GMG sophomore Adelyn Sienknecht pictured during the Lew Lundy Relays shot put field event on April 19, in Montezuma. Sienknecht took third in the event with a put of 30-feet-6-inches. –Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

Despite wholly uncooperative weather leading to cancelation after cancelation this spring sports season in Iowa, several members of the GMG track team have still managed to take top honors in the few meets that have taken place including at the Lew Lundy Relays in Montezuma on April 19.

Although the weather was windy and brisk in Montezuma on April 19, sophomore Adelyn Sienknecht took first place in the discus field event with a throw of 90-feet-4-inches earning her team 10 points.

Sienknecht also took third in shot put with a put measuring 30-feet-6-inches earning another six points for the team.

All told, Sienknecht’s point total supplied more than half the 27 points earned by the GMG girls team which took eighth place in the relays.

Top finishes for the GMG boys’ team included sophomore Jabari Woodbury’s first place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.99 earning the team 10 points. Woodbury also took second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.74, earning the team eight points.

Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

Senior Mykel Ratliff took first in the high jump with a best jump of 5-feet-8-inches earning GMG boys another 10 points. Ratliff also finished fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.51.

Other points-earners for the boys team included sophomore Slate Witte who took fifth in the long jump with a jump of 16-feet-9.25-inches.

GMG boys earned 68 points in total for a fourth place finish out of six teams.

On the road again, Thursday, April 21

Two days later on Thursday, April 21, the Wolverine girls competed in the Spartan Girls Invite at Grundy Center – this time under sunny skies – where Sienknecht took third in discus with a throw of 92-feet-4-inches and seventh in shot put with a put of 29-feet-9.75-inches.

GMG sophomore Slate Witte flies through the air during the Lew Lundy Relays long jump field event on April 19, in Montezuma. Witte took fifth in the event with a jump of 16-feet-9.25-inches. –Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

Sienknecht’s finishes at Grundy Center again earned her team most of their points total. The Wolverines repeated their eighth place finish with 23 points.

Also on Thursday, the boys team competed in BCLUW’s Les Penick Relays in Conrad where the team took 11th out of 13 teams with 14 points.

Woodbury again earned points for the team by taking fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.19 and sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.46.

Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

Wolverine Matthew DeShamp, a GMG sophomore, readies himself as he competes in the shot put field event on April 21, in Montezuma during the Lew Lundy Relays. DeShamp took sixth place in the event with a put measuring 35-feet-4-inches. –Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker

GMG's Josie Mason (right) hands off to Reese Dieleman (left) during the 800-meter sprint medley relay in Montezuma on April 19. -Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker