WINTERSET — With a steep step up in competition came the challeneges that Clarke boys track and field coach Duane Matthess was hoping for for his team.
The Indian boys finished 10th among the 14 teams in the field with 15.5 team points. Carlisle won the meet with 118 points.
Clarke posted three individual performances that earned the Indians team points. Humberto Arellano’s 400 meter dash showing was one of the more impressive on the day for Clarke. He took second in the race in a time of 54.87 seconds.
Payton Winship and Brian Avalos both snagged top six spots in the long jump. Winship leaped 19 feet, 4 inches to take third and Avalos jumped 18-9 to tie for sixth.
The Indians’ highest-placing relay race was the 4x100, which blazed to a time of 47.10. Winship, Byron Rivera, Amani Fry and Avalos made up that relay.
Just missing placewinning spots were Riley Domina in seventh in the 400 meter run and Fry in seventh in the 400 meter hurdles.
Clarke’s top throwing performances came from Sam Zaragoza-Rosales, who threw 106-4 in the discus for 18th and 35 feet in the shot put for 16th.
Team points — 1. Carlisle 118; 2. Nevada 116; 3. Norwalk 105; 4. Earlham 56; 5. ADM 55; 6. Winterset 41; 7. Nodaway Valley 23; 8. Woodward-Granger 22; 9. Mount Ayr 21; 10. Clarke 15.5; 11. Greene County 11.5; 12. Woodward Academy 5.
Results
100 meter dash – 1. Kaden Shaw, Winterset, 11.72; 16. Byron Rivera, Clarke, 12.50; 25. Coel Reece, Clarke, 13.97.
200 meter dash – 1. Joven Nelson, Nevada, 23.50; 16. Alejandro Byford, Clarke, 26.72; 22. Carlos Yanez, Clarke, 28.00.
400 meter dash – 1. Alex Firch, Earlham, 54.32; 2. Humberto Arellano, Clarke, 54.87; 7. Riley Domina, Clarke, 57.33.
800 meter run – 1. Cutler Palar, Carlisle, 2:10.43; 19. Fani Fry, Clarke, 2:29.54; 22. Zethann May, Clarke, 2:34.79.
1600 meter run – 1. Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley 4:43.90; 24. Cole Pontier, Clarke, 6:45.80.
3200 meter run – 1. Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley, 9:52.67; 23. Jack Kjellsen, Clarke, 14:14.01.
400 meter hurdle – 1. Lucas Heitz, ADM, 57.62; 7. Amani Fry, Clarke, 1:02.68; 20. Nick McVey, Clarke, 1:12.71.
Discus – 1. Ben Clark, Norwalk, 131-03; 18. Samuel Zaragoza-Rosales, Clarke, 106-4; 22. Dalton Stubbe, Clarke, 96-4; 28. Jacob Jamison, Clarke, 77.0.
High jump — 1. Om’Unique Wilkerson, Nevada, 6-2; t10. Payton Winship, Clarke, 5-4; t10. Byron Rivera, Clarke, 5-4.
Long jump – 1. Max Goodhue, Carlisle, 21-11; 3. Payton Winship, Clarke, 19-4; t6. Brian Avalos, Clarke, 18-9.
Shot put – 1. Tyler Endres, Norwalk, 47-06.50; 16. Samuel Zaragoza-Rosales, Clarke, 35-0; 17. Dalton Stubbe, Clarke, 34-6.5; 33. Jacob Jamison, Clarke, 29-2.5.
4x100 meter relay – 1. Nevada, 44.70; 6. Clarke, (Payton Winship, Byron Rivera, Amani Fry, Brian Avalos), 47.10.
4x200 meter relay – 1. Nevada, 1:32.59; 14. Clarke (Nick McVey, Coel Reece, Andrew Barnard, Adrian Kelso), 1:54.72.
4x400 meter relay – 1. ADM, 3:39.80; 12. Clarke, (Alejandro Byford, Humberto Arellano, Amani Fry, Riley Domina), 3:58.80
4x800 meter relay – 1. Norwalk, 8:44.53; 12. Clarke, (Braedon Feehan, Zethann May, Adrian Kelson, Fani Fry), 9:57.38.
Shuttle hurdle — 1. Carlrisle, 1:00.23; 10. Clarke, (Brian Avalos, Payton Winship, Humberto Arellano, Riley Domina), 1:11.45
800 sprint medley – 1. Nevada, 1:36.21; 10. Clarke, (Byron Rivera, Brian Avalos, Humberto Arellano, Amani Fry), 1:46.06.
1600 distance medley – 1. ADM, 3:48.91; 12. Clarke, (Carlos Yanez, Fani Fry, Adrian Kelso, Braedon Feehan), 4:31.45.