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Regina and West Branch each more than doubled their point total from a season ago while climbing up the standings at the River Valley Conference track and field meet on Thursday in Monticello.

Last season the Regals finished 12^th with 16 points just ahead of West Branch which was 13^th with 10.5 points.

Both teams saw those numbers climb significantly on Thursday.

Regina finished 10^th with 34 points while West Branch was 11^th with 27 points at the 14-team meet.

Tipton won the team title with 105 points followed by Mid-Prairie with 91.5, Cascade with 82.5 and Bellevue with 78.

Senior Carson Jensen led the way for Regina on Thursday posting a pair of top-six finishes and helping Regina to top-eight finishes in two relays.

Jensen was runner-up in the 400 in a time of 51.04 and finished sixth in the 800 in 2:05.75.

He was part of the Regina sprint medley team that finished seventh and a member of the Regals 4×100 squad that finished eighth.

Aidan O’Neil finished fifth in the 3,200 for Regina while Josh Gaffey was fourth in the shot put and fifth in the discus and Drew Streb was fourth in the discus.

Reese Trepanier finished third in the discus and fifth in the shot put to lead West Branch.

The Bears were fourth in the distance medley and fifth in the 4×100 relay while Oliver Palmer was fifth in the 800 and Zach Walker seventh in the 200 for the Bears.

River Valley Conference Meet

At Monticello    

Team scores – 1. Tipton 105; 2. Mid-Prairie 91.5; 3. Cascade 82.5; 4. Bellevue 78; 5. Anamosa 70; 6. Monticello 69; 7. Northeast 51; 8. Durant 49.5; 9. North Cedar 35.5; 10. Regina 34; 11. Camanche 27; 11. West Branch 27; 13. Wilton 13; 14. West Liberty 8

Event winners; area placewinners – 1.

Long jump – 1. Jay Gatto (ANA) 22-0;

High jump – 1. Cain Brown (M-P) 6-3

Shot put – 1. Ethan Thimmes (NC) 48-4; 4. Josh Gaffey (ICR) 44-5 ½; 5. Reese Trepanier (WB) 42-9 ¾; 7. Grant Rustan (ICR) 41-10

Discus – 1. Zach Yates (MON) 140-3; 3. Reese Trepanier (WB) 133-7; 4. Drew Streb (ICR) 129-4; 5. Josh Gaffey (ICR) 127-7

100 – 1. Nolan DeLong (DUR) 11.62

200 – 1. Nolan DeLong (DUR) 23.17; 7. Zach Walker (WB) 24.22

400 – 1. Cole Miller (CAS) 50.17; 2. Carson Jensen (ICR) 51.04

800 – 1. Clay Bohlmann (TIP) 2:02.67; 5. Oliver Palmer (WB) 2:05.75; 6. Carson Jensen (ICR) 2:05.75

1,600 – 1. Clay Bohlman (TIP) 4:34.93

3,200 – 1. Thaddeus Shetler (M-P) 9:46.83; 5. Aidan O’Neil (ICR) 10:30.26

110 hurdles – 1. Alex Pitts (BEL) 14.96

400 hurdles – 1. Alex Pitts (BEL) 54.14

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Mid-Prairie 1:03.79

Sprint medley relay – 1. Cascade 1:35.17; 7. Regina (Jackson Naeve, Adam Boblenz, Alex Jensen, Carson Jensen) 1:38.08

Distance medley relay – 1. Tipton 3:40.34; 4. West Branch (Zach Walker, Evan Striegel, Joe Hamann, Oliver Palmer) 3:45.08

4×100 – 1. Mid-Prairie 44.77; 5. West Branch (Wyatt Fiderlein, Carver Boelk, Zach Walker, Evan Striegel) 45.62; 8. Regina (Jackson Naeve, Alex Jensen, Adam Boblenz, Carson Jensen) 45.62

4×200 – 1. Cascade 1:32.74; 8. West Branch (Kinnick Boelk, Wyatt Fiderlein, Carver Boelk, Evan Striegel) 1:36.26

4×400 – 1. Cascade 3:29.63; 8. West Branch (Kinnick Boelk, Oliver Palmer, Joe Hamann, Evan Striegel) 3:47.41

4×800 – 1. Tipton 8:22.71

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