Cole Cox Runs The Second Leg Of South O’Brien’s State Qualifying Meet 4x800 Entry.

Grant Wagner Led Off The Wolverine Foursome In The Winning Shuttle Hurdle Relay Which Is Going To State.

Keaton Sampson Was The Wolverines’ Top Finisher In The Shot Put At The State Qualifying Meet.

Willie Conley Helps The Sprint Medley Relay Qualify For This Week’s State Track & Field Meet. Conley Also Qualified On Time In The 400 Meters And By Winning The High Jump At The Qualifying Meet.

The South O’Brien boys will be taking five events to the State Track & Field Meet. That was determined following competition at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet May 13 at Lawton.
Event winners get the automatic trip to Des Moines where the State Track & Field Meet will play out May 19-21 at Drake Stadium. That route was taken by the Wolverines’ Willie Conley who won the high jump competition at Lawton and also by the first-place shuttle hurdle relay team of Grant Wagner, Arturo Reyes, Boston Riedemann and Pete Bottjen.
In addition to the first-place finishers, the next fourteen best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners advance to the state meet. Three of those performances were turned in by athletes from South O’Brien. They include Conley in the 400 meter dash, Arturo Reyes in the 400 meter hurdles and Parker Struve, Cole Tjossem, Hudson Oolman and Conley in the sprint medley relay. At Lawton those three events placed fourth, third and fourth respectively.
There were other place winners for the Wolverines at the Qualifying Meet. In the 110 meter hurdles Riedemann was second and Bottjen fourth. Another fourth-place finish was turned in by Jacob Van Lith in the high jump. Tsion Davis finished sixth in the 200 meters. Seventh place went to Oolman in the long jump and Tjossem in the 100 meters. Ian Oliver was eighth in the 3200.
Placing fourth was the sprint medley relay of Struve, Tjossem, Oolman and Conley. The 4×100 relay unit of Struve, Oolman, Riedemann and Tjossem finished fifth. Coming in sixth were the 4×200 relay of Struve, Oolman, Van Lith and Tjossem and the 4×400 relay of Conley, Van Lith, Sawyer Honkomp and Reyes. The 4×800 relay of Ben Woodall, Cole Cox, Sam Daniels and Brenden Wilson finished seventh.
South O’Brien scored 74 team points to finish fifth out of the 12 teams competing. Gehlen Catholic finished on top with 122 team points.
Team Results
Gehlen Catholic 122, MMCRU 111, Lawton-Bronson 92, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 81, South O’Brien 74, George-Little Rock 70, Westwood 51, Akron-Westfield 50, Siouxland Christian 29, Trinity Christian 25, Harris-Lake Park 21, Remsen St. Mary’s 8.
South O’Brien Results
High Jump: Willie Conley, 1st, 6’ 1”; Jacob Van Lith, 4th, 5’ 8”.
Long Jump: Hudson Oolman, 7th, 18’ 4”; Boston Riedemann, 9th, 17’ 0”.
Shot Put: Keaton Sampson, 10th, 39’ 0”; Josh Gnade, 18th, 35’ 3-1/4”.
Discus: Dain Moermond, 17th, 90’ 6”; Sampson, 20th, 81’ 0”.
100 Meter Dash: Cole Tjossem, 7th, 12.04; Parker Struve, 10th, 12:12.
200 Meter Dash: Tsion Davis, 6th, 24.23; Jordan Jenness, 14th, 25.79.
400 Meter Dash: Conley, 4th, 53.30; Dante Johnson, 9th, 1:01.52.
800 Meter Run: Blake Wilson, 16th, 2:37.27; Caden Wittrock, 17th, 2:38.07.
1600 Meter Run: Brenden Wilson, 14th, 6:06.81; Sam Daniels, 15th, 6:07.88.
3200 Meter Run: Ian Oliver, 8th, 14:06.51; Ethan Schwarz, 9th, 14:48.39.
110 Meter Hurdles: Riedemann, 2nd, 16.43; Pete Bottjen, 4th, 16.61.
400 Meter Hurdles: Arturo Reyes, 3rd, 57.71; Justin Paulsen, 12th, 1:09.86.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Struve, Oolman, Riedemann, Tjossem) 5th, 46.90.
4×200 Meter Relay: (Struve, Oolman, Van Lith, Tjossem) 6th, 1:38.68.
4×400 Meter Relay: (Conley, Van Lith, Sawyer Honkomp, Reyes) 6th, 3:47.06.
4×800 Meter Relay: (Ben Woodall, Cole Cox, Daniels, Brenden Wilson) 7th, 10:15.69.
Sprint Medley Relay: (Struve, Tjossem, Oolman, Conley) 4th, 1:39.40.
Distance Medley Relay: (Davis, Honkomp, Paulsen, Woodall) 9th, 4:10.07.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: (Grant Wagner, Reyes, Riedemann, Bottjen) 1st, 1:03.71.