Montezuma, BGM shine at the Darrell Brand Relays

     Darrell Brand, seated, a long-time now retired teacher, administrator and coach at Montezuma, visits with former teacher, coach and athletic director, Al Rabenold, during the Darrell Brand Relays at Montezuma on Monday, May 8. Brand has been involved in track and field for area schools for many years.

By J.O. Parker
 
      Montezuma and BGM were among a strong line of runners who took part in the Darrell Brand Relays on Monday, May 8 at Montezuma.
    The Montezuma boys’ track team won the meet with a 131 points and the Montezuma girls’ finished in second place with 116 points.
   On the boys’ side, the meet featured Montezuma, BGM, North Mahaska, HLV, Belle Plaine, Keota and Ottumwa. On the girls’ side, the meet featured Montezuma, Colo-Nesco, Keota, Belle Plaine, HLV, North Mahaska, Sigourney and Ottumwa.
    Montezuma’s Kenny Criswell finished first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11:23. In the 4x200 meter relay, BGM finished first with a time of 1:38.82. BGM finished first in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 9:31.39 while Montezuma came in second with a time of 10:16.29.
     BGM’s Cooper Winter finished in second with a time of 15.95 in the 110 meter hurdles while Montezuma’s Garrett Watt finished with a time of 16.31, which earned him third-place honors.
     On the girls’ side, Mia Boulton finished second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:50.62. Montezuma’s Claire Erselius finished first in the 1500 meter run with a time of 6:01.19 and Ellen Cook took the top prize in the 3000 meter run with a time of 12:22.16.
    In the long jump, Montezuma’s Chloe Snook finished in first place with a jump of 15-05.50. Izzy Roorda of Montezuma had a jump of 14-10.00 for a third place finish.
    Following are the overall results for both Montezuma and BGM:

Girls
100 Meter Dash
Camryn Brennan, JR. – Montezuma – 14.27 (7th)
Lily Ferry, Freshman – Montezuma – 14.85 (9th)
Haileah Eichenberger, Freshman – Montezuma – 14.96 (10th)
Addyson Probasco, So. – Montezuma – 15.84 (14th)
Makenna Johannes, JR. – Montezuma – 16.16 (15th)
200 Meter Dash
Haileah Eichenberger, Freshman – Montezuma – 32.50 (9th)
Addyson Probasco, So. – Montezuma – 33.51 (13th)
Makenna Johannes, Jr. – Montezuma – 33.64 (14th)
Sam Bos, Jr. – Montezuma – 35.98 (17th)
400 Meter Dash
Ellen Cook, Jr. – Montezuma – 1:09.81 (4th)
800 Meter Run
Mia Boulton, Sr. – Montezuma – 2:50.62 (2nd)
1500 Meter Run
Claire Erselius, Freshman – Montezuma – 6:01.19 (1st)
3000 Meter Run
Ellen Cook, Jr. – Montezuma – 12:22.16 (1st)
100 Meter Hurdles
Lydia Singleton, Jr. – Montezuma – 19:22 (4th)
Sam Bos, Jr. – Montezuma – 20:68 (12th)
Hayley Burnett, So. – Montezuma – 21.75 (15th)
400 Meter Hurdles
Alivia Cline, Jr. – Montezuma – 1:24.00 (3rd)
Ashlee Eilander, Jr. – Montezuma – 1:26.32 (4th)
4x100 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 57.61 (4th)
Montezuma ‘D’ – 1:00.81 (10th)
Montezuma ‘B’ – 1:01.09 (11th)
Montezuma ‘C’ – 1:06.86 (14th)
4x200 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 1:57.15 (1st)
Montezuma ‘B’ – 2:05.84 (3rd)
4x400 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 4:29.04 (1st)
4x800 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 12:12.62 (1st)
800 Sprint Medley
Montezuma ‘A’ – 2:05.85 (4th)
Montezuma ‘B’ – 2:14.32 (7th)
Distance Medley
Montezuma ‘A’ – 5:03.40 (1st)
4x100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle
Montezuma ‘A’ – 1:22.82 (3rd)
High Jump
Lily Ferry, Freshman – Montezuma – Scratch
Long Jump
Chloe Snook, Freshman – Montezuma – 15-05.50 (1st)
Izzy Roorda, Jr. – Montezuma – 14-10.00 (3rd)
Hayley Burnett, So. – Montezuma – 12-01.25 (9th)
Taya Sincox, So. – Montezuma – Scratch
Shot Put
Tayler Wickman, So. – Montezuma – 15-11.00 (13th)
Taylor Wilcox, So. – Montezuma – 25-08.00 (14th)
Sam Bos, Jr. – Montezuma – 25-03.50 (15th)
Madison Muilenburg, Freshman – Montezuma – 22-07.00 (19th)
Discus
Sam Bos, Jr. – Montezuma – 72-07 (8th)
Tayler Wickman, So. – Montezuma – 69-03 (11th)
Taylor Wilcox, So. – Montezuma – 66-11 (13th)
Ashlee Eilander, Jr. – Montezuma – 59-00 (16th)
Madison Muilenburg, Freshman – Montezuma – 56-00 (18th)
 
