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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Five Hawks to run at State Meet
Hawk girls to compete in four State events

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Five Hawks to run at State Meet
by Alison Nesteby

Hawk junior Ben Lechtenberg took first at Districts in the 400 M Hurdles to qualify for the State meet this weekend at Drake. At right, WD’s Tess Reinig will compete in the 100 M Dash at State. Reinig took second at Districts in 12.99 to qualify.

Ben McDonald and Ben Lechtenberg will make the trip to Des Moines this week for the 2008 State Track Meet at Drake University, along with the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Ben McDonald, Jake Wall, Ryan Gaffney and Adam Rave. This is a familiar trip for Lechtenberg, who was in Des Moines in March to compete in the State Basketball Tournament for the Hawks.
McDonald qualified for State in the 100 M Dash, finishing second with a time of 11.21. Lechtenberg ran away with first place in the 400 M Hurdles with a time of 55.78, almost a full second ahead of the second place finisher. The Shuttle Hurdle Relay team qualified in the third position with a time of 1:00.31.
As a team, the Hawks placed sixth with 37 1/2 points. Marion took first by 31 points, leaving Western Dubuque in second place.
The Hawks also finished eighth on Monday at the WaMaC meet held at Beckman.
Top finishers for the Hawks at conference included McDonald in third in the 100 M Dash; Lechtenberg in third in the 400 Hurdles; Lechtenberg in fourth in the 400 M Dash; McDonald in the 200 M Dash; the Shuttle Hurdle Relay of McDonald, Wall, Gaffney and Rave in fifth; and Adam Rave in sixth in the 110 High Hurdles.
West Delaware scored 23 points in the meet, while Marion took first with 119.
WD @ WaMaC Meet
Team Results: 1st Marion 119; 2nd CPU 83; 3rd Central DeWitt 77; 4th W. Dubuque 76; 5th Beckman 52; 6th Vinton-Shellsburg 38; 7th Benton 27; T-8th W. Delaware/Independence 23; 10th Maquoketa 22; 11th Anamosa 14; 12 W. Columbus 4
400 Hurdles: Ben Lechtenberg 56.86 (3rd); Adam Rave 1:01.65 (9th)
200 M: Ben McDonald 23.48 (4th); Jake Wall 24.11 (9th)
Discus: Andy Curtis 118’11.5” (12th); Billy Domeyer 105’ (17th)
Shuttle Hurdle: WD 1:00.47 (5th)
4x800: WD 9:25.70 (8th)
3200: Trenton Kelchen 12th
Long jump: Seth Engelken 18’6.5” (10th); Jake Wall 17’3” (17th)
400 M: Ben Lechtenberg 53.28 (4th)
100 M: Ben McDonald 11.50 (3rd); Devon Alber 11.79 (8th)
High jump: Taylor Heinrichs 5’8” (10th); Scott Carroll 5’6” (14th)
1600: Trenton Kelchen 5:14.98 (11th)
110 Hurdles: Adam Rave 16.22 (6th); Ryan Gaffney 17.23 (12th)
Shot put: Nate King 44’5” (10th); Nick Trenkamp 43’4.75” (11th)
Sprint Medley: WD 3:59.68 (7th)
800 M: Jason Engelken 2:13.86 (8th); Matt Maurer 2:14.54 (10th)
4x100: WD 46.31 (7th)
4x400: WD 3:41.05 (8th)
WD @ Districts
Team Results: 1st Marion 127; 2nd W. Dubuque 96; 3rd Central DeWitt 92; 4th Dub. Wahlert 89; 5th Mt. Vernon 70; 6th W. Delaware 37.5; 7th Maquoketa 25; 8th Anamosa 21
Shuttle Hurdle: WD 1:00.31 (3rd)
100 M: Ben McDonald 11.21 (2nd)
400 Hurdles: Ben Lechtenberg 55.78 (1st)

Hawk girls to compete in four State events

by Alison Nesteby

The West Delaware girls track team competed in the District Track Meet in Marion on Friday and qualified for the State Meet in four different events.
Freshman high jumper Allison Pasker tied for second with a jump of 4’10” to qualify; Tess Reinig placed second in the 100 M Dash with a time of 12.99; and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Marcia Funke, Emily Havertape, Jessica McDonald and Tess Reinig finished third and qualified in the open time slot with a time of 1:07.61. West Delaware is the defending State Champion in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay, but Havertape is the only remaining member from last year’s team.
West Delaware finished sixth overall at the meet, scoring 38 points. Mount Vernon ran away with first place, recording 149 points. Wahlert Dubuque finshed second with 106.5.
The State Meet will take place at Drake University in Des Moines this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Check out next week’s Press for results and pictures.

WD @ Districts
Team Results: 1st Mount Vernon 149; 2nd Wahlert Dubuque 106.50; 3rd Marion 98; 4th Central DeWitt 84; 5th Western Dubuque 73; 6th West Delaware 38; 7th Maquoketa 30; 8th Anamosa 10.5
100 M Dash: Tess Reinig 12.99 (2nd); Brooke Engelken 13.67 (8th)
200 M Dash: Mycala Briggs 29.01 (7th)
400 M Dash: Becca Gibbs 1:07.07 (6th)
100 M Hurdles: Jessica McDonald 16.59 (7th)
400 M Hurdles: Elizabeth Casey 1:11.85 (4th)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Marcia Funke, Emily Havertape, Jessica McDonald, Tess Reinig 1:07.61 (3rd)
4x100 M Relay: Megan Schulte, Brooke Engelken, Allison Pasker, Tess Reinig 52.97 (3rd)
4x200 M Relay: Megan Schulte, Becca Gibbs, Emily Havertape, Allison Pasker 1:54.04 (5th)
4x400 M Relay: Dani Sweet, Jessica McDonald, Karly Goebel, Jenna Hermsen 4:44.36 (8th)
4x800 M Relay: Karly Goebel, Taylor Meisgeier, Amanda Carnahan, Bethanie Jones 11:59.94 (7th)
Sprint Medley: Megan Schulte, Brooke Engelken, Tess Reinig, Abby Whittenbaugh 2:08.74 (8th)
High Jump: Allison Pasker 4’10” (T-2nd)
Long Jump: Brooke Engelken 14’2” (5th)
Discus: Chelsea Gibbs 92’10” (6th)
Shot put: Joslyn Sailer 32’3” (7th)
Distance Medley: Mycala Briggs, Hailey Kreitner, Rebakah Stofer, Carrie Demmon 4:57.14 (7th)

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