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A year without competition doesn’t seem to have done much to slow down the Solon girls track program.

Judging off the results from its season-opening meet the year layoff may have even motivated the Spartans even more.

Solon opened the season in impressive fashion on Tuesday cruising to the team title at the Tipton Early Bird Invite at Tipton City Park.
The Spartans won 10 events, including five relay titles, while rolling up 157.5 points to outdistance runner-up Clear Creek Amana which finished with 77 points.

Regina was third with 67.5 points while West Branch was 10^th with 19.5.

Solon had five individual titles led by Ava Conrad who swept the throwing events.

Conrad won the discus with a toss of 109-8 and added a title in the shot put with a mark of 34-11 ¼.

Kaia Holtkamp won the 400 in 1:02.4, Emma Bock won the 800 in 2:29.71 and Kiersten Conway won the 1,500 in a time of 5:32.35.

Solon dominated the relay events winning titles in the sprint medley, distance medley, 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 and finishing runner-up in both the shuttle hurdle and 4×800 relays.

Clear Creek Amana got an individual title from Bailey Olerich in the 200 (28.85) and added a title in the 4×800 relay on its way to a runner-up team finish.

Silvana Kabolo added a runner-up finish for the Clippers in the 100 hurdles in a time of 16.84.

Annie Gahan won a pair of individual titles to lead Regina and also helped the Regals to a win in the shuttle hurdle relay.

Gahan won the long jump with a mark of 15-11 ¾ and added a title in the 400 hurdles in 1:11.12.

She joined Emma Sueppel, Peyton Naeve and Abby Clark on the Regals’ shuttle hurdle relay team that won in 1:12.6.

Annalee Bartels added a title in the 3,000 for Regina in a time of 11:49.76 and was fourth in the 1,500.

Allie Laschanzky was third in the shot put with a mark of 33-8 ½ to lead West Branch while Iva Senio was fourth in the 100 in 13.89.

Tipton Early Bird Invite

At Tipton City Park  

Team scores – 1. Solon 157.5; 2. Clear Creek Amana 77; 3. Regina 67.5; 4. Tipton 59; 5. North Cedar 57; 6. Maquoketa 41; 7. Camanche 34.5; 8. Dyersville Beckman 34; 9. Bellevue Marquette 22; 10. West Branch 19.5; 11. Midland 13

Individual results (Event winners; area placers)

Long jump – 1. Annie Gahan (ICR) 15-11 ¾; 4. Aisley Foster (SOL) 14-4; 5. Emma Descourouez (CCA) 14-1 ½

High jump – 1. Jaden Gatts (MID) 4-10; 5. Tatum Holtkamp (SOL) 4-6; 6. Bliss Beck (CCA) 4-6

Discus – 1. Ava Conrad (SOL) 109-8; 4. Dakaria Matthews (CCA) 92-0; 6. Elly Holubar (SOL) 86-6

Shot put – 1.  Ava Conrad (SOL) 34-11 ¼; 3. Allie Laschanzky (WB) 33-8 ½; 5. Leah Kollar (SOL) 32-10

100 – 1. Kelly Proesch (NC) 13.01; 4. Iva Senio (WB) 13.89; 5. Nicki Henson (WB) 14.22

200 – 1. Bailey Olerich (CCA) 28.85; 3. Hailey Miller (SOL) 30.0; 5. Bliss Beck (CCA) 30.05

400 – 1. Kaia Holtkamp (SOL) 1:02.4; 3. Callie Levin (SOL) 1:07.02; 5. Bliss Beck (CCA) 1:08.27

800 – 1. Emma Bock (SOL) 2:29.71; 5. Kerrigan Lyons (SOL) 2:48.44

1,500 – 1. Kiersten Conway (SOL) 5:32.35; 3. Grace Federspiel (SOL) 5:40.16; 4. Annalee Bartels (ICR) 5:43.83; 6. Josie Voss (ICR) 6:07.28

3,000 – 1. Annalee Bartels (ICR) 11:49.76; 3. Grace Fiala (SOL) 12:57.98; 5. Allie Kounkel (CCA) 13:34.61

100 hurdles – 1. Kelly Proesch (NC) 15.31; 2. Silvana Kabolo (CCA) 16.84; 3. Emma Mathis (CCA) 17.04; 6. Jada Buffington (SOL) 17.89; 6. Abby Clark (ICR) 17.89

400 hurdles – 1. Annie Gahan (ICR) 1:11.12; 3. Mia Stahle (SOL) 1:17.76; 5. Selma Kleinsmith (SOL) 1:29.93

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Regina (Emma Sueppel, Peyton Naeve, Abby Clark, Annie Gahan) 1:12.6; 2. Solon (Sophia Stahle, Mia Stahle, Jada Buffington, Calla Foster) 1:12.66; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Kayla Jiras, Cileigh Smiddy, Mari Cetta, Emma Mathis) 1:14.72

Sprint medley relay – 1. Solon (Ellie Wolff, Callie Levin, Makinley Levin, Emma Bock) 1:56.02; 5. Clear Creek Amana (Emma Mathis, Emma Descourouez, Bailey Olerich, Kayla Jiras) 2:03.09

Distance medley relay – 1. Solon (Addie McQuinn, Ava Stebral, Gracie Federspiel, Kiersten Conway) 4:42.15; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Bailey Olerich, Emma Descourouez, Kiera Rogers, Haidyn Barker) 4:48.05

4×100 relay – 1. Solon (Ellie Wolff, Callie Levin, Sophia Stahle, Makinley Levin) 52.59; 2. Regina (Baylee O’Connor, Abby Clark, Peyton Naeve, Annie Gahan) 55.09; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Bailey Olerich, Emma Descourouez, Cileigh Smiddy, Emma Mathis) 55.28; 4. West Branch (Nicki Henson, Iva Senio, Sasha Koenig, Laikyn Worrell) 55.67

4×200 relay – 1. Solon (Ellie Wolff, Sophia Stahle, Ava Stebral, Adelyn Leichtman) 1:57.09; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Kayla Jiras, Mari Cetta, Cileigh Smiddy, Amanda Weih) 2:01.39; 4. Regina (Berlyn O’Connor, Alaina Timmerman, Aseneta Oliver, Baylee O’Connor) 2:02.11

4×400 relay – 1. Solon (Kaia Holtkamp, Kerrigan Lyons, Ashley Stinocher, Meghan O’Neill) 4:27.53; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Kiera Rogers, Kayla Jiras, Haidyn Barker, Sam Schrage) 4:36.56; 4. Regina (Berlyn O’Connor, Abby Clark, Natalie Franklin, Peyton Naeve) 4:38.81; 6. West Branch (JaLynn Falco, Alyse Klinkkammer, Nina Torkelson, Madelyn Stout) 4:58.73

4×800 relay – 1. Clear Creek Amana (Kiera Rogers, Haidyn Barker, Sam Schrage, Avery Allan) 10:47.85; 2. Solon (Meghan O’Neill, Anna Quillin, Ashlyn Williams, Ashley Stinocher) 11:01.82; 3. Regina (Josie Pursley, Natalie Franklin, Kate Milder, Josie Voss) 11:30.64; 5. West Branch (JaLynn Falco, Alyse Klinkkammer, Nina Torkelson, Madelyn Stout) 12:14.14

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