Boys Track and Field Roundup: Solon Cruises to WAMAC Conference Team Title
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After back-to-back third place finishes at the WAMAC Conference meet the past two seasons Solon returned to the top of the conference on Thursday.
Solon won four events and was runner-up in eight others while winning the WAMAC Conference team title on Thursday at West Delaware High School in Manchester.
Blake Timmons and Ben Kampman each won individual title and the Spartans won the sprint medley and shuttle hurdle relay while racking up 157 points.
Williamsburg was runner-up with 11.5 points followed by Marion with 77.5, Center Point-Urbana and Marion with 75 points and Clear Creek Amana with 73.
Timmons won the 200 in 22.42 and added a third-place finish in the 100.
Kampman won the discus with a toss of 174.5 while Adam Smith finished runner-up in the shot put.
Timmons teamed with Brayden Moore, Austin Knight and Jeremy Bachus to win the sprint medley in a meet-record time of 1:33.44.
The Solon shuttle hurdle relay team of Cole Carney, Charlie Brandt, Ben Duckett and Nash Kotar won in 1:03.45.
Michael Yeomans was runner-up in the 800, Brick Kabela was runner-up in the 3,200 and Oaken Foster was second in both the long jump and high jump.
Solon finished second in the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 relays.
Clear Creek Amana got an individual title from Andrew Schlemme in the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.43 and was runner-up in the shuttle hurdle relay.
WAMAC Conference Meet
At West Delaware High School
Team scores – 1. Solon 157; 2. Williamsburg 111.5; 3. Marion 77.5; 4. Center Point-Urbana 75; 4. Mount Vernon 75; 6. Clear Creek Amana 73; 7. Independence 52; 8. Benton Community 42; 8. South Tama 42; 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 28; 11. West Delaware 7
Individual winners; area placers
100 – 1. Alex Mota (MAR) 10.95; 3. Blake Timmons (SOL) 11.16
200 – 1. Blake Timmons (SOL) 22.42; 4. Jeremy Bachus (SOL) 22.6; 7. Joey Dains (CCA) 23.51; 8. Josh Loren (CCA) 23.55
400 – 1. Jensen Meeker (MV) 50.07; 4. Rhett Mesch (SOL) 52.36; 5. Cash Jensen (CCA) 52.63
800 – 1. Tommy Tyynismaa (ST) 1:59.46; 2. Michael Yeomans (SOL) 2:00.34; 7. Grant Bumsted (SOL) 2:06.31
1,600 – 1. Tommy Tyynismaa (ST) 4:31.31; 4. Brock Hilsman (CCA) 4:38.1; 7. Brick Kabela (SOL) 4:42.32
3,200 – 1. Jedidiah Osgood (MAR) 9:44.36; 2. Brick Kabela (SOL) 10:05.91; 4. Noah Yost (CCA) 10:35.61; 8. Peyton Stadler (CCA) 10:51.98
110 hurdles – 1. Andrew Schlemme (CCA) 15.43; 3. Nash Kotar (SOL) 15.81; 4. Cole Carney (SOL) 16.24; 7. Aren Schlemme (CCA) 16.35
400 hurdles – 1. Nathan Miller (CPU) 56.70; 6. Keenan Kruse (SOL) 59.3; 7. Ethan Vice (CCA) 59.7
Sprint medley – 1. Solon (Brayden Moore, Austin Knight, Blake Timmons, Jeremy Bachus) 1:33.44; 5. Clear Creek Amana (Nick Johnson, Brayden Frank, Andrew Schlemme, Cash Jensen) 1:37.87
Distance medley – 1. Mount Vernon 3:37.01; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Brayden Frank, Joey Dains, Jamie Hayes, Brock Hilsman) 3:45.32; 5. Solon (Milo Ashbacker, Keenan Kruse, Grant Knipper, Brick Kabela) 3:46.17
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Solon (Cole Carney, Charlie Brandt, Ben Duckett, Nash Kotar) 1:03.45; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Andrew Schlemme, Luke Higdon, Owen Rosenberg, Aren Schlemme) 1:04.03
4×100 relay – 1. Williamsburg 43.79; 2. Solon (Brett White, Moore, Milo Ashbacker, Nash Kotar) 44.23; 8. Clear Creek Amana (Brayden Frank, Owen Rosenberg, Nick Johnson, Andrew Schlemme) 46.47
4×200 – 1. Williamsburg 1:30.61; 2. Solon (Brayden Moore, Austin Knight, Jeremy Bachus, Blake Timmons)1:30.69; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Andrew Schlemme, Owen Rosenberg, Nick Johnson, Josh Loren) 1:32.48
4×400 – 1. Mount Vernon 3:24.09; 2. Solon (Rhett Mesch, Jeremy Bachus, Michael Yeomans, Austin Knight) 3:29.24; 6. Clear Creek Amana (Cash Jensen, Jamie Hayes, Cameron Kimm, Riley Colvin) 3:36.31
4×800 – 1. Center Point-Urbana 8:14.63; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Cash Jensen, Brock Hilsman, Jamie Hayes, Isaac Sorensen) 8:19.96; 4. Solon (Michael Yeomans, Maddox Shipley, Wyatt Applegarth, Grant Bumsted) 8:22.01
Shot put – 1. Derek Weisskopf (WIL) 54-3; 2. Adam Smith (SOL) 53-10; 5. Marcus Richard (SOL) 48-1 ½
Discus – 1. Ben Kampman (SOL) 174-5; 5. Adam Smith (SOL) 154-10; 8. Landon Prince (CCA) 137-1
High jump – 1. Derek Weisskopf (WIL) 6-7; 2. Oaken Foster (SOL) 6-0; 6. Josh Loren (CCA) 5-10
Long jump – 1. Keelan Hoover (IND) 21-10; 2. Oaken Foster (SOL) 20-11; 5. Aren Schlemme (CCA) 20-4 ½; 6. Caleb Bock (SOL) 20-1 ½
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