PRs continue to fall as FM boys take Central Lee Invite

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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG
PCC EDITOR

DONNELLSON - Personal records continue to fall as the boys on the Fort Madison track team brought home another first-place finish in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year with two new co-coaches.

Fort Madison's Ethan Deacon brought home his first top finish of the year setting a new personal best for him in the shot put with a heave of 41'-3.25". Deacon also took 2nd in the discus with a spin of 121'-4".

Other top finishers for the Hounds, who won the meet overall with 129 points, included Matt Hellige in the mile run. Hellige continues to drop times in the distance runs for the Bloodhounds. Monday he finished the mile run in 4:37.43, a full five seconds faster than his Thursday time in Mt. Pleasant.

Hellige took 2nd to West Hancock's Miles Sheppard in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:16.86. Hellige ran a 10:01 at the Mt. Pleasant boys invitational Thursday.

In an event the Hounds have entered sporadically throughout the season, the shuttle hurdle relay team of Macaden Rhoer, Mathew Meierotto, Isaiah Miller and Jakob McGowan finished with a top time at 1:12.31.

"Those boys just stepped in and ran that, granted there were only three teams in it, but this is what we get from these kids. They just step in and do their best and are scoring points for us," said co-head coach Mike Schneider.

"We've battled injuries and absences all year and we're able to mix and match and put kids together and they have success. Sometimes we just say "Hey, we need some points so we gotta have a sixth or better, and they go get it."

Junior Quentin Schneider was tops in the 400-meter hurdles with a season best 57.89 to earn 10 points for Fort Madison. The 4x400 relay team of Brock Califf, Garrett Hannum, Andrew Schaefer and Schneider was another first-place finish for the Hounds with a time of 3:37.10.

Fort Madison got another second-place finish in the 800-sprint medley with Schaefer, Michael Mosena, Califf and Hannum running a time of 1:44.72.

Califf took third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.04, while the 1600-meter medley of Gavin Wiseman, Romeo Maestro, Mikey DiPrima and Rhoer came in third with a time of 4:15.29. Hannum had the other top three finishes for the Hounds with a 2:12.74 mark.

Several other Hounds had personal bests at the meet including senior Alec Craft through his season's best in the discus with a throw of 102'-8" good enough for sixth place. Schaefer had a personal best in the 200-meter dash, when he pulled a 24.18 good for fifth place. Meierotto ran the 800 in 2:17.78, his best time ever and finished 6th overall.

Freshman Hayden Wolfe ran his best 1600 with a time of 5:21.67 which was good enough for fourth place. Miller placed fourth in the 110 hurdles in 19.31, his best time of the year.

"It was a great team effort tonight. Lots of guys PR’ed and everybody contributed in some way," said co-head coach Chad Hannum.

Hawks finish 6th

Hosts Central Lee got 2nd-place finishes from sophomore Chance Hocker in the 200-meter dash and 100-meter dashes enroute to 51 points and a 6th place finish in the eight team field.

The Hawks 4x100 team garnered a 3rd place finish with a time of 45.74. Wyatt Schulte earned a 3rd place mark in the 400-meter hurdles, while Tyler Hopp took 3rd in the 100-meter dash with an 11:95 mark and the 4x200 relay team took 3rd with a mark of 1:36.41.

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