Boys Track and Field Roundup: City High Wins Five Events at Hi-Covey Relays
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City High won five events on its way to a fourth-place team finish at the Hi-Covey Invitational on Tuesday in Ames.
John Aschenbrenner and Ronnie Major claimed individual titles and Ben Kueter was a part of three relay wins for City High as the Little Hawks racked up 101 points.
Southeast Polk won the team title with 135 points followed by Sioux City North with 118 and Ankeny Centennial with 107.5.
West Des Moines Valley was fifth with 94.5 while host Ames was sixth with 94.
Aschenbrenner won the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.3 and Major won the long jump with a leap of 20-1 ¾.
Matt Schaeckenbach was runner-up in the high jump clearing 6-2 while Truman Thompson was third in the 1,600 in 4:41.13.
City High won the distance medley, shuttle hurdle and 4×400 relays.
Schaeckenbach, Austin Rindels, Kueter and Aschenbrenner won the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:01.19 and Kueter, Schaeckenbach, Jovan Harris and Ammon Smith won the distance medley in 3:36.22.
Schaeckenbach, Smith, Kueter and Harris teamed up to win the 4×400 in 3:27.63.
Hi-Covey Invitational
At Ames
Team scores – 1. Southeast Polk 135; 2. Sioux City North 118; 3. Ankeny Centennial 107.5; 4. City High 101; 5. West Des Moines Valley 94.5; 6. Ames 94; 7. Des Moines Hoover 60
Individual results (Event winners; area placers)
Long jump – 1. Ronnie Major (ICH) 20-1 ¾
High jump – 1. Tate Zalasky (AME) 6-4; 2. Matt Schaeckenbach (ICH) 6-2
Discus – 1. Gabe Greenlee (AME) 152-9; 8. Michael Etuma (ICH) 99-5
Shot put – 1. Braeden Edwards (WDV) 51-4 ½; 4. Michael Etuma (ICH) 42-3 ¾
100 – 1. Titus Christensen (SEP) 10.91
200 – 1. Caleb LeClair (SEP) 22.61; 7. Akili Mattox (ICH) 24.07
400 – 1. Ryan Uhl (AC) 52.42; 7. Will Larson (ICH) 58.03
800 – 1. Aniey Akok (AME) 1:58.11; 6. Ford Washburn (ICH) 2:01.64
1,600 – 1. Will Lohr (SCN) 4:25.15; 3. Truman Thompson (ICH) 4:41.13; 8. Parker Max (ICH) 4:57.23
3,200 – 1. Natnael Kifle (SCN) 9:54.52; 4. Noah Carey (ICH) 10:26.23; 8. Parker Max (ICH) 11:00.4
110 hurdles – 1. John Aschenbrenner (ICH) 15.3; 5. Austin Rindels (ICH) 16.7
400 hurdles – 1. Lorcan Christensen (SCN) 58.51
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Austin Rindels, Ben Kueter, John Aschenbrenner) 1:01.19
Sprint medley relay – 1. Des Moines Hoover 1:34.91; 7. City High (Mengty Tan, Isaiah Svoboda, Akili Mattox, Will Larson) 1:43.9
Distance medley relay – 1. City High (Ben Kueter, Matt Schaeckenbach, Jovan Harris, Ammon Smith) 3:36.22
4×100 relay – 1. Southeast Polk 42.89; 5. City High (Ben Kueter, Jovan Harris, Akili Mattox, Ronnie Major) 45.31
4×200 relay – 1. Southeast Polk 1:29.91; 5. City High (Sam Rew, Akili Mattox, Isiah Svoboda, Ronnie Major) 1:34.75
4×400 relay – 1. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Ammon Smith, Ben Kueter, Jovan Harris) 3:27.63
4×800 relay – 1. Sioux City North 8:03.34; 6. City High (Ford Washburn, Sam Schafer, Joe Fischer, Sullivan Hall) 8:36.33
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