Hounds 2nd at Central Lee's Hawk Relays

Open 400

So a 1.5 PR is huge. (Mason’s) been the number one guy all season so that pushed me a little. I had a good finish and said he that to me after.”

Peyton Lambert, FM Bloodhounds

DONNELLSON – The Fort Madison boys took second at the Monday night Hawk Relays at Central Lee High School in Donnellson.
Central Lee set a combined 23 personal bests as the girls captured third place and the boys finished in 5th, overall.
Aubrey Weber captured the girls' title in the discus with a throw of 113’2”, while Allison Gruntmeier took the title in the high jump with a leap of 4’10”. Weber was second in the shotput with a throw of 31’9”.
Peyton Lambert and Mason McLey finished 1 and 2 in the boys' 400-meter dash for the Hounds with quick 52.08 and 53.00, and Nolan Guzman won the open 800 by about 10 seconds with a 1:59.00 time, ahead of Central Lee’s Brett Cook who came in 2nd at 2:09.58.
Riley Tripp took the 1600-meter run with a 4:44.96, a full 25 seconds ahead of the pack. Calvin Johnson was second with a 5:09.02.
“I’ve been doing splits in the 400 and being able to do that actual open I didn’t know what to expect,” Lambert said.
He hadn’t run the open in about five weeks, but had been doing 400 legs on relay squads and his fastest open to date had been a 53.5. He said running with McLey helped movitate him.
“So a 1.5 second PR is huge,” he said. “(Mason’s) been the number one guy all season so that pushed me a little. I can’t let him get that. I had a good finish and said he that to me.”
The Bloodhounds got another first-place finish from the 4x800 relay team of Lambert, McLey, Tripp, and Guzman at 9:12.59 in a very tight finish with Keokuk who was right behind at 9:13.44.
Kenden Bowie and Hunter Smrt finished 1-2 in the high jump. Bowie won with a 6’2” and Smrt cleared the 6’ mark for the second time this year. Central Lee’s Kegan Damico was third with a leap of 5’10”. Dayton Lamar had one of his best leaps in the long jump for Fort Madison with a 21’4.75”. The Hawks’ Kain Arrowood was 4th at 18’6.5”.
Urijah Brooks won the shot with a solid 53’6” which led the pack by more than 9’5”. Brayton Schneider was 3rd in a rare shot entry with a 37’10.75”. Schneider also won the discus with a spin of 146’6” followed by Central Lee’s Jack Benner at 118’5.5”.
Schneider said he’s been putting in a lot of work in the weight room and in the circle with his father in the offseason and that has produced results this year.
“I’ve been practicing a lot with my dad, just a lot of that and lifting more. Lifting has been a big part of it,” Scheider said. The senior set a school record in the discus this year for Fort Madison at 158 feet.
He said a trip to former Bloodhound and Iowa Hawkeye Elijah Barnes’ throwing camp has also helped with his mechanics. He said he will probably need a throw in the high 140s or 150 at districts to get to state in May.
The Hounds finished with 127 points behind Keokuk’s 142. Central Lee had 64.
In the girls' event, the Lady Hawks finished with 82 points behind Keokuk’s 175 and Van Buren’s 130. Fort Madison’s girls squad didn’t participate.
Damico was second in the 400 hurdles and set a personal mark with a 58.41. The Hawks got 3rd-place finishes in the 4x400 with Cook, Damico, Luke Kruse, and Brayden Wyrick in a season’s best at 3:41.73; the Sprint Medley with Blake Davis, Evan Fogarty, Kruse, and Riley Salter-Rickman with a 1:45.55.
The Lady Hawks had eight personal bests on the day. Kamryn Cox in the 400m Hurdles took second and set a personal best with a 1:16.8. The Hawks shuttle hurdle squad of Kamryn Cox, Ava Washburn, Gruntmeir, and Julia Fraise took second and set a season best with a 1:16.09. 
Other personal bests include Gruntmeir in the 100m Hurdles with 17.98;  Kylie Fortune in the Long Jump with 14’7.5” and in the 100 meters at 14.18. Afton Maynes set personal marks in the open 800 with a 2:56.8 and the 1500 meters at 6:20.15. Fraise set a personal best in the 100 hurdles at 19.29.
The Bloodhounds qualified three entrants for this week's Drake Relays which kick off Wednesday. Kenden Bowie qualified in the high jump, Brylie Lorence qualified for the A flight in the shotput, and Julian Dear qualified in the 100. He will run in flight two Friday morning in lane 8.