LE MARS — Le Mars hosted the convention meet for the primary time as a member of the Missouri River Actions Convention on Thursday.
Sioux Metropolis East, who had received the final three MRAC titles till Le Mars claimed the spot final yr, returned to the highest of the league whereas Heelan completed second. Nonetheless, Le Mars head coach Tami Dunn mentioned it was a stable third place efficiency for her group, which has completed within the high half of the league yearly since becoming a member of the convention.
“I’m actually happy with the place we have been at,” Dunn mentioned. “I assumed possibly, we might sneak out second, however I didn’t precisely know what Heelan was going to deliver. I be ok with third place. I believe we competed rather well tonight. I’m so grateful that they don’t shrink back from the great competitors.”
Le Mars had a area occasion champion as Kenzie Niehus reached 17-02 within the lengthy soar to win by almost a foot within the occasion. Dunn hopes this can be a springboard into the tip of the season.
“Kenzie had an excellent soar. April was arduous on her after which the Drake Relays have been disappointing to her and so we talked about resting and getting her legs again, getting her spring again and she or he simply popped one off tonight and it was nice,” Dunn mentioned.
The group added a 3rd place end within the discus. Addison Kibby reached 94-01 along with her high throw, ending 22 ft behind the successful toss from Sergeant-Bluff-Luton’s Maddie Kneifl.
The dash relays have been among the top-scoring occasions for the Bulldogs this season and the convention meet was no totally different. The group overcame a little bit of a rocky begin on a dropped handoff on the primary trade of the dash medley relay, however recovered to complete third in that occasion as Aubree Leusink, Stella Hector, Madi Huls and Sienna Kass ran a time of 1:58.28. After that it was easy crusing.
“I assumed our sprinters actually attacked it tonight. That’s to not say our distance runners didn’t, we had some PRs on the observe, however I actually felt just like the handoffs have been crisp and clear they usually simply attacked their race and we ran good instances tonight, in order that was encouraging,” Dunn mentioned.
The identical group because the dash medley positioned second within the 4×200 with a time of 1:47.12, slightly below a second behind Bishop Heelan.
Holly McNaughton, Huls, Leusink and Hector completed third within the 4×100, however their time of fifty.93 was their second-fastest of the spring.
Le Mars capped off their night time with a win within the 4×400 relay as Kass and Huls bookended a relay group which additionally included Claire Susemihl and Claire Beitelspacher. Their time of 4:12.18 was the quickest of the season and over 14 seconds quicker than runner-up Heelan.
“Madi regarded nice in that 4×400 excellent off that 4×100,” Dunn mentioned. “Claire Beitelspacher, I attempted operating her a pair 400s tonight. She wasn’t happy along with her first one (within the distance medley), however I assumed she ran that second one rather well. I believe that Claire Susemihl, coming off the hurdles and getting into the 4×400, I do know it’s not her favourite race, however she runs it effectively they usually gave Madi a pleasant lead. If they will make that occur at districts, that’ll do effectively. They could have a bit of extra competitors, however I believe it seems to be good.”
Le Mars additionally received the shuttle hurdle relay as Leusink, Liberty Larson, Aduk Dut and Susemihl completed in 1:09.55, a season-best time.
“They ran a 1:09 which is only a couple seconds quicker than even Monday. I discovered a lesson from that final yr which is should you maintain them operating collectively lengthy sufficient, they get it discovered,” Dunn mentioned.
Dunn additionally appreciated the expansion she’s seen from the gap medley group which received with a time of 4:37.13 from Hector, Ahrianna Westhoff, Beitelspacher and Marilyn Curler.
“Stella received the job accomplished on some relays,” Dunn mentioned. “Ahri Westhoff is absolutely popping a pair off. She seems to be good and she or he ran the straightaway into the wind effectively tonight. Marilyn Curler, she has run a pair good 800s.”
Maya Hogrefe completed third within the 400 meter sprint with a time of 1:03.35, slightly below two seconds behind a pair of Sioux Metropolis East runners.
Susemihl completed third within the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.39, matching Sioux Metropolis North’s Ariana Klein on the hundredths of a second. The time was slightly below a second behind Sioux Metropolis West’s Kenya Harris, the winner of the occasion.
With every week from the convention meet to the state qualifying meet, Dunn seems to be to have her group able to go to ship as many occasions to state as they will.
“I wish to get as a lot down there as we will. Our 4×100 and 4×200 and even our dash medley seems to be like they are often aggressive and I wish to go down there with confidence,” Dunn mentioned. “After I take into consideration the relays, I wish to put collectively the robust stuff and I wish to put it collectively and I wish to see what they will do.”
Staff scores: Sioux Metropolis East 152.5, Bishop Heelan 134, Le Mars 101, Sioux Metropolis North 88, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 80.5, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 76, Sioux Metropolis West 72, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 23.
