Desired result eludes Hawk girls at State Qualifying Meet
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn track and field girls got in their final competitition before the War Eagle Conference meet with an appearance at the John Larson Relays held April 27 at Armstrong. HMS was sixth with 52 The goal at the qualifying meet is, of course, to qualify athletes for the State Track & Field Meet. The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls were unable to make that dream come true as they competed at the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet held May 11 at Sheldon.
The Hawks were not among the top two finishers in any of their events, thus missing out on automatic qualification. Their times and distances recorded at the meet fell short as well.
Senior Emily Mutombo closed out her HMS career with a ninth-place finish in the 100 meter dash and then ran the anchor leg of the 4×100 relay which placed eighth. Her teammates on that relay were Payton Diehm, Moriah Otto and Abby Otto. Megan Otto finished ninth in the high jump as did the distance medley relay group of Frankie Mohni, Moriah Otto, Jocelyn Abonce and Kamryn Ebel.
Team Results
Sioux Central 109.5, Unity Christian 107, West Lyon 103, ELC 91, Sibley-Ocheyedan 85, Okoboji 64, Central Lyon 50, Western Christian 46.5, Emmetsburg 43, Sheldon 31, West Sioux 9, HMS 1.
HMS Varsity Results
High Jump: Megan Otto, 9th (tie), 4’ 6”.
Long Jump: Payton Diehm, 12th, 12’ 3”.
Shot Put: Alexis Grover, 19th, 26’ 10-1/4”; Hannah Tessum, 20th, 26’ 7-1/4”.
Discus: Tessum, 20th, 56’ 9”; Grover, 21st, 44’ 9”.
100 Meter Dash: Emily Mutombo, 9th, 13.79; Moriah Otto, 14th, 14.27.
200 Meter Dash: Abby Otto, 17th, 30.42; Pamela Mutombo, 20th, 32.23.
400 Meter Dash: Evelyn Steffen, 19th, 1:18.08.
800 Meter Run: Jocelyn Abonce, 13th, 2:51.14; Clara Funk, 16th, 3:07.73.
1500 Meter Run: Alexis Croatt, 12th, 6:15.30; Funk, 15th, 6:52.75.
100 Meter Hurdles: Frankie Mohni, 15th, 19.51.
400 Meter Hurdles: Mohni, 11th, 1:19.94.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Payton Diehm, Moriah Otto, A. Otto, E. Mutombo) 8th, 55.67.
4×200 Meter Relay: (P. Mutombo, Megan Otto, Steffen, Diehm) 10th, 2:07.08.
4×400 Meter Relay: (Steffen, Kamryn Ebel, Croatt, Abonce) 10th, 5:15.84.
Sprint Meter Relay: (Diehm, A. Otto, M. Otto, Steffen) 11th, 2:17.69.
Distance Medley Relay: (Mohni, Moriah Otto, Abonce, Ebel) 9th, 5:14.79.
in the meet won by Northwood-Kensett, which totaled 119. Host North Union was second with 110 points.
“In Armstrong last night we saw a lot of success,” commented Hawk coach Kirsten Taylor. “Many of our athletes ran new season’s or personal bests, which is always a great confidence boost moving towards the conference meet. Megan Otto took home second place in the high jump. Frankie Mohni also took home a runner up finish in the 400 meter hurdles. Evelyn Steffen finished fifth in the 400 meter dash with a new personal best. Jocelyn Abonce also finished fifth in the 800 meter run with a new season’s best. Lexi Croatt ran the 1500 meters to a sixth place finish. Payton Diehm also finished sixth in the long jump. Our relays were highlighted by a third place finish from our 4×800 (Abonce, Kam Ebel, Clara Funk, Croatt). Our 4×100 relay (Pam Mutombo, Diehm, Moriah Otto, Abby Otto) finished sixth, along with our 4×200 relay (Mohnie, Diehm, Moriah Otto, A. Otto). There was an overall great effort given by all. Times are going down and distances in the field are consistently getting further, which is exactly where we want to be right now.”
Team Results
Northwood-Kensett 119, North Union 110, Bishop Garrigan 104. West Bend-Mallard 90, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 63, North Iowa 62, HMS 52, GTRA 47.
HMS Results
High Jump: Megan Otto, 2nd, 4’ 8”.
Long Jump: Payton Diehm, 6th, 10’ 7-3/4”.
Shot Put: Alexis Grover, 13th, 26’ 4”; Hannah Tessum, 14th, 24’ 7”; JV: Natalie McDaniels, 5th, 16’ 3-3/4”.
Discus: Grover, 11th, 49’ 2-1/2”; JV: Tessum, 4th, 58’ 8”; McDaniels, 7th, 36’ 6”.
100 Meter Dash: Moriah Otto, 8th, 14.56; Pamela Mutombo, 12th, 16.26.
200 Meter Dash: Evelyn Steffen, 9th, 33.14; Megan Otto, 12th, 35.70.
400 Meter Dash: Steffen, 5th, 1:14.60.
800 Meter Run: Jocelyn Abonce, 5th, 2:59.80.
1500 Meter Run: Alexis Croatt, 6th, 6:14.28; Clara Funk, 8th, 7:00.36.
100 Meter Hurdles: Frankie Mohni, 7th, 20.72; Megan Otto, 10th, 25.24.
400 Meter Hurdles: Mohni, 2nd, 1:21.54.
4×100 Meter Relay: (Mutombo, Diehm, Moriah Otto, Abby Otto) 6th, 57.99.
4×200 Meter Relay: (Mohni, Diehm, Moriah Otto, A. Otto) 6th, 2:02.78; JV: (Mutombo, Megan Otto, Tessum, Steffen) 4th, 2:23.53
4×400 Meter Relay, (Steffen, Abonce, Croatt, Kamryn Ebel) 7th, 5:21.64.
4×800 Meter Relay: (Abonce, Funk, Ebel, Croatt) 3rd, 12:50.37.
Sprint Medley: (Mohni, Diehm, Moriah Otto, A. Otto) 5th, 2:07.45.