Glenwood second at own Ram Relays

Council Bluffs Lewis Central edged Glenwood for the team title at the weather-shortened Girls Ram Relays at the Glenwood Activities Complex Thursday.

The Titans tallied 92 points to the Rams’ 85 on night severe weather cancelled a handful of events. In all, Glenwood won three events: the 4x200, 4x800 and shuttle hurdle relays.

“I was really impressed with a lot of our younger girls as they set all sort of season’s best times for them, which is really encouraging heading into the end of the season,” said Glenwood coach Jordan Bueltel.  

Bueltel said the highlight of the evening was his 4x800-meter relay team going under 10:00 for the first time in his coaching tenure in Glenwood.  

“They have hit 10 flat several time in the last few year but finally go over that hurdle and am excited to see how much lower they can go,” the coach said.  

The 4x200 quartet of Erin Dougherty, Megan Hughes, Brooklyn Schultz and Allison Koontz ran a 1:45.50 to top the field. Hughes joined Kasey Hilsabeck, Rylie Russmann and Courtney Crawford on the gold medal winning shuttle hurdle relay that shaved 1.5 seconds off its best time this year.

“That was something they had been working towards all season,” Bueltel said.  

Hughes also had a big PR in the 400-meter hurdles.

“Overall the girls are really hitting their stride and we are pumped up to see just how fast they can get in the next few weeks,” Bueltel said.

Madelyn Berglund, Caitlyn Hebel, Grace Berglund and Breckyn Petersen combined for a 9:56.84 to win the 4x800-meter relay.

Abi Hiller captured a second place medal in the discus and Olivia Wright (200-meters), Haylee Hughes (800) and the sprint medley relay team added third place medals.

Girls Ram Relays
Team Results
1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 92. 2. Glenwood, 85. 3. Atlantic, 71. 4. Underwood, 69. 5. (tie) Clarinda and Harlan, 54. 7. Creston, 34. 8. (tie) Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 28. 10. Riverside, 20. 11. Logan-Magnolia, 16.

Glenwood
Top Medal Winners
100m: fourth place, Allison Koontz, 13.42.
100m hurdles: fifth place, Courtney Crawford, 17.51.
200m: third place, Olivia Wright, 27.92.
800m: third place, Haylee Hughes, 2:33.63.
Discus: second place, Abi Hiller, 108’ 7”.
High jump: fourth place, Ahna Grassau, 4’ 10”.
Long jump: fifth palce, Mya Donscheski, 15’ 9.75”.
Shot put: fourth place, Ava Hernandez, 32’ 9”.
Sprint medley relay: third place, Glenwood (Wright, Ellie Richards, Brooklyn Schultz and Hughes), 1:58.34.
4x200m relay: first place, Glenwood (Erin Dougherty, Megan Hughes, Schultz and Koontz), 1:45.50.
Shuttle hurdle relay: first place, Glenwood (M. Hughes, Kasey Hilsabeck, Rylie Russmann and Crawford), 1:10.49.
4x800m relay: first place, Glenwood (Madelyn Berglund, Caitlyn Hebel, Grace Berglund and Breckyn Petersen), 9:56.84.

Knights third,
Rams fifth at Treynor

Fremont-Mills was third and Glenwood fifth at the Cardinals Girls Relays in Treynor last Monday.

The host Cardinals won the meet with 132 points to edge the runners-up from Council Bluffs Lewis Central’s 127.5 points. The Knights finished with 81 points. Glenwood tallied 75 points, one point back of fourth place Underwood.

Fremont-Mills got gold medal performances from Lana Alley in the 100-meters, Carlie Chambers in the high jump and the 4x100-meter relay quartet of Reese Gute, Bella Gute, Chambers and Alley.

The Rams had a strong day in its relays, winning gold in the sprint medley, 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800-meter events.

Running what he called a “half lineup,” Glenwood coach Jordan Bueltel said he wanted to give some of his girls the night off and give others a shot at expanded varsity roles.

“It really gives some other girls a chance to step into a varsity lineup and compete with some really good talent from the area,” Bueltel said. “Our 4x2 is something we really think is one of our better events and I was really impressed with how they ran even in this weather.”

Bueltel also praised his shuttle hurdle relay, which ran its best time of the year.

“It was nice to go under 1:10 for the first time this season,” he said. “We really leaned on our relays last night as I think that will be a strength of our team this year and ended up winning four and setting a season’s best in another.  Excited to give everyone a few days off to recover and get back at it at our home meet.”

Cardinal Relays
Girls Team Results
1. Treynor, 132. 2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 127.5. 3. Fremont-Mills, 81. 4. Underwood, 76. 5. Glenwood, 75. 6. Riverside, 58. 7. Red Oak, 44. 8. Shenandoah, 43. 9. Tri-Center, 38. 10. Heartland Christian, 23.5. 11. Logan-Magnolia, 23. 12. Missouri Valley, 10. 13. Iowa School for the Deaf, 1.

Fremont-Mills
Girls Medal Winners
100m hurdles: first place, Lana Alley, 16.09.
400m hurdles: second place, Bella Gute, 1:09.10.
800m: fourth place, Hannah Wilson, 2:33.33.
Discus: second place, Hayleigh Mattox, 112’ 6”.
High jump: first place, Carlie Chambers, 5’.
Long jump: fourth place, Alley, 16’ 5.25.
Shot put: seventh place, Jenevieve McLaughlin, 30’ 2.25”.
4x100m relay: first place, Fremont-Mills (Reese Gute, B. Gute, Chambers and Alley), 51.65.
4x200m relay: fourth place, Fremont-Mills (R. Gute, Kinley Blackburn, Carlie Nuckolls and Chambers), 1:56.53.
4x400m relay: seventh place, Fremont-Mills (Gracie Carter, Ellie Barbour, Kaidyce Reafleng and Lilly Castro), 4:56.50.
4x800m relay: seventh place, Fremont-Mills (Ava Forney, Trinity Kates, Maria Forney and Lindze Smith), 12:29.83.
Distance medley relay: eighth place, Fremont-Mills (Barbour, Kimber Wederquist, Carter and Forney), 5:30.46.

Glenwood
Girls Medal Winners
100m: third place, Elaina Dougherty, 13.40.
1500m: second place, Grace Berglund, 5:04.90.
Shot put: eighth place, Ava Hernandez, 29’ 11.75”.
Sprint medley relay: first place, Glenwood (Olivia Wright, Ellie Richards, Brooklyn Schultz and Haylee Hughes), 1:58.21.
4x100m relay: fourth place, Glenwood (Courtney Crawford, Allison Koontz, Wright and Erin Dougherty), 52.95.
Shuttle hurdle relay: second place, Glenwood (Megan Hughes, Rylie Russman, Crawford and Koontz), 1:09.74.
4x200m relay: first place, Glenwood (Dougherty, Hughes, Schultz and Koontz), 1:47.97.
4x400m relay: first place, Glenwood (Hughes, Caitlyn Hebel, Breckyn Petersen and Schultz), 4:16.74.
4x800m relay: first place, Glenwood (Hebel, Madelyn Berglund, G. Berglund and Petersen), 10:18.80.
Distance medley relay: sixth place, Glenwood (Richards, Ayrianna Legband, Breelyn Houser and Katelyn Harms), 5:04.71.