Lenox Tiger Track Rundown
By Tyler Peterson
The Lenox Tiger track teams were in action twice this past week. First the boys and girls teams traveled to Nodaway Valley to compete in the Pride of Iowa Track and Field Championships, and second both teams competed in the Mt. Ayr Relays. Monday at the POI Championships the girls finished 5th overall with 52 points, and the boys finished runner-up overall with 136 points—falling to Mt. Ayr by just 1.5 team points. The girls had one 1st Place finish: Bentley Petersen, Zoey Reed, Sadie Cox, and Kinzie Menefee won the Sprint Medley Relay. The boys had five first place finishes: Gabe Funk in the 200 Meter Dash, Gabe Funk in the 110 Meter High Hurdles, Gabe Funk in the open 400 Meter Dash, Gabe Funk in the 400 Meter Low Hurdles, and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jordan Martin-England, Kolben Robinson, Caden Kaufman, and Wylie Brokaw.
Thursday the 8th the Tigers took part in the Mt. Ayr Relays. The girls had medalists in two events. The boys came home with a 1st Place trophy winning the meet with 138 points and a medalist in 11 total events. First place finishers for the Tigers were: The Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jordan Martin-England, Caden Kaufman, Dawson Evans, and Gabe Funk- Gabe Funk in the 110 Meter High Hurdles- Gabe Funk in the 400 Meter Low Hurdles- The 4×800 Meter Relay team of Owen Grundman, Colton Haidsiak, Wylie Brokaw, and Patton Adams- The Distance Medley Relay team of Brody Brokaw, Andy Flah, Jordan Martin-England, and Caden Kaufman.
The Lenox Track teams will be in action once more in regular season action at Central Decatur on Monday the 12th, and then will compete in the State Qualifying Meet on Thursday the 15th in Griswold. Tiger Pride!
Boys POI
100 Meter Dash- Laramie Stoaks 7th Place 12.20 Season Best
200 Meter Dash- Gabe Funk 1st Place 22.96 and Caden Kaufman 7th Place 24.46
400 Meter Dash- Gabe Funk 1st Place 50.51 and Caden Kaufman 4th Place 53.83 Season Best
800 Meter Run- Owen Grundman 2nd Place 2:12.96 and Wylie Brokaw 5th Place 2:15.75
1600 Meter Mile Run- Cade Cordell 5th Place 5:05.83 Season Best
110 Meter High Hurdles- Gabe Funk 1st Place 15.55 and Jordan Martin-England 2nd Place 15.78 Season Best
400 Meter Low Hurdles- Gabe Funk 1st Place 55.36 and Jordan Martin-England 59.91 Season Best
3200 Meter Two Mile Run- Daysen Gregg 8th Place 12:03.01
4×100 Meter Relay- 4th Place 46.99 Laramie Stoaks, Andy Flah, Brody Brokaw, and Kolben Robinson
4×200 Meter Relay- 3rd Place 1:38.32 Jayden Zaragoza, Kolben Robinson, Andy Flah, and Brody Brokaw Season Best
4×400 Meter Relay- 2nd Place 3:38.79 Jordan Martin-England, Owen Grundman, Caden Kaufman, and Brody Brokaw
4×800 Meter Relay- 2nd Place 8:52.63 Cade Cordell, Owen Grundman, Patton Adams, and Brogan Petersen
Sprint Medley Relay- 4th Place 1:43.85 Laramie Stoaks, Andy Flah, Kolben Robinson, and Anthony Villanueva
Distance Medley Relay- 4th Place 3:59.06 Ashton Leonard, Andy Flah, Patton Adams, and Wylie Brokaw
Shuttle Hurdle Relay- 1st Place 1:05.72 Jordan Martin-England, Caden Kaufman, Wylie Brokaw, and Kolben Robinson
High Jump- Colton Haidsiak 6th Place 5’-04” Season Best and Brogan Petersen 7th Place 5’-02”
Discus- Brody Brokaw 5th Place 131’-04” Season Best and Jordan Castor 6th Place 126’-09” Season Best
Boys Mt. Ayr
100 Meter Dash- Ashton Leonard 7th Place 12.31 and Anthony Villanueva 8th Place 12.32
110 Meter High Hurdles- Gabe Funk 1st Place 14.74 Meet Record and Jordan Martin-England 15.75 Season Best
200 Meter Dash- Andy Flah 2nd Place 24.02 Season Best
400 Meter Dash- Owen Grundman 7th Place 56.54 Season Best
400 Meter Hurdles- Gabe Funk 1st Place 54.43
800 Meter Run- Wylie Brokaw 2nd Place 2:14.25
4×100 Meter Relay- 6th Place 48.69 Ashton Leonard, Andy Flah, Kolben Robinson, and Jackson Reed
4×200 Meter Relay- 2nd Place 1:37.96 Jayden Zaragoza, Kolben Robinson, Jackson Reed, and Andy Flah
4×400 Meter Relay- 2nd Place 3:41.56 Brody Brokaw, Owen Grundman, Patton Adams, and Caden Kaufman
4×800 Meter Relay- 1st Place 8:54.85 Colton Haidsiak, Owen Grundman, Wylie Brokaw, and Patton Adams
Shuttle Hurdle Relay- 1st Place 1:01.29 Jordan Martin-England, Caden Kaufman, Dawson Evans, and Gabe Funk Season Best and currently ranked #3 in Class 1A
Distance Medley Relay- 1st Place 3:54.83 Brody Brokaw, Andy Flah, Jordan Martin-England, and Caden Kaufman