Boys
100 Meter Dash
Kenny Criswell, Jr. – Montezuma – 11.23 (1st)
David Rose, So. – Montezuma – 11.64 (3rd)
Alex Black, Jr. – Montezuma – 12.42 (10th)
Nathan Findlay, Freshman – BGM - 12.67 (11th)
Briar Simpson, So. – Montezuma – 12.93 (13th)
Lucas Flaig, Jr. – Montezuma – 12.96 (14th)
Isaac Wedgewood, Freshman – Montezuma – 13.93 (15th)
Lars Taylor, So. – Montezuma – 14.91 (18th)
Logan Findlay, Jr. – BGM – Scratch
200 Meter Dash
Jack Erselius, Jr. – Montezuma – 24.70 (2nd)
Carter Michalek, So. – Montezuma – 24.81 (3rd)
Logan Findlay, Jr. – BGM – Scratch
Landen Cooling, freshman – BGM – Scratch
400 Meter Dash
Bryson Stockman, So – Montezuma – 1:01.30 (4th)
Kohen Holland, So. – Montezuma – 1:04.09 (7th)
Gavin Strong, Sr. – Montezuma – Scratch
Dominic Coleman, Jr. – BGM – Scratch
800 Meter Run
Dominic Coleman, Jr. – BGM – 2:07.63 (3rd)
Ashten Kalinay, Freshman – BGM – 2:19.91 (6th)
Colton Benson, Sr. – Montezuma – 2:31.73 (9th)
Luke Erselius, Freshman – Montezuma – 2:33.38 (10th)
Lars Taylor, So. – Montezuma – 2:56.63 (13th)
1600 Meter Run
Hessel Boelen, Sr. – BGM – 5:21.49 (1st)
Jayden Ross, Jr. – Montezuma – 5:37.21 (2nd)
Carter McKee, Jr. – Montezuma – 5:59.03 (5th)
Jusiah Wetering, So. – Montezuma – 6:17.30 (7th)
Dominic Coleman, Jr. – BGM – Scratch
3200 Meter Run
Colton Benson, Sr. – Montezuma – 12:10.19 (1st)
Carter McKee, Jr. – Montezuma – 12:11.69 (2nd)
110 Meter Hurdles
Cooper Winter, Sr. – BGM – 15.95 (2nd)
Garrett Watts. Jr. – Montezuma – 16:31 (3rd)
Dakota Heishman, So. – BGM – 17.46 (4th)
Damien Knox, freshman – Montezuma – Scratch
400 Meter Hurdles
Bryson Stockman, So. – Montezuma – 1:04.95 (2nd)
Kadon Folkman, So. – BGM - 1:05.99 (3rd)
Ian VanErsvelde, Jr. – BGM – Scratch
4x100 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 45.36 (1st)
BGM ‘A’ – 46.30 (3rd)
BGM ‘B’ – 49.82 (6th)
Montezuma ‘B’ – 55.91 (10th)
4x200 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 1:37.99 (1st)
BGM – 1:38.82 (2nd)
4x400 Meter Relay
Montezuma ‘A’ – 4:01.80 (4th)
BGM – DG
4x800 Meter Relay
BGM – 9:31.39 (1st)
Montezuma ‘A’ – 10:16.29 (2nd)
800 Sprint Medley
BGM ‘A’ – 1:57.43 (5th)
Montezuma – DQ
Distance Medley
BGM – 4:18.62 (3rd)
Montezuma ‘A’ – 4:46.87
4x110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay
BGM – 1:07.45 (2nd)
Montezuma ‘A’ – 1:09.02
High Jump
Dakota Heishman, So. – BGM – 5-08.00 (1st)
Garrett Watts, Jr. – Montezuma – 5-08.00 (2nd)
Damien Knox, Freshman – Montezuma – Scratch
Long Jump
Garrett Watts, JR. – Montezuma – 18-02.75 (2nd)
Ty Heishman, Freshman – BGM – 16-11.75 (5th)
Cole Mumm, Freshman – BGM – 13-07.00 (9th)
Nathan Findlay, Freshman – BGM – 11.75 (10th)
Damien Knox, Freshman – Montezuma – Scratch
Shot Put
Connor Cooling, Sr. – BGM – 44-11.00 (1st)
Layne Jocom, Sr. – BGM – 35-10.75 (7th)
Ben Cadden, Freshman – BGM – 30.00.50 (13th)
Lucas Flaig, Jr. – Montezuma – 29-11.00 (14th)
Briar Simpson, So. – Montezuma – 29.08.50 (16th)
Isaac Wedgewood, Freshman – Montezuma – 28-03.00 (17th)
Axton Bartachek, Sr. – BGM – Scratch
Discus
Layne Jocom, Sr. – BGM – 127-06 (2nd)
Lars Taylor, So. – Montezuma – 85-01 (9th)
Connor Cooling, Sr. – BGM – 81-07 (13th)
Lucas Flaig, Jr. – Montezuma – 81-05 (14th)
Axton Bartachek, Sr. – BGM – 80-06 (15th)
Isaac Wedgewood, Fresh – Montezuma – 80-05 (16th)
Briar Simpson, So. – Montezuma – 79-11 (19th)
Kierren Sacora, Jr. – BGM – Scratch