Monti runners start season in Dubuque

Kicking off the season with the River Valley Conference Indoor Meet on March 24 at the University of Dubuque’s Chlapaty Rec. Center, the Monticello boys track and field team took seventh in the 16-team event.

   The Panthers doubled up in the shot put, as Carter Holub threw 49-2 to finish second, and Lincoln Schneiter threw 44-6 to finish sixth.

   In running events, Aedan Althoff finished fourth (4:56) in the 1,600-meter run, as did the 4x800 team of Mace Schnoor, Bryce McDonald, Nicholas Schrader and Trenton Seeman (8:57).

   Emmit Rickels (8.45) and Dominic Culpepper (8.54) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 55-hurdles and Isaac Kray, Grant Gassman, Schrader and Jack Jesenovec teamed up for sixth in the 4x400 (3:43).

   Jesenovec was eighth in the 400 (56.30), as was Alan Arriaga-Rangel in the 1,600 (5:12) and Mac Burkle in the high jump (5-8).

   “Our team is doing a good job with the little things that we need to do to be the best we can later in the season,” Panther coach Greg Williams said. “Mac tied last year’s season best with his effort in the high jump and Eli (Santa) has improved with each race he’s competed in.”

RVC Indoor Conference Meet

March 24

(at University of Dubuque – Chlapaty Rec. Center)

TEAM SCORES

1. Mid-Prairie 75, 2. Regina 52, 3. West Branch 47.50, 4. Alburnett 43, 5. Cascade 41, 6. Anamosa 39, 7. Monticello 37.50, 8. Bellevue 36, 9. Beckman 33, 10. Tipton 28, 11. Camanche 18, 12. Durant 17, 12. West Liberty 17, 14. Northeast 9, 15. Maquoketa 8, 16. Wilton 6

Monticello Results

55 – Isaac Kray 17th (7.10), 34. Tate Smith 34th (7.41), Ryker Hein 54th (8.19), Eli Santa 61st (10.95); 55-Hurdles – Emmit Rickels 7th (8.45), Dominic Culpepper 8th (8.54); 200 – Emmit Rickels 9th (24.91), 13. Dominic Culpepper 13th (25.43), 35. Gavin Hinrichs 35th (27.09); 400 – Jack Jesenovec 8th (56.30), Landry Schauf 15th (57.88), 16. Bryce McDonald 16th (57.90), Matthew Beanblossom 45th (1:05.25); 800 – Mac Burkle 13th (2:21), Trenton Seeman 14th (2:22), Gabe Kraus 30th (2:33); 1,600 – Aedan Althoff 4th (4:56), Alan Arriaga-Rangel 8th (5:12), Mason Gibbs 12th (5:24.45), Maddox Henderson 13th (5:24.59); 4x200 – Monticello A (Isaac Kray, Jasper Tobiason, Brody Spahr, Grant Gassman) 15th (1:40.80); 4x400 – Monticello A (Isaac Kray, Grant Gassman, Nicholas Schrader, Jack Jesenovec) 6th (3:43); 4x800 – Monticello A (Mace Schnoor, Bryce McDonald, Nicholas Schrader, Trenton Seeman) 4th (8:57); Shot Put – Carter Holub 2nd (49-2), Lincoln Schneiter 6th (44-6), Lane Weber 17th (38-9), Sawyer Adams 26th (36-10); High Jump – Mac Burkle 8th (5-8), Gavin Hinrichs 18th (5-0); Long Jump – Tate Smith 13th (17-9), Landry Schauf 17th (17-1)

Steve Roth Washington Relays

   Opening the outdoor season on March 26, the Panthers finished eighth overall in the Steve Roth Washington Relays at Case Field in Washington.

   The meet was broken into three divisions, with the Panthers finishing third in Class B with 74 points and eighth overall. The Monti race results are from the Class B division.

   Kray won the 400-hurdles in 58.18 and Schneiter took first in discus (156-1) to lead the Panthers finishes. The sprint medley team of Jesenovec, Jasper Tobiason, Gassman and Kray finished second in 1:40, as did Tate Smith, Brody Spahr, Jesenovec and Alex Jamison in the 4x200 (1:42), Althoff in the 3,200 (10:29) and Holub in the shot put (45-4).

   Third-place finishes went to Rickels in the 110-hurdles (16.38), Schnoor, Schrader, McDonald and Seeman in the 4x800 (9:09) and Rickels, Culpepper, Landry Schauf and Arriaga-Rangel in the distance medley (4:00).

   “Our eighth-place finish out of 32 teams was great. We are a very competitive team,” Williams said. “The sprint medley’s time is the fasted we have ran for this time of year, Bryce and Isaac ran well for the first overall 400-low hurdles and our sprint relays ran very well in the windy conditions.”

Steve Roth Washington Relays

March 26

(at Case Field – Washington, Iowa)

TEAM SCORES – CLASS B DIVISION

1. Fairfield 123, 2. C.R. Prairie (B) 90, 3. Monticello 74, 4. Iowa City West JV 69.50, 5. Mediapolis 60.50, 6. Fort Madison 59, 7. West Burlington 43, 8. Iowa City, City High JC 32, Ottumwa JV 4

Monticello Results

100 – Jasper Tobiason 9th (12.17), Eli Santa 18th (20.56); 110-Hurdles – Emmit Rickels 3rd (16.38), Dominic Culpepper 9th (18.21); 200 – Landry Schauf 8th (25.42), Gavin Hinrichs 14th (27.23); 400 – Matthew Beanblossom 13th (1:06), Brevyn Kearney 15th (1:12); 400-Hurdles – Isaac Kray 1st (58.18), Bryce McDonald 5th (1:05); 800 – Maddox Henderson 11th (2:22.94); 1,600 – Alan Arriaga-Rangel 8th (5:20), Gabe Kraus 12th (5:39), 3,200 – Aedan Althoff 2nd (10:29), Mason Gibbs 9th (12:10); 4x100 – Monticello (Emmit Rickels, Ryker Hein, Jack Jesenovec, Tate Smith) 5th (46.75); 4x200 - Monticello (Tate Smith, Brody Spahr, Jack Jesenovec, Alex Jamison) 2nd (1:42); 4x800 – Monticello (Mace Schnoor, Nicholas Schrader, Bryce McDonald, Trenton Seeman) 3rd (9:09); Sprint Medley – Monticello (Jack Jesenovec, Jasper Tobiason, Grant Gassman, Isaac Kray) 2nd (1:40); Distance Medley – Monticello (Emmit Rickels, Dominic Culpepper, Landry Schauf, Alan Arriaga-Rangel) 3rd (4:00); Discus – Lincoln Schneiter 1st (156-1), Lane Weber 8th (110-5); High Jump – Mac Burkle 9th (5-4); Long Jump – Tate Smith 11th (16-8.5), Landry Schauf 13th (16-1); Shot Put – Carter Holub 2nd (45-4)