Sprint Medley Relay- 2nd Place 1:46.08 Ashton Leonard, Kolben Robinson, Anthony Villanueva, and Andy Flah
High Jump- Brogan Petersen 4th Place 5’-06” Season Best and Colton Haidsiak 5’-02”
Long Jump- Anthony Villanueva 2nd Place 18’-01” Season Best and Gabe Robles 4th 17’-06” Season Best
Shot Put- Jordan Castor 7th Place 38’-02”
Conference Meet. Laramie Stoaks (left) edged out Central Decatur’s Brody Hamilton for 7th place by 5-hundredths of a second with a time of 12.20, while Anthony Villanueva (2nd from right) just missed placing with a time of 12.44. (photo by Meg Barker)
Jordan Martin-England began to edge ahead of Southwest Valley’s Gavin Wetzel with 3 hurdles to go in the shuttle hurdle relay last Monday night at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet. The Lenox team of Caden Kaufman, Wiley Brokaw, Kolben Robinson, and Martin-England won the event in 1:05.72. (photo by Meg Barker)
Senior Brody Brokaw placed 5th in the discus at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet with a personal-best throw of 131 feet, 4 inches. (photo by Meg Barker)
By Tyler Peterson
The Lenox Tiger track teams were in action twice this past week. First the boys and girls teams traveled to Nodaway Valley to compete in the Pride of Iowa Track and Field Championships, and second both teams competed in the Mt. Ayr Relays. Monday at the POI Championships the girls finished 5th overall with 52 points, and the boys finished runner-up overall with 136 points—falling to Mt. Ayr by just 1.5 team points. The girls had one 1st Place finish: Bentley Petersen, Zoey Reed, Sadie Cox, and Kinzie Menefee won the Sprint Medley Relay. The boys had five first place finishes: Gabe Funk in the 200 Meter Dash, Gabe Funk in the 110 Meter High Hurdles, Gabe Funk in the open 400 Meter Dash, Gabe Funk in the 400 Meter Low Hurdles, and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jordan Martin-England, Kolben Robinson, Caden Kaufman, and Wylie Brokaw.
Thursday the 8th the Tigers took part in the Mt. Ayr Relays. The girls had medalists in two events. The boys came home with a 1st Place trophy winning the meet with 138 points and a medalist in 11 total events. First place finishers for the Tigers were: The Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jordan Martin-England, Caden Kaufman, Dawson Evans, and Gabe Funk- Gabe Funk in the 110 Meter High Hurdles- Gabe Funk in the 400 Meter Low Hurdles- The 4×800 Meter Relay team of Owen Grundman, Colton Haidsiak, Wylie Brokaw, and Patton Adams- The Distance Medley Relay team of Brody Brokaw, Andy Flah, Jordan Martin-England, and Caden Kaufman.
The Lenox Track teams will be in action once more in regular season action at Central Decatur on Monday the 12th, and then will compete in the State Qualifying Meet on Thursday the 15th in Griswold. Tiger Pride!
Girls at POI
100 – Zoey Reed 6th Place 13.81
400 – Sadie Cox – 2nd Place 1:00.85 Season Best
4×1 – 3rd Place – 53.51 Season Best – Bentley Petersen, Kinzie Menefee, Zoey Reed, and Sadie Cox
4×2 – 2nd Place -1:52.43 Season Best – Zoey Reed Reese Reed, Sadie Cox, and Kinzie Menefee
4×4 – 5th Place -4:58.73 – Kenzie Douglas, Reese Reed, LaraLynn England, and Jaci Cox
4×8 – 5th Place -12:24.08 – Kenzie Douglas, Valerie Pacheco, Jentri Cox, and LaraLynn England
Sprint Medley – 1st Place – 1:54.26 Bentley Petersen, Zoey Reed, Sadie Cox, and Kinzie Menefee
Shuttle Hurdle Relay- 5th Place 1:22.69 – Delaney Funk, Danielle Robinson, Jaci Cox, and Carley Larson
Girls at Mt. Ayr
4×200 Meter Relay- Season Best 3rd Place 1:51.60- Bentley Petersen, Zoey Reed, and Sadie Cox, Kinzie Menefee
Sprint Medley Relay – Season Best 3rd Place 1:54.05- Bentley Petersen, Zoey Reed, Kinzie Menefee, and Sadie Cox
Reese Reed ran the 2nd leg of the Tigers’ 5th-place 4 x 400 meter relay at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet. (photo by Meg Barker)
Freshman Kinzie Menefee anchored the Lenox sprint medley relay to a first place finish last Monday night at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet. (photo by Meg Barker)
Bentley Petersen hands off to Zoey Reed during the sprint medley relay last Monday at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet. The Tigers’ team of Petersen, Reed, Sadie Cox, & Kinzie Menefee were the conference champs in the event. (photo by Meg Barker)
