freshman Grace Bombei in the 800 and Highland’s 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 relays, as well as the Huskies’ sprint medley.
The Keota girls took part in the Arrow Relays on Thursday at Wapello and were led by a second-place finish in the 4-by-200 and the sprint medley, while junior Olivia Lyle was third in the open 200 for the Eagles.