MT.  PLEASANT 

The Mapleleaf Athletic Complex, the home track of the Mt. Pleasant Panthers was the place to be this past week as the Panthers hosted a jam-packed co-ed track meet and among their many visitors was the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks.

Getting a chance to finally display their skill in an outdoor venue opposed to an indoor one, Mid-Prairie battled it out against 11 other schools at Mt. Pleasant on March 28. 

Bringing in a total of three 1st place finishes for Mid-Prairie was junior Jaden Stafford. 

Stafford finished well ahead of his competition to grab the gold in the 101-, 201-, and 401-meter wheelchair races. Finishing as the runner-up in all three of those races was Josh Anderson of Washington. 

  It was a close finish in the 1600m run but crossing the finish first with a gold earning time of 4:36 was Mid-Prairie junior Emmett Swartzentruber. 

Second place belonged to IC, City High freshman David Randall with a time of 4:38. Also competing in this race was Mid-Prairie junior Jayse Yoder who placed 8th in 5:06. Yoder’s best placement of the day came in the 800m, finishing in 2nd with a time of 1:59. 

Swartzentruber’s strong performances in long distance running events didn’t stop there. In the 3200m run he grabbed 3rd place in 9:45. Only the top three finishers in this event ended with a sub-10-minute time. Only two spots behind Swartzentruber was fellow teammate Preston Yutzy who placed 5th in 10:17. 

In the field events, while it may still be early in the season, Burke Berry continues to impress with his throwing prowess for Mid-Prairie.

Berry, a junior, placed 3rd in the shot-put event with a throw of 45-08 and he was the runner-up in the discus toss with a throw of 134-08. Also competing in the discus event was Mid-Prairie sophomore Kaden Kos. Kos finished in 4th place with his farthest throw being 122-01. 

Up next for the Mid-Prairie boys is competing in the Lone Tree Invite on April 8. 

RESULTS

● 100m: 1, Angelo Jackson, Assumption, 11.09; 28, Keegan Bauwens, Mid-Prairie, 12.73; 30, Trevyn Riley, Mid-Prairie, 13.44; 31, Dominik Shivelt, Mid-Prairie, 13.80

● 200m: 1, Laderrias Shealey, Burlington, 22.52; 22, Thomas Lueck, Mid-Prairie, 28.38; 24, Dominik Shivelt, Mid-Prairie, 28.48

● 400m: 1, Angelo Jackson, Assumption, 51.30; 10, Jacob Donaldson, Mid-Prairie, 58.13; 15, Thomas Flynn, Mid-Prairie, 1:01.19

● 800m: 1, Logan Rosas, Mediapolis, 1:56.93; 2, Jayse Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 1:59.27; 14, Preston Yutzy, Mid-Prairie, 2:11.52

● 1600m: 1, Emmett Swartzentruber, Mid-Prairie, 4:36.44; 8, Jayse Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 5:06.83

● 400m hurdles: 1, Phillip Kaplan, IC City High, 59.36; 10, Landry Gingerich, Mid-Prairie, 1:05.04, 11, Max Kipp, Mid-Prairie, 1:07.23

● 3200m: 1, Micah Rees, Washington, 9:16.15; 3, Emmett Swartzentruber, Mid-Prairie, 9:45.04; 5, Preston Yutzy, Mid-Prairie, 10:17.95

● Long jump: 1, Avin Truong, Mt Pleasant, 21-09; 16, Thomas Lueck, Mid-Prairie, 17-02; 22, 22, Shay Myers, Mid-Prairie, 15-07

● High jump: 1, Eli Zillman, Fairfield, 6-05; 9, Carson Humphrey, Mid-Prairie, 5-06

● Shot put: 1, Caden Barnes, Fort Madison, 48-09; 3, Burke Berry, Mid-Prairie, 45-08.25; 14, Tommy Miller, Mid-Prairie, 37-10; 16, Conner Wiles, Mid-Prairie, 36-10.25

● Discus: 1, Tyler Rindels, IC City High, 139-01; 2, Burke Berry, Mid-Prairie, 134-08; 4, Kaden Kos, Mid-Prairie, 122-01