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Local high school track and field athletes put on a great show at the annual Lone Tree Invitational yesterday. The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks brought home the girls’ team championship with 118 points, 21 ahead of second-place Louisa-Muscatine and 24 ahead of the host Lone Tree Lions in third. The Columbus Wildcats were the boys’ team champions with 197 points, 72 better than L&M in second and 96 more than third-place Mid-Prairie.
Hillcrest Academy sophomore Rya Scott was the winner of the girls’ 100-meter dash with a time of 13.24 seconds. Lone Tree sophomore Ava Christofferson was second and Keota sophomore Olivia Lyle finished third. Columbus senior Kaden Amigon won the boys’ 100 in 11.61 seconds, followed by Lions sophomore Domonic Garcia and Ravens sophomore Owen Scott.
Amigon also won the boys’ 200 meters in 23.42 seconds, with Lone Tree senior Pietro Setti as the runner-up and Owen Scott taking the bronze medal. Junior Rylee Shield won the 200 for the Lion girls in 28.61 seconds, with Wildcat freshman Kymila Bacon in second and Hillcrest junior Delaney Shaw in third.
Rya Scott won the girls’ 400 meters in one minute one second and had Columbus sophomore Naveiah Garza hot on her tail in third. Columbus senior Damian Vergara won the 400 for the boys in 54.71 seconds, with Raven freshman Kale Bailey in third.
Junior Vivan Zaruba won the 800 meters for the Lone Tree girls in 2:40 and was followed by Mid-Prairie senior Annika Poll as the runner-up. Keota freshman Jack Greiner was the boys’ 800 champion, followed by Wildcat junior Ty Muniz in second and Golden Hawk freshman Reece Waters in third.
Mid-Prairie senior Greta Sieren won the girls’ 1,500 meters in 5:20, with Hillcrest freshman Marie Yoder coming in second and Columbus freshman Iris Garza in third. Freshman Max Swartzentruber was also the boys’ 1,600 champ for the Golden Hawks in 5:09, followed by Wildcat senior Cael Phillips.
Swartzentruber also won the 3,200 meters in 10:58, with Muniz as the runner-up and Mid-Prairie sophomore Evan Reschly in third. Yoder defeated Sieren to win the girls’ 3,000 in 11:25, followed by Hillcrest sophomore Siena Stanerson as the bronze medalist.
Sophomore Sophie Miller was a winner for the Golden Hawks in 17.51 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, with Highland sophomors Brena Hazelett and Mackenzie Davis up next. Lamar Ceant won the 110 hurdles in 16.04 seconds and was followed up by Columbus sophomore teammate Alexander Rees and Keota sophomore Jacob Libe.
Mid-Prairie freshman Kyrie Poll beat Davis in the girls’ 400 hurdles in 1:15, while Wildcat freshman Cade Storm edged out Golden Hawk freshman Max Kipp in 1:03 to take the boys’ 400 hurdles.
Rya Scott leaped 16 feet nine-and-a-half inches to win the girls’ long jump for Hillcrest, beating junior teammate Shaw. Owen Scott won the boys’ long jump for the Ravens at 20’8″ and was followed by Ceant as the runner-up.
Owen Scott also won the boys’ high jump by clearing six feet even, besting Keota freshman Ayden Galindo and Hillcrest freshman Kale Bailey. Mid-Prairie freshman Myli Hershberger jumped 4’8″ to win the girls’ high jump and get past Naveiah Garza and Lone Tree freshman Olivia Magruder.
Columbus senior Russell Coil was the champion of the boys’ shot put by hitting a top toss of 48 feet four inches, with teammate Markel Zapiensz in third. Wildcat freshman Bella Forbes was the silver medalist of the girls’ shot put to finish one spot ahead of Lion junior Hayden Yoder. Coil hit 148’9″ to also win the boys’ discus toss, 24 feet ahead of Mid-Prairie freshman Tommy Miller in third. Forbes was the girls’ runner-up in the discus.
Columbus would win the boys’ 4-by-100-meter relay ahead of second-place Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie. Highland took the girls’ 4-by-100 title, besting the Lions and Hillcrest.
The Huskies also claimed the crown in the 4-by-200, followed by the Ravens and Mid-Prairie. Lone Tree would win the boys’ 4-by-200, with the Golden Hawks in third.
The Wildcats would take second place in the boys’ 4-by-400, one spot ahead of Mid-Prairie, while the Golden Hawks were runners-up on the girls’ side and the Lions were third. The finishes would be the same in both 4-by-800 meter relays but with Lone Tree taking third in the boys’ race.
The Lions would claim the crown in the girls’ sprint medley, followed by Highland and Keota. Columbus won the boys’ sprint medley and beat the hosts, but the Lions would win the girls’ distance medley over Mid-Prairie and the Wildcats. The Golden Hawks were the silver medalists in the boys’ distance medley, followed by Columbus.
The Wildcats would win the boys’ shuttle hurdles relay, with the Hawks second. The Mid-Prairie girls would claim the crown in the girls’ shuttle hurdles, followed by the Huskies and the Eagles.