GMG freshman Easton Sash, left, laps Oelwein’s Hunter Driscoll (B team) while anchoring the 4x800 relay team last Friday during the Harry Dole Classic Co-Ed in Grundy Center. GMG placed fifth in the event with a time of 9:22.94, earning five team points. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center girls’ track and field team tied for the title at the Harry Dole Classic Coed last Friday (May 2) at Spartan Stadium, sharing the crown with Waverly-Shell Rock.

The Spartans and Go-Hawks both scored 163 points to win the 10-team event. BCLUW finished sixth (42), Gladbrook-Reinbeck was seventh (40), GMG was ninth (25), and North Tama was 10th (23).

Grundy Center topped the podium in six events. Ava Heeren won the 100-meter dash in 12.89 seconds, and she was second in the 200 in 27.60. Heeren also anchored the winning 4X100 relay, teaming with Jocelyn Freed, Maddy Hendershot and Allison Koch for a season-best time of 51.88.

The Spartans’ 4X400 foursome of Raelyn Steinmeyer, Hendershot, Karlee Lynch and Grace Storjohann won in 4:13.97, and Storjohann claimed the 800 in 2:24.67.

Hendershot (1:00.36) beat G-R’s Kennedy Brant (1:02.63) to the finish line in the 400, and Koch (5 feet, 4 inches) edged Brant (5-2) in the high jump.

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

GMG was led by Arianna Pierce, who placed second in the shot put (37-10 1/4). Gracie Peak was sixth in the long jump (13-11).

Grundy Center boys win own track meet

On the boys side, Grundy Center won five events on its way to the title.

The Spartans scored 115 points to pace the 12-team field, followed by Dike-New Hartford (87), Waverly-Shell Rock (84) and Aplington-Parkersburg (82). BCLUW was seventh with 68 points, Gladbrook-Reinbeck was 10th (29), North Tama took 11th (25) and GMG was 12th (16).

Gladbrook-Reinbeck was led by a runner-up result for Hunter Roberts in the shot put (43-8). Hudson Clark came away from the 400 hurdles with third place (58.64), and the 4X200 team of Kaden Kauffman, Drew Eilers, Nathan Smiley and Cole Gramer took fourth (1:41.27).

GMG freshman Jacoby Woodbury competes in the shot put on Friday, May 2, in Grundy Center. Woodbury had a top throw of 30 feet, 5 1/2 inches. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Jay Bessman of GMG claimed fifth in the discus (123-7), and the quartet of Rider Kupka, Grady Dieleman, Ethan Klemesrud and Easton Sash took fifth in the 4X400 (3:55.80).

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s 4x800 lead-off runner Jude Larson pictured on Friday, May 2, during Grundy Center’s Harry Dole Classic Co-Ed. The Rebels placed seventh in the event with a time of 10:00.41. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

G-R’s Chris Utterback runs the third leg of the Rebels’ 4x800 boys relay on Friday, May 2, in Grundy Center as GMG’s Grady Dieleman nears in the background. G-R took seventh in the event, while GMG crossed the finish line in fifth. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER