Madison Otto Takes The Early Lead In The 3000 Meter Run At The State Qualifying Meet And She Would Not Relinquish It, Winning The Event Handily.

Kylee Schiphoff Is On The Receiving End Of The Baton Extended By Emily Otto In The Qualifying Meet 4x200 Relay.

Lydia Harders In One Of Her Winning Relay Efforts At The Qualifying Meet, In This Case The 4x400.

Jasmine Lux Leads The Field As She Anchors The Sprint Medley Relay To Victory At The State Qualifying Meet.

The blue oval at Drake Stadium will again be feeling the pitter-patter of little Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn feet. Well, maybe more like thundering hooves. HMS will be taking six running events to the State Track & Field Meet which runs May 19-21 in Des Moines.
The Hawk participants earned their trip to the capital city by way of their performance at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet held May 13 at Lawton. A win there meant a ticket punched to Des Moines. That’s the way it worked for Jasmine Lux, who was victorious in the 400 meter dash, and for Madison Otto, who triumphed in the 3000 meter run.
Lux also anchored three first place relays. She teamed with Abby Otto, Emily Mutombo and Lydia Harders to capture the 4×100 and the sprint medley. Mutombo gave way to Anna VanderVeen in the winning 4×400. Although Mutombo finished third in the 100 meters, her time was among the next fourteen best statewide from qualifying meet place winners two through eight. That puts her in the race at State.
Also at the Qualifying Meet, Alexis Croatt was fourth in the 3000 and Mutombo fifth in the long jump. In the 1500 meters it was Croatt finishing seventh and Madison Otto eighth. The 800 saw Jocelyn Abonce place sixth and Kamryn Ebel eighth. Franki Mohni finished seventh in the 400 meter hurdles.
A pair of relays also placed. The 4×200 of Abby Otto, Kylee Schiphoff, VanderVeen and Harders was third. Finishing fourth was the distance medley of Emily Otto, Schiphoff, VanderVeen and Madison Otto.
Team-wise, HMS was fourth with 85 points. South O’Brien finished with the most points, 133.
Team Results
South O’Brien 133, Gehlen Catholic 110, Lawton-Bronson 105, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 85, Westwood 61, Remsen St. Mary’s 56, MMCRU 55, River Valley 38, George-Little Rock 36, Akron-Westfield 31, Trinity Christian 9, Siouxland Christian 8.
HMS Results
Long Jump: Emily Mutombo, 5th, 14’ 4”.
Shot Put: Alexis Grover, 15th, 23’ 7-1/4”.
Discus: Grover, 17th, 51’ 5”.
100 Meter Dash: Emily Mutombo, 3rd, 13.22; Anna VanderVeen, 12th, 14.32.
200 Meter Dash: Megan Otto, 18th, 33.14.
400 Meter Dash: Jasmine Lux, 1st, 1:00.93; Juliana Pasillas, 13th, 1:24.92.
800 Meter Run: Jocelyn Abonce, 6th, 2:54.97; Kamryn Ebel, 8th, 2:55.59.
1500 Meter Run: Alexis Croatt, 7th, 6:12.23; Madison Otto, 8th, 6:14.11.
3000 Meter Run: Madison Otto, 1st, 12:27.94; Croatt, 4th, 13:14.74.
100 Meter Hurdles: Frankie Mohni, 10th, 19.95.
400 Meter Hurdles: Mohni, 7th, 1:22.91.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Abby Otto, Mutumbo, Lydia Harders, Lux) 1st, 51.88.
4×200 Meter Relay: (A. Otto, Kylee Schiphoff, VanderVeen, Harders) 3rd, 1:54.98.
4×400 Meter Relay: (VanderVeen, Harders, A. Otto, Lux) 1st, 4:22.42.
Sprint Medley Relay: (A. Otto, Mutombo, Harders, Lux) 1st, 1:52.91.
Distance Medley Relay: (Emily Otto, Schiphoff, VanderVeen, Madison Otto) 4th, 4:53.83.