MHS eighth in RVC; Yates repeats

   Monticello came away with a conference champion and top-three finishes in five events at the River Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet May 4 at Tipton.

   The Panthers placed eighth among the 15 teams. Anamosa won its first boys track and field conference title since 1980, scoring 97 points to edge host Tipton by seven. Monticello totaled 50, just one point behind Mid-Prairie and West Branch, who tied for sixth. The Panthers were also just nine points behind third place Northeast of Goose Lake.

   “This was our best meet this year,” Monticello coach Greg Williams said. “The guys competed really well all night. We were able to run our best times in most of our events.”

   Zach Yates is the RVC discus champion for the second year in a row, throwing 151-foot-2 to win this year’s title.

   Chesney Capron was second in the 1,600 in 4:42.62; and the 4x800 team of Capron, Ty Tallman, Cord Nietert and Hayden Tomkins also was second.

   The Panthers had third place finishes from their distance medley and 4x400 teams; the former included Connor Sauser, Conner Jordan, Tate Jesenovec and Ian Temple; the latter had Tait Luensman, Tallman, Temple and Jesenovec.

   “We have struggled with injuries this year, so other athletes have had to step in,” coach Williams said. “I’m very proud of their efforts. We did the best we could with the talent we had available.”      

   Prior to the conference meet, the Panthers traveled Camanche for its invitational, and placed fourth out of nine teams, scoring 103 points.

   Capron won the 1,600, one of four events in which the Panthers double-scored. Reeve Graver finished fifth. Aedan Althoff won the 3,200, with Alex Oswald finishing fourth. Luensman was second and Brennan Bohlken eighth in the 400. And Tomkins took third and Rylan Bertling was eighth in the 800.

   Monticello had four runner-up finishes in relays, the sprint medley, 4x800, distance medley and 4x400.

State qualifying

here Thursday

   Monticello will host a Class 2A state qualifying meet May 11 at Dean Nelson Field, beginning at 4 p.m.

   Visiting schools include Alburnett, Anamosa, Dyersville Beckman, Cascade, Jesup, MFL MarMac, Northeast of Goose Lake, Oelwein, Postville, Waukon and Williamsburg.

   The top two finishers in each event will automatically qualify for the May 18-20 state meet in Des Moines. There will also be eight at-large spots from across the state in each event.

May 1

Camanche Inv.

TEAM SCORES

     1, Central DeWitt 158; 2, Anamosa 121; 3, Northeast 114; 4, Monticello 103; 5, Camanche 93; 6, North Cedar 62; 7, Easton Valley 41; 8, Calamus-Wheatland 25; 9, Clinton Prince of Peace 2.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     400: 2, Tait Luensman, 55.58; 8, Brennan Bohlken, 1:02.46.

     800: 3, Hayden Tomkins, 2:10.63; 8, Rylan Bertling, 2:16.14.

     1,600: 1, Chesney Capron, 4:50.92; 5, Reeve Graver, 5:05.97.

     3,200: 1, Aedan Althoff, 10:36.32; 4, Alex Oswald, 11:09.72.

     110 hurdles: 7, Urijah Etzel, 17.42.

     400 hurdles: 4, Cord Nietert, 1:04.31.

     Sprint medley: 2, Tait Luensman, Connor Sauser, Tate Jesenovec, Ty Tallman; 1:42.93.

     Distance medley: 2, Tait Luensman, Connor Sauser, Tate Jesenovec, Ian Temple; 3:49.21.

     Shuttle hurdle: 4, Caleb Rickels, Cord Nietert, Tyler Eastin, Urijah Etzel; 1:13.83.

     4x100: 5, Brock Westphal, Connor Sauser, Gatlin Wright, Urijah Etzel; 47.75.

     4x200: 5, Brock Westphal, Cord Nietert, Connor Sauser, Ian Temple; 1:40.47.

     4x400: 2, Tait Luensman, Ty Tallman, Ian Temple, Tate Jesenovec; 3:34.90.

     4x800: 2, Chesney Capron, Rylan Bertling, Nathan Sauser, Hayden Tomkins; 8:56.44.

     Long jump: 7, Urijah Etzel, 15-5.

     Shot put: 7, Malcolm Clark, 38-5.

     Discus: 7, Connor Hynick, 105-3.

May 4

River Valley Conf.

Meet (at Tipton)

TEAM SCORES

     1, Anamosa 97; 2, Tipton 90; 3, Northeast 59; 4, Durant 55.5; 5, Maquoketa 54.5; 6(tie) Mid-Prairie 51 and West Branch 51; 8, Monticello 50; 9, Cascade 48; 10, Bellevue 47; 11, Camanche 34; 12, Dyersville Beckman 31; 13, West Liberty 30; 14, Iowa City Regina 23; 15, Wilton 20.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     200: 5, Tate Jesenovec, 23.85.

     800: 8, Ian Temple, 2:05.12.

     1,600: 2, Chesney Capron, 4:42.62.

     3,200: 7, Aedan Althoff, 10:55.37.

     Distance medley: 3, Connor Sauser, Conner Jordan, Tate Jesenovec, Ian Temple, 3:40.33.

     Shuttle hurdle: 8, Caleb Rickels, Dominic Culpepper, Tyler Eastin, Urijah Etzel; 1:11.80.

     4x100: 7, Conner Jordan, Gatlin Wright, Urijah Etzel, Connor Sauser; 46.89.

     4x200: 7, Conner Jordan, Connor Sauser, Gatlin Wright, Tate Jesenovec, 1:35.16.

     4x400: 3, Tait Luensman, Ty Tallman, Ian Temple, Tate Jesenovec; 3:31.54.

     4x800: 2, Chesney Capron, Ty Tallman, Cord Nietert, Hayden Tomkins; 8:21.65.

     Discus: 1, Zach Yates, 151-2.