Track and field athletes from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn were back competing indoors on March 15. This time the event was the BVU High School Elite Meet conducted on the campus of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.
The Hawks earned several top ten finishes. Ryan Grotluschen placed fifth in the 400 meters and George Vargas was 10th in the 800. HMS doubled up in the shot put where Jacob Cates finished fifth and Bryce Ortega was right behind in sixth place.
Jr Araiza finished 10th in the 200 meters. He was also part of the 4×200 meter relay group that placed ninth. The other members of that unit were Ethan Wiersma, Graham Lux and Caleb Grotluschen. In addition, Araiza, Grotluschen and Lux joined forces on the 10th-place sprint medley relay team along with Carter Dolphin. Another relay to place 10th was the 4×800 group of Vargas, Damian Dodge, Blaine Finster and Ryan Grotluschen.
The only top 10 on the girls side was turned in by Megan Otto who tied for seventh in the high jump. She also helped the sprint medley relay place 13th, joining Pam Mutombo, Jocelyn Abonce and Lexi Croatt. Finishing 16th were Mutombo in the 200 meters, Evelyn Steffen in the 400 and Croat in the 1600. Abonce was 17th in the 800.
HMS Boys Results
60 Meters: Jr Araiza, 15th, 7.75; Caleb Grotluschen, 20th, 7.89; Ethan Wiersma, 39th, 8.40.
60 Meter Hurdles: Wiersma, 15th, 10.36; Nathaniel Ball, 21st, 22.03.
200 Meters: Araiza, 10th, 26.03; Graham Lux, 15th, 26.47.
400 Meters: Ryan Grotluschen, 5th, 57.82; Ball, 15th, 1:02.24.
800 Meters: George Vargas, 10th, 2:27.24; Moises Gonzalez, 22nd, 3:10.30.
1600 Meters: Vargas, 11th, 5:24.27; Blaine Finster, 14th, 5:47.55.
Sprint Medley Relay: (Araiza, C. Grotluschen, Lux, Carter Dolphin) 10th, 4:24.43.
4×200: A (Araiza, Wiersma, Lux, C. Grotluschen) 9th, 1:45.08; B (Dolphin, Ball, Damian Dodge, R. Grotluschen) 13th, 1:49.13.
4×800: (Vargas, Dodge, Finster, R. Grotluschen) 10th, 9:42.83.
High Jump: Lux, 13th, 5’ 2”.
Long Jump: Dodge, 20th, 14’ 5”.
Shot Put: Jacob Cates, 5th, 44’ 2-1/4”; Bryce Ortega, 6th, 43’ 5-1/2”; Kevin Arambula, 32nd, 29’ 11-3/4”.
HMS Girls Results
60 Meters: Payton Diehm, 23rd, 9.35; Pam Mutombo, 27th, 9.41; Jessica Diaz, 46th, 10.27.
60 Meters: Diaz, 37th, 13.54.
200 Meters: Mutombo, 16th, 31.68; Evelyn Steffen, 26th, 33.82.
400 Meters: Steffen, 16th, 1:15.60; Kynlee Dolphin, 1:19.21.
800 Meters: Jocelyn Abonce, 17th, 3:07.66; Clara Funk, 22nd, 3:42.
1600 Meters: Lexi Croatt, 16th, 6:27.00; Funk, 20th, 7:45.82.
Sprint Medley Relay: (Megan Otto, Mutombo, Abonce, Croatt) 13th, 5:20.80.
4×200: B (Madi Lauer, Mia Harders Morfitt, Dolphin, Diaz) 25th, 2:20.82.
High Jump: Megan Otto, 7th (tie), 4’ 8”.
Long Jump: Diehm, 19th, 10’ 8”; Lauer, 20th, 10’ 5”.
Shot Put: Hannah Tessum, 14th, 27’ 8-1/2”; Alexis Grover, 17th, 27’ 4-3/4”; Cammy Wilson, 29th, 23’ 4”.