Wolverines compete at Iowa Star boys’ meet
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — The GMG boys’ track and field team finished in 11th place at the Iowa Star Conference meet on Thursday, May 7, at Meskwaki Settlement School.
Baxter won the team title with 141 points, followed by Riceville (127) and Collins-Maxwell (100). GMG totaled 20.5 in the 16-team meet.
The Wolverines’ distance medley team logged its low time for the season to finish fourth, as Landon Balmer, Rider Kupka, Jacoby Woodbury and Ethan Klemesrud came in at 3:58.30. The 4×400 foursome of Kupka, Woodbury, Balmer and Klemesrud took fifth in a season-best 3:44.12, and Klemesrud was fifth in the 800 with his season-best 2:13.28.
Senior Jay Bessman was sixth in the discus (136 feet, 2 inches) and eighth in the shot put (39-4), while Klemesrud was seventh in the long jump (17-10).




