Lady Hounds 3rd at Demon Relays

WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison girls ran to a 3^rd place finish at the Washington Demon Relays Thursday night.
The Lady Hounds finished with 91 points behind Mt. Pleasant (121.3) and host winners Washington 151.
Senior Brylie Lorence, who has been tearing it up in the shotput for the Hounds, recorded a personal best 120’7” in the discus good enough for 1^st place a full 19’ ahead of the pack. Lorence finished second in the shot with a throw of 40’3” behind Burlington’s Kylee Hill.
Avery Rump is getting warmed up as the season goes along and ran a sub 11 3000 meters at 10:58.57 ahead of teammate Jordyn Marshall who was second at 11:49.79. Rump also finished second in the 1500 at 5:18.13, 12 seconds in front of sister Addison Rump for 2^nd and 3^rd.
The girls 4x800 relay of McKayla Schinstock, Addison Rump, Mara Smith and Avery Rump took first with a 10:17.81. Smith had a strong open 800 with a 2:35.01 finishing fourth.
The 4x400 relay of Schinstock, Esther Gnann, Ellie Huebner and Smith took 2^nd behind Washington. The Sprint Medley team of Lillian Gelsthorpe, Olivia Buckner, Mia Mason and Smith took 3^rd overall with a 2:01.58. Schinstock captured 3^rd in the open 400 with a 1:05.24.
The 4x100 relay team of Lyla Smith, Alexa Walz, Maleena Bentley and Alaina Schwerin took 4^th in the shuttle hurdle relay.
The boys squad captured 5^th place with 69 points.
The Hounds again were led by senior Julian Dear who ran another sub 11 100 at 10.98.
Dear also ran the first leg of the boys Fort Madison title Distance Medley team with Dayton Lamar, Peyton Lambert and Nolan Guzman. The foursome ran a 3:39.49, eight seconds ahead of the pack.
Mason McLey ran a very strong 52.90 in the 400 to take the title. Henry Ireland ran a nice 54.73 for 3^rd in the open 400.
Nolan Guzman and Noah Krogmeier ran a 5^th and 6^th in the open 800 with a 2:09.95 and 2:16.13. Riley Tripp had a 4:45.83 in the open 1600 for 3^rd place.
The 4x100 relay of Lambert, Lamar, Guzman and Dear finished 4^th with a 44.97.
In the field events, senior Brayton Scheider spun a 158.01 in the discus good enough for 2^nd place. Urijah Brooks threw the shot 49’8” for 3^rd and Hunter Smrt jumped to a 5^th-place finish in the high jump with a leap of 5’8”.