Boys Track and Field Roundup: Clear Creek Amana Edges Liberty High to Win Team Title at Denny White Relays
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In a season that already featured several strong performances Clear Creek Amana turned in perhaps its best outing yet on Thursday.
Clear Creek Amana won five events and added seven runner-up finishes while posting 16 total top-three performances on its way to winning the team title at the Denny White Relays in Mount Pleasant.
Alex Figueroa won the 100 and 200 and the Clippers set a school record while winning the distance medley relay while racking up 162 points to hold off runner-up Liberty High for the team title.
Liberty High finished with 154 points to easily outdistance third-place Washington by 56 while West Burlington Notre Dame was fourth with 89 and Mount Pleasant was fifth with 82.
Figueroa remained unbeaten in individual events this season winning the 100 in 11.33 and taking the 200 in 23.23.
Harrison Rosenberg won the 110 hurdles in 15.13 and Gavin Zillyette won the 400 hurdles in a time of 58.35 for the Clippers.
The distance medley relay team of Rosenberg, Gage Freeman, Zillyette and Tom Johnson won in a school-record time of 3:37.43.
Ben Swails was runner-up in the long jump, Freeman was second to Figueroa in the 200 and Cash Jensen was runner-up in the 400.
Brandon Barker was second in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600 while Clear Creek Amana was runner-up in the shuttle hurdle, 4×100 and 4×400 relays.
Liberty High finished first and second in both the 800 and 1,600.
Jack Kinzer won the 800 in a time of 1:57.79 while teammate Gavin Keeney was second in 1:58.54.
Bowen Gryp won the 1,600 in 4:28.65 and was followed by teammate Christian Montover in 4:40.35.
The Liberty High shuttle hurdle relay team of Luke Thompson, Daqwan Sanders, Beau Miller, and Griffin Kraft won in 1:03.46 while Michael Miller, Luke Meyers, Brody Fishman and Ben O’Connor won the 4×100 in 43.81.
The Liberty High 4×200 team of Beau Miller, Meyers, Evan Chandler and Gryp won in 1:34.07.
Denny White Relays
At Maple Leaf Athletic Complex in Mount Pleasant
Team scores – 1. Clear Creek Amana 162; 2. Liberty High 154; 3. Washington 98; 4. West Burlington Notre Dame 89; 5. Mount Pleasant 82; 6. Fort Madison 78; 7. Fairfield 39; 8. Keokuk 32
Individual results (Event winners; area placers)
Long jump – 1. Daqwan Sanders (ICL) 20-1 ¼; 2. Ben Swails (CCA) 19-10;
High jump – 1. Ethan Patterson (WAS) 6-0; 3. Beau Miller (ICL) 5-8; 4. Joshua Loren (CCA) 5-8;
Shot put – 1. Cooper Pullis (MP) 50-10; 8. Tommy Morlan (CCA) 38-5 ½
Discus – 1. Ethan Eilers (WBND) 153-6; 8. Tommy Morlan (CCA) 106-9
100 – 1. Alex Figueroa (CCA) 11.33; 4. Ben O’Connor (ICL) 11.77; 6. James McKinney (ICL) 11.97
200 – 1. Alex Figueroa (CCA) 23.23; 2. Gage Freeman (CCA) 23.69; 4. Ben O’Connor (ICL) 23.99; 7. Amari Thigpen (ICL) 24.94
400 – 1. Elijah Morris (WAS) 50.12; 2. Cash Jensen (CCA) 53.31; 5. Cody Nichols (ICL) 56.95; 7. Carter Meyers (ICL) 57.68
800 – 1. Jack Kinzer (ICL) 1:57.79; 2. Gavin Keeney (ICL) 1:58.54; 3. Tom Johnson (CCA) 2:06.74; 5. Cash Jensen (CCA) 2:10.56
1,600 – 1. Bowen Gryp (ICL) 4:28.65; 2. Christian Montover (ICL) 4:40.35; 3. Brandon Barker (CCA) 4:40.76; 4. Peyton Stadler (CCA) 4:54
3,200 – 1. Lance Sobaski (WAS) 9:46.21; 2. Brandon Barker (CCA) 9:49.84; 3. Aidan Decker (ICL) 9:59.04; 4. Maddux Johnson (ICL) 11:05.07; 5. Tanner Tomas (CCA) 11:21.43
110 hurdles – 1. Harrison Rosenberg (CCA) 15.13; 3. Ben Swails (CCA) 16.76; 4. Maxwell Thompson (ICL) 17.44; 7. Griffin Kraft (ICL) 18.71
400 hurdles – 1. Gavin Zillyette (CCA) 58.35; 4. Keyan Gisleson (CCA) 1:02.22; 5. Beau Miller (ICL) 1:02.64; 6. James Eckhardt (ICL) 1:04.69
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Liberty High (Luke Thompson, Daqwan Sanders, Beau Miller, Griffin Kraft) 1:03.46; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Ben Swails, Andrew Schlemme, Zaid Rachman, Harrison Rosenberg) 1:03.71
Sprint medley relay – 1. West Burlington Notre Dame 1:40.05; 4. Liberty High (Brody Fishman, Evan Chandler, James McKinney, Caleb Schillinger) 1:41.41; 5. Clear Creek Amana (Ethan Pegump, Nate Beckmann, Jason Bakken, Keyan Gisleson) 1:42.94
Distance medley relay – 1. Clear Creek Amana (Harrison Rosenberg, Gage Freeman, Gavin Zillyette, Tom Johnson) 3:37.43; 2. Liberty High (Amari Thigpen, Brody Fishman, Jeremiah Madlock, Jordan Robinson) 3:51.44
4×100 relay – 1. Liberty High (Michael Miller, Luke Meyers, Brody Fishman, Ben O’Connor) 43.81; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Harrison Rosenberg, Ben Swails, Gage Freeman, Alex Figueroa) 43.99
4×200 relay – 1. Liberty High (Beau Miller, Luke Meyers, Evan Chandler, Bowen Gryp) 1:34.07; 6. Clear Creek Amana (Ethan Pegump, Nate Beckmann, Jason Bakken, Andrew Schlemme) 1:39.32
4×400 relay – 1. Washington 3:31.32; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Gavin Zillyette, Tom Johnson, Cash Jensen, Keyan Gisleson) 3:31.35; 4. Liberty High (Evan Chandler, Aidan Decker, Jordan Robinson, Gavin Keeney) 3:42.89
4×800 relay – 1. Fairfield 8:45.04; 2. Liberty High (Ethan Keeney, Holden Carter, Jonathan Kamba, Nathan Kinzer) 8:55.1; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Peyton Stadler, Cameron Kimm, Noah Yost, Jackson Schloss) 9:01.38
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