Lampe wins 100 hurdles; Schneider wins twice at Keosippi Relays

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Hellige breaks 10-minute mark in 3200 for 2nd place

BY ETHAN LILLARD
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KEOKUK - Fort Madison's boys track and field team placed second out of the seven boy’s teams that competed at the Keosippi Relays Tuesday at Keokuk High School, finishing with 94.33 team points. Mount Pleasant took first as a team on the men’s side with a total of 180 team points.

Fort Madison's girls tied for ninth out of ten teams on the girl’s side with 74 total team points. Mount Pleasant's girls also took first with 200 total team points.

Schneider, Hellige lead boys

Fort Madison's Quentin Schneider was the lone Hound to find himself atop the leaderboards in his respective events.

Schneider started his day by taking sixth in the 100-meter dash for a single team point. He followed up with two first-place performances. Schneider's first gold of the day came in the 400-meter run, finishing with a time of 53.52 for 10 points. Garrett Hannum took fourth in the same event for four more points.

Building on that momentum, Schneider then took first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.42 for ten more points, adding 21 total points to the team score by himself.

“Quin ran pretty good,” Fort Madison Co-Head Coach Mike Schneider said. “He also PR’d in the 100 with an 11.7 good for 6th.

“We are a young team. Our depth helps fill events and place in stuff...(Matt) Hellige ran well. He PR’d in the two mile.”

The Bloodhounds top distance runner in Hellige also found his name atop the leaderboards in two events, but just missed first in both, falling to West Hancock's Miles Sheppard in both events.

Hellige placed second in the 3200 meter run with a time of for 9:58.01 for eight team points, and added on eight more in the 1600 placing second again to Sheppard with a time of 4:39.13.

“A couple of summers ago we ran some 5K’s together,” Hellige said about his familiarity with Sheppard coming into Tuesday’s meet. “I knew he was a really good runner and was going to be the person to beat tonight.

“This year I really wanted to break 10 minutes. That’s the goal I set at the beginning of the year … That’s what I did today.”

The only other event that saw the Hounds crack the top two was the shuttle hurdle. Fort Madison placed second out of the two teams competing in the event with a time of 1:11.99 for eight points.

The Hounds medley and relay events added on 24 more points to the team total before it was all said and done.

Fort Madison took third in the boys 800 sprint medley with a time of 1:41.46 for six team points and took fifth in the 4x100-meter relay for two team points. The Hounds collected six more points with a third-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:38.10. Fort Madison's 4x800 took third place with a time of 10:19.18 for six more points, while the 4x200 team placed fourth with a time of 1:37.00 for four points.

The Bloodhounds top thrower in Ethan Deacon chipped in five more points. Deacon placed sixth in the shot put for a single point, but was able to put four more on the board in the discus with a final throw of 115-00.

Isiah Miller placed fourth for the Hounds in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.40, while Gage Fullenkamp placed one behind in fifth and added two more team points. Andrew Schaeffer placed third in the 200-meter dash for Fort Madison with a time of 24.06, adding on six team points, bringing the Hounds a second-place team finish.

Fort Madison's Ethan Deacon lets fly with one of his discus attempts Tuesday at the Keosippi Relays. Deacon finished fourth with a best spin of 115-0. Photo by Ethan Lillard/PCC

The boys next meet is this Thursday at Waco High School.

Lampe captures first in 100-hurdles for girls

It was very close, but Fort Madison's Reyna Lampe walked away with the gold in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday, besting Mount Pleasant's Karsyn Lamm by .02 seconds with a 16.96 time.

“Reyna's win was good for her confidence,” Fort Madison girls Head Coach Brian Mendez said. “It's important that her fastest races are in the SEC championships and the state qualifying meets ( District meet ). Running her fastest time of the season thus far, coupled with the win at Keokuk is a positive move in the right direction for Reyna.”

Raquel Schneider also took top honors, taking first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:14.65 for 10 more points. Katie Dennis was the last of the Hounds to collect a first-place finish, taking first in the 1500-meter run with a time of 5:37.14.

Fort Madison senior Olivia Williams takes off from the blocks held by freshman Raquel Schneider in a relay Tuesday evening at the Keosippi Relays in Keokuk. The girls finished ninth overall. Photo by Ethan Lillard/PCC

Claire Hellman picked up the next best finish for Fort Madison Tuesday, placing third in the 3000-meter run with a time of 13:16.30 for six points, while Lauren King finished right behind in fourth with a time of 13:23.96 for four more points. Hellman also took fifth in the 1500 for two points, while King took sixth in the 800-meter run for one point.

The girls 4x100-meter relay team also collected a bronze medal, finishing the race with a time of 1:16.93. Fort Madison's distance medley team also took third with a time of 4:55.55 for six more points.

Three more fourth-place finishes helped to bolster the Hounds' overall team score on the day.

Aleaya Klesner placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:11.49 for four points. Fort Madison's 800 sprint medley placed fourth with a time of 2:08.01 for four team points as well, and the 4x400-meter relay team placed fourth with a time of 5:01.52 for six points.

The Bloodhounds picked up four more points thanks to a sixth-place finish in the discus by Dalyn Wondra and a fifth-place finish in the 4x100.

“Every time we pull up to a meet we focus on running best race to date,” Mendez said. “We were fortunate to have two strong wins along with PRS with Reyna and Raquel in Keokuk, but all of our kids have been working hard these past few meets to chip away at their race times. We've been pleased.”

Complete results from the Relays can be found at this link. https://www.pencitycurrent.com/keosippi-relays-results-and-scores/

The girls next meet is this Thursday at Waco High School.

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