Wolverines finish fourth at Russ Kraai Relays
At last the weather cooperated and the South O’Brien boys track and field team was able to take part in the Russ Kraai Relays April 9 at Holstein. Ridge View hosted teams from six other schools with MMCRU emerging as the team champion, scoring 165 points. Cherokee was second with a 152 total. The Wolverines scored 92.5 team points to place fourth.
Willie Conley tripled his fun with victories in the high jump and both the 110 and 400 meter hurdles. He also joined Brennan Billick, Cole Cox and Tyler Hintz on the second-place shuttle hurdle relay team.
Third-place finishes went to Billick in the 110 hurdles, Cole Tjossem in the 100 meters and Brett Evans in the 400 meters. The 4×100 meter relay finished fourth, as did Damian Villarreal in the long jump and 100 meters and Caden Wittrock in the 200. The 4×100 was manned by Wittrock, Jordan Jenness, Cox and Tjossem.
Team Results
MMCRU 165, Cherokee 152, Ridge View 106, South O’Brien 92.5, Alta-Aurelia 92.5, West Monona 59, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 25, Cherokee JV 25, MMCRU JV 11, Ridge View JV 9.
South O’Brien Varsity Results
High Jump: Willie Conley, 1st, 6’ 2”; Jaden Kreber, 6th, 5’ 6”.
Long Jump: Damian Villarreal, 4th, 18’ 10-3/4”.
Shot Put: Josh Gnade, 6th, 40’ 6”; Luis Salazar, 17th, 33’ 7-1/2”.
Discus: Gnade, 15th, 97’ 5”; Salazar, 18th, 85’ 4”.
100 Meter Dash: Cole Tjossem, 3rd, 11.79; Villarreal, 4th, 12.19.
200 Meter Dash: Caden Wittrock, 4th, 24.95; Jordan Jenness, 10th, 26.00.
400 Meter Dash: Brett Evans, 3rd, 57.33; Luke Swanson, 13th, 1:11.83.
800 Meter Run: Gabe Moermond, 10th, 2:24.36; Trayton Cobb, 11th, 2:25.19.
1600 Meter Run: Ethan Schwarz, 16th, 6:05.29; Ian Oliver, 19th, 6:26.30.
110 Meter Hurdles: Conley, 1st, 16.35; Brennan Billick, 3rd, 16.57.
400 Meter Hurdles: Conley, 1st, 58.15; Dominic Rounds, 9th, 1:14.59.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Wittrock, Jenness, Cole Cox, C. Tjossem) 4th, 47.90.
4×400 Meter Relay: (Evans, Moermond, Kreber, Asa Flinders) 7th, 4:04.13.
4×800 Meter Relay: (Kreber, Moermond, Austin Negus, Corbin Warnke) 5th, 9:57.92.
Sprint Medley Relay: (Kaden Tjossem, Tyler Hintz, Marshal Warnke, John Puhrmann) 7th, 1:54.25.
Distance Medley Relay: (Flinders, Wittrock, C. Warnke, Kreber) 6th, 4:09.57.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: (Billick, Cox, Hintz, Conley) 2nd, 1:08.77.