Sprints lead the way at Dutch Relays

Two first-place finishes and a pair of runner-up efforts led the way for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field team during the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutch Relays, on April 6 at Orange City.

Connor Dodd won the 100 meter dash (:11.29) and the Hawks' 4x100 relay quartet placed first (Noah Adams, Kooper Ebel, Dawson Schiphoff, Dodd, :45.31). Adams finished second in the 100 (:11.76) and Dodd was runner-up in the 200 (:23.77).

Ebel placed third in the 400 meter dash (:54.34); Bryce Dodge was fifth in the 3200 meter run (13:43.30); Jonathan Ortiz placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:11.17) and Mason Brinkman was sixth (1:14.58); and Brenton Thomas came in sixth in the 800 meter run (2:21.16).

H-M-S ran third in the 4x800 relay (Ethan Diehm, Aiden Espeland, Matthew Meyers, George Vargas, 11:17.88); recorded fourth-place finishes in the 4x200 (Adams, Ebel, Schiphoff, Dodd, 1:40.18) and 4x400 (Ryan Borden, Travis Kamradt, Trenton Vollink, J.P. Mutombo, 4:00.38) relays; came in fifth in the 1600 meter medley (Tyson Tessum, Mutombo, Vollink, Thomas, 4:22.63); and placed sixth in the 800 meter medley (Borden, Mutombo, Schiphoff, Kamradt, 1:52.83).

In the field events, Adams placed fourth in the long jump (19'5.75") and Diehm was sixth (19'0").

Class B team scores were: Western Christian 148, Gehlen Catholic 143, Sibley-Ocheyedan 84, South O'Brien 76, H-M-S 70 and MOC-Floyd Valley JV 43.

In the JV shot put, Gabe Bronstad was the runner-up (37'7") and Adam Schierholz placed fifth (33'9"). Schierholz added a sixth-place finish in the JV discus (82'11").

The boys' division of the Tomahawk Relays at Cherokee on April 8 was cancelled.

Next up on the schedule are the Sioux City Relays on April 17 and the Knight Relays on April 19 at Orange City.