Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Cole Gramer, left, takes the baton from Treyvon Herron for the first exchange during the 4x100-meter dash at the NICL Mega Meet on Thursday, May 7, in Le Grand. G-R placed seventh in the event with a season-best time of 45.75 seconds. PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE

LE GRAND – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys track and field team competed at the NICL Conference meet hosted by East Marshall on Thursday, May 7, in Le Grand. This conference is highly regarded as one of the top conferences in the state for 1A/2A competition. State champions come out of the NICL. We were very pleased as coaches with the way the boys performed. We placed in five events, set nine personal records and had season’s bests in four relays. The highlight of the relays was the 4×100 quartet of Treyvon Herron, Cole Gramer, Keegan Hurley and Hudson Clark just missing the school record – we ran 45.75 and the school record is 45.53. That being said, many other good times were run in relays!

Personal records set NICL Mega Meet

Freshman Tommy Farley — shot put — 32-7.5

Sophomore Keegan Hurley — 200-meter split — 21.93

Freshman Caleb Pifkin — 3200-meter — 10:37.14

Junior Jude Larson — 400-meter split — 54.78

Junior Caleb Bowser — 800-meter split — 2:14.21

Sophomore Bennett Sieh — 400-meter — 58.67

Junior Treyvon Herron — 200-meter split — 22.14

Junior Jude Larson — 200-meter — 25.02

Freshman Macklin Clark — 400-meter hurdles — 59.72

Season’s best in relays

Distance medley relay — Cole Gramer, Joshua. Utterback, Jude Larson, Caleb Bowser — 3:58.68

4×200 relay — Treyvon Herron, Keegan Hurley, Hudson Clark, Macklin Clark — 1:34.53

4×100 relay — Treyvon Herron, Cole Gramer, Keegan Hurley, Hudson Clark — 45.75

4×400 relay — Jude Larson, Macklin Clark, Bennett Sieh, Hudson Clark — 3:41.62

It was great to see these times. Many of these athletes have invested a lot into this and are starting to see some payback. They have done the work and we appreciate it as coaches. Another shoutout to parents who have provided food and beverages for these athletes and also the support you have given them when competing on the track. I know these kids appreciate it and recognize when you are cheering them on. Thanks to everybody who is involved with helping us get better and feel good about being a part of this team.

Sun Courier Note: This story was posted to the Gladbrook-Reinbeck social media feed by Coach John Olson.