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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday,
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Hawks shuttle hurdle team takes 2nd in Class 3A
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware shuttle hurdle team ran their best time of the season at just the right time, in the finals of the Class 3A race on Saturday at the 2006 State Track Meet.
The Hawks posted a time of 1:05.25 in the finals, just ,10 ahead of WaMaC Conference rival DeWitt Central who finished third in a time of 1:05.35.
Going into the state meet the shuttle hurdle champion was Mt. Pleasants' to loose, which they didn’t as they ran a very fast 1:02.92 finals time.
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KEN BOESENBERG/Press - Left side, above, West Delaware’s Robbie Sedain (top photo) leads off for the Hawks during the finals of the Class 3A Shuttle Hurdle Relay while JoAnn Feldman (bottom photo) runs the third leg for the Hawks. The Hawks ran a season best time of 1:05.25 in the finals to take second place at the 2006 State COED Track Meet in Des Moines on Saturday. Right side, above, Katlyn Heiserman (top photo) runs the second leg for the Hawks runner-up shuttle hurdle relay team while Cristen Dudak (bottom photo) runs the anchor for West Delaware. Last year the same team placed third in Class 3A, this year second..no doubt they will have their sights set on the top prize when 2007 rolls around. |
The Hawks ran four juniors, Robbie Sedain, Katlyn Heiserman, JoAnn Feldman and Cristen Dudak in the race.
With all four returning for the 2007 season they will be the odds on favorites to bring home the gold a year from now.
Next year Mt. Pleasant will be with out Class 3A 100-meter hurdle champion and anchor Lindsay Bolt while DeWitt Central who finished third will be with out Alyssa Maher who was third in the Class 3A 100-meter hurdles.
The Hawks also competed in the 4 x 200-meter relay where they posted a time of 1:46.99 which was the ninth fastest time run. Making up the Hawk 4 x 200 team were senior Emily Prinsen, junior Robbie Sedain, freshman Tess Reinig and junior anchor Cristen Dudak.
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West Delaware senior sprinter, Emily Prinsen (far right) hands the baton to freshman teammate Tess Reinig during the running of the Distance Medley Relay at the 2006 State Track Meet last Friday afternoon in Des Moines. |
The Hawks made the finals of the 4 x 100-meter relay with a season best 50.19 in the preliminaries.
In the finals the Hawks had a slower time of 51.46 to finish eighth overall. Making up the 4 x 100 team were JoAnn Feldman (junior), Emily Prinsen, Robbie Sedain and Cristen Dudak.
Emily Prinsen and Tess Reinig teamed up with junior Holly Tjaden and senior Heather Heffernen to run in the Distance Medley Relay where they finished 16th overall in a time of 4:25.64. That time was their second fastest of the season.
The Hawks also competed in three individual events with JoAnn Feldman in the 100-meter hurdles, Robbie Sedain and Cristen Dudak in the 400-meter hurdles and senior Heather Heffernen in the long jump.
Feldman was 17th overall in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.44 seconds.
Cristen Dudak was 11th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.26 while teammate Robbie Sedain was 12th in a time of 1:08.51.
Both Cristen and Robbie competed in four events at the state meet.
Senior Heather Heffernen, competing in the long jump for the first time as a senior finished 15th overall with a jump of 15’ 6 1/4”.
With all but two state meet qualifiers, seniors Emily Prinsen and Heather Heffernen, coming back next year the Hawks should put another exciting team on the track during the 2007 season.
On the boys side of the meet the Hawks best performance of the meet was the 4 x 200-meter relay team of Brad McDonald, Jett MacTaggert, Tyler Jackson and Nick Tibbott. They posted a time of 1:32.93 which placed them 11th overall in the state qualifying field of 24 Class 3A teams.
Three of the four, MacTaggert, Jackson and Tibbott are seniors so the Hawks will have to reload in order to make a return trip to state in 2007.
Junior Matt Monaghan placed 13th overall in the 3200-meter run with a very good time of 10:21.40.
Senior Chris Green was 18th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:04.53.
Junior Chris Harbaugh ran a time of 16:08 in the 110-meter high hurdles which placed him 19th overall in the field of 24.
Junior sprinter Brad McDonald ran a 11.29 second 100-meter dash time in the preliminaries and just missed making the finals by .01. Brad ran a good time in the 200-meter dash prelims but was disqualified for taking too many steps on the lane division line during the race.
Brad along with Matt Monaghan and Chris Harbaugh will be back for another shot at making the 2007 state track meet. |
Hawks advance to State Golf Meet
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware boys golf team advanced to the 2006 Class 3A State Golf Meet with a runner-up finish at their District Meet at Gardner Golf Course in Marion last Friday afternoon.
The Hawks had a team score of 318, eight strokes behind home team Marion who shot 310.
Anamosa was the third place team with a team score of 321.
Hawk senior, Ben Cole was the third place individual finisher with a fine round of 76 on the par-72 Gardner course.
Ben shot 39 on the front nine and came back with a 37 on the back nine.
The Hawks second scorer was Austin Cole who carded a 37-43 for a total of 80.
Two Hawks shot 81, Kyle morris went 39-42 for his 81 and Chris Crawford went 42-39 for his round of 81.
A pair of Hawks shot 82, Eric Crawford (42-40) and Jake Zebuhr (40-42).
There were six teams involved at the District Meet. In addition to West Delaware, Marion and Anamosa; Independence, Decorah and Oelwein were also in the field.
Decorah who had been ranked number three in Class 3A had only District Medalist, Cody Schweinefus advance to the state meet as the team shot a score of 326 to finish fifth.
WaMaC Conference representative Independence was fourth with a team score of 322 while Oelwein placed sixth with a score of 346.
Teams advancing to the Class 3A State Golf Meet in Decorah this Friday and Saturday are as follows, in order of qualifying scores - Marion (310), Dallas Center Grimes (313), Atlantic (315), West Delaware (318), Anamosa (321), Clear Lake (326), Spirit Lake (326), Knoxville (328), Pella (344), and Mount Pleasant (348).
The Class 3A State Golf Meet will be held at Oneota Golf and Country Club in Decorah on Friday, May 26th and Saturday, May 27th. Tee times for the first round on Friday are slated for 12:00 p.m.
The winner will be the team with the lowest score over the 36 holes of competition with the lowest four golfers of the six participating counting in the team score. |
Action from the 2006 State Track Meet
by Ken Boesenberg |
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Matt Monaghan, 3200-meter run
Chris Green,
800-meter run |
Holly Tjaden, Distance Medley Relay
Heather Heffernen, Distance Medley Relay |
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Chris Harbaugh,
110-meter high hurdles. |
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| Maquoketa Valley freshman, Jodi Gibbs competes in the Class 2A long jump competition. Jodi placed sixth overall with a best jump of 16’ 4 1/2”. |
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| The Wildcats Kendra Kregel gets off a jump of 14’ 9” in the Class 2A long jump competition during the State Track Meet. |
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| Right, top photo - Brad McDonald of West Delaware hands the baton to Jett MacTaggert while in the bottom photo Tyler Jackson hands off to Nick Tibbott during the Class 3A 4 x 200 meter relay. |
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