Clay Clubine hands the baton to Trevor Trunck in the 4x200 Relay at Aldrich Relays.

NICL West

Championship Meet at South Tama

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Boys Track team traveled to South Tama High School to compete in the NICL West Championships. This was a meet full of state championship caliber athletes in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A. The weather was nearly perfect for the evening and the Rebels saw improvement in the times/distances in nearly every event. The 4×800 team of Sam Johnson, Trevor Trunck, Austin Lott, and Wyatt Swanson placed 4th with a time of 8:54. Wyatt Swanson was 3rd in the 800 with a time of 2:05. And Zach Pierce placed 6th in the shot put with a throw of 41′.

Team Scores:

West Marshall 133

Zach Pierce prepares to throw the shot put at Aldrich Relays.  Zach threw 40’ 11”, which is his 2nd best throw of the season.

South Tama 128

AGWSR 90

BCLUW 77

South Hardin 57.5

Grundy Center 33.5

East Marshall 28

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11

Aldrich Relays at NU High

The final edition of the Aldrich Relays was a rather warm and sticky evening. The Rebels 4×800 team of Sam Johnson, Trevor Trunck, Austin Lott, and Wyatt Swanson placed 4th with a season best time of 8:43. Wyatt Swanson won the 800M run with a time of 2:04, and tied for 3rd place in the long jump with a leap of 18′ 3“. Once again, we saw some season best performances. The 4×100 relay team of Phil Zimmerman, Joe Zimmerman, Trevor Trunck, and Jeff Tscherter ran a season best time of 49.72. The Rebels finished the meet with 18 points.

Next week G-R travels to Parkersburg on Monday and Grundy Center on Thursday for the State Qualifying Meet.

Rugged Rebel for the Week – Sam Johnson